Sunday, November 8, 2020

Songs Of The Week, 10/31-11/6

 


Last Night On The Back Porch- James Andrews
You're Mine- Robert & Johnny
Cry For A Shadow- The Beatles
Get On Up- The Esquires
Ghost In This House- Rumer
So Many Roads, So Many Trains- Otis Rush
All Things Must Pass- George Harrison

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Last Night On The Back Porch- James Andrews
James' younger brother Troy, aka Trombone Shorty, might be more familiar to you, but this track and the album it came from "Satchmo Of The Ghetto" feels more like my kind of New Orleans.

You're Mine- Robert & Johnny
I was watching a movie (and it wasn't a Scorsese picture) and this one started playing. "We Belong Together" was Robert & Johnny's big hit (and probably in a few Scorsese pictures). This was the not-as-big follow-up, which is not much different but for whatever reason, I like it more.

Cry For A Shadow- The Beatles
I always loved this early, (1961, which is early even for early Beatles,) instrumental track. If I am not mistaken, the only track credited to Harrison-Lennon.

Get On Up- The Esquires
Woke up with this one in my head. Hard to not be in a good mood when this one is on, though I know some of us will try.

Ghost In The House- Rumer
Rumer's new one, "Nashville Tears: The Songs Of Hugh Prestwood" has some really fine music on it. I say this time and again, and again now, I'd love this record if it was 20 minutes shorter. 62 minutes is just too long. That said, this song is my favorite from the record and it's a real heartbreaker.

So Many Roads, So Many Trains- Otis Rush
I follow Jimmy Page on Instagram. He is a very busy Instagram-er. Though this wasn't mentioned in any recent post, I was reminded by some other post about this track, which Page once claimed was one of the songs that made him want to play guitar.

All Things Must Pass- Billy Preston
Technically, the original version of this song, which predates George Harrison's by two months, and good words to live by.

8 comments:

Squints said...

Translator, that 80s band who turned out be a fair bit more than than "Everywhere That I'm Not," did a nifty cover of "Cry For A Shadow." I lover covers that show where a band's heart is.

A Walk In The Woods said...

Looking forward to hearing this Rumer song. She is beguiling. Have you seen the episode of "Live At Daryl's House" with her on it? It's interesting, because out of all his guests thru the years, she seems the most "whelmed" (as my wife says) to be in the presence of the guy who wrote "Sara Smile" and is, at that moment, harmonizing on "Sara Smile" with her. Great moment.

Sal Nunziato said...

Squints and AWITW,
I was not aware of either the Translator cover or the Rumer appearance on LFDH.
Thanks for both!

FD13NYC said...

The Scorsese movie that You're Mine was played in was After Hours. And I like it better as well.

Sal Nunziato said...

FD13NYC,
YES! I did just watch that. I guess it was a Scorsese film after all.

FD13NYC said...

That Rumer cover song is terrific! Originally done by Shenandoah from 1990.

Michael Giltz said...

Thanks for highlighting Rumer, Sal. I think the album is well worth a listen. If you're a No Depression kind of album person, it will be right up your alley, people!

dogbreath said...

Nice one, Mr N. I do like the occasional jazz number (it was jazz, wasn't it?) that you throw in a mix. The ones where they manage to keep to the tune all the way through rather than alarmingly go off at a discordant tangent, much like they've turned over two pages of the score at once and one of the pages is upside down, before finding the rhythm again and returning to the tune. So thanks for zipping. Cheers!