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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.
U.u. = unusual upbringing. I had a friend named Nara when I was a kid.
Raucous Mekons = Rock 'n Roll, the album, especially "Memphis, Egypt," and "Amnesia." I will say that I think "Ghosts" is a great song, but I am also a total Sally Timms stalkerfan.
Hec, do I need to see the Mekons video for reasons other than sheer fangirl completistness?
Mekons Rock & Roll, Fear & Whiskey, The Edge of the World, and OOOH! are the 4-star albums in my book.
checks Lost In The Grooves My book too!
Actually, I also really like the album which features "Ghosts Of American Astronauts", So Good It Hurts.
Hec, do I need to see the Mekons video for reasons other than sheer fangirl completistness?
As a total Sally Timms fangirl, you might want to see her go-go dancing.
Actually, I also really like the album which features "Ghosts Of American Astronauts", So Good It Hurts.
As do I! "(Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian" was the song that hooked me on them for life.
I have seen Sally Timms do what my former friend Neil called the Sally Dance many times, but a full-scale go-go routine... hm!
Tina may be interested to know that Sally covers Ryan Adams's "The Fools We Are As Men" on The World of Him, her new and very unMekonsy (despite the covers of "Corporal Chalkie" and "Bomb") CD.
I have seen Sally Timms do what my former friend Neil called the Sally Dance many times, but a full-scale go-go routine... hm!
Well, it's not really a go-go routine. It is basically the Sally Dance being cut into the general mayhem of the video. Also, many shots of Jon's paunch.
U.u. = unusual upbringing. I had a friend named Nara when I was a kid.
Oh. OH! The "s" was for plural. Sorry, I can be incredibly a bit slow sometimes.
Thank you all for the recs. For the record, I think GoAA is a good song, otherwise I wouldn't be interested in hearing more from the band - it's just not quite my thing. We'll see how I like the rockier stuff.
I like So Good It Hurts, too, but it's a real departure for the Mekes, what with the 80 alternarock booming snare and gauzy guitar production and the concentration on pure pop. Go for the snarly stuff I mentioned. The Mekes are best when really, really pissed off.
When I was living in Madison I had dinner with the Mekons once. And we almost had a Mekon for the night, but he found an elsewhere to sleep.
I only mention this because at one point in the dinner, another Madisonite asked the Mekons if they had watched the Packers game that day.
Pardon me for using the board as a way station, but I need to dump some track listings here. Working from last year's Wassail Up? mix, I've concocted a Chrismakuh mix.
Holiday Message Johnny Cash (1994) And To All A Good Night 5 Chinese Brothers Seth Green's Holiday Message Various Artists Twas The Night Snoop Doggy Dogg & Nate Dogg (1997) Clint Frostwood (Chillaz) Chillaz O Holy Night The Kids From South Park (1997) Yulesville Edward "Kookie" Byrnes Cool Yule Louis Armstrong & The Commanders Message From A Jew Jon Stewart (1995) The Chanukah Song Part II Adam Sandler We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo Big John Greer Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me Bobby Lloyd And The Skeletons Soul Christmas Graham Parker Little Jack Frost Get Lost Frankie Carle Winter Weather Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Peggy Lee and Art Lund, vocals Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah Brave Combo I Want An Alien For Christmas Fountains Of Wayne Space Christmas Shonen Knife Runaway Christmas Various Artists Merry Old Philosopher #1 Eddie Lawrence Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons Hank Thompson Merry Christmas From The Family Robert Earl Keen In The Bleak Midwinter Mollie O'Brien Christmas Time Is Here The Blue Hawaiians The Saddest Day Of The Year - Jill Sobule Various Artists Hello Mr. New Year The Coolbreezers Auld Lang Syne David Grisman
And for erinaceous, the very similar Wassail Up? (2004) including Tenacious D's epic metal "Things I Want":
Holiday Message Johnny Cash (1994) And To All A Good Night 5 Chinese Brothers Seth Green's Holiday Message Various Artists Twas The Night Snoop Doggy Dogg & Nate Dogg (1997) Clint Frostwood (Chillaz) Chillaz O Holy Night The Kids From South Park (1997) Yulesville Edward "Kookie" Byrnes Cool Yule Louis Armstrong & The Commanders Message From A Jew Jon Stewart (1995) We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo Big John Greer Things I Want (Sum 41 Vs. Tenacious D) Sum 41 vs. Tenacious D Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me Bobby Lloyd And The Skeletons The Last Month Of The Year The Fairfield Four & The Nashville Bluegrass Band Soul Christmas Graham Parker Little Jack Frost Get Lost Frankie Carle Winter Weather Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Peggy Lee and Art Lund, vocals I Want An Alien For Christmas Fountains Of Wayne Space Christmas Shonen Knife Runaway Christmas Various Artists Merry Old Philosopher #1 Eddie Lawrence Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons Hank Thompson Merry Christmas From The Family Robert Earl Keen In The Bleak Midwinter Mollie O'Brien Christmas Time Is Here The Blue Hawaiians The Saddest Day Of The Year - Jill Sobule Various Artists Santa Claus The Sonics Deck The Halls R.E.M.