catnip
(mostly wearing lard) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 12:54 | |
It has taken me ages to come around, but the guy's a genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNiAuRgmApE
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 15:27 | |
Vampire Weekend's inspiration ?
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 19:45 | |
lemmoth wrote:
Bruce Thomas is a fantastic bass player, check the middle section of Goon Squad from Armed Forces.
Then he wrote a nasty book about EC and was excommunicated. But he did get inducted into the R&R HOF.
I read the book and was surprised, expecting it to be nastier. There are a few references to "the singer" but nothing I'd call really nasty. I guess Declan is a little sensitive. The book is more of a story about the endless touring and trying to stay sane doing it. Book is called "The big wheel", btw. |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 19:39 | |
MiracleDrug wrote:what a GREAT album... One of the best, for sure. |
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hencini
| | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 19:37 | |
Wow, haven't heard this in a while. I love Early Elvis.
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randyblew
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 10:54 | |
Only a 6.7? Who be crazy here?! Happy 2012 to all! And a glorious year ahead mehopes.
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ERERER
| | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 10:54 | |
Okay, for THIS song, I will take back all of my Elvis Costello criticisms. I stand (somewhat) corrected.
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gemtag
(Texas) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 10:52 | |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 08:19 | |
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finoufk
(Bordeaux - france) | | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 08:18 | |
bbryan wrote:You could plug Joe Jackson into this tune and it would be just as in character for the artist. Very similar sounds... true ! even in the lyrics .. |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 12:06 | |
damienmc wrote:Am I the only one who hears "Driver's Seat" by Sniff'n The Tears? The chorus to this has got some similar chords, mainly the B-minor, A and G chords, but it's a different arrangement - especially in the bridge. |
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Dave_Mack
(Surfing the Breakers) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 08:35 | |
Classic, less-played Elvis. Bravo  |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 12:57 | |
dmax wrote:Exactly. It's easy to forget, but those of us who were listening to the radio back then were drowning in crap. Then came those artists that were "New Wave" and couldn't get played on top 40 radio!Those damned troublemakers were folks like - Elvis Costello
- The Pretenders
- Tom Petty
- Devo
- B-52s
they were so far afield of where commercial radio was going that they were only played on college, non-commercial stations. So you listen to them now and think "how mainstream" - but that's a testament to how they changed everything. Great post - right on |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 12:56 | |
My first (of dozens subsequently) favorite Elvis song.
Remember hearing Alison and Watching the Detectives on the Max's Kansas City juke box. But didn't have the album.
Bought This Year's Model and was blown away by this and the rest of the songs - leading to a lifelong fandom - dozens of shows, bought all the albums of varied musical explorations - even this morning on IPod heard Elvis & Deborah Harry (two original "punks") singing a duet with the jazz passengers. |
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Ja300Mes
(North Fork) | | Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 20:47 | |
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swelements
(Leipzig, Germany) | | Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 03:21 | |
EVERY cool musician should have a hasselblad on the cover.
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67nj
(Ravenna, Italy) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 09:28 | |
 elvis!!! |
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bbryan
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 05:51 | |
You could plug Joe Jackson into this tune and it would be just as in character for the artist. Very similar sounds... |
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megaadam
(Stockholm, Sweden) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 05:51 | |
Every time I hear this voice I think of that movie, Falling Down.
Please, please, please, keep all your baseball bats away from me!
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 17:38 | |
I used to have this on 8 track!
Thank you KROQ-FM for playing this way back in the day!
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 17:37 | |
damienmc wrote:Am I the only one who hears "Driver's Seat" by Sniff'n The Tears? I hear "Chesapeake, Chesapeake"  |
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(former member)
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johnjconn wrote:When this album came out, the radio was filled with Journey, Styx, REO and other horrible 70's bands.
Thank god for Elvis! This album and artist saved the decade. Exactly. It's easy to forget, but those of us who were listening to the radio back then were drowning in crap. Then came those artists that were "New Wave" and couldn't get played on top 40 radio!Those damned troublemakers were folks like - Elvis Costello
- The Pretenders
- Tom Petty
- Devo
- B-52s
they were so far afield of where commercial radio was going that they were only played on college, non-commercial stations. So you listen to them now and think "how mainstream" - but that's a testament to how they changed everything. |
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 13:08 | |
When this album came out, the radio was filled with Journey, Styx, REO and other horrible 70's bands.
Thank god for Elvis! This album and artist saved the decade.
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damienmc
| | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 13:06 | |
Am I the only one who hears "Driver's Seat" by Sniff'n The Tears? |
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lmic
(Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 23:42 | |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:48 | |
Deadwing wrote: Bruce Thomas is a fantastic bass player, check the middle section of Goon Squad from Armed Forces. Then he wrote a nasty book about EC and was excommunicated. But he did get inducted into the R&R HOF. |
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iscoot4peace
| | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:43 | |
mwsteele79 wrote:
Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make it Marilyn Monroe.
You're right...it makes it Marilyn Manson. |
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mwsteele79
| | Posted: May 28, 2009 - 09:53 | |
holborne wrote:
Congratulations! You have managed to make a comment that has nothing to do with what anyone here said, and makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER! Please let us know where we can sent your Rice-a-Roni consolations prize, and again, thanks for playing!
Being unable to understand a comment doesn' t mean it has no meaning... |
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Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 13:23 | |
SweTex wrote:One of the best albums ever made. Period.  ....Can I give it an 11, just once? Very true, very true. |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 13:23 | |
One of the best albums ever made. Period. ....Can I give it an 11, just once? |
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