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Post by catweasel on Sept 30, 2017 16:06:51 GMT
Andri gots me to thinking
about musicians
whose mastery of their craft
was influential to their peers
and whose music 'crossed over'
not for its commercial appeal
but had a fan base
that included those who appreciated
their work for its
technical brilliance and
innovation
so these are a few that have done it
for me
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Post by catweasel on Sept 30, 2017 16:18:20 GMT
Brian Setzer The Stray Cats was Setzers debutant band Setzer is a New Yorker I think As a youngster I thought the 'Cats were rockabilly pioneers in fact rockabillys roots go back much further to the 1950's but i digress the heavily inked bizarrely coiffed frontman for the Stray Cats was pretty hard core he partied full on i think he used to ride with a french (  ) Bikie gang? (dunno where that came from but weasels dont do research so dont take it as gospel) Here he is with the band well back in the day Doing the timeless Bluegrass classic Foggy Mountain Breakdown on an electric banjo his drummer Slim Jim Phantom does a wee jig and the base player smokes an entire cigarette without it leaving his mouth skills |
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Post by catweasel on Sept 30, 2017 16:36:36 GMT
and this is the debut tv
performance of the
Brian Setzer Orchestra
his 17 piece swing band
Setzer is credited with
being a catalyst in the swing revival
this is a cover of
The Clash 'Brand New Cadillac'
rearranged and strutted out
like only Setzer can
lol a younger Dave Letterman there
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Post by andri on Sept 30, 2017 23:05:12 GMT
Wow!
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Post by catweasel on Oct 1, 2017 2:07:17 GMT
Elvis Costello
i remember the first time
i saw Elvis Costello
he was with his band
the attractions
(steve Naive on the keys
and the thomas brothers)
it was at the newly built
arena in palmerston north
might have been 1982?
i was only 16 or 17
played to a half empty room lol
i remeber listening to some
of his lyrics and thinking how clever he was
making them fit together
but it went beyond that
it was a new sound
the top forty was still dominated
by the dinosaurs
and the disco thing
and grease
post punk was still obscure here
i went to an
Echo and the Bunnymen concert same year
at the st james theater
in palmerston nth
but again
i digress
Elvis's off beat quirky style
soon gave way to the genius he is
branching out across the genres
and collaborating with the likes of
roy orbison and
burt bacharach
while he has never reached cult status
he is a widely respected songwriter/musician
author and outspoken
social
commentator
i was smitten right out
of the gate
with Olivers Army
and soon thereafter got
one of his best albums
Get Happy
this is from that album
as a pimply uncool youth (me)
costello was the celebration of not being cool
thick rimmed glasses and gap teeth
he was the quintessential nerd
so became the anti hero of a bunch
of likeminded individuals that formed the new wave
genre
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Post by catweasel on Oct 1, 2017 2:11:55 GMT
have always loved this song
about as sentimental as i get
melancholy
regrets
lives lived and lost
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Post by catweasel on Oct 1, 2017 2:19:56 GMT
last year looking fucken dapper voice in great shape  love and understanding the three hotties dancing with him on stage yeah them thats the Bangles remember them manic monday? |
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Post by catweasel on Oct 1, 2017 2:40:07 GMT
warren zevon
the triteness of
zevons most well known song
Werewolves of London
belies the depth
of his body of work
and contribution
to american songwriting
that captured the american psyche
warren was a party animal
he partied with Hunter s thompson
struggled with alcohol
and drugs as they did and still do
he partied hard charlie sheen stylee
and was oft compared to errol flynn
for his capacity for liquor and wimmins
he worked with fleetwood mac
and stevie nicks alone
bonnie raitt jackson browne ummmmmm
the eagles
maybe linda ronstadt?
lotta peoples anyway
warren is a musician who rose above
the pigeonhole of genre
to another level
heres a tribute to warren
from bruce springsteen
its emotional
(mohammed's radio)
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:00:42 GMT
seminal
kick it deedee
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:02:00 GMT
fuck
they smoked
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:04:11 GMT
ian dury
mr spasticus autisticus
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:05:46 GMT
shall i mourn your decline
with some thunderbird wine
and black hankerchief
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 8:06:17 GMT
wow has he been working out man?
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:09:46 GMT
by yourself
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:10:22 GMT
wow has he been working out man? bro had polio i fink |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 8:11:19 GMT
oh shit sorry
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:12:35 GMT
im losing control now
ill just have to slow down
a chord or two
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:14:02 GMT
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:15:57 GMT
he had reasons to be
cheerful
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 8:18:38 GMT
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:22:22 GMT
check out the bass line
in this
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:24:58 GMT
fucken phat bass riff
in this tune
John Browns Body
project
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 8:28:10 GMT
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:28:22 GMT
awesome band
irish
jake burns
seminal
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Post by catweasel on Oct 20, 2017 8:30:18 GMT
16 year old weasel loved this
1980 lol
fuck im old
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