tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post5956169074968519985..comments2023-06-10T16:08:16.265+01:00Comments on Diva Incarnate: Cher Paralyzes Her Chart PositionsDiva Incarnatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00089187811407820313noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-55754319163385964432011-11-06T00:01:29.644+00:002011-11-06T00:01:29.644+00:00Of the four albums Cher released in the '80s, ...Of the four albums Cher released in the '80s, I PARALYZE is the best. I love most of BLACK ROSE, CHER, and HEART OF STONE, but all of those albums have at least one song that I don't like... But I love every song on I PARALYZE. Shame that it's so darn short, and I wish it had at least one more song from the sessions with John Farrar, but it's a greally great album from start to finish.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-66717920712344747882011-11-05T12:20:07.714+00:002011-11-05T12:20:07.714+00:00Thanks for bringing that song back to my attention...Thanks for bringing that song back to my attention. The album is in a different league to her other Geffen efforts bar their singles. I'll have to look up those lyrics - half Cher's charm is getting to impose a bit of a fiction, but she's larger than life enough to be the real deal at all times anyway.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it.Diva Incarnatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089187811407820313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-76084356663907119562011-11-05T07:14:01.133+00:002011-11-05T07:14:01.133+00:00This album has lots of great songs, especially The...This album has lots of great songs, especially The Babys cover. Your Cher reviews are great with lots of hilarious quips. BTW, I think the lyric in "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" is supposed to be, "that melancholy jailer, Father Time"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-5794111398602387652011-09-30T14:22:13.598+01:002011-09-30T14:22:13.598+01:00I loved it. I want more. "Games" had atm...I loved it. I want more. "Games" had atmosphere, I was very impressed. The title track is like some of Diana's mid-RCA work, without the R&B rhythms, but nice. Very enjoyable.-QuentinQHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14382581760229749831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-92107171357322165682011-09-30T00:41:18.272+01:002011-09-30T00:41:18.272+01:00Hope you like it - When The Love Is Gone, Rudy, Wa...Hope you like it - When The Love Is Gone, Rudy, Walk With Me, Back On The STreet Again, and the sheer attitude of I Paralyze (the song Cher says she would like to re-do) and the rest are big draws. She was right to concentrate of films, it gave her career the necessary burst of life it needed to rejuvenate her status, but it's the a shame of course that she turned down all those roles in the 90s. Oh well, Cher comes in and out of fashion all the time.Diva Incarnatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089187811407820313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-80197198210050668762011-09-28T14:42:46.992+01:002011-09-28T14:42:46.992+01:00I bought "I Paralyze" last night after I...I bought "I Paralyze" last night after I copped my Gloria, after work, before class. I'll let you know what I think. I want "The Snake Album" (as it has now been dubbed, lol) next.-QuentinQHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14382581760229749831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-51082652775846417982011-09-28T01:09:22.016+01:002011-09-28T01:09:22.016+01:00I will try and send you some Cher slices soon.
He...I will try and send you some Cher slices soon.<br /><br />Her earlier 60s stuff is kind of hard to analyze as solid bodies of works (as in albums), but her Bob Dylan covers showcase her androgynous vibrato (Don't Think Twice, It's Alright is a huge favourite), and her own version of the Bono-written Needles & Pins and take on I Got To Sleep all marvelous, precarious and impossibly nostalgic. I find her bigger 70s albums (Gypsies, Dark Lady & Half Breed) rather uneven and un-artful, but the American top ten The Way of Love is so soft, plaintive and seductive.<br /><br />Oh, and I'm sure I don't need to point this out, but The Snake Album was given an Rn'B rinse for America, and I have not really heard these versions as I love the European originals too much. It's A Man's World and Stars are so well-crafted, these are her masterpeices - they don't trade on her show biz ham in the slightest. Check out The Gunman - an outstanding recording by anyones standards.Diva Incarnatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089187811407820313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-65472455488694308212011-09-27T14:13:35.199+01:002011-09-27T14:13:35.199+01:00You may get me into Cher yet. What was her first s...You may get me into Cher yet. What was her first solo album without Bono, and what year did it drop? Is most of her work in print?-QuentinQHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14382581760229749831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-17637056799234791862011-09-26T22:20:00.221+01:002011-09-26T22:20:00.221+01:00What CAN I say about this post? I think there'...What CAN I say about this post? I think there's a wild danger if you're going to be irreverent when writing reviews for artists like Cher, that it could come across really "queenie" as in person my humour is much more about my tone and expression, but in print the writer loses some of the authority and can't defend it immediately. I re-read this and don't feel bad, but there are some posts I have read back and thought I must have been on drugs or something. I think music can really suspend you from reality a bit, especially if you're looking for escapism and the words don't quite catch up to your imagination. ANYWAY.<br /><br />I have started to write about It's A Man's World quite a few times, but it's on par with Stars as my favourite Cher album of all time - it's a very important record to me and whereas I wrote my Stars review whilst listening to it for the very first time, if I tried too hard to write about 'The Snake Album' (lol) then it would just be really long-winded.<br /><br />I'd really recommend this album to you - it's a real gem, and avoids the blatant commercialism that her next two albums are horribly guilty of (only Love Hurts begins to let Cher breathe in amongst the formulaic anthems). I must point out that I do like most of Cher's 80s singles, but the next batch of album tracks are almost shocking in quality.Diva Incarnatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089187811407820313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-5184402011956394942011-09-26T19:22:54.785+01:002011-09-26T19:22:54.785+01:00This was probably my favorite review from you. Mos...This was probably my favorite review from you. Mostly because you combined factual expression with your acerbic wit. You're the only writer in your style I like, because you are funny, but smart.<br /><br />Here, you shined because your knowledged of Cher's catalogue took the main seat to any of the acerbicity that normally would be found. It really made me interested in Cher, who I've always had a passing interest it. I see this record in a local record store often of late. I always felt Madge got her visual reinvention cues from Cher, and the musical ones from my main girl Donna Summer.<br /><br />Either way, pretty cool. What do you think of that Cher album with the green cover and the snake?-QuentinQHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14382581760229749831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576651067383611290.post-80250830633294722422009-09-17T15:00:15.561+01:002009-09-17T15:00:15.561+01:00So much style and glamour in one post should be ba...So much style and glamour in one post should be banned!!! <br /><br />How utterly fabulous from beginning to end. One of your best posts. <br /><br />PS. My verification word was "colon"! LOLMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468605018419707025noreply@blogger.com