I should be going to sleep as I have to wake up early early tomorrow. But I found a song I really really want to share, and as soon as I found out what the name of it was... just a couple of minutes ago through google, and discovered a version of it in my library I just have to share and have it on repeat for the next three weeks.
The other week as I was at work I heard a little tune which made me want to dance. Well my version of dancing which is a lot of swaying and random head jerky movements, anyway what got to me was the electro "I'm walking in light, I'm walking light, I'm walking in LIGHT", the last "Light" is capitalised to indicate the emphasis that the reverb-ie effect the word was given. Anyway I noted that lyric, but forgot it, then remembered it and then googled it, and through the process of eliminating Georgia Mass Choir from my google search I discovered the true artist of the song. Th' Dudes!
I love those guys, and I should be ashamed not to have reconisged the vocals... but this song sounds different to their other songs such as Bliss or Be Mine Tonight.
Anyway I really like Th' Dudes. They to me are classic kiwi. I grew up hearing song of theirs alongside Split Enz, Crowded House, and Dragon even though all of these bands had all been dissolved and broken up by the time I was old enough to process music into my tiny little child brain,ignoring the comeback tours of course, anyway Th' Dudes didnt reach international stardom a couple of shows in Australia would be the biggest, but when they split Dave Dobbyn was proppelled into fame with an solo career.
Anyway to the song. Walking in the Light. Released in 1979, before I realised it was them I would have dated it as something brand new. But it sounded so new at the time. I now know better and having been listening to it over and over and over again. It sounds older. Anyway lyricalwise it sounds like our protaganist has had a little epiphany and he's walking in light because of this changed perspective... or perhaps his perspective literally changed as the doorway is unfamilar with bright bright lights, we don't know... or care. Lights are brighter when you are drunk, well for me I haven't been anyone else drunk.
Back on track, soundwise this song is very rocky two guitars, bass and drums with that strange edge to it that I cannot find outside of New Zealand and Australian music from the 70's to 90's. If I could describe it I would. But I put that down to either our accents or what is more likely, the production being so li-fi that all of these bands shared the exact same mixing board and instruments. I speak a lot of bullshit. I should have tried to do Musicology instead of Art History, that way I would have sustenance in what I say here. Or talk about Art. Hahaha
Anyway I suggest you listen to the song as I have once again fallen off the tracks on my train of thoughts and am about to die, not literally, in a fiery flames of unfinished ideas and confusion. WOOOO WOOOO!!!
Before I go.. You know what really sucks? Malcolm McLaren died of cancer yesterdat. Don't know who he is? He was the manager of the Sex Pistols and styled the fashion-sense of the typical Punk. RIP.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
4. Bone House
The fourth installment of my picks!!! About fucking time right? Yes right! Before I tell you what the song shall be I shall grovel and grovel and grovel and beg forgivness and layout my hand on the table of cards of the reasons for not doing what I should do.
I have commitment issues, I am lazy, I want the results now and not later and can't wait for later, I have other things to do like sleep and eat and procrastinate. I'm a real procrastinator! I would have won the trophy for Procrastinating at high school if I in fact worked hard to make Procrastinating a legitimate school activity... but then I only thought about making it a school event not actually actively do anything towards it. But real reason is that I had no internet. Never ever try and switch providers just stick with the one you are born with. Its a pain in the arse otherwise.
Anyway the song of the day, finally, is Bone House by The Dead Weather. This song was intended for the 26th March. The night I would have been sad and depressed that I couldn't go and see them, Live! But having no internet I turned to um TV. Yeah. Anyway The Dead Weather consists of Jack White, Alison Mosshart, Jack Lawerence and Dean Fertita. You will possibly know of these four from other bands such as the White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Kills, and Queens of the Stone Age. Anyway to me having Alison Mosshart and Jack White TOGETHER IN ONE BAND! is a strange dream come true. It's pretty awesome. And I love Mosshart, she's my girl crush.
Anyway to the song. Bonehouse is 08 on their first album Horehound. I chose this song out of their album is because I think it is quite representive of the album overall and their sound. How to describe it... sing guitars, thumpy beat and interesting sounding things like coins in a jar going jangle jangle, and the competition between a strong powerful female voice and a not as strong but still very powerful male voice. To me they seem to work up a tension in their vocals.
But the lyrics. "Always get the things I want" the way it sounds as if she is gloating sounds amazing, as she very innocently but in a Mosshart style sings about what she can make out of the person, a boat a house, how she can hide their "hearts in a vault" and do other far-fetched in a literal sense to get what she wants. I wish I were a man of words, to explain it better but I'm lazy and my er..umm.. ugh... aaah can't cut it on paper/blog lines.
Anyway as I have once again rambled I suggest that you listen to the song! And after listening to it and you sort of get what I was trying to get at maybe come back for the next time I try to do this. And if you don't get what I'm saying still, however you like the song come back anyway, tell me why you like it. And if you can clearly explain it you should be doing a blog...not me :D
I have commitment issues, I am lazy, I want the results now and not later and can't wait for later, I have other things to do like sleep and eat and procrastinate. I'm a real procrastinator! I would have won the trophy for Procrastinating at high school if I in fact worked hard to make Procrastinating a legitimate school activity... but then I only thought about making it a school event not actually actively do anything towards it. But real reason is that I had no internet. Never ever try and switch providers just stick with the one you are born with. Its a pain in the arse otherwise.
Anyway the song of the day, finally, is Bone House by The Dead Weather. This song was intended for the 26th March. The night I would have been sad and depressed that I couldn't go and see them, Live! But having no internet I turned to um TV. Yeah. Anyway The Dead Weather consists of Jack White, Alison Mosshart, Jack Lawerence and Dean Fertita. You will possibly know of these four from other bands such as the White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Kills, and Queens of the Stone Age. Anyway to me having Alison Mosshart and Jack White TOGETHER IN ONE BAND! is a strange dream come true. It's pretty awesome. And I love Mosshart, she's my girl crush.
Anyway to the song. Bonehouse is 08 on their first album Horehound. I chose this song out of their album is because I think it is quite representive of the album overall and their sound. How to describe it... sing guitars, thumpy beat and interesting sounding things like coins in a jar going jangle jangle, and the competition between a strong powerful female voice and a not as strong but still very powerful male voice. To me they seem to work up a tension in their vocals.
But the lyrics. "Always get the things I want" the way it sounds as if she is gloating sounds amazing, as she very innocently but in a Mosshart style sings about what she can make out of the person, a boat a house, how she can hide their "hearts in a vault" and do other far-fetched in a literal sense to get what she wants. I wish I were a man of words, to explain it better but I'm lazy and my er..umm.. ugh... aaah can't cut it on paper/blog lines.
Anyway as I have once again rambled I suggest that you listen to the song! And after listening to it and you sort of get what I was trying to get at maybe come back for the next time I try to do this. And if you don't get what I'm saying still, however you like the song come back anyway, tell me why you like it. And if you can clearly explain it you should be doing a blog...not me :D
Sunday, March 7, 2010
3. Dream Boy.
Earlier on Today
Me:"Quick! Quick! Pick a Number between 1 and 129!"
Random person on MSN:"Errr...87"
Me:"Dream Boy by Jackie DeShannon...Great."
Random Person on MSN:"Is that saying something about my male intuition...hehe"
Me:"Damn you."
Sooooooo That's how today I shall be reviewing a song, I have never heard of until just now when I thought that I should post something as this is supposed to be daily or twice daily, and having no idea on what song I should pick opted for a random luck of the draw.
So the song of the day is (unfortunately) Dream Boy by Jackie DeShannon. Who is Jackie DeShannon? Jackie DeShannon is an American lass born to "musically inclined farming parents" during World War Two. From the 1960's onwards she had a string of hits, mainly floppy, including umm Dream Boy. Still alive and with her third husband, some director guy, she now lives somewhere in someplace not having made an single for the past 30 years.
So how did the song end up in my possession? Impulse. I'm not one to be an impulse buyer, but in this situation...Yes I was, where is the IBA group having the next meeting? Anyway came across a CD set thing called Girls Groups, Lost and Found. Thought it'd be interesting, got it, ripped it to my computer, bing bing bang I absolutely hate it. Such examples of titles are "Keep Your Hands off My Baby", "Oh No, Not my Baby","He's a Bad Boy","I Can't Let Go" and of course "Dream Boy". Pure Unadultered One Hundred and Ninety Seven Percent Drivel. IT'S FUCKING DRIVEL! True I admit that Drivel is one thing that is a major force in song writing, even today, but the people who complied this album should have left these songs lost and not found, or I should have deleted it off my computer and stick that evil collection on Ebay or in someone else garbage. Too much drivel, not enough, or too much, brain cells to cope with it.
So why should you listen to the song? Don't. I don't want you to. You can listen to the song here though. I wouldn't recommend it, but you can. It's your choice. She basically sings about her Dream boy for 3 minutes and something something seconds, how she met him, how he broke her heart, how she wants him blah blah, accompanied by some drums, guitaring and a tambourine.
Next time I shall pick something awesome to make up for it. Pinky Swears! Maybe even comment me a song below... and I'm gonna rid myself from this album as not to have this happening again.
See You Later!
Ps: Are you wondering why I wrote about a song I clearly don't like? I don't know why either. Why I couldn't say DO-OVER over and over until I found a satisfactory song? Pshh I don't know that either... :)
Me:"Quick! Quick! Pick a Number between 1 and 129!"
Random person on MSN:"Errr...87"
Me:"Dream Boy by Jackie DeShannon...Great."
Random Person on MSN:"Is that saying something about my male intuition...hehe"
Me:"Damn you."
Sooooooo That's how today I shall be reviewing a song, I have never heard of until just now when I thought that I should post something as this is supposed to be daily or twice daily, and having no idea on what song I should pick opted for a random luck of the draw.
So the song of the day is (unfortunately) Dream Boy by Jackie DeShannon. Who is Jackie DeShannon? Jackie DeShannon is an American lass born to "musically inclined farming parents" during World War Two. From the 1960's onwards she had a string of hits, mainly floppy, including umm Dream Boy. Still alive and with her third husband, some director guy, she now lives somewhere in someplace not having made an single for the past 30 years.
So how did the song end up in my possession? Impulse. I'm not one to be an impulse buyer, but in this situation...Yes I was, where is the IBA group having the next meeting? Anyway came across a CD set thing called Girls Groups, Lost and Found. Thought it'd be interesting, got it, ripped it to my computer, bing bing bang I absolutely hate it. Such examples of titles are "Keep Your Hands off My Baby", "Oh No, Not my Baby","He's a Bad Boy","I Can't Let Go" and of course "Dream Boy". Pure Unadultered One Hundred and Ninety Seven Percent Drivel. IT'S FUCKING DRIVEL! True I admit that Drivel is one thing that is a major force in song writing, even today, but the people who complied this album should have left these songs lost and not found, or I should have deleted it off my computer and stick that evil collection on Ebay or in someone else garbage. Too much drivel, not enough, or too much, brain cells to cope with it.
So why should you listen to the song? Don't. I don't want you to. You can listen to the song here though. I wouldn't recommend it, but you can. It's your choice. She basically sings about her Dream boy for 3 minutes and something something seconds, how she met him, how he broke her heart, how she wants him blah blah, accompanied by some drums, guitaring and a tambourine.
Next time I shall pick something awesome to make up for it. Pinky Swears! Maybe even comment me a song below... and I'm gonna rid myself from this album as not to have this happening again.
See You Later!
Ps: Are you wondering why I wrote about a song I clearly don't like? I don't know why either. Why I couldn't say DO-OVER over and over until I found a satisfactory song? Pshh I don't know that either... :)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
#2. 40 Feet
40'? Don't you mean 12.19200m?
No! 40' is the song of the day! Hello again! Still here I am. 40' is a song by a little band I like called Franz Ferdinand! Well it's not so much as like as it's more "THEY ARE MY FAVOURITEIST BAND OF ALL TIME! I SHALL MARRY THE BAND AND MAKE LITTLE FRANZ BABIES" Hahahaha! :D
Anyway to serious business. 40' is not my favourite Franz Ferdinand song but it is very up there as a fucking fantastic Franz song, you may call me as bias as you want but it doesn't change the facts, and I think that you should have a little listen.
40' is the final song on Franz Ferdinand's First album Franz Ferdinand (so good they didn't need to bother with another name) which was recorded in Switzerland with Tore Johansson as their producer in 2004, the same year as Harry Potter and The Prisoner or Azkaban was released just so you know, Like you care anyway. So before I get sidetracked 40' came into being vaguely around 2003. It written co-operatively by the guitarist and the vocalist of Franz Ferdinand Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos.
Compared to "Take Me Out" the song that took Franz Ferdinand into international fame, 40' is much more deeper, as deep as the icy waters of Ben Nevis where Kapranos claims in an interview (can't find link) came the inspiration for the song. Instead of the sunny fun afternoon spent jumping off a rock into the waterfall, the song however in my opinion deals instead with falling off a 400' cliff and the struggle in trying to prevent the inevitable splat. You can hear yells and strange bells(the slowed down backwards recording of a gate crashing shut in fact.) during the climatic guitar sessions (I regret that this is not a voice post as I would be imitating the noises right now) which reminds me of the rush to fall and then this will suddenly lull, the only thing audible is a numbing bass and Kapranos's haunting "Lalalalalalalalalalalala" it's as if the protaganist of the lyric manages to grab onto a branch and prevents the fall for a short time.
What made me think that 40' would be a good song to someone who didn't know who Franz was? Well it's because of a mate of mine I had from school. I shall call him Gloria, even if Gloria is a girls name. Anyway he refused to listen to Franz Ferdinand on the principle that he thought they sounded pretentious because they named themselves "Franz Ferdinand" which he felt mocked the... blahblahblahblah, the speech was as long as that wiki article. Anyway he was having a listen to a couple of my songs at the end of an English class, and 40' popped up,and he starts imitating the drums on the desk, Gloria is a drummer, the cymbals crashing the imaginary foot drum and the same bouncy thing that Paul Thomson does. So even if someone as anti-Franz as Gloria would like that song even if it was for the glorious beat then I should share it.
So download and enjoy! If you like it buy the album, hint hint, Of course if you have any comments about what you think of the song don't hesitate to type them down below!
Lots of Love!
Strych!
Ps: I might do this every second day as it takes much longer to research and I do have a life, not a big one but I dooo :D
No! 40' is the song of the day! Hello again! Still here I am. 40' is a song by a little band I like called Franz Ferdinand! Well it's not so much as like as it's more "THEY ARE MY FAVOURITEIST BAND OF ALL TIME! I SHALL MARRY THE BAND AND MAKE LITTLE FRANZ BABIES" Hahahaha! :D
Anyway to serious business. 40' is not my favourite Franz Ferdinand song but it is very up there as a fucking fantastic Franz song, you may call me as bias as you want but it doesn't change the facts, and I think that you should have a little listen.
40' is the final song on Franz Ferdinand's First album Franz Ferdinand (so good they didn't need to bother with another name) which was recorded in Switzerland with Tore Johansson as their producer in 2004, the same year as Harry Potter and The Prisoner or Azkaban was released just so you know, Like you care anyway. So before I get sidetracked 40' came into being vaguely around 2003. It written co-operatively by the guitarist and the vocalist of Franz Ferdinand Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos.
Compared to "Take Me Out" the song that took Franz Ferdinand into international fame, 40' is much more deeper, as deep as the icy waters of Ben Nevis where Kapranos claims in an interview (can't find link) came the inspiration for the song. Instead of the sunny fun afternoon spent jumping off a rock into the waterfall, the song however in my opinion deals instead with falling off a 400' cliff and the struggle in trying to prevent the inevitable splat. You can hear yells and strange bells(the slowed down backwards recording of a gate crashing shut in fact.) during the climatic guitar sessions (I regret that this is not a voice post as I would be imitating the noises right now) which reminds me of the rush to fall and then this will suddenly lull, the only thing audible is a numbing bass and Kapranos's haunting "Lalalalalalalalalalalala" it's as if the protaganist of the lyric manages to grab onto a branch and prevents the fall for a short time.
What made me think that 40' would be a good song to someone who didn't know who Franz was? Well it's because of a mate of mine I had from school. I shall call him Gloria, even if Gloria is a girls name. Anyway he refused to listen to Franz Ferdinand on the principle that he thought they sounded pretentious because they named themselves "Franz Ferdinand" which he felt mocked the... blahblahblahblah, the speech was as long as that wiki article. Anyway he was having a listen to a couple of my songs at the end of an English class, and 40' popped up,and he starts imitating the drums on the desk, Gloria is a drummer, the cymbals crashing the imaginary foot drum and the same bouncy thing that Paul Thomson does. So even if someone as anti-Franz as Gloria would like that song even if it was for the glorious beat then I should share it.
So download and enjoy! If you like it buy the album, hint hint, Of course if you have any comments about what you think of the song don't hesitate to type them down below!
Lots of Love!
Strych!
Ps: I might do this every second day as it takes much longer to research and I do have a life, not a big one but I dooo :D
#1. Blue Moon Baby
Hello! And Welcome to the first installment of Bloo Moon Baby's Pick of The Day!
I hope to daily post a song that I think deserves your attention and then give a little (or big) background check on the origins of this particular song, depending on what I can find out about it. Knowing me I will probably post to this blog daily for two weeks and then think "Fuck this" I only have one follower :D And then not do it daily. Just for a little warning. Anyway lets get into the first song.
It is none other then Blue Moon Baby! The version I will be posting is actually a cover by The Cramps, the band that originally got me into this song, and wanting me to adopt it as an username of sorts as well as Blue Moon Baby who also possibly thought the same and took advantage that the name was free before I did.... Oh well!
Anyway the original version of the song was penned and performed by none other then Dave 'Diddlie' Day. Who is that you may ask? Well I don't know much about him myself but I've found out that his real name is actually David Fatalsky, and that Blue Moon Baby was released on a little LP in 1957 called "Fee Bee" accompanied by a little ditty called 'Suzanne My Love'. A video is posted on youtube of this original song which you can find here. Except for this his life work, if he worked his life to music as we do not know, is somewhat living in obscurity. Somewhat but not completely.
Thanks to The Cramps who were quite fiendish with their covers, at one point having enough material to actually release an album of their best covers, at least this one song by Davey Day (He goes by a lot of names) is still alive and throbbing in the hearts, and groins, of fans from all walks of life. The Cramps cover is pretty similar to the original, nothing too extreme has been added or taken away. Instead the authentic Crampish Zombi Surfer style, as I like to call it, is very much there, the country bass, the twangish twangs, the foot stomping beats, and for the Zombi effect, Lux Interior (R.I.P) wailing out desperately in his woe for "Blue Moon Baby".
So why should you listen to Blue Moon Baby? As a fellow Cramps fiend said; "He's (Lux) just singin' damn sexy." True,true true. But if you are not one to go for a song on how sexy the singer sounds moaning and groaning to you. I think that you should listen to this song anyway. I like the story weaved into the lyrics about "A Crazy Little Chick" who can change the lives of naive young men in bars with just a glance, spend a little time with him, possibly sleep with him for a little cash, and then completely ruin him and his naivety and once finished turn around to find the next. The name Blue Moon Baby gives the impression that she, herself is naive but she is most definately a devilish fiend.
If I haven't convinced you yet, whether you don't agree with my points or my arguments are badly laid out I recommend that you take a listen to the song and tell me what you think. A little comment won't go amiss... Blue Moon Baby by the Cramps can be found on a Re-Issue of "A Date With Elvis, or here in this little link. Read the info up above this post about downloading these sample songs.
Anyway I better go for now, See you later, Baby See you later!
Strych
Ps: If anyone has a better site to recommend buying Hardcopy albums from except for Amazon I would love to be linked to it.Thanks! :D
I hope to daily post a song that I think deserves your attention and then give a little (or big) background check on the origins of this particular song, depending on what I can find out about it. Knowing me I will probably post to this blog daily for two weeks and then think "Fuck this" I only have one follower :D And then not do it daily. Just for a little warning. Anyway lets get into the first song.
It is none other then Blue Moon Baby! The version I will be posting is actually a cover by The Cramps, the band that originally got me into this song, and wanting me to adopt it as an username of sorts as well as Blue Moon Baby who also possibly thought the same and took advantage that the name was free before I did.... Oh well!
Anyway the original version of the song was penned and performed by none other then Dave 'Diddlie' Day. Who is that you may ask? Well I don't know much about him myself but I've found out that his real name is actually David Fatalsky, and that Blue Moon Baby was released on a little LP in 1957 called "Fee Bee" accompanied by a little ditty called 'Suzanne My Love'. A video is posted on youtube of this original song which you can find here. Except for this his life work, if he worked his life to music as we do not know, is somewhat living in obscurity. Somewhat but not completely.
Thanks to The Cramps who were quite fiendish with their covers, at one point having enough material to actually release an album of their best covers, at least this one song by Davey Day (He goes by a lot of names) is still alive and throbbing in the hearts, and groins, of fans from all walks of life. The Cramps cover is pretty similar to the original, nothing too extreme has been added or taken away. Instead the authentic Crampish Zombi Surfer style, as I like to call it, is very much there, the country bass, the twangish twangs, the foot stomping beats, and for the Zombi effect, Lux Interior (R.I.P) wailing out desperately in his woe for "Blue Moon Baby".
So why should you listen to Blue Moon Baby? As a fellow Cramps fiend said; "He's (Lux) just singin' damn sexy." True,true true. But if you are not one to go for a song on how sexy the singer sounds moaning and groaning to you. I think that you should listen to this song anyway. I like the story weaved into the lyrics about "A Crazy Little Chick" who can change the lives of naive young men in bars with just a glance, spend a little time with him, possibly sleep with him for a little cash, and then completely ruin him and his naivety and once finished turn around to find the next. The name Blue Moon Baby gives the impression that she, herself is naive but she is most definately a devilish fiend.
If I haven't convinced you yet, whether you don't agree with my points or my arguments are badly laid out I recommend that you take a listen to the song and tell me what you think. A little comment won't go amiss... Blue Moon Baby by the Cramps can be found on a Re-Issue of "A Date With Elvis, or here in this little link. Read the info up above this post about downloading these sample songs.
Anyway I better go for now, See you later, Baby See you later!
Strych
Ps: If anyone has a better site to recommend buying Hardcopy albums from except for Amazon I would love to be linked to it.Thanks! :D
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