Yes, it turns out cats really groove on zydeco, but get all hissy/spitty when you play cajun....
So, zydeco gets the fancy cats? And cajun gets Bill the Cat?
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
DavidS - May 05, 2005 8:59:05 am PDT #8519 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha - May 05, 2005 9:00:30 am PDT #8520 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So, zydeco gets the fancy cats? And cajun gets Bill the Cat?
Mmmmm. Blackened cat, them's GOOD eating.
insert Justin Wilson "Hooyaw!" here...
DXMachina - May 05, 2005 9:02:02 am PDT #8521 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Cat Fancy... I'm never appearing on Cat Fancy again...
Daisy Jane - May 05, 2005 9:03:17 am PDT #8522 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm not really looking for a primer on Louisiana music, just a way to short cut past the browsing through the aisles and going strait to the people I'm looking for.
Like I said, I could grab a few of them off my head, and I could probably think of a few more if I thought about it a little harder, but I wanted outside recs.
I got the above linked box for my cousin, which is why I'm getting it for myself. I'm horribly jealous.
I think in my head, More like Beausoliel (sp?) cajun, More Longhair? Creole.
Daisy Jane - May 05, 2005 9:05:00 am PDT #8523 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
insert Justin Wilson "Hooyaw!" here.
Oh please don't.
msbelle - May 05, 2005 9:09:13 am PDT #8524 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
DX where's that from?
Fred Pete - May 05, 2005 9:11:24 am PDT #8525 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
but keep in mind that to say that this is only scratching the surface is a gross overstatement
I have Vol. 1 of New Orleans Party Classics on CD, and it makes a great primer to the New Orleans sound, both jazz and rock-era.
About the only thing it doesn't have is something by Irma Thomas, though in all fairness most of her music ("Break-A-Way" being the big exception) isn't really party music. Unless you're talking about an intimate party for two.
(ETA: Heather, xposted with your last message. Irma's one of my favorites, but she really falls much more into the "sweet soul" side of New Orleans music. If you like Etta James, you should like Irma.)
DXMachina - May 05, 2005 9:13:40 am PDT #8526 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It was an ESPN commercial that featured Warwick Dunn talking about the curse associated with being on a magazine cover, like the SI curse. The punch line was that appearing on Cat Fancy almost ruined his career.
Daisy Jane - May 05, 2005 9:16:04 am PDT #8527 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
GRRRRR! I was just browsing through some iTunes iMixes to see if anyone had done all the work for me already. Under the name "Cajun Party" I found Brooks & Dunn, George Strait and Alabama. Uhm, nuh uh.
Hayden - May 05, 2005 9:17:37 am PDT #8528 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, Alabama and Texas and wherever Brooks & Dunn are from are all near Louisiana, relatively speaking.