Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #1's have been posted. Link in OP. (4 Viewers)

[Pip's Invitation]

#29: BECK - DEVIL'S HAIRCUT

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I think Odelay will be where I get a few grumbles from the group as I lean away from the singles and hits like I tend to do. I like the singles fine, especially this one, but that is an album I have listened to a ton since the day it came out and I've always had a couple odd personal favorites. I tried to spread the wealth and limit myself to a max of 5 on an album for MAD31s, and it was too hard to knock out a few others I love a lot.

Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
Ghetto-blastin' disintegrating
Rock 'n' roll, know what I'm saying?
Everywhere I look, there's a devil waiting

NEXT: What I put in my chai tea and use to start the party?

ETA: forgot to add the video. I forgot how good Beck's videos were.

This one popped up on the radio the other day and it sounded just as fresh to me as it did in the 90s.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There is a little behind the scenes technical difficulties. The new board formatting is making this a PitA.

Could just post the playlist link and not the songs.

Could look at his Spotify profile and find it that way. Not that anyone would ever do such a thing.

I wouldn't want that peek into the chaos that is my Spotify. I think the playlist i made was number 430 or so.

I might have done that already.
And yes, you have a list addiction problem.

To be fair75% is all FFA related between music drafts, genrepaloozas, and MADs.

However, the 25% is still probably worthy. Playlists became my motivation to listen to more albums, and then folders and playlists replaced my random notes by the computer of stuff I wanted to listen to. I had it trimmed down a lot and axed about 60 of them, then I had the dumb idea of listening to every station and song from GP4. That is what is generating most of my am album listens and deep dive ideas over the last couple months.

I am grumpy that @Northern Voice isn't in here so I can yell at him for getting me listening to too much Peaches the last couple weeks.

 

[Tau837]

Eric Clapton #29:

Derek and the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

This song was written by Clapton and Bobby Whitlock. It was about Clapton's unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's wife. Clapton wrote it after she asked him to get her a pair of bell bottom jeans from the U.S. The song peaked at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971.

While this may be surprising to some, Clapton was credited by many for his singing on the song, because you can hear anguish and longing in his voice.

What isn't surprising is that there is a great guitar solo in the song. In this case, it features sustained bends and gentle vibrato that reflect the sadness and longing expressed in the lyrics.

This song is a reflection of Clapton's artistic evolution, showcasing his move away from the Cream style of rock music to a more introspective, soulful style. It is one of the earliest examples that shows his ability to convey raw emotion through his music.

 

[Eephus]

Michael Head #29 - Shack - "Soldier Man" (2003)

Shack was Head's second band after The Pale Fountains. They recorded sporadically with five albums scattered over two decades. This song's off their fourth Here's Tom with the Weather which took its title from a line by Bill Hicks. Head's been associated with some small time record labels over the years--this one was released on an indie label founded by John Squire of The Stone Roses. North Country Records only put out three albums before folding, two by Squire and this one.

"Soldier Man" is a very simple song that sounds like it dates back to a time long before 2003. It's just four lines repeated over three verses with a slight variation in the second. In the middle, there's a guitar solo by Mick's brother John that works inside of the mostly minor chords of the melody. I love the outro which begins with some wordless vocals leading to a false ending before a lovely little nine note guitar line to close things out.

Soldier Man

Shack · ...Here's Tom with the Weather · Song · 2003

open.spotify.com

 

[Pip's Invitation]

29. Your Mind and We Belong Together
Album: Non-album A-side (1968)

This is another Arthur Lee and Love two-titles-for-one-song special. Only the two thoughts are separated by "and" instead of "or," which, coupled with how different the two halves of the song sound from each other, makes me think that it is actually two short songs that Lee fused into one.

If Lee had been a prog rocker, he might have titled the song this way:

I've Seen All Minds Together
a. Your Mind
b. We Belong Together

The "Your Mind" part begins with a flurry of overlapping guitar lines, punchy bass notes and an insistent vocal from Lee. Then it slows down and Lee sings "so many people, they just seem to clutter up my mind," which pretty well describes his attitude toward his bandmates and label execs, whom he distrusted for different reasons. This is borne out by the next verse: "so many voices, don't let them stop between my ears, but it appears that there they are, though they are wrong, ten thousand strong". Then a staccato riff begins and the song changes completely, which is why I think it had to have initially been a separate song called "We Belong Together." The vocal melody, the harmonies and the bass parts suggest a Beatles influence, but this is more overtly paranoid and misanthropic than anything the Fab Four was committing to wax:

I'm lockin' my heart in the closet
I don't need anyone, oh no no no
You find me behind the door
And all of the far out faces
From long ago, I can't erase this

The last minute and a half of the song is dominated by a guitar solo from John Echols, the last hurrah for the original incarnation of Love's style of psychedelic jamming.

"Your Mind and We Belong Together" was one of the last two songs issued by the Forever Changes lineup of Love, appearing as the A-side of a non-album single released in September 1968, just before Bryan MacLean left and Lee fired the rest of the band, putting together a new lineup that could perform the Jimi Hendrix-style heavy rock that Lee wanted to play. These days, the song can be found on the "alternate mix and outtakes" edition of Forever Changes along with its B-side, "Laughing Stock." Despite its "orphan" status, "Your Mind and We Belong Together" has been performed consistently since 1992, including at both shows I saw (the 1994 show was the first time I'd heard it).

Interestingly, this lineup did attempt to come together again not long after it broke up. During the recording of the 1968-69 warehouse sessions, Bob Krasnow, head of Blue Thumb Records, which would release 2/3 of that material as Out Here, told Lee that the new lineup lacked the "magic" of the old one and talked him in to trying to get them back together. MacLean declined but Echols, bassist Ken Forssi and drummer Michael Stuart-Ware signed on. This lineup even played a few gigs, but Echols and Forssi had not kicked their heroin habits and sold some of the band's equipment for drug money. Furious, Lee disbanded the lineup again and started working with the warehouse sessions lineup once more. MacLean and Forssi died during Lee's prison term in the late '90s, but Echols and Stuart-Ware reconciled with Lee after his release. Stuart-Ware in 2002 published a memoir of his time in the band and played a few gigs with Lee and Love in 2003, as well as appearing at some of the benefits for Lee in 2006 just before his death. Echols joined the post-prison lineup of Love in late 2003 and remains with them to this day. They have been performing as The Love Band since Lee's death and have been playing sets this month that include "Your Mind and We Belong Together."

Promo film from 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vncktK4MIhI

Live version from the Roskilde festival in 2002 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings 1970-2004): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhvyeZqruGU

Live version from the Glastonbury festival in 2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nF7HB0ZUFo

Live version from London in 2003, appears on The Forever Changes Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZp5QBga-ew

The Love Band live in 2022, with 75-year-old John Echols reprising his guitar solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxSvvug5z4

At #28, by far the newest song on my list -- and it came out when I was in college.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Eric Clapton #29:

Derek and the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

This song was written by Clapton and Bobby Whitlock. It was about Clapton's unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's wife. Clapton wrote it after she asked him to get her a pair of bell bottom jeans from the U.S. The song peaked at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971.

While this may be surprising to some, Clapton was credited by many for his singing on the song, because you can hear anguish and longing in his voice.

What isn't surprising is that there is a great guitar solo in the song. In this case, it features sustained bends and gentle vibrato that reflect the sadness and longing expressed in the lyrics.

This song is a reflection of Clapton's artistic evolution, showcasing his move away from the Cream style of rock music to a more introspective, soulful style. It is one of the earliest examples that shows his ability to convey raw emotion through his music.

This would have been my #1 if I were doing Clapton. I think it's a gorgeous piece of music.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ain't No Crime

Billy wrote this song for his 1973 album Piano Man. One of his favorite pianist is Leon Russell, and he said Leon always infused gospel into his piano playing, and that inspired him to write this "gospel boogie woogie" song. Billy said it is fun to play, and I think it is fun to hear. I love the rollicking piano, backup singers, organ and horns. It's one of my favorites off of Piano Man.

Artist Who Should Have Recorded This: Leon Russell

You stole my thunder on this, but I'm not spending any more effort than I have to on Billy freaking Joel to come up with someone else. Leon's who I thought of first when listening to this yesterday. Billy Preston crossed my mind, too. Anyway, I like Russell's singing style better. Billy's is too stagey for me. The backing track on Joel's recording is fine for what it is, though I'm sure the musicians got stiffed on their paychecks.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Ain't No Crime

Uruk probably disagrees and thinks that song is a crime.

His malice-filled chatter about Billy J is a crime. So much so that I think Mr. Hai should be the first inmate imprisoned at Alcatraz when it reopens. I'm gonna fill out an application to be the warden, and my first order of business will be to play Billy Joel on the prison speakers 24/7.

[Uruk-Hai] the Constitution does not allow for cruel and unusual punishment [/Uruk-Hai]

 

[zamboni]

Ain't No Crime

Uruk probably disagrees and thinks that song is a crime.

His malice-filled chatter about Billy J is a crime. So much so that I think Mr. Hai should be the first inmate imprisoned at Alcatraz when it reopens. I'm gonna fill out an application to be the warden, and my first order of business will be to play Billy Joel on the prison speakers 24/7.

[Uruk-Hai] the Constitution does not allow for cruel and unusual punishment [/Uruk-Hai]

UH secretly sets his DVR

 

[Charlie Steiner]

29. Wrong or Right (Broken Heart, 1977)

Wrong or Right is the first track from The Babys' second album, Broken Heart, released in early September of 1977. John Waite once again gets full writing credits for this one, though the rest of the band contributed to most of the other songs on the album.

A new producer, Ron Nevison, was brought in for this album and the improvement in quality is immediately noticeable, particularly with Waite's vocals, where they stand out more than on the previous album.

If I had ranked them by preference, this would be at least top 10.

Continuing on into the greatest year of my childhood, 1977 saw a couple of things happen that had me in the best headspace I had ever been in, with the main reason being both my sister and brother had moved out, my sister to an apartment and my brother to the Marines, making me basically an only child at 11. My sister and brother were from my mother's first marriage, are 8 and 5 years older than me and had a very combustible dynamic growing up, which always caused chaos and drama around the house. Because I had always sought to stay out of the way and not be a troublemaker, my parents gave me more leeway with the things they let me do. I had already parlayed my 'good' behavior into watching Saturday Night Live since its debut when I was 9 and in these days before cable, there really wasn't anything on TV that was off limits to me.

Also, I was finishing 6th grade that Spring, and since 6th grade was still part of elementary school at that time, I was part of the ruling class. I went to a private, Lutheran school where the enrollment had been slowly dwindling since I began there, so my class consisted of just 6 of us by 6th grade.

Finally, the biggest reason that 1977 was so great was (and I've said this on this forum many times) the release of two movies that in some ways have shaped my life even to this day: Star Wars and Smokey and the Bandit. I was just the right age for both of them, and when I received the Atari console for Christmas that year, I knew in the back of my mind that life wasn't going to get any better so I stopped growing up.

My house had become stress-free, I was one of the favored few at school, the culture was feeding my soul like never before, I had no end of fun things to do, and I was the right age to be more aware of my situation than previous years. Even though ensuing years wouldn't reach that same height and a couple would be downright disastrous, 1977 will always be both the end and beginning of a pivotal era of my life.

 

[Yambag]

Smashing Pumpkins 29

Song: Bury Me
Album: Gish

Summary: Admittedly not one of Billy’s favorites and I would guess others would rank it below many on Gish. I think this one resonates with me once again for the heaviness of it, plus great drumming and a killer solo.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

30.

Song: Long Time Ago

Album: Another Fine Day

Songwriter: Jeff Tweedy, Gary Louris

Smog Lineup:

Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, guitar

Kraig Johnson – acoustic bass guitar

Dan Murphy – guitar

Gary Louris – background vocals, guitar, synthesizer,

Marc Perlman – bass

Linda Pitmon – drums



A pleasant soft ballad written by the leaders of two of my favorite bands, Jeffy Tweedy (WILCO) and Gary Louris (The Jayhawks) with Jeff handling the lead vocals.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Smashing Pumpkins 29

Song: Bury Me
Album: Gish

Summary: Admittedly not one of Billy’s favorites and I would guess others would rank it below many on Gish. I think this one resonates with me once again for the heaviness of it, plus great drumming and a killer solo.

It was always a favorite of mine, so there’s another vote for it.

 

[zamboni]

29. Your Mind and We Belong Together
Album: Non-album A-side (1968)

This is another Arthur Lee and Love two-titles-for-one-song special. Only the two thoughts are separated by "and" instead of "or," which, coupled with how different the two halves of the song sound from each other, makes me think that it is actually two short songs that Lee fused into one.

If Lee had been a prog rocker, he might have titled the song this way:

I've Seen All Minds Together
a. Your Mind
b. We Belong Together

The "Your Mind" part begins with a flurry of overlapping guitar lines, punchy bass notes and an insistent vocal from Lee. Then it slows down and Lee sings "so many people, they just seem to clutter up my mind," which pretty well describes his attitude toward his bandmates and label execs, whom he distrusted for different reasons. This is borne out by the next verse: "so many voices, don't let them stop between my ears, but it appears that there they are, though they are wrong, ten thousand strong". Then a staccato riff begins and the song changes completely, which is why I think it had to have initially been a separate song called "We Belong Together." The vocal melody, the harmonies and the bass parts suggest a Beatles influence, but this is more overtly paranoid and misanthropic than anything the Fab Four was committing to wax:

I'm lockin' my heart in the closet
I don't need anyone, oh no no no
You find me behind the door
And all of the far out faces
From long ago, I can't erase this

The last minute and a half of the song is dominated by a guitar solo from John Echols, the last hurrah for the original incarnation of Love's style of psychedelic jamming.

"Your Mind and We Belong Together" was one of the last two songs issued by the Forever Changes lineup of Love, appearing as the A-side of a non-album single released in September 1968, just before Bryan MacLean left and Lee fired the rest of the band, putting together a new lineup that could perform the Jimi Hendrix-style heavy rock that Lee wanted to play. These days, the song can be found on the "alternate mix and outtakes" edition of Forever Changes along with its B-side, "Laughing Stock." Despite its "orphan" status, "Your Mind and We Belong Together" has been performed consistently since 1992, including at both shows I saw (the 1994 show was the first time I'd heard it).

Interestingly, this lineup did attempt to come together again not long after it broke up. During the recording of the 1968-69 warehouse sessions, Bob Krasnow, head of Blue Thumb Records, which would release 2/3 of that material as Out Here, told Lee that the new lineup lacked the "magic" of the old one and talked him in to trying to get them back together. MacLean declined but Echols, bassist Ken Forssi and drummer Michael Stuart-Ware signed on. This lineup even played a few gigs, but Echols and Forssi had not kicked their heroin habits and sold some of the band's equipment for drug money. Furious, Lee disbanded the lineup again and started working with the warehouse sessions lineup once more. MacLean and Forssi died during Lee's prison term in the late '90s, but Echols and Stuart-Ware reconciled with Lee after his release. Stuart-Ware in 2002 published a memoir of his time in the band and played a few gigs with Lee and Love in 2003, as well as appearing at some of the benefits for Lee in 2006 just before his death. Echols joined the post-prison lineup of Love in late 2003 and remains with them to this day. They have been performing as The Love Band since Lee's death and have been playing sets this month that include "Your Mind and We Belong Together."

Promo film from 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vncktK4MIhI

Live version from the Roskilde festival in 2002 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings 1970-2004): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhvyeZqruGU

Live version from the Glastonbury festival in 2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nF7HB0ZUFo

Live version from London in 2003, appears on The Forever Changes Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZp5QBga-ew

The Love Band live in 2022, with 75-year-old John Echols reprising his guitar solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxSvvug5z4

At #28, by far the newest song on my list -- and it came out when I was in college.

I hadn't heard this one before - that solo is awesome.

 

[Northern Voice]

I am grumpy that @Northern Voice isn't in here so I can yell at him for getting me listening to too much Peaches the last couple weeks.

I am around intermittently if I get tagged but yeah, I don't really post or read much any more. My last couple bannings have been for the tamest stuff ever and it's mostly turned me away. I guess Joe wins.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I am grumpy that @Northern Voice isn't in here so I can yell at him for getting me listening to too much Peaches the last couple weeks.

I am around intermittently if I get tagged but yeah, I don't really post or read much any more. My last couple bannings have been for the tamest stuff ever and it's mostly turned me away. I guess Joe wins.

Awww. Just hang out with us.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I was wondering why the Doobie Brothers came on so early during this playlist. I looked and it was The Gap Band.

 

[Eephus]

I was wondering why the Doobie Brothers came on so early during this playlist. I looked and it was The Gap Band.

Same

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

 

[-OZ-]

I was wondering why the Doobie Brothers came on so early during this playlist. I looked and it was The Gap Band.

Same

I’m shuffling, they went back to back.
Double Doobie!

 

[KarmaPolice]

I was wondering why the Doobie Brothers came on so early during this playlist. I looked and it was The Gap Band.

Same

I’m shuffling, they went back to back.
Double Doobie!

You rang?

 

[KarmaPolice]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

 

[zamboni]

I was wondering why the Doobie Brothers came on so early during this playlist. I looked and it was The Gap Band.

Same

I’m shuffling, they went back to back.
Double Doobie!

It's eminently possible that the Doobie Brothers, The Gap Band and the gang from What's Happening all went to the same high school.

IYKYK

 

[Don Quixote]

It's eminently possible that the Doobie Brothers, The Gap Band and the gang from What's Happening all went to the same high school.

IYKYK

What if you don’t know? Asking for, uh, a friend.

 

[zamboni]

It's eminently possible that the Doobie Brothers, The Gap Band and the gang from What's Happening all went to the same high school.

IYKYK

What if you don’t know? Asking for, uh, a friend.

Classic two-part episode of What's Happening when the Doobie Brothers guest starred. I won't spoil it, but if you're interested here is the link:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Classic two-part episode of What's Happening when the Doobie Brothers guest starred.

It's weird how often that comes up.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

 

[zamboni]

Classic two-part episode of What's Happening when the Doobie Brothers guest starred.

It's weird how often that comes up.

Often by me, as demonstrated by my extremely high ranking in the TV show countdown.

 

[tuffnutt]

Smashing Pumpkins 29

Song: Bury Me
Album: Gish

Summary: Admittedly not one of Billy’s favorites and I would guess others would rank it below many on Gish. I think this one resonates with me once again for the heaviness of it, plus great drumming and a killer solo.

Good song. was on my first 5 out list...

 

[tuffnutt]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

There will be a few more that will do the same.

 

[Mt. Man]

Catching up with the #30s (and hopefully more) today! This time we go in playlist order.

Selected Favorites:
Wild Mountain Thyme - Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
Backstreet Girl - Golden Smog
Walking On The Wrong Side - The Beat
I’ll Kill You If You Don’t Come Back - Meat Loaf
Nothing - Love
Disposable Sunshine - Loser (/John 5)
As Much As I Ever Could - City and Colour
Anahara - Ferry Corsten & Gouryella

Small spotlight:
.
With “If You’ve Got The Time”, The Babys have gone 2/2 for me. They feel like a band that I should know a bit more from, but don’t. I know bigger and more familiar songs from them – and John Waite solo – are coming. Still, this is one of several artists I’m really enjoying even these “lower” numbers.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

“Lay Lady Lay” is proof that Dylan can actually sing. He claimed his voice sounded like that because he quit cigarettes, but I don’t believe that.

 

[Yambag]

Smashing Pumpkins 29

Song: Bury Me
Album: Gish

Summary: Admittedly not one of Billy’s favorites and I would guess others would rank it below many on Gish. I think this one resonates with me once again for the heaviness of it, plus great drumming and a killer solo.

Good song. was on my first 5 out list...

Glad to see some love. I was kinda surprised it is not ranked very highly in pumpkin world. Although I wonder if those are possibly the same people who heard Gish before Siamese Dream. I was opposite and found Gish somewhat lacking. In fact, one fan favorite from that album didn't make my list at all.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

“Lay Lady Lay” is proof that Dylan can actually sing. He claimed his voice sounded like that because he quit cigarettes, but I don’t believe that.

Really? I always bought into that. What do you think made the difference?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

“Lay Lady Lay” is proof that Dylan can actually sing. He claimed his voice sounded like that because he quit cigarettes, but I don’t believe that.

Really? I always bought into that. What do you think made the difference?

He wanted to make a mainstream country album and adjusted his voice to fit his intentions. His next albums had different goals and for them he went back to singing like he had before.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

“Lay Lady Lay” is proof that Dylan can actually sing. He claimed his voice sounded like that because he quit cigarettes, but I don’t believe that.

Really? I always bought into that. What do you think made the difference?

He wanted to make a mainstream country album and adjusted his voice to fit his intentions. His next albums had different goals and for them he went back to singing like he had before.

Pip knows his ****.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

“Lay Lady Lay” is proof that Dylan can actually sing. He claimed his voice sounded like that because he quit cigarettes, but I don’t believe that.

Really? I always bought into that. What do you think made the difference?

He wanted to make a mainstream country album and adjusted his voice to fit his intentions. His next albums had different goals and for them he went back to singing like he had before.

Pip knows his ****.

I don’t have proof. I just think that makes more sense than Dylan’s explanation. He was known to lie to the press just for the hell of it.

 

[Eephus]

The second Connor Oberst song that I could see Dylan singing.

I wish Dylan's voice sounded like that.

More the singing style and delivery than the actual vocals - but Dylan can actually sing. His voice just may not be pleasant to some listeners, but he knows HOW to sing.

“Lay Lady Lay” is proof that Dylan can actually sing. He claimed his voice sounded like that because he quit cigarettes, but I don’t believe that.

Really? I always bought into that. What do you think made the difference?

He wanted to make a mainstream country album and adjusted his voice to fit his intentions. His next albums had different goals and for them he went back to singing like he had before.

Later on, Dylan blew his voice out during his Never Ending Tour. If you listen to Together Through Life (2009) or Tempest (2012), Bob was really croaking. I've read he stopped smoking again around this time but you can't really take what he says at face value so he's probably puffing on a stogie as I write. But between that and his excursions into the Great American Songbook in the 2010s, his voice noticeably improved. He still doesn't have a ton of range but the tone is more pleasant. And his sense of phrasing remains exceptional.

 

[Eephus]

Another one of my late night, too psyched after a show to sleep posts. Tonight it was Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds which came as a complete surprise because I had no plans to see him when I woke up this morning. Mrs. Eephus had a single GA floor ticket which she was dreading a little because her knee was bothering her from the show we saw the other night. But one of her concert friend group contacted her and said she had gotten three balcony seats from somebody else. So I sold the GA ticket and we sat up top with the boring folks. I'm glad we did because he played for almost three hours and the main floor experience of an 8000 capacity venue can sometimes suck no matter how great the performance is.

Cave is an incredible performer. I saw him three years ago when he did the duo tour with Warren Ellis but his full band show was on another level. He's an intense guy whose music can get serious but he has a lot of fun on stage and the band was loose on the last night of the tour. Eleven stars (one for each member of the band), great show, wonderful night.

 

[-OZ-]

29 - Great set! So far I’m enjoying the entirety more than the previous rounds

New to me, added to likes

The whole world lost its head - Go Gos

Soldier Man - shack

Wrong or Right - babys

Signed sealed - humble pie

Hundreds of ways - Conor oberst

When something stands for nothing - (so far one of my favorite “new to me” artists)

Disciple - doobie (Not really sure if this is new as it sounds familiar but it’s been a long time since I heard it)

Sensible heart- city and colour

Days like these - people under the stairs (has an early Will Smith crossed with arrested development feel imo)

Favorite song this round - hard choice between Metallica, , beck, but the goes to Otis’s rendition of For Your Precious Love

 

[Yo Mama]

Round 29 thoughts as I sit in the airport

New to me artist standouts:
- Shack
- The Babys
- Caro Emerald
- Headstones
- Love
- The Waterboys - I know I’ll know a couple of their songs but they have all been new so far. Loved the #30 song too, sounded a lot like something from The Alarm

Known artists (not all songs known though)
- The Gap Band
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Doobies
- Beck
- Derek & the Dominoes

Been enjoying all the playlists so far.

 

[Yo Mama]

I’m just glad I’m not flying into Newark. It’s not even 6am here in LA yet and the first three flights there have already been delayed 2+ hours. People are thrilled.

 

[Yo Mama]

And I know I totally jinxed my flight departure time with that comment.

 

[simey]

A few favorites from rounds 30 & 29 in no specific order...

Known to me favorites
If You've Got the Time (The Babys)
Backstreet Girl - Long Time Ago (Golden Smog)
Let It Rain - Bell Bottom Blues (Eric Clapton-Derek and the Dominos)
Signed Sealed - You Need Loving (Steve Marriott-Humble Pie, Small Faces)
Orphans (Beck)
Cherry Cherry (Neil Diamond)
The Huckle-Buck - For Your Precious Love (Otis Redding)
Rags - Red Army Blues (Waterboys)
Disciple (Doobie Brothers)
The Unforgiven (Metallica)
Doomsday Clock (Smashing Pumpkins)
Nothing - Your Mind and We Belong Together (Love)
This Time Around - Dear Diary (Luna)
The Way (Charlie Wilson - Gap Band)

New to me favorites
Wild Mountain Thyme - Soldier Man (Michael Head - Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band, Shack)
The Whole World Lost It's Head - (Go-Go's)
For Your Consideration - When Something Stands for Nothing (Headstones)
I'm Not Sorry (Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw -The Jordan)
Disposable Sunshine - My Ceiling's Low (John 5 - Loser, 2wo/Rob Halford)
I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back (Meat loaf)
Walking On the Wrong Side (The Beat)
Jason Donovan / Tessa Sanderson (Cornershop)
As Much As I Ever Could - Sensible Heart (City and Colour)
Napalm - Hundreds of Ways (Conor Oberst)
Anahera - (Ferry Corsten)
Days Like These (People Under the Stairs)

 

[Mister CIA]

A little tease for the next Headstones selection. Imagine a story from Wikkid's youth (circa his teens/early 20s) put to song, in decidely Wikkid fashion. That's what you are going to get.

Edit: Suddenly I feel a little pressure.

 

[Yambag]

29s

Known
Neil Diamond: Red Red Wine
Metallica: The Unforgiven
Beck: Devil's Haircut
Derek & The Dominos: Bell Bottom Blues

Caught My Attention
The Go-Go's: The Whole World Lost Its Head
Shack: Soldier Man
The Gap Band: The Way
Caro Emerald: Home
Waterboys: Red Army Blues

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Favorite new to me song through 3 rounds:

Waterboys - Red Army Blues

 

[Eephus]

Favorite new to me song through 3 rounds:

Waterboys - Red Army Blues

There are lots of songs that mention Tennessee but this is probably the only one that also references Voronezh.

 

[Mister CIA]

A song about rock and roll, comic books, and bubble gum. Bet nobody had that on their bingo card.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

Bumping this one for those who might have only heard the acoustic version of this song on the playlist. This version has just a little bit more juice.

 

[Mister CIA]

And no complaints about the playlists here. I would have posted the acoustic anyway. I want you all to have it all.