lisah, it might possibly be too folky, but John Gorka has a song called "Prom Night In Pigtown" that is simultaneously ridiculous and heartbreaking. It might make a good "send the last party stragglers drifting off just as dawn breaks" song.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
JZ - Jan 12, 2007 8:30:17 am PST #4895 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2007 8:31:05 am PST #4896 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
He's a locksmith at Disneyland.
Huh. That's about as odd a career change for rock musician as tugboat captain or maybe professor of English.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 8:38:23 am PST #4897 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Btw, there are some good Feelies performances on YouTube.
lisah - Jan 12, 2007 8:44:06 am PST #4898 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
it might possibly be too folky, but John Gorka has a song called "Prom Night In Pigtown" that is simultaneously ridiculous and heartbreaking. It might make a good "send the last party stragglers drifting off just as dawn breaks" song.
That sounds great, actually! I wonder if it's about the Pigtown that is a B'more neighborhood?
Jon B. - Jan 12, 2007 8:45:52 am PST #4899 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Feelies at the Paradise in Boston (I don\'t remember what year, somewhere in \'86-90) in my Top 5 Best Rock Shows Ever.
Hey! I was probably there! You should have looked for me.
I can\'t grab the \"dancing barefoot\" cover at work either, but I have it on some 12\" single. It is awesome. Although Brenda sings lead, Glenn Mercer does the spoken word part near the end that gives me chills.
I just remembered something. Their booking agent once told me that their real names were not Bill and Glenn. They were, in fact, Glenn and Bill. He was very insistant about this.
Btw, I expect this is obvious but I\'ve only started doing this recently. Doing the blog search on Google is the fastest way I\'ve found for nabbing obscure music tracks.
You know about the hype-machine, right? [link] There are other music blog aggregators, but I can\'t remember the urls right now.
t on edit another aggregator: [link]
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2007 8:47:50 am PST #4900 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm listening to The Feelies right now AIFG!
("Raised Eyebrows" - love that song.)
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 8:49:10 am PST #4901 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know about the hype-machine, right?
I do! That's how I started tracking down all those live Tom Waits shows. Sweet Zombie Jesus, Raindogs are worse than Deadheads for recording every freaking' show. And yet, I still don't have a copy of the Cold Beer bootleg. Dammit.
I gotta say, the Paramount show from the late nineties I linked to a while back is probably my favorite. Great material and great sound and a fantastic band (as ever).
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 8:52:03 am PST #4902 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2007 8:54:31 am PST #4903 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I gotta say, the Paramount show from the late nineties I linked to a while back is probably my favorite.
I saw Tom there in early '97, IIRC. Is that the show? If so, can you post the link again?
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 8:56:51 am PST #4904 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I saw Tom there in early '97, IIRC. Is that the show? If so, can you post the link again?
I think that's it. I don't know if I still have the link, but I can post it at BR if I don't. I'll check when I get home.