That's kinda how I felt, but I admired the gumption at making an a capella version of a Rock Canon album.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
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.
dw - Oct 10, 2005 9:57:55 am PDT #803 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Michele T. - Oct 10, 2005 10:00:18 am PDT #804 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Gumption! That's exactly it. Possibly moxie.
Hayden - Oct 10, 2005 10:01:53 am PDT #805 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Gandalfe - Oct 10, 2005 10:34:39 am PDT #806 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
All we had to do was sacrifice a few chickens.
Off to the farm . . . .
Kate P. - Oct 10, 2005 10:44:24 am PDT #807 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
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.
Mr. Broom - Oct 10, 2005 11:16:31 am PDT #808 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
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.
Hayden - Oct 10, 2005 12:28:16 pm PDT #809 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
She also sings backup on Mike Watt's third solo album (aka "the one with organ").
dw - Oct 10, 2005 8:18:53 pm PDT #810 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
The Mountain Goats have given me a new tag line.
Hayden - Oct 11, 2005 5:40:36 am PDT #811 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My new one was inspired by a morning listen to This Nation's Saving Grace yesterday.
DavidS - Oct 11, 2005 8:11:30 am PDT #812 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pictures of the 2005 Bubblegum Achievement Awards including Toni Wine and Ron Dante dueting on "Sugar, Sugar."
I didn't get to go. But I did write Ron's induction speech into the hall of fame.