Shining In The Light- Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Sister Marie- Nilsson
Things Change- Dwight Yoakam
Teardrops- Lil' Band O' Gold
Through The Lonely Nights- Rolling Stones
Jesus Wept- Mavis Staples
When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease- Roy Harper
Shining In The Light- Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
A great opening track from a less than great collaboration. "Walking Into Clarksdale" was never going to live up to the expectations of Zeppelin fans, but it should have had more highlights than lowlights. I do love this track, though.
Sister Marie- Nilsson
The b-side of "One," Nilsson gets a bit psychedelic to great effect.
Things Change- Dwight Yoakam
Possibly my favorite Dwight Yoakam track. A song with enough hooks to snag a flounder. Mammy & Pappy would be proud.
Teardrops- Lil' Band O' Gold
Good week for "Teardrops." I finally got to see the elusive documentary about Lil' Band O' Gold, "The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey" and I snagged a copy of the original 45 of "Teardrops" by Gene Terry.
Through The Lonely Nights- Rolling Stones
I was reminded of another forgotten b-side while flipping through 45s. You can find this on the back of "It's Only Rock N Roll."
Jesus Wept- Mavis Staples
Was listening to Mavis' album, "One True Vine" produced by Jeff Tweedy and thought this track might be a contender for Tweedy's best lyric. "Side streets I have worn/Through late summer storms/I should have told you/I could live without you/But I don't want to."
When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease- Roy Harper
And speaking of great lyrics, we'll finish up with this beauty from what I think is Harper's best, "HQ." The all-star band backing Roy on this record features Dave Gilmour, Chris Spedding, John Paul Jones & Bill Bruford, but you'd never tell from this tracck.
8 comments:
I didn't know Mavis had a song by that time - cool. Shortest sentence in the Bible, and also the title of one of my Top 10 albums always and forever, P.M. Dawn's "Jesus Wept."
Thanks for the Roy Harper track - I believe I remember you being a bit up and down regarding Roy.
I'd love to hear Walking Into Clarksdale remixed to remove the Albini influence.
Randy
Randy. I am still up and down on Roy. I find stuff I love and stuff I don't like at all on most of his records. But I really love HQ.
And I am with you regarding Albini.
Many thanks for a nice bit of zipping up. Old man Harper's track remains one of my favourite ever songs: timeless, elegiac, melancholic but glorious. Cheers!
Merci. Nice tunes.
This is a nice set of music to celebrate my birthday. The Roy Harper song is one of my all time favorites. Just such an evocative wash of feeling. Thank, Sal.
Happy Birthday Mr. Baez!
Thank you.
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