The Northettes
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Topic: The Northettes
Posted By: Moogtron III
Subject: The Northettes
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 13:23
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I really LOVE the vocals by The Northettes - you know, the ladies trio: Barbara Gaskin, Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal. They sing with Hatfield And The North, but you can hear some of the ladies also sing on other Canterbury (style) albums. I think those airy voices are fantastic! Who else? |
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 13:28
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I think their contributions to the first National Health album were even better. In the 80s Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin had several minor hits with cover versions of 60s songs - they even appeared on Top of the Pops doing It's My Party and I'll Cry If I want To. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 13:38
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and they were beautiful women, but i can't find detailed enough pics. ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 14:08
I thoroughly enjoy their voices. Amanda Parson's voice on Tenemos Roads is incredble
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 14:48
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Yeah the Chorales on that first Hatfield & the North album are just otherwordly. It goes so well with that jazz/rock/classical fusion because it's a total contrast to that usually very macho world. I also really like the Richard Sinclaire vocals on the two Hatfield albums, very whimsical and funny, but the gorgeous woman vocals just sends it into the stratosphere. If somebody has a photo of them, please put it online! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 16:20
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Actually I loved Barbara Gaskin's voice in her first group Spirogyra that made three prog folk albums in the early 70's I am a little less fond of the Northettes! I even find their vocals a slight flaw on Hatfield's albums. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 18:30
I liked "It's My Party", way before I discovered bands like Hatfield and National Health. I do agree about the 1st National Health album. It was only Amanda Parsons on that album, wasn't it? As some people said, some pics would be nice, yes! I'm glad that at least the 1st Hatfield album has a picture of them. Personally, I think their vocals belong to the absolute highlights on the 1st Hatfield album. |
Syzygy wrote:Posted By: Plastic Man
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 22:34
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i love the northettes, escpecially (maybe because of her later work
with national) amanda parsons. the vocalwork on the first hatfield
album is ingenious, the way the vocal lines interweave and stuff, ive
never heard anything like it before, on 'lobster in cleavage probe' one
of them sings "
So don't be scared of a lobster or molluscs" and the other one says "I
for one am fond of molluscs", and they both hit the word molluscs at
the same time, where else have you heard something like that? also, on
"Mumps" their "la la's" are gorgeous. as for pictures, ive never been able to find any online. but in the national health 'complete' album, theres a funny picture in there with amanda parsons looking down at bill bruford like shes got the hots for him or something. |