5. Walking In Light!

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.

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