Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones unveil Duets LP of Everly Brothers covers

[Sanity Loan]

Warner sent me an email yesterday saying my vinyl pressing of the album has shipped! Can't wait to get it.

[Oxymore]

I love Barbara Allen more and more. Plus the last two verses are just beautiful.

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

Finally bought this! Only took me, what, two months?

[WorryRock02]

an Italian newscast, talk about foreverly last night: http://goo.gl/IjAljp ( 00.34,39)

[Bastard of 1969]

Finally bought this! Only took me, what, two months?

Like, only.

[Mykee Mexx]

I love Barbara Allen more and more. Plus the last two verses are just beautiful.

My favourite at the moment. Sometimes find myself humming the tune before I notice it´s Barbara Allen. I love this album more and more, one of the best things BJ ever made. Ever.

[stuart_and_the_ave]

My vinyl and lithograph came today I haven't unwrapped the vinyl yet

[jumpsalty]

My vinyl came on Sunday, wish I had the lithograph but it was so much cheaper to get it off Amazon (14.99) than to get it off the Warners site. It worked out more like £27 with shipping for me! And Amazon had free shipping!

[beejeezee]

i heard long time gone on the radio a few days ago. it was a nice little surprise

I could have sworn I heard it on the radio the other day.

Finally listened to it yesterday on YouTube. I really don't think I'll listen to it much. Again, I appreciate that they did it but the style's just not something I enjoy.

I did like the two songs that gave each of them their own vocal part that wasn't harmonized. I liked when they each got their own moment to shine. I think part of what I didn't like was the constant blending of their voices. I know that's staying true to the originals and how the brothers sang it, but I liked the songs where they sang alone in parts better.

That one is my personal favorite, Billie's voice sounds gorgeous!

[Sanity Loan]

Just got the lithograph today and it is pretty cool! Once it is done flattening and is up on my wall, I'll post a picture.

[Alan86]

I saw this vinyl at my local record store today and I had to have it

[JOE THE X-KID]

It's so good I'm going to have to buy the original

[WhiteTim]

It's so good I'm going to have to buy the original

I love the original

The extra verse on Rocking Alone on the Everly version is killer

[jakdokinori]

I love Barbara Allen more and more. Plus the last two verses are just beautiful.

Me too, it's such a great song. I just love the melodies in these songs.

[Heather.]

Dunno if I missed this bit of information after Phil died, but via Wikipedia/link to Billboard Charts: "Following the death of Phil Everly on January 3, 2014, the album climbed to number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart in January 2014."

[jakdokinori]

Dunno if I missed this bit of information after Phil died, but via Wikipedia/link to Billboard Charts: "Following the death of Phil Everly on January 3, 2014, the album climbed to number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart in January 2014."

Wow. Wouldn't surprise me I guess, it's kinda like when Michael Jackson died and it was Michael-mania for a while. If it means more people being exposed to this kind of music though I'm all for it!

[Sanity Loan]

Dunno if I missed this bit of information after Phil died, but via Wikipedia/link to Billboard Charts: "Following the death of Phil Everly on January 3, 2014, the album climbed to number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart in January 2014."

Yeah, it's true. As of today, it is currently at 37 and peaked at 19

http://d.pr/i/C2oy

[Heather.]

FYI the site that originally said Norah might be pregnant edited the article to say it is false. So debunk that as the reason Norah didn't perform with Billie at Grammys. Not that it really matters.

[AngelBlue_]

FYI the site that originally said Norah might be pregnant edited the article to say it is false. So debunk that as the reason Norah didn't perform with Billie at Grammys. Not that it really matters.

No she really is pregnant o.O

This is from december 2013

[Heather.]

I see, indeed!

I guess gossip sites couldn't get confirmation even if they asked her. She seems very private.

[alienlifeform]

No she really is pregnant o.O

This is from december 2013

it's Billie's

[Iva]

That's not even remotely funny.

[alienlifeform]

I think it is

[desertrose]

Henry Lipput ‏@HLipput Mar 27

Here's my review of teh #Foreverly album by #BillieJoeArmstrong and @NorahJones

Music to Be Boomers By: Brotherly Love

March 28, 2014 by The Lake Oconee Boomers Team Leave a Comment

By Henry Lipput

As 2014 began, on January 3^rd to be exact, we lost Phil Everly, one half of one of the most celebrated vocal duos of our time.

The Everly Brothers were a hit-making team throughout the ‘50’s and the early ‘60’s. They were a huge influence on folks like Simon and Garfunkel as well as The Beatles. According to Lean In, the first volume of Mark Lewisohn’s landmark Beatles biography, one of the many new singles that the Fabs looked forward to finding were those by the Everlys. There can be little doubt that the sound of Don and Phil’s close harmonies led directly to those of John and Paul.

Not long before Phil’s death, in November of last year, a tribute to the Everlys was released. The new album, Foreverly, is a track-by-track recreation of the brothers’1958 Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. Surprising then, and certainly surprising now, the songs on that album were far from the sound of Everly hits like “All I Have To Do Is Dream,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” and “Bye Bye Love.” Songs Our Daddy Taught Us is full of songs with a darker tone, songs about gamblers, cheatin’ hearts, and murdered lovers.

But even more surprising is the duo who took on the task of recreating the Everly’s sound: Billie Joe Armstrong — yes, the Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day — and Norah Jones (whose debut album introduced us to a pop chanteuse although her recent albums have taken a darker turn).

Armstrong and Jones’ voices merge to, if not duplicate the brothers’ vocal style, then certainly salute the close harmonies that made the Everlys such a treat to listen to. The songs contain spare arrangements that enhance and compliment the singing.

Highlights on the album include “Roving Gambler,” “Oh So Many Years,” and “Rockin’ Alone.”

http://www.lakeoconeeboomers.com/music-to-be-boomers-by-brotherly-love/#more-1815

[Iva]