Comments on: The Popdose Interview: Shawn Colvin http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EightE1http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-51621 EightE1 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:26:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-51621 My memory involves a long drive from San Francisco to Mendocino in the fall of '97 with that record and Dylan's then-new Time Out of Mind playing in the rental car, one after the other. Lots of highway miles and terrific scenery. I prefer the 1988 live take of "I Don't Know Why" to the version on Fat City, and her cover of S&G's "Kathy's Song" was terrific, too. <br><br>[sigh] Haven't been back out there since. My memory involves a long drive from San Francisco to Mendocino in the fall of '97 with that record and Dylan's then-new Time Out of Mind playing in the rental car, one after the other. Lots of highway miles and terrific scenery. I prefer the 1988 live take of “I Don't Know Why” to the version on Fat City, and her cover of S&G's “Kathy's Song” was terrific, too.

[sigh] Haven't been back out there since.

]]> By: JonCummingshttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-51620 JonCummings Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:26:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-51620 I was surprised at Shawn's answer re: Live '88 as well, but we probably shouldn't be. On her website the "Live Tape" is mentioned prominently -- as it should be, because it was a key part of building a pretty rabid fan base before she even got signed to Columbia. But by the time it was expanded and released as "Live '88," she had long since moved on. She was three albums into her career, and had done "Cover Girl," for which she recorded those shows at the Bottom Line. And since "Live '88" wasn't part of her Columbia catalog and wasn't the basis for heavy promotion on her part, it's easy to understand how it would just be an afterthought for her.<br><br>All that said, it IS a great album, and one that brings back a lot of memories for anyone who was at one of her early gigs and played his copy of "Live Tape" into absolute dust in a series of crappy Walkman-like devices. I was surprised at Shawn's answer re: Live '88 as well, but we probably shouldn't be. On her website the “Live Tape” is mentioned prominently — as it should be, because it was a key part of building a pretty rabid fan base before she even got signed to Columbia. But by the time it was expanded and released as “Live '88,” she had long since moved on. She was three albums into her career, and had done “Cover Girl,” for which she recorded those shows at the Bottom Line. And since “Live '88″ wasn't part of her Columbia catalog and wasn't the basis for heavy promotion on her part, it's easy to understand how it would just be an afterthought for her.

All that said, it IS a great album, and one that brings back a lot of memories for anyone who was at one of her early gigs and played his copy of “Live Tape” into absolute dust in a series of crappy Walkman-like devices.

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-51619 EightE1 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:50:28 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-51619 Great interview. Wish she thought more of Live '88, though. I love that record.<br><br>I caught the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour when it stopped in Harrisburg, PA, and was happy to revel in all that great music and interplay and fun. Can't wait for the Patty and Buddy album.<br><br>Again, Jon, VERY good job. Great interview. Wish she thought more of Live '88, though. I love that record.

I caught the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour when it stopped in Harrisburg, PA, and was happy to revel in all that great music and interplay and fun. Can't wait for the Patty and Buddy album.

Again, Jon, VERY good job.

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-41844 EightE1 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:26:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-41844 My memory involves a long drive from San Francisco to Mendocino in the fall of '97 with that record and Dylan's then-new Time Out of Mind playing in the rental car, one after the other. Lots of highway miles and terrific scenery. I prefer the 1988 live take of "I Don't Know Why" to the version on Fat City, and her cover of S&G's "Kathy's Song" was terrific, too. <br><br>[sigh] Haven't been back out there since. My memory involves a long drive from San Francisco to Mendocino in the fall of '97 with that record and Dylan's then-new Time Out of Mind playing in the rental car, one after the other. Lots of highway miles and terrific scenery. I prefer the 1988 live take of “I Don't Know Why” to the version on Fat City, and her cover of S&G's “Kathy's Song” was terrific, too.

[sigh] Haven't been back out there since.

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-32449 EightE1 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:26:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-32449 My memory involves a long drive from San Francisco to Mendocino in the fall of '97 with that record and Dylan's then-new Time Out of Mind playing in the rental car, one after the other. Lots of highway miles and terrific scenery. I prefer the 1988 live take of "I Don't Know Why" to the version on Fat City, and her cover of S&G's "Kathy's Song" was terrific, too. <br><br>[sigh] Haven't been back out there since. My memory involves a long drive from San Francisco to Mendocino in the fall of '97 with that record and Dylan's then-new Time Out of Mind playing in the rental car, one after the other. Lots of highway miles and terrific scenery. I prefer the 1988 live take of “I Don't Know Why” to the version on Fat City, and her cover of S&G's “Kathy's Song” was terrific, too.

[sigh] Haven't been back out there since.

]]> By: JonCummingshttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-32447 JonCummings Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-32447 I was surprised at Shawn's answer re: Live '88 as well, but we probably shouldn't be. On her website the "Live Tape" is mentioned prominently -- as it should be, because it was a key part of building a pretty rabid fan base before she even got signed to Columbia. But by the time it was expanded and released as "Live '88," she had long since moved on. She was three albums into her career, and had done "Cover Girl," for which she recorded those shows at the Bottom Line. And since "Live '88" wasn't part of her Columbia catalog and wasn't the basis for heavy promotion on her part, it's easy to understand how it would just be an afterthought for her.<br><br>All that said, it IS a great album, and one that brings back a lot of memories for anyone who was at one of her early gigs and played his copy of "Live Tape" into absolute dust in a series of crappy Walkman-like devices. I was surprised at Shawn's answer re: Live '88 as well, but we probably shouldn't be. On her website the “Live Tape” is mentioned prominently — as it should be, because it was a key part of building a pretty rabid fan base before she even got signed to Columbia. But by the time it was expanded and released as “Live '88,” she had long since moved on. She was three albums into her career, and had done “Cover Girl,” for which she recorded those shows at the Bottom Line. And since “Live '88″ wasn't part of her Columbia catalog and wasn't the basis for heavy promotion on her part, it's easy to understand how it would just be an afterthought for her.

All that said, it IS a great album, and one that brings back a lot of memories for anyone who was at one of her early gigs and played his copy of “Live Tape” into absolute dust in a series of crappy Walkman-like devices.

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-32445 EightE1 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:50:28 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-32445 Great interview. Wish she thought more of Live '88, though. I love that record.<br><br>I caught the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour when it stopped in Harrisburg, PA, and was happy to revel in all that great music and interplay and fun. Can't wait for the Patty and Buddy album.<br><br>Again, Jon, VERY good job. Great interview. Wish she thought more of Live '88, though. I love that record.

I caught the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour when it stopped in Harrisburg, PA, and was happy to revel in all that great music and interplay and fun. Can't wait for the Patty and Buddy album.

Again, Jon, VERY good job.

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-32412 DwDunphy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:01:44 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-32412 She's a great writer, great voice and not hard on the eyes either, I might add. She's a great writer, great voice and not hard on the eyes either, I might add.

]]> By: kshanehttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-32394 kshane Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:57:25 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-32394 Great get Jon, and a great job done with it. Great get Jon, and a great job done with it.

]]> By: jackhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-shawn-colvin/comment-page-1/#comment-32393 jack Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:56:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=22892#comment-32393 Saw her solo three of four times in the early '90s. Amazing. And her versions of "Naive Melody" and "Wichita Skyline" are my in my top 20 list of covers of any song by any artist. Saw her solo three of four times in the early '90s. Amazing. And her versions of “Naive Melody” and “Wichita Skyline” are my in my top 20 list of covers of any song by any artist.

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