Monday, January 30, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Neil Diamond - Lady Oh
Off of 1976's Robbie Robertson-produced Beautiful Noise. This with Robbie Robertson on guitar, Bob James with the string and horn arrangements.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Joe Dassin -
Le Jardin de Luxembourg
Salut les Amoureux
"Like many Russians, Olga adored Joe Dassin, especially the songs on his last album, with their resigned, lucid melancholy. Jed shivered, feeling an irrepresible crisis coming on, and when he remembered the words of "Hello Lovers" he began to cry."
--Michel Houllebecq
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Improved Sound Limited -
Nine Feet Over the Tarmac
Suicide Road
With a tip of the hat to my brother, here are two songs by Improved Sound Limited from Wim Wenders' 1976 movie Kings of the Road. I haven't seen it, but based on these two tracks I'm going to tentatively say it's the best fucking movie ever made.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Stephen Stills - Midnight in Paris
From 1976's not very good Illegal Stills, here's a track written by Donnie Dacus and Stills's wife at the time, Veronique Sanson. Listen as Stephen Stills sings in French. Wonder about the debt Woody Allen owes to this album. Midnight in Paris? And does Stephen Stills bear a little more than a passing resemblance to a certain Wilson brother? Just sayin'.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The Beach Boys - Little Bird
Dennis Wilson comin' at ya off of Friends. I feel like the string section should be given the sample treatment. Or maybe it has been? Whatever. I'd still probably prefer this version.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Bee Gees: I Close My Eyes
From the b-side of the Bee Gees' 1st.
Add it to the list of classics released in 1967.
Terry Melcher -
Beverly Hills
The Old Hand Jive
And speaking of Terry Melcher, here are two from Terry Melcher, an album Bud Scoppa in Rolling Stone described as "a disturbing, difficult album that reverberates like a cosmic sigh."
That's a bad thing?
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Al Hazan - Just Another Broken Heart
Get ready to hit play again and again on this one from Al Hazan. Some things to know about the man, from his website: "In addition to his music career, Al has been a licensed real estate broker since 1954, worked as a professional photographer, is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, and now specializes in treating crime victims as a Doctor of Psychology." And, relevantly: "Dr Hazan earned his PhD in Psychology in 1987 after writing his dissertation on the Seven Developmental Stages of a Romantic Love Relationship."
And yes, that is Terry Melcher you hear.
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Eddie Hooper & Storm - Pass It On (Part 1)
Although I already recommended purchasing an mp3 of this, I have to post it now--slightly slowed, à la Tako in this mix--for New Year's inspirational purposes.
Can't wait to hear part 2.
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