A track for...(darkness fish)

[fange]

A track for G: Maxayn - 'Trying For Days'

[Stacy Heydon]

Thanks Fange.
I love the sound of this and of course the gospelly vocal (reminds of Marsh Hunt). It's very much got a Whitfield feel on the production. I had heard the name, but don't know much on the band, though I feel I should.

For Hatz:

[fange]

Aug 3, 2023 8:40:57 GMT Stacy Heydon said:

Thanks Fange.
I love the sound of this and of course the gospelly vocal (reminds of Marsh Hunt). It's very much got a Whitfield feel on the production. I had heard the name, but don't know much on the band, though I feel I should.

Named for Maxayn Lewis, a beautiful singer with an incredible career. Really worth checking out her early-70s records.

[toomanyhatz]

Aug 3, 2023 8:40:57 GMT Stacy Heydon said:

For Hatz:

Ah, Danny O'Keefe. Best-known, of course, for "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues." But this is a street-level narrative, very like Rodriguez, complete with backing choirs and orchestrations. It's a bit overdone to my taste, and the lyrics are a bit trite in places, but overall it's very much in the realm of my kind of thing. It's very 1970. Like Rodriguez, he has a very pleasant voice, and he doesn't hector, just does a sort of cinema verite in narrative. It's a very warm, inviting performance, and he embraces the dichotomy between the modesty of his voice and the slickness of the arrangements in a pleasing way. I just can't say I love the song, but I admire how much is done with it. Overall very good, but not quite a complete winner. I should get that album. Thanks!

I'm going to try something that most people here will probably hate. In light of the huge success of guys with cowboy hats, boots, and names like Jason or Tim, I'm turning to a piece of commercial country from the 90s (the period of biggest commercial success for country music in general) that I like a great deal. Not sure if Davey will like it, but I at least know he'll give it a fair listen, so might as well direct it at him. (Yes, it's the "Wildfire" guy. This is from a series of three records (cleverly titled "Cowboy Songs I, II, & III") that are a blend of traditional songs, covers, and the occasional original like this one.)

[davey]

G should have sent that Danny O’Keefe track to me. He’s a personal hero of mine (so much so, that I was just deep-diving a bunch of his records and videos three days ago). That song in particular is a bit of an outlier in his oeuvre. A little more ambitious as a production. Not emblematic of his best qualities, but pretty great on its own terms.

As for the Murphy track - I really like him as an artist, and I love those Cowboy Songs records as a concept. I only wish that the production on them was as humble and clear as his delivery. The particular song is a case-in-point. It’s a very good record, but it would be even better if they just recorded him singing that great song solo acoustic, or with a pedal steel ala a Nesmith record.

How about this one for Charlie O…

Can I Stay With You - Nick Garrie

[Charlie O.]

For the first half-minute or so, I was thinking I'm liking everything about this except the song. Then I started liking the song (the chicken reference was the turning point). In the end I liked everything about it except the way he sang the title line.

There's something, or perhaps a number of things, Vintage Violence-ish about this. I will definitely investigate further at some point. Thanks for the turn-on, Davey!

[Stacy Heydon]

It's actually weirdly similar to 'Whatever' by Oasis!

[Charlie O.]

For rayge: The Primitives - "Follow The Sun Down"

[Charlie O.]

Aug 3, 2023 19:56:17 GMT toomanyhatz said:

(Yes, it's the "Wildfire" guy.)

Also co-wrote The Monkees' "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"

[Charlie O.]

Did I kill the thread?

[rayge]

Aug 6, 2023 16:29:39 GMT Charlie O. said:

Did I kill the thread?

Nah, my inattention has stalled it though. Didn't notice my name was on it, and right now can't listen, will do it tomorrow, sorry.

[rayge]

Aug 3, 2023 23:35:14 GMT Charlie O. said:

For rayge: The Primitives - "Follow The Sun Down"

Of course I was well inwith the Primitives in their late ’80s heyday, but I wasn't aware of their reincarnation this century. On this track at least, their sound is very different. Tracy's voice, which was always their USP, has hardly changed, but the tempo and the clattering arrangement was not as engaging as the Ramonish punkery of their youthful singles. I listened to it twice, but just couldn't get into it, sorry.

This one is for Harrylemon, and anyone who likesa dynamic song, beautifully sung.

doll by doll - The Human Face

[toomanyhatz]

Aug 3, 2023 23:48:30 GMT Charlie O. said:

Aug 3, 2023 19:56:17 GMT toomanyhatz said:

(Yes, it's the "Wildfire" guy.)

Also co-wrote The Monkees' "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"

And "Geronimo's Cadillac!" And "Carolina in the Pines." Guy's had a pretty interesting career. His biggest hit is probably my least favorite thing by him. 

[harrylemon]

Aug 7, 2023 15:54:50 GMT rayge said:

Aug 3, 2023 23:35:14 GMT Charlie O. said:

For rayge: The Primitives - "Follow The Sun Down"

Of course I was well inwith the Primitives in their late ’80s heyday, but I wasn't aware of their reincarnation this century. On this track at least, their sound is very different. Tracy's voice, which was always their USP, has hardly changed, but the tempo and the clattering arrangement was not as engaging as the Ramonish punkery of their youthful singles. I listened to it twice, but just couldn't get into it, sorry.

This one is for Harrylemon, and anyone who likesa dynamic song, beautifully sung.

doll by doll - The Human Face

Magnificent.

God Bless That Man.

[rayge]

Aug 7, 2023 17:24:08 GMT harrylemon said:

Aug 7, 2023 15:54:50 GMT rayge said:

This one is for Harrylemon, and anyone who likesa dynamic song, beautifully sung.

doll by doll - The Human Face

Magnificent.

God Bless That Man.

Cheers, Jim - the protocol is that you now have to choose a track and nominate someone