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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

5/6/08

so, if nico, jimmy page, and gordon lightfoot had a baby, what would it sound like?

nico "i'm not saying" - written by gordon lightfoot and featuring production and guitar by jimmy page

nico "afraid" - also love this track off of nico's "desertshore" album, so i figured i'd post it as well.

now in a match between nico and jackson browne i'd give it to nico,always, with one exception. as great as her interpretation of "these days" (you know, "royal tennenbaums", and that target commercial about socks) is, jackson browne's is even more so. not only did nico date the then 16 year old jackson browne, they lived together, anyways, here's his take on his own composition:

jackson browne "these days"

and remember that live unreleased pavement song i was so badly needing to hear? thanks to jason, here it is:

uuuuuumm, and here's a song from leonard cohen's phil spector produced album "death of a ladies man"

leonard cohen "fingerprints"

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

more pavement rarites + 2

a few more live pavement rarities that i came across when an old cdr fell off a shelf over the weekend.

pavement - unknown song. not really a fully formed song but could've been a great b-side had he gone into the studio to record it, even at this early stage

pavement "something" - beatles cover. really really loose, but that's what makes it so perfect.

pavement "you are the light" early recording of what later ended up on "terror twilight"

death set "moving forward" - saw this band open for yeasayer and no age on friday. lots of fun. wish the album had the same energy as the live show, but most bands have trouble with that so...

also, finally picked up the melt banana album, "babmbi's dilemma", that came out last year.

melt banana "blank page of the blind"

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

pavement rarities

there's not too many pavement rarities out there anymore as matador did such an amazing job collecting most of everything for the anniversary editions of the first three albums. still, at least one favorite unreleased track slipped through the cracks.

"black walls" - matador released what was essentially the live "stray slack" bootleg as a "slanted" bonus. they however only released the brixton academy portion, omitting "stray slack"s 8/30/92 reading festival tracks. among them was this slowed down, "spizzle trunk" quoting classic.

if you saw pavement back at the beginning of their "crooked rain" tour you were treated to a bunch of new songs from what would later be "wowee zowee". I remember coming out of the show excited about that song where they were shouting "fight this generation". later, and still pre-"wowee", came the "green around the gills" (aka "georgia '94") bootleg. I love the studio version of "fight this generation" but this live version from atlanta '94 is my preferred performance.

"fight this generation" live.

and, if you saw pavement tour just before the release of "terror twilight" you were probably pretty disappointed in "the hexx". what was once a near metal rocker was stripped of it's muscle on the album. lucky for us they released an earlier studio version as a 7" only b-side to "spit on a stranger", from abandoned, self produced sessions prior to hooking up with nigel godrich.

"no tan lines" if they put out a "brighten the corners" special edition, this "shady lane" b-side will surely be there. till then...

I wish i could find the "brighten..." outtake "nigel" someplace. prior to "brighten"s release, a tape of a performance debuting the album at the cat's cradle (carolina?) was circulating. every song from that show made it out, either on album, or as a b-side, with the exception of "nigel" my favorite song of the bunch. I used to shout it out at shows. once sm turned to the band asked if they remembered how to play it. sadly, they didn't. hopefully it someday sees a release in some form. till then, please observe a moment of silence for "nigel"

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and it's not pavement, but here's a couple of tracks from the silver jews out of print "arizona record" and a 7" that i'm guessing was recorded around the same time. malkmus, berman, and nastonovich screwing around in their college dorm room.

"famous eyes" - the above mentioned 7" single

"secret knowledge of the backroads" - later re-recorded by pavement as a peel session and released on the "slanted..." anniversary edition.

"jackson nightz"

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

sacred songs

pavement "strings of nashville" - even though i don’t listen to pavement all that much anymore, they still hold that 1 spot on my list of favorite bands. so, it would only make sense that they also hold the 1 spot on my list of favorite songs. "strings of nashville" was a b-side on the "gold soundz" single. here it is placed over another reel of old home movies from when i was a kid. the wind sound effects from the song go nicely with the film flashes as the camera dies. also, the reel length fit perfectly with the track length as the song abruptly ends right as the picture goes.

2 on the list is camper van beethoven’s "all her favorite fruit" - i’ll always remember the first time i heard this song. senior prom night, sitting by myself in the back seat of a minivan on the way to dinner. it was a long adventurous night, and i remember it coming up more than once. most everyone has seen the picture by now, but it goes with the song, so here it is again:

3 is also a camper song. "sweethearts" from the same album "key lime pie".

and that’s it for the ordered songs. my list is only a top 3. but tied for spots 4-10 are a few of the following:

sparklehorse "heart of darkness"

foghat "trouble in my way" - i don’t know how a foghat song made it on here. maybe it’s cause i found it on my own and no one else know it. i mean who likes foghat enough to know anything but "slowride"? they kinda suck.

dinosaur jr "water" - not even my favorite dinosaur jr song, but i’d classify this as a sacred song after spending 4 years at pepperdine looking out over the ocean, but never really going to the beach.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

More Covers

some more covers:

the breeders "freed pig" (from the "head to toe" ep). written by lou barlow/sebadoh. the best thing about this cover is that it was produced by j mascis, the target of the songs attack. apparently he heard the breeders playing it in the studio and being unaware of it's subject or authorship, insisted they record it. also, the original appeared on sebadoh's album "III". drummer (when not performing his own songs) eric gaffney refused to play on the recording as he felt the energy of the songs was too negative. this story was confirmed by lou in the liner notes for the album's reissue.

the blood brothers "under pressure" (from the queen tribute album "dynamite with a laser beam") an EXPRESSIVE take on a classic.

and we might as well let bowie repay the compliment with his take on a blood brothers favorite:

david bowie "a little bit me, a little bit you" (i got it off the bootleg "chameleon chronicles vol. 2"). actually it's a cover of the monkees, though written by neil diamond. i'm guessing this is pretty early bowie, before he'd made a name for himself. funny enough that he had to change his name from david jones to bowie because of the already established davey jones in the monkees.

the crust bothers "tuesday's gone" (from the album "marquee mark") stephen malkmus (pavement) and his buddies in silkworm gathered for a one off show as the crust brothers. the highlight was this lynyrd skynyrd cover. i wanted to post a track with malkmus on the lead but his vocals that night weren't his strongest. he chimes in pretty loud on the chorus here however.

i'm not even gonna tell you what legend this next medley of covers comes from. if you don't know, then you can go home and go to bed.

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