Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 Hey Yanks! Pay your taxes!!! Then come back here and post what's been inspiring you lately... For me, Chet Baker's version of Elvis Costello's Almost Blue... Chet's a little drunk and screws up the lyrics but surely not their intent. (John Leftwich on bass who I went to HS with) [video=youtube;alUSx_X_za8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alUSx_X_za8 Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost All the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue It's almost touching it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true... always Not all good things come to an end now, it is only a chosen few I have seen such an unhappy couple Almost me Almost you Almost blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg_L Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 [video=youtube;sg-ds6uwaAM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt! I'm lost in time in my headFloating through the sky from my bedImagining that I am deadAnd it's a lovely view If this is the beginning of some heavenly dreamThen I'll just sit back and enjoy the scenemy heart beats slow, like a soft machineTenderly and Pure [video=youtube;oCrAQj4By8o] [video=youtube;K6D5xpCgETk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 "I've been workingI've been working so hard" [video=youtube;Fqd1mv0Gsaw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqd1mv0Gsaw Van Morrison, I've Been Working "Gotta get away from this day to day running aroundEverybody knows this is nowhere" [video=youtube;rpRR7UOQYt0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpRR7UOQYt0 Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere "Thursday to SaturdayMoney's gone alreadySome things come in common these daysYour hands at work aren't steady" [video=youtube;kbasuu1gCDs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbasuu1gCDs Elvis Costello, Clubland "Why you wanna treat me so bad?You know I love you." [video=dailymotion;x6e8jq]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6e8jq_prince-why-you-wanna-treat-me-so-ba_music Prince, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?[better audio] "Going down the road, feelin badDon't wanna be treated this a-way" [video=youtube;ybNiG6F409Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybNiG6F409Y Grateful Dead, Going Down The Road Feelin Bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 Clubland.... freaking GREAT! The boys next doorThe mums and dadsNew weds and nearly-deadsHave you ever been had... in Clubland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Really love this band lately... [video=youtube;YBIf2Wt0zT4] Why does everyone have scraggly hippie beards lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 Boy^ That's good. And at first I was blown away by how great that guy's string patch sounded until I realized... um... those are real strings. Cool band. But... drummer blows a fill at 3:00. eeek Like a drunk almost negotiating the stairs flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Boy^ That's good. And at first I was blown away by how great that guy's string patch sounded until I realized... um... those are real strings. Cool band.But... drummer blows a fill at 3:00. eeek Like a drunk almost negotiating the stairs flawlessly. Yeah... this album is awesome (it's called Infinite Arms). Great harmonies on the album... I'm a little disappointed I don't hear live as much. And the strings on this vid aren't nearly loud enough... on the album, they're very prominent... and AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 I'm in a bluesy, jazzy mood today (and most days), so here's a couple in that vein that have influenced me. Tom Waits, "Semi Suite," 3:30. Mose Allison, "I Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing," 2:18. http://youtu.be/T5fHpC4Wux8 Paul Butterfield's Better Days, with Geoff Muldaur, "Please Send Me Someone to Love," 5:09. From Tim Hardin's jazz album, Bird on a Wire, "If I Knew," 3:51 (slow start). http://youtu.be/kilrH4UAvl4 LCK And once again, the links aren't operating properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDR Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Why does everyone have scraggly hippie beards lately? I've had one since 1973! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 I'm just using the new video icon in the reply edit page. Copy the whole url and paste in the pop up. I sat at stage's edge for 2 hours of Mose in the 80's He was so cool. What a voice and style. [video=youtube;T5fHpC4Wux8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fHpC4Wux8&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg_L Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Why does everyone have scraggly hippie beards lately? They're hipsters. New age urban indie types. It's trendy and cool to look like a hobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 They're hipsters. New age urban indie types. It's trendy and cool to look like a hobo. And I tell ya, it only works if you're young. Sort of a contrasting juxtposition. When I do it I look a real hobo. "Look at that sad old dude... give him a buck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg_L Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 And I tell ya, it only works if you're young. Sort of a contrasting juxtposition. When I do it I look a real hobo. "Look at that sad old dude... give him a buck." I keep myself pretty scruffy, but it's because I'm lazy. I'm not trying to look like anything or fit into some scene. I'm just a lazy {censored}er that doesn't like to shave and doesn't have to shave. I never have a full blown beard though. I knock it down with clippers before I let myself look like a dirty hipster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Yeah... this album is awesome (it's called Infinite Arms). Great harmonies on the album... I'm a little disappointed I don't hear live as much. And the strings on this vid aren't nearly loud enough... on the album, they're very prominent... and AWESOME. This has been stuck in my head all week [video=youtube;HHRx7pO4hQY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 The drummer's on drugs^ I don't usually hear stuff that wobbly. He's good but... he totally takes off and steamrolls the guitarist's intro. I like the band though. I need that album I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 The drummer's on drugs^I don't usually hear stuff that wobbly. He's good but... he totally takes off and steamrolls the guitarist's intro. I like the band though. I need that album I think. The albums are very precise. Infinite Arms is their latest and is really good. you can stream it here http://stream.bandofhorses.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 Awesome^ thank you. I'm streaming as we speak. Clever Viewmaster website motif. nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Awesome^ thank you. I'm streaming as we speak. Clever Viewmaster website motif.nice! The actual CD comes with a those photographs as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Here's the studio version [video=youtube;eiqkUP8q7DA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiqkUP8q7DA&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 I was inspired by a Leon Russell thread over in Craig Anderton's SSS forum. Here's a track from Leon and then-partner Marc Benno's Asylum Choir... [video=youtube;pBy8KDCurOM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBy8KDCurOM&playnext=1&list=PLB774AF68E6E10439 And a sweet and strange little hippie waltz, "The Death of the Flowers"... [video=youtube;hsWq790wX6Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsWq790wX6Y (Yes... there really was a time when Leon's hair wasn't grey. ) And here's a really fun little mini-rock-opera devoted to the year the hippie died, 1968... from the Leon Russell-produced duo, Daughters of Albion (Greg Dempsey and Kathy Yessey, who became much better known as Kathy Dalton)... [video=youtube;QdeybxuS7tY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeybxuS7tY And another from the Daughters... "Hats Off Arms Out Ronnie"... [video=youtube;b1x_djRWWXI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1x_djRWWXI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Just went through "Infinite Arms" and bought it. Damn good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 15, 2011 Author Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2011 Blue, I don't have the first Asylum Choir album. That sounds really good. Welcome to Hollywood... Also inspired by your answer to my question about who played drums on Leon's Shootout on the Plantation, I've been searching for more Jim Gordon drumming. Listen to this!!!! The guy had a pocket!!! Awesome version of Cold Turkey live: [video=youtube;nAEMcm-20oA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 From Tim Hardin's jazz album, Bird on a Wire, "If I Knew," 3:51 (slow start). http://youtu.be/kilrH4UAvl4 LCK And once again, the links aren't operating properly. [bold added] Love that Mose! Here's my contribution -- a lot of folks' favorite Mose Alison tune, I suspect... [video=youtube;pCpekvOkwNM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCpekvOkwNM&feature=related I remember the day in my twenties -- probably not long before that vid was shot, actually -- when I finally saw a photo of Mose after hearing him on the local jazz stations since I was 12 or so... I felt like someone kicked my feet out from under me. How could a white guy sing like that? How could he be named Mose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted April 15, 2011 Members Share Posted April 15, 2011 Just went through "Infinite Arms" and bought it. Damn good stuff. awesome! Their other albums are pretty good too. They tend to rely more heavily on the atmospheric reverby sound though. Not for everyone, but this is the band that really opened me up to that style of production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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