A long time waits for an artist of this quality. We have covered several masters first: Joni, Bob, the Band, Levon Helm, Leonard Cohen, Tim, Jeff Buckley, Carly Simon, George Harrison, Van Morrison, Jeff Lynne, Lyle Lovett, the Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend, Paul Weller, and now Joan Armatrading.
Does Joan Armatrading belong in this exalted company? The answer for those who already know is an unqualified Yes. Do you remember your first listen to Joan Armatrading? I do, and it has something quite distinctly to do with an early young adult relationship with a very smart Virgo female. This Virgo female did not introduce me to Joan Armatrading, but she deepened my appreciation for her subtle, nuanced lyric. No one sounds like Joan and regardless of her octave range she emotes better than most about relationships the ups, downs and ravages-the love, affection and loneliness love brings. Just a simple full hearted listen to the studio live version of Willow will give you a taste what even the very young Joan Armatrading had to offer the world.
The bio we leave to Wiki, here we explore the tracks of our emotional journey with the artist Joan Armatrading. Singing Carrots tells us Joan has a 1.6-octave range, yet we know she uses those 1.6 octaves to share her immense storyteller gifts.
Joan Armatrading reflects on remarkable career as she receives lifetime achievement award | ITV News
“I’m very often writing about love and emotions and how people connect to each other,” says Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading – Love And Affection 1976
Song by Joan Armatrading
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I am not in love
But I’m open to persuasion
East or West
Where’s the best
For romancing
With a friend
I can smile
But with a lover
I could hold my head back
I could really laugh
Really laugh
Thank you
You took me dancing
‘Cross the floor
Cheek to cheek
But with a lover
I could really move
Really move
I could really dance
Really dance
Really dance
Really dance
I could really move
Really move
Really move
Really move
Now if I can feel the sun
In my eyes
And the rain on my face
Why can’t I
Feel love
I can really love
Really love
Really love
Really love
Really love
Love love love love
Love love love love
Now I got all
The friends that I want
I may need more
But I shall just stick to those
That I have got
With friends I still feel
So insecure
Little darling I believe you could
Help me a lot
Just take my hand
And lead me where you will
No conversation
No wave goodnight
Just make love
With affection
Sing me another love song
But this time
With a little dedication
Sing it, sing it
You know that’s what I like
Once more with feeling
Give me love
Give me love
Give me love
Love
Make love
With affection
Sing me another love song
But this time
With a little dedication
Sing it, sing it
You know that’s what I like
Once more with feeling
Sing me another love song
But this time
With a little dedication
Sing it, sing it
You know that’s what I like
With affection
With a little dedication
Once more with feeling
You know that’s what I like
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading
Love and Affection lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
My very best friend Stacy introduced me to Joan’s beautiful music in the mid 70’s. Stacey would sing her songs all day. She wasn’t always able to hit all the notes but sang like the world was watching her. She was the most gentle, kind soul. She ended her life about 10 years ago due to the progression of muscular dystrophy. I miss her singing so much it hurts. But, when I listen to Joan singing, I feel Stacy’s presence, her love, joy, and especially her singing.
“Love and Affection” is a song by Kittitian-English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single and third for A&M Records was her first chart success. It reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best-known recordings has been described as a “deceptively feisty ballad … an instant classic.” It appeared on her eponymous third album. The song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999’s Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003’s Love and Affection: Classics 1975–1983.
The male backing vocal, which has been described as a “honeyed baritone,” was performed by American actor and singer Clarke Peters. The alto saxophone was by Gallagher and Lyle session player Jimmy Jewell.
Joan Armatrading – Love & Affection – The Old Grey Whistle Test 1976
Joan Armatrading – Love & Affection – The Old Grey Whistle TestJoan Armatrading – Love And Affection – Glastonbury – 04.09.2012_UGC
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Love And Affection – Glastonbury – 04.09.2012
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Joan Armatrading
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Joan Armatrading – – – ” Down To Zero “
From the best of Joan Armatrading
Music
SONG
Down To Zero
ARTIST
Joan Armatrading
ALBUM
Down To Zero
WRITERS
Joan Armatrading
LICENSES
UMG (on behalf of A&M); Polaris Hub AB, ARESA, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, LatinAutorPerf, BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutor – SonyATV, The Richmond Organization (TRO), and 10 Music Rights Societies
CR’s Take
Recommended
Score 77
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This song is about a woman whose confidence is cut down in a flash when her man runs off with someone else. Suddenly she is “down to zero,” an unfamiliar and unexpected place.
Armatrading wrote the song after speaking with two women who had the same story. “They both felt they were beautiful women, and they couldn’t understand why their men weren’t so overwhelmed with their beauty that they didn’t even consider glancing at another person, let alone going off with anybody else,” she said in her Songfacts interview. “It was just weird for me at the time that these two women were going through the same kind of thing and thinking about themselves in the same way, so I wrote that song about that situation.”
JOAN ARMATRADING – WILLOW
SONG
Willow
ARTIST
Joan Armatrading
ALBUM
Willow
WRITERS
Joan Armatrading
LICENSES
UMG (on behalf of A&M); CMRRA, BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutor – UMPG, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, UMPG Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, UMPI, and 7 Music Rights Societies
Joan Armatrading – Rockpalast (Live in Germany, 1979) [Full Concert]
Joan Armatrading live | Rockpalast | 1980
Setlist 1. Mama Mercy 00:00:00 2. Down To Zero 00:03:20 3. Cool Blue Stole My Heart 00:07:29 4. I Really Must Be Going 00:15:08 5. Me Myself I 00:20:31 6. Ma-Me-I-Beach 00:23:38 7. Love And Affection 00:27:47 8. Rosie 00:32:35 9. How Cruel 00:36:05 10. Turn Out The Light 00:39:06 11. You Rope Me Tie Me 00:43:15 12. Kissin’ And A’ Huggin’ 00:47:48 13. Tall In The Saddle 00:53:30 14. Willow 01:02:52 15. When You Kisses Me 01:07:51
Before you played “Kissin’ and A Huggin’,” you set us up for the next song after that and said, “First, ‘Kissin’ and A Huggin” … and then watch me get excited”. I was so curious to see what song was gonna make you excited, and it was “Drop the Pilot.” It excited me that you were excited to play it.
[laughs] That came out in 1983. I think it’s a great song. I love it, but for some reason, lately, I think I’m so glad I wrote that song. [laughs] It just makes me feel really happy and up. Something is uplifting and bubbly about it and positive about it, even though it says, “Don’t go out with that person.” I love how it sounds, and I love playing it. “Kissin’ and A Huggin’” used to be my favorite song to play for years. It still is, next to “Drop the Pilot” now. “Drop the Pilot” has taken over!
Joan Armatrading – Drop The Pilot (Live at Glastonbury 2008) HD 720p
Music
SONG
Drop The Pilot – Glastonbury – 28.06.2008
ARTIST
Joan Armatrading
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Aviator Management GmbH (on behalf of Hypertension Music); Abramus Digital, CMRRA, LatinAutorPerf, and 6 Music Rights Societies
Joan Armatrading Drop The Pilot (HQ Audio)
A stereo edit of Joan Armatrading performing, Drop The Pilot on Top of the Pops in 1983. Disclaimer: No Copyright infringement intended. I own absolutely none of these videos. (Unless otherwise stated) Copyrights belong to their original owners. All music videos, Interviews, and Opening Credits posted on this channel are meant for entertainment.
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SONG
Drop The Pilot
ARTIST
Joan Armatrading
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Joan Armatrading
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The first time I heard this I was living in a little tent in Alaska in the late 70s – it was on the radio, playing from some nightclub and it sounded much like this show. An excellent band backing up an amazing, powerful talent. I was enthralled and still am.
This video:
Watch Joan Armatrading perform Love And Affection back in 2007.
From the BBC’s flagship music show Later… with Jools Holland.
Joan Armatrading – Love And Affection (Later Archive 2007)
