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.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
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 - 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."
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.
Hayden - Jul 20, 2005 10:18:57 am PDT #9439 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's criminal. Especially since I've heard that this Chess set is fantastic.
lisah - Jul 20, 2005 10:21:50 am PDT #9440 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Especially since I've heard that this Chess set is fantastic.
It looks great. bastards. And it's music that I'm not so familiar with (unlike, say, last month's U2 Jukebox). I've really learned so much in my year of subscribing to the mag.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2005 10:26:42 am PDT #9441 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
I got mine yesterday. If you're feeling very bereft, lisah, I could make a copy for you.
lisah - Jul 20, 2005 10:31:43 am PDT #9442 of 10003
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If you're feeling very bereft, lisah, I could make a copy for you.
ooh. yeah. If it wouldn't be a hassle.
ETA although it occurs to me that I probably have at least one friend here who gets it and can hook me up. I'll let you know though if I have no local luck.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2005 10:32:33 am PDT #9443 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ooh. yeah. If it wouldn't be a hassle.
No hassle. Email your address to my profile addy.
joe boucher - Jul 20, 2005 1:08:00 pm PDT #9444 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I don't think Greil has listened to more than five rap records in his life
I bet he's listened to at least 10 or 12. Anyway, after I wrote my earlier post I started thinking that one of the chapters in Flyboy in the Buttermilk had Staggerlee in the title. Haven't found it online, though, & my copy is in storage. Maybe I'm thinking of the chapter on Prince, Eddie Murphy &... who? Wynton? Something about how Jimi, Pryor & Miles really had Stack in them whereas their artistic heirs had the Staggerlee trappings, but there was a calculation in them that belied the notion that they were somehow imbued with Stack's outside the law persona. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong or just doing a bad job of describing it. Tate's certainly more qualified than Marcus to write about hip hop. I'd like to read his take on the Staggerlee-derived gangsta mythology bumping up against all the dead gangstas from Tupac and Biggie on down. That's another great thing about "Wrong 'Em Boyo" (last time I'll bring it up, I promise) (for a while at least) -- it's juxtaposition with "Death or Glory". The romanticized view of the badass living the life he wants to and playing by his own rules vs. "every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world" and how Staggerlee's "death or glory becomes just another story."
DavidS - Jul 20, 2005 1:11:00 pm PDT #9445 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll check my Flyboy when I get home, as mine is conveniently on the living room bookshelf.
I remember reading a collection of folk stories (real ones - not the Paul Bunyon ones. Not that I don't like the Paul Bunyon or Pecos Bill ones. In fact, I kind of love that they're fake folk stories and then took on a life of their own.) and they had a great one titled...."The Oxblood Stetson" I think. Very much out of that Staggerlee era and myth.