Not to mention George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers, either.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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.
Theodosia - Jun 02, 2008 1:06:57 pm PDT #8559 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Tom Scola - Jun 02, 2008 2:51:11 pm PDT #8560 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Guitarist George Thorogood, a Diddley disciple, put it more bluntly.
" 'Maybellene' is a country song sped up," Thorogood told Rolling Stone in 2005. " 'Johnny B. Goode' is blues sped up. But you listen to 'Bo Diddley,' and you say, 'What in the Jesus is that?' "
(I also like how Ed Sullivan has to use mnemonics to remember the term "Rhythm and Blues")
Theodosia - Jun 03, 2008 8:44:57 am PDT #8561 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Great quote, Tom!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 03, 2008 8:51:14 am PDT #8562 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I was surprised Bo Diddley was only 79. I swear he already looked that old 10+ years ago.
juliana - Jun 05, 2008 7:25:46 am PDT #8563 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Music peeps!
I need songs that deal with death and/or crows/ravens. Hec, which Tom Waits song should I use?
I'm definitely using Corb Lund's "Apocalyptic Modified Blues" - it's got that creepy ironic tone I like so much.
Tom Scola - Jun 05, 2008 7:29:14 am PDT #8564 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Gothic Archies have a song called "Crows". I can post it to buffistarawk this evening if you need.
Hayden - Jun 05, 2008 7:37:31 am PDT #8565 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm sure David has better ideas, but the two off the top of my head are "Murder In The Red Barn" and "Black Wings"
Sparklehorse, which has certainly taken a hat tip from Mr. Waits, has the wonderful song "Painbirds," too, which may fulfill what you're looking for.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 05, 2008 7:41:27 am PDT #8566 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Dear lord Nick Cave has got to have more than a few of those, but I don't even know where to start (at least he definitely has the death songs - one album is called Murder Ballads for doG's sake).
The Mercy Seat on Tender Prey is an absolute killer track about a man facing execution. Probably my favorite Nick Cave song of all time.
Henry Lee on Murder Ballads will get you PJ Harvey as well. (He also has a duet with Kylie Minogue on there, and a version of Stagger Lee which is about as big a death song as you can get).
juliana - Jun 05, 2008 7:49:32 am PDT #8567 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I can post it to buffistarawk this evening if you need.
That would be appreciated and awesome!
DavidS - Jun 05, 2008 8:57:49 am PDT #8568 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, which Tom Waits song should I use?
Well, in my book I list ever single song that Tom wrote that has a crow reference. So you could just pick that up and look at it.
Very crow-ish songs though would include: "Shiny Things" off of Orphans (which is a whole song about crows collecting shiny things etc.), "16 Shells From a Thirty Ought-Six" off Swordfish, the instrumental track on Black Rider that is just the sound of crows cawing (I'd have to look it up for you).
But Tom's got about 15 songs with crow references like: "The Earth Died Screaming" and "The Other Side of the World" (girl turns into a crow), "Hang on St. Christopher" (nail a crow to the door) and "Big in Japan" ("I've got the rooster / I've got the crow"). I'll get the whole list for you tonight and can upload tracks to buffistarawk for you.
"Black Wings" is not one of them, Cor! The black wings are on the spaghetti western dude he's singing about. It's basically a "Red Right Hand" tribute song.
"Crow King" by Nick Cave would be good too.