You know Johnny Cash also covered "The Mercy Seat" right?
Yep.
I just realized that in my head, Johnny Cash isn't country, he's in the same category as Tom Waits. Storytellers.
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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.
Atropa - Jan 26, 2007 12:39:53 pm PST #5102 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2007 12:42:22 pm PST #5103 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How about this one:
Gentle Creatures by Tarnation - "Country Goth with a tinge of surf rock? Yes, this unique 4AD group successfully blend alt.country with shoegazer indie aesthetic. Paula Frazer is like a Gothic Patsy Cline...a totally fantastic CD"
AMG says:
Given that Tarnation's frontwoman Paula Frazer is best known for her work with the L.A. post-punk band Frightwig — and since Gentle Creatures is, after all, a product of the arty 4AD label — the absolute-torch-and-twang authenticity that defines the record is a wonderful surprise; ethereal yet earthy, the album's strength derives from all of its seeming contradictions. Powered by Frazer's deft songwriting and smoky vocals, Gentle Creatures is melancholy and gorgeous, its love songs and ballads cloaked in reverb and gothic imagery. What Tarnation shares with its 4AD stablemates is an uncanny knack to build and maintain a rich, dense atmosphere; the record is dusky and otherworldly, haunted by the spirits of failed relationships, late-night radio transmissions, and other ghostly presences.
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2007 12:45:49 pm PST #5104 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.
Bah. Kristen Hersh is touring, but in Chicago she's playing... Borders. It'd be nice to see her in a place where I could sit down (because I am old).
Damn, I haven't seen Kristen in almost seven years.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2007 12:46:19 pm PST #5105 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You know Johnny Cash also covered "The Mercy Seat" right?
I just realized that in my head, Johnny Cash isn't country, he's in the same category as Tom Waits. Storytellers.
Heh, I was just about to mention that Nick Cave probably had a few songs that would qualify, but he's definitely in the "Storytellers" category, one I approve of wholeheartedly. Though Cash was capable of doing fun stuff like "I've Been Everywhere" and "Mean-eyed Cat".
Is Cash's "Mercy Seat" on one of the Rick Rubin albums?
DavidS - Jan 26, 2007 12:48:23 pm PST #5106 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is Cash's "Mercy Seat" on one of the Rick Rubin albums?
Of course. American III: Solitary Man
Hayden - Jan 26, 2007 12:51:47 pm PST #5107 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That Tarnation album is just lovely as it can be.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2007 12:52:54 pm PST #5108 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Or consider perhaps Sixteen Horsepower in the country goth genre.
esse - Jan 26, 2007 2:35:29 pm PST #5109 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
That's a good categorization for 16 Horsepower. Though I've always associated them as a kind of prog steampunk country.
Atropa - Jan 26, 2007 3:00:58 pm PST #5110 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Though I've always associated them as a kind of prog steampunk country.
Huh. I'll have to point them out to my friend who runs Sepiachord.
sumi - Jan 26, 2007 3:23:03 pm PST #5111 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Borders? That's just not right.
So this song of the day thing is something from itunes?