tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post2402085755482018138..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: Rod or Renoir? The cover art of the art cover, part 2. Includes snogging.Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-62091033257179793842017-03-23T09:55:59.839+00:002017-03-23T09:55:59.839+00:00Glad to read that you prefer the Renoir too - no c...Glad to read that you prefer the Renoir too - no contest as far as I'm concerned!<br />I don't think I've heard Sheryl Crow's version of the song, I'll check it out, thanks... As for the first kiss, looking back it really wasn't what I'd term a kiss now I've had so much more experience ;-)<br />Just two mouths making a mess of things!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-83175421570328009792017-03-21T17:14:31.530+00:002017-03-21T17:14:31.530+00:00I prefer Renoir’s painting on its own. Rod’s album...I prefer Renoir’s painting on its own. Rod’s album sleeve falls short, it doesn’t even resemble him that well in the hat, although I admire the effort put in.<br />My path to First Cut Is The Deepest was via Sheryl Crow’s cover, which is a pretty good performance. Rod’s is my favorite version. At least it was a great song, even if the first kiss was awkward!<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-64133899260523140022017-03-18T18:14:32.654+00:002017-03-18T18:14:32.654+00:00I can imagine your shirt perfectly too in the pink...I can imagine your shirt perfectly too in the pink and cream stripe. Whatever happened to cheesecloth? Does it still exist? And is it really made from cheese? ;-)<br /><br />The mojo is here but I'm having difficulty finding the time at the moment, need to keep going with some work this weekend, as I have deadlines looming, so a little bit distracted by that at the moment.<br />I had a look at your last post and was going to come back to it later and couldn't but now I understand why! I don't do FB so I don't know how that sharing thing works but as everything seems to be connected to everything else I can see how easily it could happen, and also totally understand about keeping the blog separate from the real world...it's actually a big part of its appeal.<br />Will look forward to your next post when the mojo returns, I do hope it will very soon.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-49703742843855345732017-03-18T17:51:10.248+00:002017-03-18T17:51:10.248+00:00Yes I had one of those cheesecloth shirts too in a...Yes I had one of those cheesecloth shirts too in a pink and cream stripe. They only came to your waist and there were tiers to make the shirt nice and snug as if you've tied the bottom half of a normal shirt in that way. My jeans of choice with that shirt were a pair of Brutus hipster flares thus with the hiked up shirt and the low-slung jeans there was a fair bit of midrift on show and the parents weren't happy so I always wore a buttoned up jacket going out which then came off as soon as possible!<br /><br />Glad you've found your mojo with this great series - Mine has gone wanderin' at the moment and I even had to take my site down last night after accidentally sharing it on my Facebook page! Want to keep this place separate from that world and panicked that DD would be cross if she spotted her post. Hopefully got away with it and service now resumed as normal (beware the casual click of the "Like" button on FB). Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-41148067429751365332017-03-16T11:25:05.682+00:002017-03-16T11:25:05.682+00:00Thanks so much Alyson - I imagined a lot of it mig...Thanks so much Alyson - I imagined a lot of it might resonate with you. I can recall the cheesecloth top quite vividly, it had these two ties made in the same material attached at the bottom which you knotted to form a kind of waist-tie/belt (I've been struggling for the last ten minutes with how to describe it, is there a proper name? I bet you know what I mean, though. Probably just called tie-up or something?) <br /><br />Thanks to inspiration from Rol's JB post, and CC's series of compare and contrast too, I'm finding myself in full flow with this theme, so have several lined up. Having fun doing my research and digging into the ol' memory banks too...<br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-57710945375519389902017-03-15T23:51:29.767+00:002017-03-15T23:51:29.767+00:00What a great post C, very funny and reminded me so...What a great post C, very funny and reminded me so much of those days what with the fine detail of the cheesecloth shirts, the ultraviolet lights, clumsy kissing, slow shuffle dances and much, much more! <br /><br />Love this series comparing the original painting to the album cover and so far its been thumbs up for Jackson Browne, a no-score draw for the Bow Bow Bow cover and now a thumbs down for Rod's cover. Not that I don't like it, it's just a bit too cartoony (and that Rod looks like a St Trinian girl - so true). And, the PP Arnold version it is very good - I did like the double A side from Rod in 1977 but whenever you've heard something just once too often and grown tired of it a different version is so refreshing.<br /><br />Looking forward to the next compare and contrast already.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-63958378015626756762017-03-15T22:34:57.439+00:002017-03-15T22:34:57.439+00:00It has a certain ring to it, don't you think?!...It has a certain ring to it, don't you think?!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-3065687456896932492017-03-15T22:09:07.832+00:002017-03-15T22:09:07.832+00:00Ah thanks Rol, really appreciate that. Ha, a first...Ah thanks Rol, really appreciate that. Ha, a first kiss with Rod Stewart, imagine that! No, don't....<br /><br />Good to know we're all of the same opinion re. the music and the art. There is another LP sleeve by Mike Bryan you may recognise - check out Here My Dear by Marvin Gaye. Horrible!<br /><br />I'm not sure I should be posting any more kiss and tell stories. But I probably will...Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-33430244816943904922017-03-15T22:06:49.937+00:002017-03-15T22:06:49.937+00:00Rod and Renoir in the same sentence - surely a fir...Rod and Renoir in the same sentence - surely a first!Charity Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049726176497694026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-54649571383013203062017-03-15T12:36:42.707+00:002017-03-15T12:36:42.707+00:00What an excellent post, I agree with The Swede. Al...What an excellent post, I agree with The Swede. Although I did misread the opening line and worried for a second that your first tongues-included kiss was WITH Rod Stewart... which would probably have been enough to put you off kissing for life.<br /><br />Yes, the PP Arnold version is far superior, as is the Renoir. Sorry, Mike Bryan, but the LP cover is hideous.<br /><br />More of these, please! (Album cover art AND kissing stories.)Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-12216714330880731052017-03-15T09:31:46.604+00:002017-03-15T09:31:46.604+00:00Oh thank you TS! I've been on a bit of a roll ...Oh thank you TS! I've been on a bit of a roll lately (maybe too much of one, I should slow down!) Isn't it weird how these mojos can come and go, for no apparent reason. I'l probably not manage another post now for a month....<br />The memory might have been a bit uncomfortable but I suspect we've all been there in one way or another and I had a laugh writing about it - really glad to know you had a laugh reading about it too.<br />And I really do hate that Rod Stewart cover; the more I look at it the worse it gets, think I gave myself an Art History lesson at the same time!<br />Renoir and PP victorious - of course.<br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-47561782868102135692017-03-15T07:57:57.014+00:002017-03-15T07:57:57.014+00:00I seem to recall you bemoaning the temporary loss ...I seem to recall you bemoaning the temporary loss of your mojo not that long ago C - if that was really the case, this post proves that not only has it returned, but it's totally refreshed and in better shape than ever. A terrifically enjoyable read from beginning to end - I laughed out loud, I winced in empathy and I learned a bit too! It's tough to pull out a favourite phrase from such inspired writing, but the mental image of you being '...slightly traumatised and in need of water, a bit like taking part in a chili eating contest' after your first snog is one that will live long in the memory! <br />(Oh, and it's Renoir and P.P. for me every time, obvs.)The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-64154011424528207202017-03-14T23:01:33.119+00:002017-03-14T23:01:33.119+00:00It's a great clip isn't it - I remembered ...It's a great clip isn't it - I remembered it from a load of Beat Club recordings we have here at SDS Towers (many great performances) so I was glad to see someone had put it on youtube.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-54100121933140058242017-03-14T20:32:18.898+00:002017-03-14T20:32:18.898+00:00Hi C,
Thanks for posting such a fantastic video of...Hi C,<br />Thanks for posting such a fantastic video of P.P. Arnold singing this terrific live version. I thoroughly enjoyed it!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com