Simon ,'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.
Said his favorite parody (and he thinks it deserves to be parodied) is "Hairway to Steven". I must hear it! Seems to be a Butthole Surfers song, & no mp3 turned up in my not-too-comprehensive search. Anyone know/have it?
I'm positive I have this on cassette somewhere.
Morrissey, Christgau & Hec are in agreement. (Although Christgau kinda cheated on his desert island pick by choosing a compilation that included the Dolls' first album and Too Much Too Soon.)
Alejandro Escevedo too. I have a slight favoring of Too Much Too Soon (trivia: titled after Diana Barrymore's trashy bio) because I prefer Shadow Morton's production, and love Bob Gruen's pictures (both the front and back cover, and the inner sleeve). Also, while the first album has more great originals, their covers on the second are incredibly well-chosen. One of the great acts of pop archeology, as Greil Marcus noted.
Favorite Beatle cover: Nilsson's - "You Can't Do That" (which is not just the sole song, but a blending of multiple Beatle songs into one, changing melody from line to line in a seamless fashion. It's brill.)
You know, the more I think about Hairway To Steven, the more I think that you're not going to be able to find any of the songs on it, 'cause they didn't have names, only symbols.
I emailed Plei about the Angus CD situation, never heard back. I will ping again.
saddest music news from my vacation, 2400+ miles in a car, 4 CDs were played, each only once.
Did you start writing "All driving and no CDs makes Msbelle crazy" over and over again? 'Cause I would have.
Today is Elvis Costello's birthday, y'all. Co-worker has (I think) BBC radio on the internet, and it's been an Elvis-fest all afternoon.
Elvis Costello is THE MAN.
Today is Elvis Costello's birthday, y'all.
Other birthday bods include Sean Connery and Gene Simmons. And Billy Ray Cyrus.
no. Navigation was actually a pretty constant thing and I was either driving or navigating 7 of the 8 days. Still, if I had my druthers there would have been at least 2 CDs played a day. One of teh riders just really prefers silence and or talking to music, so that was my gift.
Elvis Costello is THE MAN.
Pretty much. I drive my punky/retro friend crazy by calling him the OTE (One True Elvis)
I'm going to go see Elvis the C in a few weeks for the first time. He's usually kind of expensive, and I'm not so crazy about anything he's done since, say, Blood & Chocolate (and I have diminishing returns on anything after Imperial Bedroom, actually), so I've just never forked out to see the guy. But he's playing the Austin City Limits Fest, and we have tickets, so I figure I'll check him out.