Nick Cave video for "Staggerlee"
LOVE IT
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Glamcookie - Jul 20, 2005 9:45:32 am PDT #9429 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
DavidS - Jul 20, 2005 9:46:34 am PDT #9430 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Jon B. - Jul 20, 2005 9:49:29 am PDT #9431 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
Glamcookie - Jul 20, 2005 9:52:55 am PDT #9432 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Nick Cave is hot. Gay!Nick Cave is hotter. Yum!
joe boucher - Jul 20, 2005 9:53:59 am PDT #9433 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
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.)
DavidS - Jul 20, 2005 10:01:32 am PDT #9434 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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."
Hayden - Jul 20, 2005 10:06:53 am PDT #9435 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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!
DavidS - Jul 20, 2005 10:09:01 am PDT #9436 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
which has the most ominous party song of all time, "I Walk On Gilded Splinters." I mean, that song: DAMN!
That song's got some serious hoodoo. I really want to hear the Johnny Jenkins version.
Fred Pete - Jul 20, 2005 10:09:38 am PDT #9437 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.)
Fats Domino never had a #1 pop hit.
lisah - Jul 20, 2005 10:13:37 am PDT #9438 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Whine: The bag my Mojo came in was open and my cd was gone! GONE! So sad. That's the best part of getting the mag for me. I never have time to read it all.