Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Stuff For A Wednesday
This performance by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell from the Letterman show last week surprised the hell out of me. I didn't know what to expect, but I didn't expect this. Absolutely beautiful. So I bought the record. Highly recommended.
Martin, on touring with Edie:
"She brings class to the tour bus. We used to just drink and play songs. Now we're illustrating Dante's Inferno with gold leaf."
COVER VERSION OF THE WEEK:
Please enjoy the Chandler Travis Philharmonic with a fantastic spin on this 70's classic.
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Allow me to join the club, Sal. I love this record! To me, it's the best thing he's done since the '70's.
It simply has everything you could want from a Bowie record:driving beats, catchy hooks, atmospheric anthems. It is, in fact the best record by anyone I've heard this year(and last!).
I put the CD in my truck and didn't take it out for a month. And I only took it out then was to give it to my son-in-law, telling him he just HAD to hear it!
Great vid! Was with Slick this past weekend - still nothing re tour or one-off dates, at least as far as he and Sterling know. TND really does stand up to repeated listens - I think there's only one clunker (Boss of Me). I just received the vinyl version in the mail and, as usual, there seems like there's more to hear on it compared to the digital files. In fact, Slick was complaining that his acoustic guitars in Valentine's Day were buried by Visconti until I played him the vinyl version and he went "Shit, they ARE there!" One more bit of info - he says there are about 8 other tracks in the can so he wouldn't be surprised if there is an early follow up release.
true story - "Mr. Big" was playing on the radio in my teenage bedroom. my dad walks in just as Andy Fraser starts the bass solo. Dad says, "That's pretty impressive for a tuba." "Dad, that's an electric bass." "No, that's definitely a tuba."
Sexiest band ever?
Jeff...is your vinyl pressed in Poland? Mine is. Never saw that before.
I don't know - I have the double album 200 g version, will check when I get home.
I got mine thru Amazon UK. Same thing. Heavy double vinyl...pressed in Poland.
Thanks for posting the Steve Martin & Edie Brickell clip. That song is spectacular. I'm looking forward to hearing the full album.
Any chance the Chandler Travis song might end up on a future BW Weekend mix? ;) That was a fun listen.
"Free Live" has long been a favorite of mine, and "Mr. Big" a high point, even though that version just ends with the tuba solo.
Amazing what can be done with instruments plugged into amps.
No effects pedals or anything.
Still digging "The Next Day". Definitely one of his best.
I like the Steve Martin / Edie Brickell a lot.
The concept scared the hell out of me -- a comedian's vanity project, Mrs. Paul Simon and Peter of Peter and Gordon. But it works.
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Who knew they could make such beautiful music. I definitely gotta grab that. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder how the country purists will respond to this. Is Edie a genuine Okie or is she just affecting it on this album? IAC, I like what I've heard a lot.
As for Bowie...I like "Valentine's Day" a lot better than that track, which is a drag and a downer IMHO.
I'm still loving the Bowie. Think I told you by phone or text, but I'll comment it here !!
So Steves, you prefer the upbeat song about the kid who shoots up a school?
;)
Really? That's what it's about? At least it has a groove.
(Besides, no one listens to words any more.)
Damn, that Edie/Steve track was killer. Love the opening line - sounds rustic, then she mentions email. LOVE that!
I like the new Bowie, but haven't gone nuts over it. It's a good album, much like Heathens was, too. It feels a bit like Lodger to me, save with an album like Lodger you had a few catchier/melodic songs like "Fantastic Voyage" and "Boys Keep Swinging" -- and that's what I'm not hearing, songs on that level that could be pop hits. I've always been drawn much more to Bowie's pop instincts than his experimentation ... simply because he's a great pop songwriter. But it is good to hear someone in his position still putting out reasonably good music.
Valentine's Day fun fact: Regarding the guitar line that Slick plays in the beginning, DB specifically wanted him to find a Waterloo Sunset vibe (note the "Teddy and Judy" vs Terry and Julie reference).
@WilliamRepsher
Interesting thing about "Lodger," it's probably my least favorite Bowie record of his classics. There are some true gems on there, like the two you mentioned, but I find most of it to be an amelodic mess. Whereas, unlike you, I hear nothing but radio hits on the new album, save 2-3 tracks.
Thanks for the h/t-always like props, especially yours.
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