Comments on: Reedeeming Rod: “People Get Ready” (1985) http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-7821 Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7 | Popdose Wed, 14 May 2008 11:35:31 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-7821 [...] spoke at length about this song in his Redeeming Rod series from a few months ago. Head on over there and check it [...] [...] spoke at length about this song in his Redeeming Rod series from a few months ago. Head on over there and check it [...]

]]> By: TheModhttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-53258 TheMod Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:12:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-53258 I don't really care what anyone says, Rod has always been good...Vocally...I admit albums like "Body Wishes" "Foolish Behaviour" and maybe "Every beat of my heart" were 98 percent rubbish...Albums like "Out of order" "Camoflage" "Tonight I'm yours" were good cds...His best 90s work "A spanner in the works" an album with all of the usual rod elements, and "When we were the new boys." <br>I think it is a sweeping statement to say he "Sold out" or "Sucked after 76." Sure he might have off and on , but The VOICE never left through that time. And someone with a great voice that "sells out" to trends doesn't mean they are all of a sudden a "Bad Singer." I don't really care what anyone says, Rod has always been good…Vocally…I admit albums like “Body Wishes” “Foolish Behaviour” and maybe “Every beat of my heart” were 98 percent rubbish…Albums like “Out of order” “Camoflage” “Tonight I'm yours” were good cds…His best 90s work “A spanner in the works” an album with all of the usual rod elements, and “When we were the new boys.”
I think it is a sweeping statement to say he “Sold out” or “Sucked after 76.” Sure he might have off and on , but The VOICE never left through that time. And someone with a great voice that “sells out” to trends doesn't mean they are all of a sudden a “Bad Singer.”

]]> By: TheModhttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-40690 TheMod Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:12:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-40690 I don't really care what anyone says, Rod has always been good...Vocally...I admit albums like "Body Wishes" "Foolish Behaviour" and maybe "Every beat of my heart" were 98 percent rubbish...Albums like "Out of order" "Camoflage" "Tonight I'm yours" were good cds...His best 90s work "A spanner in the works" an album with all of the usual rod elements, and "When we were the new boys." <br>I think it is a sweeping statement to say he "Sold out" or "Sucked after 76." Sure he might have off and on , but The VOICE never left through that time. And someone with a great voice that "sells out" to trends doesn't mean they are all of a sudden a "Bad Singer." I don't really care what anyone says, Rod has always been good…Vocally…I admit albums like “Body Wishes” “Foolish Behaviour” and maybe “Every beat of my heart” were 98 percent rubbish…Albums like “Out of order” “Camoflage” “Tonight I'm yours” were good cds…His best 90s work “A spanner in the works” an album with all of the usual rod elements, and “When we were the new boys.”
I think it is a sweeping statement to say he “Sold out” or “Sucked after 76.” Sure he might have off and on , but The VOICE never left through that time. And someone with a great voice that “sells out” to trends doesn't mean they are all of a sudden a “Bad Singer.”

]]> By: TheModhttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17507 TheMod Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:12:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17507 I don't really care what anyone says, Rod has always been good...Vocally...I admit albums like "Body Wishes" "Foolish Behaviour" and maybe "Every beat of my heart" were 98 percent rubbish...Albums like "Out of order" "Camoflage" "Tonight I'm yours" were good cds...His best 90s work "A spanner in the works" an album with all of the usual rod elements, and "When we were the new boys." <br>I think it is a sweeping statement to say he "Sold out" or "Sucked after 76." Sure he might have off and on , but The VOICE never left through that time. And someone with a great voice that "sells out" to trends doesn't mean they are all of a sudden a "Bad Singer." I don't really care what anyone says, Rod has always been good…Vocally…I admit albums like “Body Wishes” “Foolish Behaviour” and maybe “Every beat of my heart” were 98 percent rubbish…Albums like “Out of order” “Camoflage” “Tonight I'm yours” were good cds…His best 90s work “A spanner in the works” an album with all of the usual rod elements, and “When we were the new boys.”
I think it is a sweeping statement to say he “Sold out” or “Sucked after 76.” Sure he might have off and on , but The VOICE never left through that time. And someone with a great voice that “sells out” to trends doesn't mean they are all of a sudden a “Bad Singer.”

]]> By: Johnny Bacardihttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17506 Johnny Bacardi Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:37:51 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17506 I put the cutoff date for Good Rod at 1976 myself, for what that's worth- I still like <i>Night on the Town</i> and <i>Atlantic Crossing</i> quite a bit.<br><br>This one got my hopes up back in '85; it was the best thing I'd heard Stewart participate in in ages. Of course, he didn't take long to let me down again.<br><br>Oh, and I really liked Jimmy (Wet Willie) Hall's vocals on Beck's <i>Flash</i> album, from whence "People Get Ready" came... I put the cutoff date for Good Rod at 1976 myself, for what that's worth- I still like Night on the Town and Atlantic Crossing quite a bit.

This one got my hopes up back in '85; it was the best thing I'd heard Stewart participate in in ages. Of course, he didn't take long to let me down again.

Oh, and I really liked Jimmy (Wet Willie) Hall's vocals on Beck's Flash album, from whence “People Get Ready” came…

]]> By: mojohttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17505 mojo Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:24:44 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17505 I loved this song when it first came out during my impressionable high school years; later it pushed me to investigate Mayfield. I can't really say I have a taste for Rod, old or new, but he was definitely a gateway drug to better artists, so I'll give him props for showing me a path. I loved this song when it first came out during my impressionable high school years; later it pushed me to investigate Mayfield. I can't really say I have a taste for Rod, old or new, but he was definitely a gateway drug to better artists, so I'll give him props for showing me a path.

]]> By: JShttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17504 JS Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:38:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17504 Rod sings like his IDOL, Sam Cooke. Rod sings like his IDOL, Sam Cooke.

]]> By: 1Py_Korry1http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17503 1Py_Korry1 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:53:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17503 I remember buying the 45 of this song when it came out (yes, I'm old), and was surprised to hear such a soulful sound from Rod. <br><br>I'm not too much of a tech head, but many songs in the 80s have a compressed sound that really thins out the recording. Anyone know what kind of compression/production techniques producers were using back then to get that sound? I really didn't notice it when almost every record at the time had that sound, but now it really stands out when I hear recording from that era. I remember buying the 45 of this song when it came out (yes, I'm old), and was surprised to hear such a soulful sound from Rod.

I'm not too much of a tech head, but many songs in the 80s have a compressed sound that really thins out the recording. Anyone know what kind of compression/production techniques producers were using back then to get that sound? I really didn't notice it when almost every record at the time had that sound, but now it really stands out when I hear recording from that era.

]]> By: jabartletthttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17502 jabartlett Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:38:18 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17502 I second your notion that there are worthwhile tunes in the Rod Stewart catalogue after 1972, and I agree that the emotion Rod expresses here is real. Even in the video (if I am recalling correctly), he and Jeff Beck perform separately for most of it, but when they finally see one another, Rod looks as though he is genuinely overjoyed to see Beck. I second your notion that there are worthwhile tunes in the Rod Stewart catalogue after 1972, and I agree that the emotion Rod expresses here is real. Even in the video (if I am recalling correctly), he and Jeff Beck perform separately for most of it, but when they finally see one another, Rod looks as though he is genuinely overjoyed to see Beck.

]]> By: Toddhttp://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/comment-page-1/#comment-17501 Todd Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:16:23 +0000 http://popdose.com/reedeeming-rod-part-i-people-get-ready-1985/#comment-17501 Really well done. Thanks! Really well done. Thanks!

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