Wow,

Quite the story.

 soneill4920941 wrote:
I  Agree!   RP introduced me to her.  That is why we come here.  Thanx RP!  

Sublime.

 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

Assets sounds perfect.

Respect for how she became an artist despite of her handicaps after her accident. What a warm voice!!

 thewiseking wrote:

Slow day in your basement. Trolls just never give up.

 thewiseking wrote:

Wow, hello 1954, nice of you to drop by. Be sure to take your misogyny with you on your way out. 

Born in Nu Joisey, lots of incredible singers are from Nu Joisey.  Made her name in Philly, lots of great singers made their name in Philly. Doesn't get more American than that.

 rita_johnson wrote:
 Looks like she is the lyricist according to AMG

Perfect in every way.

Lyrics do not match what is written, singing DR John tune.

 Meltz wrote:
 
Why would anyone want to live in the sewer that is 2020 America?

 thewiseking wrote:
 
WTF "Broad"
Cochon!

Dear Radio Paradise:
    Please please please, provide the name of the lyricist when you provide the lyrics that they wrote.
Thank you. 

Wow Never heard her before HOT

Shades of Billie Holiday. *sigh*  

 ThePoose wrote:
 

YEs definitely a bold copy paste - but still genious from a marvellous artist - one of the better live acts around

Summertime and the livin's easy

 Stephen_Phillips wrote: 
I wish I was going to Europe this year. 

Never mind the chin dudes - what about her other assets - this image taken from her official website...

 

 kcar wrote: 
Nobody has been able to confirm it.

PERFECT. Everything about this strong, resolute, amazing woman makes me want to search for and remember my own Divinity...

10 GODESS-LIKE
What's your old lady got to say about godlike, no room for the Great Mother?

wena!

And another introduction to a great artist from RP

"Love me the way I am with my troublesome ways" ME!. I'll be that soldier!

check out my one and only thrill 2009.
my favorite female singer. sadly not more known here more popular in europe where she lives.

 Webfoot wrote: 
Seconded . . . well, thirded, actually.

Yes! Google to read her inspiring story!!!

 On_The_Beach wrote: 

Great voice, lovely woman. Looks a bit like Reese Witherspoon on the cover photo, although she doesn't have Reese's pointy chin. 

 WonderLizard wrote:  
It's not the same chord progression or key, but it does seem to share some similar chords; it also has an obvious similarity in its phrasing and the minor chord sound.  It also depends on whose arrangement of the "Summertime" one is comparing it to, but it is certainly not "identical".

 ziggytrix wrote: 
It's not the melody so much as the underlying chord structure. I'd suggest identical.

 Webfoot wrote: 
I dare say Melody would have plenty to say about such as sexist term, if not dish out a slap across the chops. 9 from the Nottingham jury.

Hmmmm yeah, Jazz, nice! 

 thewiseking wrote: 
I was just thinking how effortlessly she was doing it!  I don't know what to say about "this broad".  8

Mmmmeeeelllloooowwwwwww.

moody blues....not the group.  8 to a 9

I need to be in the mood to enjoy her stuff... it doesn't happen that often
her voice is appealing and boring at the same time

 oldfart48 wrote: 
thankfully your dementia progressed only after you chose your RP moniker. a perfect fit!

The beautiful chord sequence and backing from Gershwyn's  'Summertime' .

 thewiseking wrote: 
you are hopelessly lost in some brain  challenged ( dead) reality that has rendered you totally unimportant..as well as tasteless, crude and annoying.

Awesome, seemingly effortless great vocals.

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy !

Sounding sexy is effortless for some.  This broad is trying too hard.

Love this song.. Great Job RP!!

so sexy

this song is just what I needed to hear now to soothe my frazzled nerves.

That's some daytime mellow soothing softness in the midday sun... 

 DaidyBoy wrote: 

Oh yes, but you'd better start saving now.

Fred,
Make mine a mercury over ice, water back. 
T.

 fredriley wrote: 
Hello Fred.  Do we have any bars like this in the UK?  I aim to find one before I die.

Makes me want to hear one of the smokier numbers from Dusty Springfield.

I have no baggage to claim; rather, I have a baggage disclaimer.

What a lovely melody...music and person.

Very nice!  Thanks for playing this.  One more reason I love RP. 

....mos-sexilent.............. indeed

 BBoyes wrote: 
Good luck with that, toots.

Ooh, so slinky, so smooth, wearisome yet sexy. It places you in a smokey underground bar after hours, with Melody singing on a stage with a long red dress and wreathed in smoke. So evocative, and smoother than mercury on glass. 9 from the lounge lizard Nottingham jury.

"I need a man who got no baggage to claim" - amen!

 Huey wrote: 

Okay...  love this smooth blues...
 

Nailing it tonight, Bill.  A long, long string of nothing less than 8s.  Salaam alaikum. 

To Ms. Gardot: "We should talk.  Call me, OK?" 

 Lazarus wrote: 
Do tell Romeo...please.

Love it!

generally do not mind siting at home on a weekday till you here something like this...I am a little more invigorated?

She gets under my skin... Very, very, very nice, warm and smooth...

Tommy Lee Jones on valium.. nice.

Not my cup of tea....

Well, it turns out I've rated this 7 before, and I won't change it.
Beautiful voice but come on, this is just Summertime. And when I want to hear Summertime I look for Sarah Vaughan, not some copy of it.

 oldman wrote: 
 wow...makes you glad to be alive!  And to have this talent...Yes, one can hear the Davis, Getz, Elingington, and Gershwin.  Beautiful.

I have just melted. What a voice.  

I am hoping that Melody's next album sounds more like this rather than her latest effort Absence.  While I do enjoy all of her music, I prefer this style better.

If you get the chance, read this woman's story on Wikipedia
It is truly inspiring and adds to the appreciation of her music.

 ziggytrix wrote: 

My thoughts exactly!

 kcar wrote: 
I'm sure if I heard them back to back I wouldn't think that tune and this one sounded exactly alike, but I haven't heard them back to back.

 rdo wrote: 
If you didn't wear pink polo shirts with popped collar, not to worry—this wasn't about you. :-)

 eswiley2 wrote: 
hilarious!

Love her but very strange transition from Bowie. 

 Byronape wrote: 

I was going to give you credit for a nice post.  Then, I read your little diatribe about frats.  Well, I was in a frat.  Aren't I the asshole. 

 Geecheeboy wrote: 
Summertime...and the living is easy. 

Well, BA, if there's no reason for the word to have negative connatations, since the original word "chick" is not sexual, it follows that you'd have no problem being called a Chick.

 Cynaera wrote: 
While I can certainly understand your feelings on the word, but I really think that there isn't always a reason for it to have such negative connotations.  In my mind, a "chick" is a woman who's funny, laid back, and doesn't get offended (when) if I fart.  I also use it as a general term for the female gender.  Girl flick doesn't do it for me.  

Offense is found by anyone looking for it.  Sure, some people use the word intending it to be a pejorative term.  Those people are idiots and should be dismissed as such.

To flip the coin, back home "dude" is frequently meant to be an insult.  When used like "Dude, that chick is hot" it has a different meaning than "that guy is such a dude."  When meaning offense, calling someone a dude is saying that a guy is like one of those frat douche bags with the pink polo shirt and the popped collar.  Otherwise, it's simply a way to get someone's attention.

 

 cattail321 wrote: 
"chicks with french names"? — would you care to elaborate your point a little further? Or, is there one?
- or -
In this case, I think the proof's in the putting.
- or -
Their membership cards say they can, and you can't, obviously. 

 cattail321 wrote: 
I don't know....but thank goodness they can!

 cattail321 wrote: 
This is no chick.  Anyone with that much sultriness is definitely a full-grown woman.  Jessica Rabbit, indeed. 

MtnSinger wrote:
Anyone else hearing a little Fiona Apple here? {#Music} socalhol wrote: 
Yep... was thinking the same thing - honestly thought it was a pseudonym...very Fiona Apple  - I miss Fiona...

 Cynaera wrote: 
"Chick" comes from "Chica" or "Chiquita" in Spanish. It was never meant as insult but who knows what baggage it carries these days.

 cattail321 wrote: 
Not only can she sing it, she composed it.

Visions of Jessica Rabbit slinked through my head....

What a wonderful voice she has and nice band to back it.

 fredriley wrote: 
I cringe whenever a man refers to a woman as "a chick."  To me, that's almost as awful as using that other "c" word to refer to the female gender.

Thank you, Fred - and I agree with your comment regarding the music, too. She has quite the whiskey/honey voice, perfectly suited to torch-songs or Broadway show tunes. I may have to invest in this CD...

 cattail321 wrote: 
They must not know that you had issued a universal edict prohibiting them from doing so.

I want a cigarette.

....  problem is..  I don't smoke.

 cattail321 wrote: 
'cause they can.

Good song.  Never heard it or her before.

 MtnSinger wrote: 
Yup, that is exactly what I was thinking.  Could have sworn it was Fiona.

 cattail321 wrote: 
Why do men think that they can call women "chicks"? As it happens, this woman can sing seductive tunes, and has a voice as smooth as mercury on glass, and that's smooth! She's seduced me, right enough. 8 from the smitten Nottingham jury

Fabulous!

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

 cattail321 wrote: 
In this case because she can!

 cattail321 wrote: 
what a great point.  any shrinks out there wanna tackle this one?  please?

More Melody, Bill!

why do chicks  with french names think they can SING 1920'S-1930'S STYLE SEDUCTIVE TUNES

Wow, that is one sexy, salacious, slinky song.

 That_SOB wrote: 
Quite. This would fit in nicely on the soundtrack of a film noir. A fine theme tune for a femme fatale. 8 from the Nottingham jury.

 stevematic wrote: 
Yes, very nice!

I'm going to see Melody in concert this Saturday at the Keswick Theatre outside Philadelphia. Can't wait! She was amazing last time I saw her in concert at the Kimmel Center. Play more, Bill!

Doesn't get much smoother than this.

 AZ_Bear wrote: 

totally agree- she rocks !

I saw her on Live From Abbey Road and immediately had to hear more! Let's hear even more Bill.

The first jazz album that I can say that all the songs on Worrisome Heart really touch my heart.