Some like the new My Morning Jacket album, some hate it. Especialy Highly Suspicious is a love it/hate it song. I’m lovin’ it. Wonderfull song like Prince don’t makes them anymore. I’ve heard some live versions of this song, and live it’s even better. So I’m going to De Melkweg tonight and check them out.
YouTube: Highly Suspicious, first live performance march 10, 2008
Not only is Steve Harris one the best bass players in the world, he also is a very good songwriter, finding his inspiration in movies, books or even poetry. Like this song where he used an 18th century poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Thanks to Iron Maiden is this the only English poem I can recite, at least a bit.
One after one, by the star-dogged moon,
Too quick for groan or sigh,
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang,
And cursed me with his eye.Four times fifty living men
(and I heard nor sigh nor groan),
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down one by one.
This song can also be found on my desert island album. Then down in falls comes the rain.
YouTube: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live Rock in Rio 1985 pt. 1
YouTube: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live Rock in Rio 1985 pt. 2
YouTube: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, live Rock in Rio 1985 pt. 3
I thought that It’s My Party was a little younger then dating from 1963, but I guess I was more familiar with the 1981 cover version by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin. Another thing I didn’t knew was that Dave Stewart is not the same as that guy with the same name who’s playing in the Eurythmics.
But man, what does this cover version sounds dated with all these synthesizers! It’s so eighties, check the videoclip, that I’m even surprised that Marilyn Manson hasn’t done a cover yet. And watch the Top of the Pops performance, with hilarious comment during the song, that one guy is only hitting some electronic pads, that ain’t drumming.
YouTube: It’s My Party, videoclip
YouTube: It’s My Party, live(?) at Top of the Pops
Girlpop from 1963, and still an enjoyable song. Lesley Gore was 16 years old when she recorded this song, which was produced by Quincy Jones. In 2005 Lesley Gore recorded a come back album and she still performs live.
There’s two versions of You Love Us. The first version, the Heavenly version, is from 1991 and was their last single for Heavenly Records. This version of the song ends with a coda which includes a drum sample from Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life”.
The other version is a rerecording for their Sony record debut album Generation Terrorists, this version is much heavier. The album version got a minute long guitar solo ending.
YouTube: You Love Us, Heavenly version promo video
YouTube: You Love Us, Sony version video clip
Playing tennis on the Wii brings back memories of an early eighties popsong called Chalk Dust. Well, actualy I had to google for that, I only remebered the line “the ball is in”.
Chalk Dust is a parody song on tennis player John McEnroe’s behaviour during matches, made by comedian Roger Kitter and Kaplan Kaye, who’s running a managment agency these days.
YouTube: Chalk Dust (The Umpire Strikes Back), fan made video
Since a few days I got me a Wii, so its all about games here. Which reminds me of that song by Dog Eat Dog. I had this album but sold it a few years ago because I was bored with it. Still sounds dated to me. But even Amazon sells this album only second hand, despite the fact that Dog Eat Dog still exist.
Another Moanin’, this time written by Jazz Messengers pianist Bobby Timmons.
Great tune by Charles Mingus, realy nice big band music.
Radiation is my favorite Marillion-with-Steve-Hogart album. The Answering Machine is a great song, especially the keyboard parts by Mark Kelly are freakin’ weird. In the video it’s more like an acoustic song though. Such a shame to play such a good song so shitty.
About this:
Inspired by Tuuur, who was inspired by Glenn Case, I will be posting some song of the day posts over here. This blog is written in (poor) English, but since I’m from the Netherlands there will be some Dutch songs and/or lyrics passing by.
About me:
I live in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, a short train ride from Amsterdam. I like open source software, open-minded people and bars open all night.
