'Objects In Space'
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.
I'll don the asbestos suit and defend Kenny G's "Songbird" as a single. When it came out, it was something a little different for Top 40 radio and made a nice change of pace. If he were a one-hit wonder, I'd remember him rather fondly.
But he caught on. And his shtick got old fast. One new-agey song, rather nice. VH-1 staple, ick.
And I claim no jazz cred for anything created after about 1945.
Quote from Patrick Berkery, drummer for The Bigger Lovers, after leaving Bernie's men's room:
"G.G. Allen wouldn't take a shit in there."
1. Where's Bernie's?
2. Patrick is a great guy. I met him when the Bigger Lovers played live on my radio show a couple of years ago. A total music geek and a writer as well (I think he writes for some Phillie paper?). More recently, he's also been drumming for the Pernice Brothers.
3. I was just reading about Ornette yesterday. I was trying to remember the name of the drummer on those early Sandy Bull albums (Billy Higgins). And if you've never heard the early Sandy Bull stuff, it's definitely worth seeking out. Proto-world-folk-music with a droney yet jazzy edge. The first three albums each had a side-long piece called Blend, Blend II, and Electric Blend (respectively) that were outstanding.
I was trying to remember the name of the drummer on those early Sandy Bull albums (Billy Higgins).
Joe's favorite drummer, no? Or is it Max Roach?
If I had to pick a favorite I'd probably go with Max or Tony Williams, but I'm terrible at choices & prefer to look at it as a buffet: so much good stuff & I can enjoy it all! I was fortunate enough to see & hear Billy Higgins not long before he died. You wouldn't have known he was sick to look at him. He was very thin, but he was beaming & very energetic. (Jackie McLean, on the other hand, didn't look so good. Try Jackie's 1963 Let Freedom Ring for one of the summits of each man's career.) I've never seen another musician who looked as if he were enjoying himself so much. Sounded great, too.
Anyone, huh? Count me in, if you're offering. Ya'll have peaked my interest.
OK, SA. DO you want them in MP3, or individual CDs? If MP3, I can throw in some other stuff, too . . . .
MP3 is fine. My profile addy is good. Thanks, man.
Velvet Tinmine seems to have spawned a competitor Glitter From the Litter Bin.
More insanely obscure glam singles including such titles as "Butch Things" and "Do You Like boys" and "Ride A Black Sheep." My favorite band name, though, is Edwina Biglet and the Miglets.
This is a really good comp - I think it's better than Velvet Tinmine which I wrote up for the book.
Heh. My iTunes says I have 6.1 days of music.
My iTunes: 13 days 11 hours 39 minutes 11 seconds.
23.54 GB. 4964 songs.
1440 songs, 3.9 days, 5.78 gigs.
I'm feeling a little inferior here. But then I remember that most of my music collection is tied up in the nice little cases containing over one thousand cds now (I figured out I broke one thousand the other day; it was a bit whoa-inducing). So there.