Phoebe Snow - Harpo's Blues *DayOne Reacts*

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[@zoomboy57]

I was fortunate to work with Phoebe on several club dates and I must say it was always a pleasure.

[@celestehunter686]

Phoebe Snow had one of the most beautiful, distinctive voices of my generation. Listen to, inspired Insanity, I Don’t Want the Night to End, Never Letting Go, and of course, Poetry Man to name a few. She was so underrated.

[@Maya-bu2rf]

I really miss Phoebe. Live she was unbeatable. Paul McCartney said she sang "Every Night" better than he ever did and it was a shame her music did not get the play time they deserved. Part of the problem was that a lot of her music was hard to put in a category. Not an excuse. She was the best!

[@sendtosw]

That entire first Phoebe Snow album is good, every song is strong, whole thing is worth a listen.

[@Sober2003]

My family and I drove to Florida to visit family. My son was only 5 or 6 years old but when we got back to New York all he sang was I wish I was a willow! We must have played that CD a bunch! 😆 We saw Phoebe not long before she passed away. She was truly unbelievable. 💜✌

[@Fishbite9]

Magnificent mother, brilliant artist. She was one of the best and adored by many.

[@tomlynch3760]

I heard this voice so many times back in the day. So soulful and effortless and non pretentious and silky. I never knew her name except I knew I loved her voice as a folksinger . This and poetry man.

[@garycummings1472]

I grew up listening to Phoebe Snow. Her songs take you on a journey. Great work ❤

[@martyemmons3100]

I really forgot just how good "Harpo's Blues" is. Angela, thank you for playing this song. Everyone should listen to at least one Phoebe Snow song during their lifetime. By the way, I'm extremely happy that you just happen to smile during the all the songs I like! Keep doing these wonderful videos, Angela.

[@martyemmons8692]

"Poetry Man" by Phoebe Snow is another wonderful song to listen to.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

I love all her songs. Harpo's Blues is my jam. But the way she does a Paul McCartney song from his first solo album is mesmerizing. Check it out, please. It's called, EVERY NIGHT.

[@johnharkness7114]

OMG, thank you for reacting to this underappreciated musical genius! Got to see her in a small club in Boston once...magical

[@Maya-bu2rf]

Phoebe was so underated. I was given a free ticket to an outdoor concert in Tennessee in 1977. I only knew one song she sang which was of course "Poetry Man." I figured for free if I did not like it I was ok because it was FREE! I loved her from that autumn evening through now. I also saw her in concert in Florida where I was born and live now. No one could do a live concert like Phoebe. There is one live concert on KZbin but I do not like it as much. She had such a unique voice. I can remember commercials coming on and it would be that very distinctive voice!

[@brendawoodson3230]

OMG Finally somebody has listened to something besides Poetry man there is so much more sweetie let me bring you to the light with Phoebe Snow this a phenomenal singer song writer please go down the rabbit hole with this one you will not be disappointed

[@tedcole9936]

You're welcome (... I'm the requestor)

[@brendawoodson3230]

Exactly she us so underrated

[@T.B0ne]

You struck Gold here with Phoebe, this, and "We're children" a duet with Kenny Loggins, are my favorite Phoebe songs

[@Maya-bu2rf]

I love We're Children! So sad your ring fell down the drain! She sang that at the first concert I went to which was to promote Never Letting Go another great song. No losers when Phoebe sang them.

[@davidbordonaro1631]

Don't ever not be honest in your reactions , that's one reason we love you !

[@michaelasay8587]

I like her because she doesn't pause so much like the rest...

[@kelvinthompson1660]

Your Patreons have very good taste.

[@t.r.1708]

Sweet memories! Thx!

[@jeaniebottoms8261]

Wonderful! Phoebe and her band of musicians can’t be beat. If you love horns as much as I do, you will love her rendition of “There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York”. Her voice is perfect for jazz.

[@7884golfguru]

Oh the memories in my twenties yeeeeeeehaaaaaaa, now 71 years old still busking

[@3Blali]

One of my very favorite albums. Love it!! Great reaction. :)

[@davidmccullough7402]

Thanks because I probably would have never heard this song if it wasn't for you.

[@Harpo.jr70]

A great voice ,when you heard it you knew who was singing.

[@Maya-bu2rf]

Always know her voice

[@894359]

This and "Poetry Man" are my 2 favorite songs by her!

[@Maya-bu2rf]

Harpo is the name Phoebe's best friend Charlie used. They used to put on the Marx brothers nose and glasses and run around their neighborhood in New Jersey ringing doorbells. Charlie was the person who pushed her gently to sing. He overdosed and the hospital pumped his stomach. They were keeping him overnight and he said no and left. He died from a heart attack that night. So, some of what is in the song really makes sense when you know that. Not wanting to be a grown up and have to pretend, I won't be back again, have to hide my rage, I'm lost again, I think I'm really scared, etc. I have heard reactors go off on the Marx brothers and the name of the song could mislead some. She really loved this guy and since she was seriously shy we have him to thank for all the music she left us. Thanks for your honest reaction. I see all these people reacting to whatever and I think how have you gotten to the age of 30 and you do not know who someone like Whitney Houston is. I just chose her because I have seen people react to her and others and I find in her case that I do not believe them. The main problem with jazz and other genres is that what I call jazz is not what someone else considers jazz. Some people who have reacted to "Poetry Man" and called it country! I can hear Phoebe Snow's VERY distinctive laugh! She always said she was a frustrated jazz, folk singer. RIP Phoebe we know you are with Valerie Rose and are at peace.

[@tedcole9936]

Thanks so much for the info/story about who Harpo was... and yes, just guessing, I imagined Harpo might have been Phoebe herself, but a wrong guess, and the correction is much appreciated. That's really sad.. I'll also add that the phrase "I strut and fret my hour upon the stage" is a near-direct quote form Shakespeare (Macbeth) : "This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honor, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." With this quote, the phrase in Phoebe's song takes on a rich double meaning - her literal performance anxiety / stage fright / shyness...but also in the larger sense, her feeling of worry about her life in general - her 'hour upon the stage' was her lifetime. While she worried about it, we know her life was not futile, she was not a poor player on the stage of life, and she signified so much more than nothing. And she will be heard as long as civilization keeps her record alive.

[@Maya-bu2rf]

@@tedcole9936 Thanks for your kind reply. Phoebe was a very special person. She was very intelligent, and talented in many areas. With her four octave range she could sing most anything. The last ten years or more of her life she was studying opera and training with a voice teacher. She was not at all like the people who think because they sing a song in French or Spanish they are opera singers. By that definition, Nat King Cole was an opera singer! He made entire albums in Spanish. I am afraid her voice will be lost because it is hard to find her music already.

[@tedcole9936]

@@Maya-bu2rf Thanks Maya. It almost feels like you knew Phoebe personally, but I won't pry... I felt very much that a lot of music was being lost forever when various LPs would go "Out of Print" in the 70's and 80s. - things that I knew existed but then were never issued on CD, and they became harder and harder to find in used LP shops in the 90's... But, so much has come back now, and KZbin is now giving me things I never knew existed... old Hendrix basement jams with Steve Stills, McGarrigle sisters live in a living room with Linda Ronstadt, or with EmmyLou Harris.. And old TV clips that played once or twice in the 60's and were "never seen again"... someone saved them and we still have them... Laura Nyro "Save the Country" for example. Buffy Sainte-Marie on Pete Seeger's old TV show.. Early Joni Mitchell on old black & white folk song tv shows. And old Richie Havens and Bill Withers live LPs that I thought were gone forever.. Columbia even started re-printing some pretty rare jazz from the 50's on vinyl. So, I think Phoebe will always be there, always be recoverable... as long as we keep our technological civilization going... I believe true quality will rise and be known to history. Phoebe Snow will be there, of that I have no doubt. I'm optimistic, but guard that old vinyl anyway, if you can.. and sell it or give it to someone who is a true music lover!

[@Maya-bu2rf]

@@tedcole9936 Yes, there are a lot of things available on KZbin and other places. I actually got Amazon music because they have all but one of Phoebe's albums streaming. There are also the very first SNL episodes and she is in them with Linda Ronstadt. There are also a lot of the commercials Phoebe sang in. The one that I remember hearing and saying that was Phoebe was the one that said cotton the fabric of our lives. There are a lot of others singing it, but not her. The one with the statue of liberty was a good one. I never saw it on tv because I rarely watched it until recently. I think that is the one that they also changed it so that it was more of a rock sound, but that was lost. The person who had posted it said because she was so enthusiastic about it and they let her rearrange it. I will have to check on that. I only know two people who really like Phoebe. I have all the albums and cds. I finally listened to Etta James singing "At Last." I guess I am weird, but I prefer Phoebe's cover. Paul McCartney said he was always happy when Phoebe sang covers of his songs because it was always great to see how she would interpret them and often he liked her cover better. The one he specifically mentioned was "Every Night".

[@miltonslocum8957]

Great reaction Angela! I've always loved Phoebe Snow singing style. Would like to see you react to Poetry Man. I think you'll like it too!

[@Peter-oh3hc]

As said below, honesty is most important.

[@mikemilne]

Back in the 70s there was a lot of guitar playing and group singing, "jamming" with your friends etc. I always loved blues music and loved to sing blues songs. After hearing Phoebe Snow even for the first time I never sang the same afterwards.bobviously she was a jazz virtuoso and I was just some kid strumming a cheap guitar and singing blues songs, but I always wanted to sound as much like her, within those limitations, as I could. The world lost one of the greats when we lost her Check out her version of Teach Me Tonight, at high volume if possible. You won't regret it.

[@cynthiahoffmann5757]

Your next reaction from PhoebeSnow has to be Poetry Man!!

[@taigor74]

As a big Steely Dan fan I love Aja but everyone has they're own opinions on what they like and dislike thanks for your honesty and yes your face does tell it all keep up the great work 👍

[@frankiebowie6174]

She had a voice and message that drew the listener in. I miss her voice.

[@BetsySchiller-sj2sm]

I love her❤

[@richardmartin9565]

What ever happened to Phoebe Snow. She perfomed at my old hangout in Harvard Square Cambridge.

[@michaelrobertson9518]

I know you love elton john and billy. In 1998 they toured together and called it FacetoFace. I think you woukd enjoy watching them together. Id recommend Elton john and billy joel goodbye yellow brick road and Dont let the sun go down om me from Tokyo. Love your channel

[@user-ut5ld7ri6g]

I wonder what's french-canadian for for twenty years I grew up without knowing this song existed. Not a peep.

[@tedcole9936]

Agree with other comments that "Poetry Man" is excellent, and was best known, and got the most radio play. But I also really like "Either of Both" - it's such an open and honest (and fun) song. Angela, thanks for the great reaction and thoughts!

[@tedcole9936]

Thanks for that awesome listing. That will keep me busy! Yes, I love John Prine, Sam Stone. Thank you, friend. Merry Christmas too you also.

[@Maya-bu2rf]

I like that one too. She wrote a lot of good music and people forget that is her playing guitar on Poetry Man and a lot of others.

[@dennytaylor1005]

What everyone else said about being honest in your reactions ... agrees. I do wonder whatever happened to Phoebe Snow ... she burned bright for a short while...then ...

[@Maya-bu2rf]

Poetry Man was released in 1974. It was a big hit and she was nominated for a Grammy for best song, best album and best new artist. She did not win, but did not expect to. That album went Gold. What happened to Phoebe Snow was that at the end of 1975 she gave birth to her daughter Valerie Rose. The baby was deprived of oxygen for almost 20 minutes and suffered severe brain damage. The doctors did not expect her to live. They advised her to put the baby in an institution. Phoebe at 25 said no. She took her baby home and cared for her for 31 years. When her mother was still alive she took care of Valerie so Phoebe could be away to record or promote a new album. Phoebe's husband did not hang around. After her mother died Phoebe would sing commercials, and duets on other people's albums. (Paul Simon and Lou Rawls were two) She could earn money for short amounts of time. In 2007 Valerie died suddenly. Phoebe had a really bad time, but after a year she recorded her last album which was Live at Woodstock. In 2010 she had a stroke and went into a coma, and in 2011 she died. Probably more than you wanted to know! I think it makes the music she left us more meaningful. She said she never regretted caring for Valerie because she received more than she gave.

[@473mec]

Her version of Shakey Ground on New York Rock and Soul Review showcases the power of her voice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6TMaK2cmK-Xisk Her duet with Michael McDonald on the same album performing Knock on Wood is one of my favorite versions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpmyfJ-aqrqInck

[@danjoda755]

I'ma send a tough one your way, Angela, so fire up your Kleenex and hold on. 👼 The performer is Art Garfunkel (solo), the song is titled "All I Know". A pure, heartfelt, soul wrenching performance, musical perfection. 🥰 Link attached below, but if tech issues arise, I urge that you play the studio version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5Klm4xjr9Jjqas

[@keng4847]

One likes what one likes. And one doesn't like what one doesn't like. Those people who don't understand that or don't respect that, and feel the need to tell you that you are "wrong" are the ones who lack understanding. And in some cases they lack maturity It's one thing to let it be known that one doesn't share your opinion about a book/movie/song etc. (Which is fine to do so). But it's another thing to insist that their opinion is RIGHT and your opinion is WRONG. Or insist that you don't know/understand what you're talking about. Those people who conduct themselves in such ways are displaying a lack of maturity.

[@keng4847]

@@wavelength7503 Are you talking to me? If you are, it's not a matter of DOING JUDGEMENT. It is about respecting a difference of opinion on things that are very subjective and personal. It's fine to express a difference of opinion on a song/movie/book etc,. It's also find to explain/defend your opinion. But if you are insisting THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, and so someone one who doesn't like what you like DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, or is just not as SMART ABOUT IT AS YOU ARE and if you can't respect a difference of opinion or a difference in tastes when it comes to subjective things, then you are displaying a lack of maturity. Particularly if you are insulting/negative /condescending about it Which goes on all the time on message boards/social media.

[@keng4847]

@@wavelength7503 And I was responding to a comment Day One made in the video. Exactly what comments would you have me read? And Day Ones comments included the line "LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT".. So apparently the comments made her feel like she was being told that she didn't know what she was talking about..

[@evanhughes1510]

Poetry Man is her best known song.

[@Maya-bu2rf]

Always my favorite of hers. It tipped the scales in favor of me taking the free ticket someone gave me for an outdoor concert way back in 1977. I was hooked on her music that night and I still am!

[@brenthowell8883]

Check out True Companion by Donald Fagan. It's Fire!✌

[@annmooney5276]

Amy Winehouse Back to Black

[@elkalabaw7665]

this song is about her close friend who committed suicide.

[@davids2096]

1st time hearing this one! The only song I know by her is Poetry Man which I really like! This one doesn't really float my boat! Goodbye!

[@Maya-bu2rf]

Poetry Man was always my favorite. She sang a lot of really good stuff and sang some covers that were better than the originals. This one is not one of my favorites. She wrote it for a friend who helped her a lot and died of an overdose.

[@michaelasay8587]

Woman...u don't do...Poetry Man??!!!