Late evening listening – the case for raw and primitive

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by James Higham

Last evening saw some refined voices of purity and that’s well and fine. I’d contend though that sometimes there is a case for just plain rough and immediately, Louis Armstrong springs to mind. There’s a Russian with a similar voice in this category.

What follows here are singers or groups which were just plain rough but one couldn’t imagine them any other way:

You just have to cringe at the way the band is hidden away and some studio idea of hip youngsters dominates the whole picture. Isn’t that tall girl in the foreground something else? And those costumes!

Filed under: Arts & culture

4 Responses to “Late evening listening – the case for raw and primitive”

  1. MTG, on November 25th, 2009 at 20:36 Said:

    The Kinks were peerless, nicht wahr? Fabulous dancing and terrible miming in the final video. Thanks, James.

  2. Pavlov's Cat, on November 25th, 2009 at 20:49 Said:

    and for the modern times The Stereophonics

  3. BobG, on November 26th, 2009 at 16:18 Said:

    Excellent kickass choices James. Hard to beat the classics.

  4. James Higham, on November 26th, 2009 at 18:17 Said:

    Thanks, gents.

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