Giles ,'Chosen'
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.
More than that, he wrote "Powderfinger" for them, and only recorded it himself when they passed on it.
Was it an older song or did he write it post-crash? Great song. Hard to hear it w/o Neil doing it, though. Seems like I once read that Neil commented that he was honored to be involved with any song as good as "Sweet Home Alabama". We did a gig around 1990 or 1991 with a band that did a live mash-up of "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Werewolves of London". It was pretty great.
Was it an older song or did he write it post-crash?
That I don't know. But yeah, I love the hell out of that song.
More than that, he wrote "Powderfinger" for them, and only recorded it himself when they passed on it.
This song has me running for the stop button.
Really? I love that song so much. I used to sing it to L'il Sphere sorta absent-mindedly until my wife pointed out that I always sing songs where someone ends up dead (the others were "Omie Wise" and "1952 Vincent Black Lightning," presumably).
I don't know what it is about that song. I think it's Neil's voice. But as soon as I hear "Look out Mama, there's a white boat comingup the river." start to seethe. It's the same with the Beach Boys and "Sloop Jon B."
I've gotten to where I can accept "Sloop John B" as a speed bump on Pet Sounds, but it annoys me out of the context of that album. "Powderfinger," though, gives me that feeling that I suspect most drunken frat boys get when "Sweet Home Alabama" starts up. I wanna air guitar madly and holler the lyrics, all while hopping around like a loon.
I love Sloop John B.
You have a lot of love in this crazy ol' world, msbelle.
tis true.
and now I am hearing John Prine.
"Sloop John B" is a favorite of mine, too.