Speaking of covers, Emma Thompson shows off her pipes with this '82 medley of Beatles songs (done as a fatuous American TV star). (Plus Stephen Fry and unscruffy Hugh Laurie.)
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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.
DavidS - Jul 24, 2007 11:42:28 am PDT #6033 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
megan walker - Jul 24, 2007 11:45:54 am PDT #6034 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So, David, I guess we both spent our lunch hours on YouTube?
DavidS - Jul 24, 2007 11:53:40 am PDT #6035 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, David, I guess we both spent our lunch hours on YouTube?
I type. I procrastinate. I force myself back to typing. The mind drifts inevitably to Emma Thompson. Then you're back to typing.
DavidS - Jul 24, 2007 12:45:04 pm PDT #6036 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nicklas - Jul 24, 2007 2:02:25 pm PDT #6037 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Heard The Mekons' "White Stone Door". It reminded me about Journey, so I'm getting a bit worked up for Natural. Eh, a bit more worked up of course.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 5:51:19 pm PDT #6038 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The Mekons reminded you of Journey? Oh wait, that's not what you said.
bon bon - Jul 24, 2007 5:51:58 pm PDT #6039 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
this close to downloading some Mekons.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 6:00:54 pm PDT #6040 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You want recommendations? Some of their albums can be pretty erratic.
joe boucher - Jul 24, 2007 7:19:08 pm PDT #6041 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I was downloading the other night. Fear and whiskey kept me going.
Anyway... there's a sequel to Stranded and it's edited by Phil Freeman! Phil was Jazzhermit back in our Table Talk days & contributes to Corwood's emag The High Hat. Phil on today's Soundcheck.
In other news I used this service to get three long out-of-print albums: Air Lore, Henry Threadgill's take on Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton (featuring the great Fred Hopkins), Ornette's Of Human Feelings, Xgau's no. 2 album of the '80s, and the one he said he would have named his top album of the nineties had he bothered to make a list, Guitar Paradise of East Africa. Haven't lived with them long enough to say whether I concur with his assessments. I will say that I dug the Ornette more than most other Ornette I've heard, but my appreciation of Ornette is more theoretical than aural. I like Guitar Paradise but it didn't knock me out like his top album of the eighties, The Indestructible Beat of Soweto -- which is of course an unfair measuring stick. But what did knock me out was the GEMM website! The albums (2 LPs, one CD) ranged from $12-$29--check the prices on all music to see how excellent that is--and even though I chose the cheapest shipping option for each I got all of them within a week: 1 from California in about 3 days, and one from England and another from Greece 3 or 4 days after that! Completely great experience. And no, I'm not getting a kickback.
But I am getting tired. Night all.
Hayden - Jul 24, 2007 7:37:45 pm PDT #6042 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Aw, I love Of Human Feelings. It's funky!
And yeah, I'm happy for Phil for doing Stranded, although I'm disappointed (but not surprised) at how metal-heavy his writers' selections were.