Amazing video of Vic Chesnutt, filmed just last month for a Canadian web/cable TV show.
I'm blown away. And really regretting that I've never seen him live.
Am all sad about him dying all over again.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Sue - Dec 29, 2009 7:10:58 am PST #2256 of 6436
hip deep in pie
Juliebird - Dec 29, 2009 12:10:02 pm PST #2257 of 6436
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I have two mixes I'm trying to fill out and my music library is failing me, as it iTunes Genius and Pandora.
One is sort of a "How to get a speeding ticket on a sunny day", songs that are best at full volume and stompy and happy. I've got Modest Mouse, The Killers, Arcade Fire, Muse, "Dreams" by The Cranberries.
The other I only have two songs for: "Turn on Your Radio" by Marc Cohn "Low Rising" by The Swell Season
I guess they're sort of soul/blues/rock. Everything I have is either too sleepy or too bouncy and up. Or just straight up Soul/R&B.
Any suggestions?
dcp - Dec 29, 2009 1:24:34 pm PST #2258 of 6436
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
"I Can't Drive 55"
DavidS - Dec 29, 2009 1:29:20 pm PST #2259 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Speeding Ticket Songs: "Why I Drink" - Go to Blazes; "Deja Varoom" - Southern Culture on the Skids; "Moving" - Suede; "Neat Neat Neat" - the Damned. They all make me lean on the accelerator.
Just off the top of my head and all available on request.
Soul/Blues/Rock? But neither sleepy nor bouncy? Hmmm.
Well, that's kind of a huge genre. You probably need a slightly tighter focus. You've got all the Southern Rock bands - Skynyrd, Allman Brothers. You've bluesier songwriters like Lucinda Williams. The Stones. I've got the demos for Let It Bleed and they're amazing. The album I've got of John Hammond covering Tom Waits songs would probably work. He's got a more conventionally appealing, rich bluesy voice and things like "Get Behind the Mule" have a fantastic non-sleepy, non-bouncy groove. Southern Culture on the Skids also have a ton of bluesy rock songs.
javachik - Dec 29, 2009 1:50:50 pm PST #2260 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody?
Juliebird - Dec 29, 2009 2:20:23 pm PST #2261 of 6436
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Because I'm sure my words have been and will continue to be inadequate ("chill but not sleepy, long slow heavy beats but not loud, grooving but not hopping")
Slow Rising [link] Turn on the Radio [link] (it's no. 15 in the playlist)
For some reason, these two songs are married in my head.
smonster - Dec 29, 2009 6:04:54 pm PST #2262 of 6436
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
For the speeding mix, I (predictably) recommend "Hurtin' Albertan" by Corb Lund, "Girl Named Go" by Cory Branan, and "The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo" by Lucero.
eta I can provide all those, I believe. And if I can't others surely can.
Jon B. - Dec 30, 2009 4:34:36 am PST #2263 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Kathy A - Dec 30, 2009 6:29:54 am PST #2264 of 6436
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
One is sort of a "How to get a speeding ticket on a sunny day", songs that are best at full volume and stompy and happy.
My favorite one of these is just about anything from Big Pig's Bonk, but especially "Hellbent Heaven," which starts out "Drivin' down the road / On the Devil's highway."
Frankenbuddha - Dec 30, 2009 7:22:35 am PST #2265 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Can people stop dying, please?
Seriously.