What a difference a year makes. Last year it rained every damn day
to the point that the river came crashing through at 31 feet and
changed the face of Cedar Rapids. This year Mother Nature has been much
more kinder and though we had our chances of rain, thankfully the
gullywashers has stayed away from here. Things have been much dryer and
that's all right by me.
And now time for me to
reveal to you a top ten of songs from CDs that i have been playing this
week. Sorry kids, no Limp Bizkit in this collection but you'll happy to
know that they're playing Vegas next month. Which reminds me, the
earwigs are out. One more thing to smack around in the house. Time to
load up on the Paxil again.
1. Rocks Off-The
Rolling Stones 1972 They used to be good long time ago, used to be THE
MOST IMPORTANT BAND IN THE WORLD and I'm sure y'all went out and
purchased the remasters now on Universal for the forth time. Money
grubbing fucks anyway. Well back in the early 70s The Stones made
Sticky Fingers and topped it with one of the five all time double albums
ever made called Exile On Main Street. Everybody should have a copy of
that album so a cheaper alternative would be a used Virgin or CBS album
if you rather not spend another 13.99 for it. Sometimes I think the
critics tend to blow things out of whack. Nobody spends 20 bucks on a
CD anymore. That's why they invented Amazon.com or Secondspin. Your
local used record store I'm sure might have a copy of Exile On Main
Street somewhere. That is IF you still have a local record store.
2.
Not Fazed-Ride 1992 Alternative rock was the final horizon back in the
early 90s with a lotta shoegazer bands coming out of the woodwork, one
of the better ones was Ride, a band lead by Andy Bell who now plays in
Oasis and doesn't have to work too hard writing songs anymore. Used to
hear this on the ZONE, arizona's alternative station at that time, now
another faceless modern rock station that's not worth the space printed
on this line.
3. I Don't Dig It-Big Joe Turner
1949 Rock n roll from the 40s is really no different than the rock of
the 50s and so on, they called it boogie woogie instead. Big Joe Turner
has always been on my favorite early rock and roll singers from that
long ago era along with Louis Jordan. I'm sure he'd disagree but Fats
Waller could be a early rock n roller too. This JT Turner is bascially
Roll Them Pete but with a slight variation on the words.
4.
Pitkin County Turnaround-Steve Martin 2009 The Wild And Crazy Guy
finally makes that banjo bluegrass album he only hinted at when he made
those comedy albums back in the late 70s. Although he can be funny at
times, I always enjoyed his banjo pieces on Lets Get Small (Ramblin
Man). Martin actually played banjoy on the Earl Scruggs and friends
album he did about five years ago and it paved the way for this album
that Rounder issued. Don't look for any comedy routines on this album,
just good old banjo grinning and picking.
5. Let
Your Love Go-Bread 1970 Give it up for soft rock of the 70s and Bread
did make some catchy stuff back then. They could rock out sometimes too
as this song does that. Rock out. David Gates would go on to a solo
career and a attempt to go country but nobody cared anymore. Still
remains a very good songwriter.
6. There She Goes
Again-The Velvet Underground 1967 This song has been covered a few
times (The Beat Farmers, REM) but this may have been the VU's attempt
for a pop hit although Verve Records didn't issue it on a 45 (they went
with All Tomorrow's Parties instead). Should have.
7. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA-Devo 1979 Spud boys on the attack.
8.
Sundown In Nashville-Marty Stuart 2003 If anybody is trying to keep
the old nashville sound going, Marty is the only one that I know of
that's doing that. Ain't had much luck with the major labels this
decade, he made a one off on a ill fated reunion on Columbia and his
deal with Universal South only gave us a couple albums, one a gospel
country classic if you can find it. He did a remake of this song on his
new album, to which you can only get from his website and it's a bit
more rougher than this version that came from the Columbia album.
9.
Everybody I Meet Is From California-America 1972 Another soft rock
band that gotten raked over the coals by know it all critics, America in
the early years sounded like a good knock off of the Crosby, Stills and
Nash without the Crosby attitude. This was a B Side to Horse With No
Name and is many a fan's favorite. I did buy the Definite Pop
Collection 2 cd set for 8 bucks at HP Books and while the first cd is
pretty good, their decline shows on the second cd, with a bit too much
meddling from George Martin.
10. Communion-Killing
Joke 1994 The original band is back, for the better I don't know, I
haven't heard anything from it. This comes from their reunion album of
1994 with Youth and I guess this song was recorded in Egypt. Although
not a critic favorite, Pandemonium got me hooked enough to buy their
albums from hereonafter.
One of the My Space bands that added me on as a friend but really never commented over here have called it quits. The Muckrakers, Kentucky's very own alt rock band decided to throw in the towel.
Hey Dexter, what do you think about those gas prices going up?
Demos and Repub, two cheeks on the same butt and what come out between the two cheeks is reserved for the voters (and non voters)-Dexter on Will Gas hit 3 dollars a Gallon this year? (Answer yes).
One of the My Space bands that added me on as a friend but really never commented over here have called it quits. The Muckrakers, Kentucky's very own alt rock band decided to throw in the towel.
Hey Dexter, what do you think about those gas prices going up?
Demos and Repub, two cheeks on the same butt and what come out between the two cheeks is reserved for the voters (and non voters)-Dexter on Will Gas hit 3 dollars a Gallon this year? (Answer yes).
