Hivemind, any good That's Entertainment covers you know of?
The oldie from Bandwagon or the awesome song by The Jam?
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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.
Vonnie K - Oct 28, 2008 4:47:52 am PDT #9624 of 10003
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Shir - Oct 28, 2008 4:53:09 am PDT #9625 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
The Jam.
Sue - Oct 28, 2008 4:59:06 am PDT #9626 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Oh God, I forgot all about Sufjan Stevens:
Chicago
Romulus
Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother!
Jacksonville
Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
Niagara Falls
Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie
Vonnie K - Oct 28, 2008 4:59:25 am PDT #9627 of 10003
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The only one I remember is the one by Morrissey. Which was... very Morrissey-like. [link]
Shir - Oct 28, 2008 5:01:14 am PDT #9628 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I think I remember a Billy Bragg version, but I'm not sure if IIRC.
Vonnie K - Oct 28, 2008 5:05:04 am PDT #9629 of 10003
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It does look like Billy Bragg has recorded the song at some point: [link]
Barb - Oct 28, 2008 5:29:30 am PDT #9630 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Other question for hivemind-- need recs for early/mid-60s California music that's not Beach Boys/Jan & Dean. I'm looking more for the exotica/bossa nova style, ala "Misirlou" as performed by Martin Denny.
Suggestions?
Fred Pete - Oct 28, 2008 5:34:30 am PDT #9631 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
From the oldies scene, some places that haven't been mentioned:
"North to Alaska" -- Johnny Horton
"Galveston" -- Glen Campbell
"Houston" -- Dean Martin
"Song of India" -- Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra
"Manhattan, Kansas" -- Glen Campbell again
"Ferry Across the Mersey" -- Gerry & the Pacemakers (I assume rivers are acceptable)
"Wild Montana Skies" -- John Denver and Emmylou Harris
"Midnight in Moscow" -- Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
"Banks of the Ohio" -- Olivia Newton-John (and I'm sure others -- hers is just the version I'm familiar with) (and it's about the river, not the state, so I'll claim this one)
"Paducah" from The Gang's All Here
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" -- Dionne Warwick
"Sausalito Summernight" -- Diesel
"Shanghai" -- Bing Crosby OR Doris Day
I'm also surprised there's only one mention of New Orleans, which could almost be a category of its own.
"Battle of New Orleans" -- Johnny Horton again
"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" -- (numerous artists)
"New Orleans" -- Gary (U.S.) Bonds
"Walking to New Orleans" -- Fats Domino
"New Orleans Ladies" -- LeRoux
sumi - Oct 28, 2008 6:15:23 am PDT #9632 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
25th Anniversary edition of Murmur is being released on November 25th.
megan walker - Oct 28, 2008 6:58:42 am PDT #9633 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think the best version of "Tennessee Stud" is the one by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from the Will the Circle Be Unbroken album.
I'm off to a long-range planning meeting and can't quite go through everyone's great suggestions yet, but I just have to say I'm shocked (shocked!) that anyone would suggest I replace Johnny Cash.