Anya ,'Help'
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.
Speaking of Petra Haden, any of you heard Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out?
Yep. It was the subject of some discussion shortly before you joined us. Personally, I found it interesting enough for a listen or two, but it usually made my thirsty for the original (which is, y'know, one of the best albums ever made, in my humble opinion).
That's kinda how I felt, but I admired the gumption at making an a capella version of a Rock Canon album.
Gumption! That's exactly it. Possibly moxie.
Oh yeah. Some of the things she chose to emphasize were just brilliant, too, and have changed the way I hear the original.
Apparently, it was Mike Watt's idea. If we had to drink every time he came up with some out-of-this-world great idea, we'd be constantly soused.
And hey, it just occurs to me how much instant cred Petra Haden adds to a band. The Decemberists can now claim two steps to the Minutemen and one step to Ornette Coleman. Wow.
All we had to do was sacrifice a few chickens.
Off to the farm . . . .
dw, thanks for the link! I'll be sure to listen to it when I get home tonight.
What else has Petra Haden done? I hadn't heard of her before she did that Who cover album, but I figured she had to be famous for something other than being in the Decemberists.
She was in a band with her sister Rachel called That Dog back in the nineties. I recommend them. They're not bad. She also recently did a fantastic cover album with Bill Frisell. It's so unbelievably good. Their version of Elliott Smith's "Satellite" makes my skin bumpy.
She also sings backup on Mike Watt's third solo album (aka "the one with organ").
The Mountain Goats have given me a new tag line.
My new one was inspired by a morning listen to This Nation's Saving Grace yesterday.