Thursday, January 31, 2008

5 songs for 1/31/08






smog "i am star wars" (from the album julius caesar") an upbeat smog song. features a tape loop built from the rolling stones "start me up" and "honkey tonk women". i believe this was illegal in 1993 and callahan was counting on being under the stones radar.
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dub narcotic "fuck shit up" (7" single). in my opinion, dub narcotic never lived up to the promise of this single. later covered by jon spencer blues explosion.
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sammy "rudy" (from the album "debut album"). criticized as pavement wannabes, early blonde redhead (themselves criticized as sonic youth wannabes early on) and cat power labelmates on smells like records, sammy of course did not enjoy the same success. that quick jump to the majors can hurt i guess.
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strange coincidence: i just realized that all three of the above songs were on a mix tape that a friend and college music mentor put on a mix tape she made for me the summer after my freshman year.

buckingham nicks "don't let me down again" (from the self titled album). best song on the pre-fleetwood mac lindsey backingham, stevie nicks album.
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dorothy ashby "this girl's in love with you" (from the album "dorothy's harp"). burt bacharach played on the harp.
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