Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
My lastest fixation is with the song "Casimir Pulaski Day."
Yes, this. I picked "Casimir Pulaski Day" up at Glorious Noise and I might buy the album on the strength of it. The directness of the lyrics, especially the opening lines, with the lulling way they're sung is really affecting.
Also, I did some good today and bought tickets for the Posies.
Hec, do you want the Voltaire "Brains!" song?
I didn't realize that Back In Denim song was rare
Thing is, Mojo just highlighted in a recent issue while at the same time Go Kart Mozart (his new group) has a new record out. Hence the scramble by record collector scum to go back and find it. It's OOP, so it's more of a sudden increase in demand.
I bought Dr. John's Gumbo and am enjoying it immensely; my favorite so far is "Staggerlee". I'll probably buy the Rhino records anthology next; thank you all. Also, I think you would really love his video for "Where The Wild Roses Grow."
Excellent! I'll have to show you the Nick Cave video for "Staggerlee" sometime as it's scandalous but very entertaining. I am deeply in love with him for wearing a pink Take That t-shirt in that vid. (Take That being the Brit equivalent of N'Sync.)
Hec, do you want the Voltaire "Brains!" song?
Thank you, ma'am but Jilli posted it up at buffistarawk with some other Voltaire songs (which you should get). I think I'll probably go ahead and buy one of his CDs as I'm liking his stuff.
Nick Cave video for "Staggerlee"
LOVE IT
LOVE IT
I laughed out loud when he got to that very particularly rude line which is from one of the song's many very rude iterations.
my favorite so far is "Staggerlee".
There was a guy with a blog earlier this year who posted like 50 different versions of that song.
Looks like the links no longer work.
Nick Cave is hot. Gay!Nick Cave is hotter. Yum!
I bought Dr. John's Gumbo and am enjoying it immensely; my favorite so far is "Staggerlee".
I recommend picking up a copy of Greil Marcus's Mystery Train (most libraries have a copy.) The section on Sly Stone is titled "The Myth of Staggerlee". Marcus discusses various versions of the song and different versions of the source of the legend, as well as the character's life as an archetype running through music, literature, and film. I don't know if he ever updated it after the advent of the hip hop era. Here's a website with an exhaustive study of Mr. Stack. My other big brain fart the other day was going on about "Wrong 'Em Boyo" & not mentioning that it's a reggae version of Stagger Lee, New Orleans music being a huge influence on Jamaican music. I think Lloyd Price's version went to #1, which is a rarity for New Orleans hits. (Offhand, "Mother-in-Law" and "Lady Marmalade" are the only others I can think of.)
I don't know if he ever updated it after the advent of the hip hop era.
No. I don't think Greil has listened to more than five rap records in his life, though he did like the Geto Boys "Mind's Playing Tricks On Me."
Betsy, you may like Dr. John's Gris-Gris, too, which has the most ominous party song of all time, "I Walk On Gilded Splinters." I mean, that song: DAMN!