It's a nice mix, but I could've used a little more cowbell.
Shpadoinkel!
When I get home tonight, I'll put up a few wonderful halloween songs, too.
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
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.
Gandalfe - Oct 17, 2005 5:28:30 am PDT #845 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Betsy HP - Oct 17, 2005 6:21:25 am PDT #846 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
I saw Dar Williams in concert. She was great; she mostly did songs from the current album, which is just fine by me. (She opened with her acoustic version of "Comfortably Numb", just her and the guitar, then slowly opening out to the rest of the band. Loved it.) Her opening act were the Girlyman, whom I've never heard before, and who were amazing. (I was expecting Dar to be good. I was expecting the opening act to be eeeh.) They closed their set with a hard-rocking cover of "Son of a Preacherman". Me: off to buy CDs.
erinaceous - Oct 18, 2005 8:41:52 am PDT #847 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Just popping in with a question: if one were to need, desperately, the Nick Cave cover of "Lust for Life," where would one look? Besides here, which I am already obviously doing ...
DavidS - Oct 18, 2005 8:52:19 am PDT #848 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. The only version I'm seeing is:
During a soundcheck for a Bad Seeds gig in Lille on 3/10/93, Nick Cave did a cover of Lust For Life.
So you might look into the world of bootleg trading, but I don't know that Nick did an official release.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 18, 2005 9:23:45 am PDT #849 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So you might look into the world of bootleg trading, but I don't know that Nick did an official release.
Besides live gigs, you might see if there are any boots of unreleased stuff from the KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS sessions, which was his only covers album.
I know he's thrown covers on as b-sides (In the Ghetto, Black Betty), but that one I've never heard about.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2005 10:26:25 am PDT #850 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
erinaceous where did you hear this Nick cover, anyway?
I can't even imagine wanting another version over Iggy's. My imagination is bankrupt on the subject.
Have sudden urge to hear Iggy singing "Sweet sixteeen / In Leather boots..."
erinaceous - Oct 18, 2005 12:12:29 pm PDT #851 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
I just heard *about* the cover, and now I must hear the actual thing.
Supposedly Vince Neil (of Motley Crue, do I even need to make this parenthetical explanation here?) did a cover too, which I really want to hear. As it was supposed to be for the Showgirls soundtrack, and I really need to hear a song so lame it couldn't even be on the Showgirls soundtrack.
I did finally get the Smithereens cover, and it's hysterical because the singer is cueing the band: "now I'm singing that verse again" ...
dw - Oct 18, 2005 12:21:48 pm PDT #852 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Since I asked the album question... what songs are high on your "best of 2005" list? Do you even do a best-of with songs?
Most played song on my iPod this year: "Black And White Town," Doves
joe boucher - Oct 18, 2005 12:36:29 pm PDT #853 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I really need to hear a song so lame it couldn't even be on the Showgirls soundtrack.
I think Vince used it on the soundtrack of his porno. There's probably some Crue fansite (or maybe even Vince's official site) where you could get a package deal on his and Tommy's videos. Just how much do you want to hear it?
joe boucher - Oct 18, 2005 2:18:36 pm PDT #854 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Name the speaker:
- And then Isaac Hayes introduced me to Jimmy Webb... we were at a songwriters' commemoration one time and Isaac actually brought me on stage and introduced me, I was like, Wow. I was speechless.
- There's an x-factor in females that spit. I'm actually putting together a group of stellar female MCs... I was inspired by Le Tigre.
Click here for the answer. I knew his favorite Beatles song was "The Long and Winding Road," but I never would have guessed that meeting Jimmy Webb would leave him speechless. "You're quite hostile." "I got a right to be hostile -- someone left my cake out in the rain!"