Sorry zim - should have put this in here earlier.
crowd demographics; painted satanistic wannabes 2 deep at the front, the rest just your average sensibly hair styled punter stoned to Palestine.
The quiet Beatle would have loved it.
One of my favorite tracks, particularly at this time of year.
Just conjures a weird kinda joyous melancholy, ā¦ The soundscape, & then dem lyrics, finishing with
ā¦
Itās the sort of wind That could drive a wedge 'Tween lovers
Itās the sort of sound That sends children under covers
And it broke the hearts Of me and every lover
Even close to the ground It almost seem to smother us
And it seems like I must have sinned
And it sounds like Mysterious wind
Edit: For those not aware, I probably should have said itās also by Ed.
Been reading Ted Gioiaās terrific āHistory of Jazzā lately and itās sent me way back, back indeed to the supposed FIRST ever recorded jazz piece, which emerges from New Orleans, check, is a bit rough and ready, check, was called ājassā, check, and is played by an all white band, BUMP! Plenty of African American jazz bands around prior to the āOriginal Dixieland Jass Bandā but not surprisingly noone recorded them- bit like modern Hollywood. Not the bandās fault though- it actually sounds pretty good.
Not sure about this but I canāt wait anyway. Due for release early April in the US. Just as long as itās true to the music I can live with the rest.
Someone Whoāll Get It - highasakite
Thick As Thieves - I should know but I forget
Pleasure Drive - I also forget
Iām getting a little concerned about how poppy my tastes are becoming.
I know damn well how over-produced, how lyrically and musicallyā¦contrived Someone Whoāll Get It is, I know itās pop by numbers, I just donāt care.
Someone Who'll Get It - highasakite
Thick As Thieves - I should know but I forget
Pleasure Drive - I also forget
Iām getting a little concerned about how poppy my tastes are becoming.
I know damn well how over-produced, how lyrically and musicallyā¦contrived Someone Whoāll Get It is, I know itās pop by numbers, I just donāt care.
What you need to do is stay angry with something in life and draw on it whenever you go to buy a cd or find out whatās new.
Pop will soon be eliminated from your rotation.
Iāve been watching a lot of Louis Armstrong vids lately but this one stood out as a document of both the youthful Armstrongās amazing musicianship(1932) and the appalling racist profiling of the period. Itās fair to say that Miles Davis, who famously said "I loved Satchmo, but I couldnāt stand all that grinning he didā, wouldnāt have approved. It comes from a short called āA Rhapsody in Black and Blueā.
But, oh my, that vibrant, assertive horn sound is just out of this world. Noone could put it out there like Louis in his prime.
Unfortunately the sound drops out a bit in the middle.
Guilty secrets time. I really really like this song, always have, but youāre not supposed to admit it right? Well why not, this is a site thatās made good use of the āStand Byā concept and I just love the voice- there Iāve come out as a lover of country twang.
What the ā ā ā ā is she wearing though-itās a bit like Barbarella meets the Grand Old Opry with the HAIR as well.
Some of the posts on You Tube claim sheās miming, but sheās not for mine. They actually had to be able to sing in those days and Tammy had one hell of a voice. Love the way she hardly moves a muscle throughout the performance, that was Tammyās way.
Wonder if Ted Cruzās wife can sing.
PS Charlie Parker, no less, liked country too so I donāt feel too lonely.
RIP Merle Haggard
The first I heard of the great Merle Haggard was in Pure Prairie Leagueās 70s tribute (sort of) āIāll fix your flat tyre, Merleā, a response to Merleās hippy baiting hit āOkie from Muskogeeā, with its memorable chorus-
āIāll fix your flat tyre Merle
Donāt ya get your sweet country pickinā fingers all covered with erl
Cause youāre a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And Iāll fix your flat tyre Merleā
I looked him up after that and discovered an opinionated hypocritical honkie alright but also a multi instrumentalist and highly talented song writer who really did āhave soulā. Lots of pure country of course, which for some reason that I donāt understand turns people off, but he could do a mean country inflected blues too.
That said āOkie from Muskogeeā is a foot tapping LOL hoot of a song.
āWe donāt smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We donāt take no trips on LSD
We donāt burn no draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livinā right, and beinā free.ā
Emmylou liked him so he canāt have been all bad. Great song, Merle.