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The Weakness in Me: The Selected Lyrics of Joan Armatrading

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The one real enigma has been Armatrading’s private life. Dubbed “Joan Armour-plating” by journalists, for decades she’s been cagey about her love life, her friends, sexuality. Questions about her private life have always been off-limits. In 1986, actress and singer Karla DeVito covered the song for her second album Wake 'Em Up in Tokyo. Smith, Andrea (14 October 2012). "Joan's music tells the story". Irish Independent . Retrieved 9 December 2020. a b c d Brown, Helen (27 August 2005). "Don't drop the pilot!". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 April 2011. In 2000, Bob Rowe covered the song for his tribute album Tom Thumb's Blues – A Tribute to Judy Collins.

The world doesn’t need to know what colour my bedroom walls are,” she famously told one reporter. But people do. Her songs are almost exclusively about matters of the heart, lovers and love. You would figure out something personal from all that.McVeigh, Sarah (26 March 2013). "Joan Armatrading speaks to Richard Glover about music, love and affection". ABC Sydney. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 25 October 2013. Great acts lined up for the Acoustic Festival of Britain". Safeconcerts. 9 April 2012 . Retrieved 5 October 2012. The song has stood the test of time and remains one of Armatrading’s most well-known and loved songs. It has been covered by several artists and has been featured in movies and TV shows. 6. What genre does The Weakness In Me belong to? Gold Badge Awards in pictures". M Magazine. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018 . Retrieved 20 January 2018. /

Joan Armatrading". Guitar Player. 38 (12). December 2004. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. a b "Joan Armatrading Readying The Release Of 'Me Myself I World Tour' DVD And CD Set For Release". 429 Records via PR Newswire. 14 October 2016 . Retrieved 3 February 2017.

Walsh, John (27 July 2009). "Guitar hero – the radio tour". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022 . Retrieved 1 January 2013.

Armatrading performed as a cameo vocalist for the song "Don't Lose Your Head" on the 1986 Queen album A Kind of Magic. Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, CBE ( / ˈ ɑːr m ə ˌ t r eɪ d ɪ ŋ/, born 9 December 1950 [1]) is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist. [2] Anderson-Minshall, Diane (26 February 2013). "Joan Armatrading Still Sings of 'Love and Affection' ". The Advocate . Retrieved 9 December 2020. Armatrading first performed in a concert at Birmingham University for her brother at the age of about 16. She only knew her own songs, but her brother asked her to perform something that would be familiar to the audience; she chose " The Sound of Silence". [8] She then performed her own songs around the local area with a friend from school, and played bass- and rhythm-guitar at local clubs. [6] [15] In 1968 Armatrading joined a touring production of the stage musical Hair. [6] There she met the lyricist Pam Nestor in 1970, [16] and they worked together on Armatrading's debut album Whatever's for Us, released by Cube Records in 1972. [17] Nestor wrote the lyrics to eleven of the 14 songs on the album, while Armatrading wrote the lyrics to three of them, performed all the vocals, wrote all the music and played an array of instruments on the album. Although Nestor was credited as co-lyricist, Cube regarded Armatrading as the more likely star material. These events produced a tension that broke up the partnership. [18] By the end of the song we know what decision she will probably end up making, though she doesn’t outright say it. If this is at all autobiographical, I don’t think it would go well if she didn’t breakup with the old love and move to the new one. That would make for an awkward record-listening release party.a b c d Birch, Helen (4 November 2005). "Interview: Joan Armatrading". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 April 2011. I write this a few months after seeing Joan Armatrading on what has been billed as her final world tour. I sat in the fourth row, accompanied by my wife and friends, for what I regarded as a bookend to that afternoon more than 30 years ago. This was one of a few occasions where I wanted others to hear music I had listened to for years, in some attempt to “convert” them, or at least appreciate what I appreciated. My impression had been that all these musicians volunteered to appear on Armatrading albums out of admiration of her work. But, after reading Sean Mayes’ unauthorized biography, I learned it’s more complicated than that. Producers like Glyn Johns and Steve Lillywhite lined up the musicians, and Armatrading often clashed with them in the studio, explaining her compositions and the sound she was trying to put together.

In 2014 and 2015, Armatrading embarked on her last major tour, the Me Myself I Tour, the first to feature her solo on stage. An accompanying CD/DVD album, entitled Me Myself I World Tour, was released in 2016. [33] [34] On 19 May 2015 Armatrading appeared on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland, singing " Me Myself I". [46] On 11 May 2018 she was a guest on BBC One's The Graham Norton Show and performed her new single "I Like It When We're Together". [47]

The song elicits an emotional response from many listeners who have gone through similar experiences. It is a poignant reflection of the human condition – the struggle between our desires and our values, between our loyalty and our attraction. 4. What is the meaning behind the line “I have a lover who loves me / How could I break such a heart?”

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