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Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« on: February 12, 2007, 06:32:12 PM »

Norah Jones was on the American television show "60 Minutes" last night and was interviewed by Katie Couric. Most of the segment is available online and you can see it here. If you're a Mac user, I suggest getting the freeware version of the Flip4Mac QuickTime plug-in and watching the Windows Media version of the video.

I was quite surprised to find out who her father is (And, no, it's not Darth Vader).

After watching this, I realize I haven't given her music enough of a chance.

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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2007, 11:18:02 PM »

I'm surprised you didn't know as it was very played up when her first record came out.

I thought she came off well in the piece... although it's STILL a puff piece that I can't for the life of me figure WHY it was on 60 Minutes this week.

good publicist.

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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2007, 08:34:06 AM »

I saw most of it too. Is her sitar strummin father still alive?
                    (my way of evading having to spell his name)
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2007, 11:10:08 AM »

Yes, Ravi Shankar is still alive.

I can't believe anyone DIDN'T know he was her father.  That's like not knowing that Steven Tyler is Liv Tyler's dad.  (No offense intended, but I honestly think it was emphasized in every story & review of her first record.)

I think she is terrific, and very charming, too.  And then there's her looks, which don't hurt.  Those photos of her as a young girl were stunning -- she was so photogenic, and very "direct" with the camera.  I think she's just a born performer, and talented as well.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2007, 02:52:36 PM »

wwittman wrote on Mon, 12 February 2007 22:18

I thought she came off well in the piece... although it's STILL a puff piece that I can't for the life of me figure WHY it was on 60 Minutes this week.


Well, Katie Couric was the interviewer, so were you expecting serious journalism? Since CBS News made the decision to hire KC, its brand of reporting is better placed on Entertainment Today than any serious news program.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2007, 03:47:24 PM »

It's not that I expect different from Katie Couric.

but someone decided that what this week's 60 Minutes NEEDED was a puff piece about Norah Jones and then decided Katie Couric should do it.

I don't think her new record is doing great business and she wasn;t up for a grammy (later that night... NEXT on, in fact) so what was the reason this was this week's important story?

good publicist, I say again.

pitching Norah's new record to the pre-Grammy audience.

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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2007, 07:16:17 AM »

I recorded Norah, and was very impressed by her solid musical ability.  She is the "real deal."
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2007, 02:44:00 AM »

agreed

she's another great singer/interpreter i've heard in the last 10 years
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2007, 04:25:01 PM »


LOVE Norah!
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2007, 06:42:17 PM »

wwittman wrote on Tue, 13 February 2007 12:47


I don't think her new record is doing great business and she wasn;t up for a grammy (later that night... NEXT on, in fact) so what was the reason this was this week's important story?.




The record has scanned over 630K units in it's first 2 weeks (#1 first week and #2 the 2nd week). It has only had a 2 week chart life since release.

It s not like last album that did a million the first week, but what non radio artists does that on a third album, anyway?  Add in a weaker marketplace.....

Big numbers all over the world as well.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2007, 12:14:20 AM »

I have several friends in key positions on her touring crew, and know her former guitarist Kevin Briet very well, and by all accounts she is a dream to work for/with.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2007, 12:21:32 AM »

I recorded Norah live-to-two with Marian McPartland for NPR's show Piano Jazz and Norah is a one-take kind of girl.  She sang and played live with ease and was a delight to work with.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2007, 11:57:17 PM »

I'm sure she's very nice and very talented.

this record is still being very HYPED.

which may not ultimately serve her well.



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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2007, 10:45:01 AM »

No doubt, but what artist does the record industry serve well?  (Aside from insanely large sums handed to a few.)
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2007, 12:11:43 PM »

wwittman wrote on Sun, 18 February 2007 20:57

I'm sure she's very nice and very talented.

this record is still being very HYPED.

which may not ultimately serve her well.






If the record is not "hyped", how is the public supposed to know it's released?


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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2007, 07:32:06 PM »

you see NO distinction between marketed and hyped?

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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2007, 07:45:26 PM »

wwittman wrote on Mon, 19 February 2007 16:32

you see NO distinction between marketed and hyped?




I haven't noticed this record being hyped.  Maybe the east coast is the stronger market and that's where the marketing $$ are going?

There isn't much radio.  AAA and a lackluster showing at AC radio.

It's pretty invisible here.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2007, 03:47:59 PM »

Letterman, Conan, 60 Minutes...

60 Minutes isn't the usual "circuit" for a musical act with a new record out (that as you say, isn't exactly killing on radio)
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2007, 10:12:36 PM »

Really marketing 101.  60 mins was a good idea.  Older demo show.  Different audience than Oprah.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2007, 02:22:52 AM »

I'm not disputing that Nora Jones might be a really nice person.  Or that she might have inherited some musical genes from her father (who did not raise her).  Or that some of her sidemen have might have some chops.  Yadda, yadda.

What should be discussed amongst music fans is the blandness of everything she has released.  It's music-lite for people who want pleasant background noise while they shop at the mall or have a coffee at Starbucks.  It's fake jazz for people who are either too old to rock or never liked the ruckus in rock, but have never cultivated any interest or educated themselves about jazz or other "serious" musical forms like classical.

Nora Jones is the ultimate sell-out.  She's smart enough to know that she's serving up bland wallpaper music to people who are utterly clueless about real art.
She's doing it strictly for the moola.  The big push (60 Minutes, etc.) is an attempt to get aging boomers off their asses and into record stores.  Nora Jones is one of the record companys' last hopes to get boomers to spend some of their cash.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2007, 03:25:29 AM »

rody wrote on Wed, 07 March 2007 02:22

What should be discussed amongst music fans is the blandness of everything she has released.  It's music-lite for people who want pleasant background noise while they shop at the mall or have a coffee at Starbucks.  It's fake jazz for people who are either too old to rock or never liked the ruckus in rock, but have never cultivated any interest or educated themselves about jazz or other "serious" musical forms like classical.


I hope that made you feel better.  I'll remain comfortable in my appreciation of Norah, rock, jazz, and classical music (which I've played at a high level), and then I'll tell you to fuck off (politely, of course).

What exactly is it about people like you that leads you to believe it's a good idea to lob gross generalizations into a crowd of folks whom you know nothing about?
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #21 on: March 08, 2007, 09:43:02 AM »

Whatever one thinks of the music, I applaud Norah for spearheading the return of the "real song" into a world then-populated by non-songs.

And Jesse.
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2007, 12:53:04 AM »

terry wrote:

"And Jesse."

quoted for emphasis

take a listen (for free):

http://www.jesseharrismusic.com/

example of cardinal point mixing?
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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2007, 01:06:49 AM »

maxim wrote on Sat, 10 March 2007 00:53

terry wrote:

"And Jesse."

quoted for emphasis

take a listen (for free):

http://www.jesseharrismusic.com/

example of cardinal point mixing?


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Re: Norah Jones on 60 Minutes
« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2007, 03:07:49 PM »



Cool stuff.  Thanks for the heads up on this guy!
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