A track for... (JC)

[Charlie O.]

Apr 22, 2024 15:09:13 GMT davey said:

This one (and early U2 in general) is a mixed bag for me. The band sounds more ferocious than they ultimately would. But Bono’s voice got better. He’s kinda hard to take here. It’s a good song. But the vocal irks me, sad to say.

I agree (although I basically love those first two albums). It's the Rush/Geddy Lee syndrome - the band gets less interesting even as the lead singer gets more palatable.

Apr 22, 2024 15:09:13 GMT davey said:

Here’s one for loveless…

I don't know what loveless will make of it, but I certainly enjoyed it when you pitched it to me back on Page 9!

[davey]

😳

Am I the first dummy to do that?

[davey]

Ok - here’s something that I haven’t used yet for loveless…

[loveless]

Apr 23, 2024 2:23:23 GMT davey said:

Ok - here’s something that I haven’t used yet for loveless…

I prefer this to the initial (inadvertently recycled) track - which was nice enough, if somewhat low impact.

I have a complicated relationship with Jimmy Webb (less so with Rivers), but...as time has marched on, I've found myself mostly feeling very little other than the GOOD things I get from "Rosecrans Blvd.". You know, he's - quite literally - at his peak as a writer, and you can hear all of these little melodic moves that call to mind the contemporaneous likes of "MacArthur Park" and "Up Up and Away". Rivers handles it beautifully - this slightly overly wandering, busy, and rambling (but...sweetly melodic) young man's manically ambitious grappling with formative adult romantic experiences. I know there's multiple versions out there (the first I heard was by a 90s "too clever" alternative rock band called Zumpano), but...I'd call this one canonical.

A sterling choice, and I thank you for bringing it back into my orbit.

I'm sending this one to Charlie.

[Charlie O.]

Apr 23, 2024 12:46:59 GMT loveless said:

I'm sending this one to Charlie.

My first thought, after huh - banjo - interesting choice, was: would this song have meant anything in a country without commercial television? I never thought about that with the S&G version - a line like Does your group have more cavities than theirs must have seemed like a complete non sequitur in England. Of course, I then had to look it up to see if this record was even released there at the time, and it wasn't - something just for the US market (not a terribly unusual gambit for "British Invasion" acts), although it apparently came out in Australia, too.

So anyway... besides the banjo, the arrangement doesn't really add anything to the original, and giving the song to Gerry & The Pacemakers feels like miscasting. But I do like Gerry's singing, and - I say, jolly what! - he almost manages to "make it his own." Almost. An interesting trip, thanks JSJ.

[Charlie O.]

Alright, let's see what riggers makes of the 13th Floor Elevators playing "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" at The Avalon in San Francisco, 1966:

[riggers]

Hey, thanks Charlie. Sorry I haven't been around these parts much lately, had a lot going on...
I LOVE the Elevators, I don't think I've heard this cover before, but it's a great version. Better than The Stones.

Roky is one of my favourite singers of all time, in fact I did this tribute to him as a 'Hallowe'en Single' the other year. The video was a lot of fun to make-



How about this one for Half Machine Lipschitz, one from a few years back that I was recently obsessed with.

Deerhoof-"RRRRRRRight"

[Half Machine Lipschitz]

Thanks Riggers (and nice Roky cover!)

I enjoyed that Deerhoof track. Really great guitar sounds that suit the vibe perfectly, and musically it reminded me of my friends' band Pecola, with whom my old band played and toured with a bunch (and released a 7" split single) in the 90's:



I should give them more time than I have, because there's definitely something in there that's up my alley.

Anyway, here's one from 1982 for Jimmy Adamcoan:

[adamcoan]

Never heard of them. I had to listen on my phone as i am without my hi-fi.

It's indie and kind of un-remarkble. Would be interested in the year of release. However, despite the poor listening condition, something rather good is happening in the backrest, love the keyboards, really , really good. Maybe the vocalist is a little too bland. The guitar part was ace, wrong tone though. Interesting choice,thank you x

[Half Machine Lipschitz]

Apr 24, 2024 15:42:46 GMT adamcoan said:

Would be interested in the year of release.

Anyway, here's one from 1982 for Jimmy Adamcoan:

[adamcoan]

I had another track lined up. However Skope posted this. I love it.





Ooh, Johnny or G ? Whoever finds it first.

[DarknessFish]

Apr 24, 2024 15:42:46 GMT adamcoan said:

. However, despite the poor listening condition, something rather good is happening in the backrest, love the keyboards, really , really good. Maybe the vocalist is a little too bland.

That's Arthur Russell on vocals, if I'm not mistaken, though it's not really his usual style. Probably him on keys, too.

[Stacy Heydon]

Had she made it in the late 70s there'd be more point to it, but apparently it's from 1998. The original is so sublime, this just feels like an amateurish piss-take. Sorry, not for me.

For Davey

The Manhattans 'Blackbird'

[Sneelock]

oh, so we are supposed to pick something that the chosen person might actually LIKE?
well, that's a horse of a different color!

[davey]

Apr 29, 2024 22:57:53 GMT Stacy Heydon said:

Had she made it in the late 70s there'd be more point to it, but apparently it's from 1998. The original is so sublime, this just feels like an amateurish piss-take. Sorry, not for me.

For Davey

The Manhattans 'Blackbird'

Were the Manhattans from NYC? Because this sounds more like Philly. Either way, I love it. It’s got all the food groups!

Here’s something for Coan: