On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, Nuriel Tobias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>ha! ha! ha! just heard "woman of heart and mind"'s cover by minie riperton
>and that's the funniest thing that's happened to me this week! i just had
>to listen to it again and again and that dreadfull miniemouse just kept me
>bursting in laughter! no heart, no mind - but w h a t a w o m a n!!! i'm
>telling you - let that girl cover "the sire of sorrow" - and it'll be the
>happiest joni song ever!
>see ya - nuriel
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and now, me:
Minnie Ripperton died some years ago of cancer. My reaction to Ms.
Ripperton's one big hit that I know of, "Loving You" from some time in the
1970s, was not a whole lot more positive than yours to this cover. However,
I vaguely remember seeing her praised lavishly once in print.
If I am not conflating different things, I think Minnie Ripperton was a
member of Rotary Connection [late 1960s] before going solo. I liked Rotary
Connection and, therefore, whatever was the contribution of Minnie's voice
to it. I have the 45 r.p.m., 7-inch single of their treatment of "Soul Man"
on one side and of "Ruby Tuesday" on the other side, and a reel-to-reel tape
dub of about half of the album on which those appeared.
Tim Spong
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