08-11-2009, 11:38
from my library
Bette Midler - Bette Midler - 1973
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A roller coaster for the Divine lady. Stage, film and music. Ups and downs in each one. This second album was a down from her debut and barely held up for me. Never one for original material, the choices here were all over the board. Barry Manilow had yet to go on his own and handled most of the production chores here, along with the keyboards. A cover of Dylan's I Shall Be Released just should not have happened. That's just wrong. Covering classics from the big band era works for me. No vid of my fav, the Johnny Mercer standard, Drinking Again.
Favorite Track - Drinking Again
Drinkin` again.
Thinking of when you loved me.
Having a few.
Wishing that you were here.
Making the rounds.
Buying a round for total strangers.
Just being a fool,
`cause I keep hoping, hoping, hoping you`ll appear.
Sure I can borrow a smoke.
I can sit here all night and tell these jokers some jokes,
but who wants to laugh, who`s gonna laugh
at a broken heart?
Oh, my heart is aching, I swear it`s breaking.
And I`m drinking again.
Thinking of when you loved me.
And I`m tryin` to get home
with nothing, nothing but a memory.
Yes, I`m dying to get home,
dying to get home.
And I got nothin` but a bottle of beer,
and just my memory.
1) Skylark - ** - live
YouTube - BETTE MIDLER - Skylark (1985)
2) Drinking Again - **
3) Breaking Up Somebody's Home - **
4) Surabaya Johnny - *
5) I Shall Be Released - * - live
YouTube - BETTE MIDLER - I shall be released (LIVE Roxy LA 1977)
6) Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway - ** - live
YouTube - The Bette Midler Show - Lullaby of Broadway
7) In The Mood - ** - live
YouTube - In The Mood - Bette Midler
8) Uptown/Da Doo Run Run - ** - live
YouTube - Bette Midler - Uptown / Da Doo Run Run
9) Twisted - ** - live
YouTube - Bette Midler & Rosie O'Donnell - Twisted
10) Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) - *
3's - 0
2's - 7
1's - 3
Rating - 1.7
Bette Midler - Bette Midler - 1973
![[Image: k52456aded3.jpg]](http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drk500/k524/k52456aded3.jpg)
A roller coaster for the Divine lady. Stage, film and music. Ups and downs in each one. This second album was a down from her debut and barely held up for me. Never one for original material, the choices here were all over the board. Barry Manilow had yet to go on his own and handled most of the production chores here, along with the keyboards. A cover of Dylan's I Shall Be Released just should not have happened. That's just wrong. Covering classics from the big band era works for me. No vid of my fav, the Johnny Mercer standard, Drinking Again.
Favorite Track - Drinking Again
Drinkin` again.
Thinking of when you loved me.
Having a few.
Wishing that you were here.
Making the rounds.
Buying a round for total strangers.
Just being a fool,
`cause I keep hoping, hoping, hoping you`ll appear.
Sure I can borrow a smoke.
I can sit here all night and tell these jokers some jokes,
but who wants to laugh, who`s gonna laugh
at a broken heart?
Oh, my heart is aching, I swear it`s breaking.
And I`m drinking again.
Thinking of when you loved me.
And I`m tryin` to get home
with nothing, nothing but a memory.
Yes, I`m dying to get home,
dying to get home.
And I got nothin` but a bottle of beer,
and just my memory.
1) Skylark - ** - live
YouTube - BETTE MIDLER - Skylark (1985)
2) Drinking Again - **
3) Breaking Up Somebody's Home - **
4) Surabaya Johnny - *
5) I Shall Be Released - * - live
YouTube - BETTE MIDLER - I shall be released (LIVE Roxy LA 1977)
6) Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway - ** - live
YouTube - The Bette Midler Show - Lullaby of Broadway
7) In The Mood - ** - live
YouTube - In The Mood - Bette Midler
8) Uptown/Da Doo Run Run - ** - live
YouTube - Bette Midler - Uptown / Da Doo Run Run
9) Twisted - ** - live
YouTube - Bette Midler & Rosie O'Donnell - Twisted
10) Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) - *
3's - 0
2's - 7
1's - 3
Rating - 1.7