Just heard a song by The Faces I'd never heard before. Great little tune. It's called (get this!): You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog For a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings). Pretty great title and a great little tune, although it definitely leans towards Stewart's future disco stuff but thankfully is stopped short by some really nice rolling bluesy riffing by Ron Wood.
Hear it here.
See the ever (un)sexy Stewart sing this number here.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Wilco
I finally found a place to listen to Wilco's latest online. It's sweet. Can I just say that the addition of Nels Cline's lap steel makes everything better all the time? Yes, yes, I can, and yes, yes, I have. Because it's true. Foundation of the world true. It's amazing when you can consistently count on someone to always get it right, and that's what you get with Nels' work with Wilco. There will always be bright flaming meteor showers like Hendrix and Clapton and whoever else, but at the end of the night, Nels' bright shining morning star will always be there for you in the same perfect way it was yesterday.
The new album is in many ways Sky Blue Sky, part 2, but not in a rehash kind of way or in a b-sides way, but rather in a that was yesterday, this is today kind of way. Same band, new city, new view. From an analytical standpoint, I think you could say there's something of Summerteeth on here, even some A.M. It's sort of a return to "traditional" Wilco after having wandered through the Yankee-Ghost-Sky arc.
One thing that really amazes me right now is: just what has Tweedy tapped into lyrically?? It's like he's channeling something outside of this world, something...spiritual... It's bizarre. Not bad bizarre, but amazing bizarre. I'm scratching my mind listening to this right now, kind of jaw-dropped at this thread that he seems to have hit upon with these last two albums. Maybe it's just me, but I swear he's talking about stuff that is not only on my mind, but on the mind of a lot of people I know. It's like he's summarizing and then further exploring these ideas I keep running across, running across like the leakage from an underground stream I keep finding. I'm really wondering if I'm the only one that feels this way? Either way, he's writing some great stuff.
The album just finished. Too short! Not a criticism at all, but gosh, I want to hear the tracking tapes!! More, more! No end of track fades! Anyway, good, good stuff. Really good.
Hear it here:
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=0&albumid=12647299
The new album is in many ways Sky Blue Sky, part 2, but not in a rehash kind of way or in a b-sides way, but rather in a that was yesterday, this is today kind of way. Same band, new city, new view. From an analytical standpoint, I think you could say there's something of Summerteeth on here, even some A.M. It's sort of a return to "traditional" Wilco after having wandered through the Yankee-Ghost-Sky arc.
One thing that really amazes me right now is: just what has Tweedy tapped into lyrically?? It's like he's channeling something outside of this world, something...spiritual... It's bizarre. Not bad bizarre, but amazing bizarre. I'm scratching my mind listening to this right now, kind of jaw-dropped at this thread that he seems to have hit upon with these last two albums. Maybe it's just me, but I swear he's talking about stuff that is not only on my mind, but on the mind of a lot of people I know. It's like he's summarizing and then further exploring these ideas I keep running across, running across like the leakage from an underground stream I keep finding. I'm really wondering if I'm the only one that feels this way? Either way, he's writing some great stuff.
The album just finished. Too short! Not a criticism at all, but gosh, I want to hear the tracking tapes!! More, more! No end of track fades! Anyway, good, good stuff. Really good.
Hear it here:
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=0&albumid=12647299
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