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About Kids pt.2
okayyy so these ones are maybe a bit dirtier than the last batch. But the sentiment remains. Cody ChesnuTT – The Seed Sprites – Make A Baby With Me Thanks to Sally F. for that last one! …and here’s what you do once you have one: David Bowie – Kooks
Brothers!
“Live a lifetime of surprise/ We’ll all become magicians and leave the wonder in their eyes” mp3- Emmet Otter’s Jug Band – Brothers big thanks to Recidivism for making these tracks available. buy the dvd –
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Too Good To Be Bad
People have cast insult after insult at me for liking the following two bands. But in this age of apology, where Al Jarreau gets a week to himself, I’ll go ahead and give it one more shot. Here are a couple of tunes–both using the guitar theme from the Beatles’ “Getting Better,” I might add–that [...]
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Fleet Foxes
This is a cowboy band. Yup. There is certainly a western flick/fire and brimstone vibe to their tunes (esp. “Mykonos”). Like some dark judgment awaits this band of outlaws out on the plain. And hey, I’m all for it! Kinda reminiscent of the Sand Rubies, an AZ band from the 90′s. Fleet Foxes – Oliver [...]
James Carr
With a voice somewhere between Otis Redding’s honest crackle and Percy Sledge’s C+W twang sits James Carr, Goldwax Records’ Next Big Thing in the late 1960′s. Here are a couple of tunes from Razor & Tie’s out of print The Essential James Carr, an excellent collection from 1995. “I Gotta Go” wasn’t released until long [...]
I’m Such A Jerk / Sewn To The Sky
I was staying up late at a friend’s house one night in high school and listening to music on some big headphones. It was one of those cold Summer nights in Denver where you find yourself shivering in the wrong clothes. My friend had long since fallen asleep and I was sitting on the floor, [...]
dum. da-dum ch!
Obviously, there are many many more tracks that begin with this iconic drumbeat. I just haven’t found them yet. If you happen to know more, let me know, yeah? The Ronettes – Be My Baby I’m pretty sure that any artist who is using “the beat” in their song nowadays is referencing this tune. Its [...]
“Just, please do not dis on this track!”