That girl with the golden voice, Rumer, is my pop star of the week.
I saw her at KGB here in Stockholm last night. Spellbinding. A set of pipes that leaves me gob-smacked.
What’s more, when I went up to the merch table and thanked her for a great show and apologised that I had no cash with me to buy a CD she gave me one. (A CD, Moose!). The kindness of pop stars! I was very chuffed.
She did several covers: Darryl Oates’s I can’t go for that, Todd Rundgren’s Love is the answer and Jimmy Webb’s P F Sloan. She explained that when she recorded the Webb song she had no idea that P F was still doing music. Since then she’s met him and he’s a really remarkable bloke.
That of course got me Googling and I discovered this very bizarre clip. Rumer singing that song and the great man wandering on to the stage and singing along.
Which of course got me thinking: are there any other examples of a person being sung about actually making a cameo in this way?
Imagine Bananarama doing Robert De Niro’s waiting and the Hollywood superstar walking in from the wings. Or even better Boney M singing Rasputin and the mad monk materialising and joining in on backing vocals and doing a bit of crazy Russian dancing.
Any other cameo appearances you’ve seen or would like to see?
Morrissey and Mr Shankley anyone?
This is so good, I have to post it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hzeKlRYNM
That’s fantastic. There’s a comment on The Smiths’ thread about how close they are to each other and it’s exactly the same here – the interplay between the musicians is just a joy to watch and the backing vocals are just superb. And Darryl Hall can still sing, can’t he?
Here’s P F in his own right. His most famous song is perhaps Eve of Destruction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN8d3wbc_L8
It doesn’t feature any cameo appearances, but her go on the last series of Later with Jools was amazing – with full orchestra and everything. I’ve kept it on my PVR. I expect it’s on Youtube.
Rumer….deadly dull.
Not a patch on the much overlooked A Girl Called Eddy.
I love Eddy but she appeals more to music nerds like me (us). I’ve found Rumer – arguably the best voice of her type since Karen Carpenter – to be presentable to the general public (or my wife’s friends, anyway) in a way that Eddy isn’t.
I won’t be playing Rumer down the indie disco, though.
I like ‘em both – it’s hardly a “zero-sum game”, is it?
Well we agree on Eddy anyway! Rather fine.
She belongs on the ‘one-album wonders’ thread if she hasn’t made it there already.
She sounds a lot like Aimee Mann to me.
That was a bit hard Ivylander. I’ll agree that she’s had problems in following her first album. But she still sings exquisitely. Given the right material, I see no reason why she shouldn’t be able to produce another fine record.
What makes you think she’s a spent force?
Didn’t intend to come across as a h8ter. Just saying that I don’t know if there’ll be another record from her. Eleven years is a while….
An update: Just came across this interview with her from last year. The writer notes:
‘As of this writing, no follow-up has emerged. “Wasn’t my plan,” Moran laughs. “Sorry about that!” ‘
Bummed to have to pass this along….
A Girl Called Eddy (2004)
and
Been Around (2020)
And she pops up on Michael Weston King’s daunting new album, adding bvs.
Number 2 in the Afterword 2020 Album Of The Year Poll