Currently playing...

[Gripe]

Thanks, Chills, for the reminder that I own some old Nick Cave albums. I never really gave them a chance but there are a couple of songs I know I love. One is called "The Singer (A.K.A. The Folksinger)", from Kicking Against The Pricks. I think that's an all covers album, since I recognize songs by Hendrix, Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground and others. They're kind of hit or miss but I love "The Singer". He apparently made an album called Murder Ballads about...well, murder ballads. If one isn't offended by the lyrical content there is a great song on there called "Knoxville Girl". Nice gee-tar on that one. Heck, I think I'll go listen to it right now. G'bye!

[EC]

I love Knoxville Girl.  It's so spooky and weird, and the first time you hear it, you're like "is this a joke?"  I especially like the Louvin Brothers version, because they're so... chipper, and the song is so morbid.  It's an interesting  duality.

I'm still listening to Transistor Radio constantly (I find something new each time - I'm using my headphones, plus my friend pointed out some of his recording techniques, so now I'm trying to listen to see if I can figure that kind of thing out.  It's actually very interesting.)  Plus Joanna Newsom.  All the time.  Because, wow.  She makes you want to run around.

[sweatboard]

Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs, It's Flawless, a certifiable Masterpiece, this album and M. Ward's Transistor Radio are two instant classics.  

[Gripe]

Re: Knoxville Girl...

Mark Lanegan sings a semi-similar "murder ballad" called Little Sadie and it's a bit of alright, I tell you what. He's up there with James James on my list of "singers who, when I'm pissed, I wish I sounded like". He also did a frickin' sweet version of She's Not For You by Willie Nelson, I must say.  And his first solo album kind of butters my toast as well.

So what's with these great singers covering old songs about murder, anyway? Was there a time when "I bonked her on the head and threw her into the river" was an everyday lyric?

[EC]

Yeah, it's weird...  but I think those are very traditional old songs.  Like old, old.  In fact, they might have begun a REALLY long time ago in England/Scotland/Ireland and were carried over, words changed, stories changed...  But all those songs about being in the pines, and killing people...  To me they're way more about fable than reality.  Like the Brothers Grimm or other legends that lean to the side of creepy.  Haunting, that's more the word.  And the music (aside from how the Louvin Brothers sing 'em) tends to match the mood, which is very cool.  You know that originally, the story comes from somewhere (like all those train songs about John Henry) - they continue the tradition of verbal/musical/oral storytelling, but keep it within the confines of a certain melody.

I'm totally making that up, but that's how I've always thought about all of it in my head.  People change the songs to match their own history, and thus it continues...

[jackycreegs]

i have compiled a cd. been listening to it non-stop recently. the tracklisting is as follows (in case anyone cares):

clearlake - i hang on every word you say
the futureheads - hounds of love
super furry animals - ymaelodi a'r ymylon
neil young - mellow my mind
belle & sebastian - the model
azure ray - november
bright eyes - bowl of oranges
longpigs - lost myself
richard hawley - happy families
rilo kiley - with arms outstretched
gene - o lover
leonard cohen - chelsea hotel no.2
the delgados - no danger
lambchop - grumpus
belle & sebastian - we rule the school
cousteau - the last good day of the year
neil young - borrowed tune
screaming trees - look at you
bright eyes - kathy with a k's song

i think they're all fabulous

[marktwain]

there's a lot on this mix I don't know, but I like what I recognize! :)

[EC]

Is this THE cd, by any chance?

[jackycreegs]

there's a lot on this mix I don't know, but I like what I recognize! :)

my advice to you, is to do what your parents didn't: download some tunes!

Is this THE cd, by any chance?

that it is.

[SMc55]

that it is.

 8)

[EC]

that it is.

good work, sir.  

[wordawg]

The idea is still ace.
Go to it, young man.


wordawg

[Chills]

Mixing blues soul and rock 'n roll...
These are all in high rotation

Al Green: Call Me
Aretha Franklin: Dr Feelgood (love is a serious business)
Etta James: I'd Rather Go Blind
Marvin Gaye: You
Ray Charles: Drown In My Own Tears
Sam Cooke: You Send Me

Skip James: Devil Got My Woman
Blind Willie Mctell: The Soul Of A Man
Son House: Death Letter
Junior Kimbrough: I Feel Good Again

Bob Dylan: The Man In Me
Morphine: Thursday
Badfinger: No Matter What (!)

[Jellyfish]

The Grateful Dead(billed as The Warlocks because they were banned from the venue) 10/9/89 Hampton VA....great show...in the midst of all the popularity the Dead finally achieved,we walked up to the box office and purchased tickets 15 minutes before the show. ;)

[SMc55]

Badfinger: No Matter What (!)

Haven't heard that for years. Will find it. Now!

[Chills]

Haven't heard that for years. Will find it. Now!

I'll warn you, it's so catchy you'll find yourself humming it for days! Damn that is one catchy song

[SMc55]

I'll warn you, it's so catchy you'll find yourself humming it for days! Damn that is one catchy song

You are so right. My son's even singing it now.

"Knock down the old grey wall!"  :D

[antoniostrohs]

The National     Cherry Tree
Beck                       Guero
Shooter Jennings   Put the O Back In C_untry
Adrian Belew       Side One
Josh Roush          Nashville
The Stars           Set Your Self On Fire
Megan Hamilton         Anything I Can Find

[sweatboard]

Megan Hamilton    Anything I Can Find

Good Shit!!!!!!!!!!

[EC]

Ah, honey.  Man that's nice.  :)

How's Beck, by the way?  Is it worth getting?