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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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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adventures in shuffle

with my new, ridiculously long considering it's only 14 miles, commute, i've had a lot quality time for listening to music. the routine is usually to put the ipod on shuffle until something inspires me. today' s session ended with silkworm's "scruffy". not only did it put me in the mood for silkworm, it put me in the mood for more "scruffy". i listened through it twice, and considered a third. silkworm opens up my brain, digs through all my college and post-college memories, fires up photoshop, and then inserts a beer in my hand where necessary. while i can't say i was ever wild, i was lucky enough to have friends that were, and they were nice enough to let me hang around.



silkworm "scruffy" (from the collection "even a blind chicken finds a kernel of corn now and then" not sure what it originally appeared.)

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listening to "scruffy" takes me back to this apartment:



that's where i lived the first 4 months out of college. that's the living room. there was a cat named spud living there as well. he peed on everything, including people foolish enough to fall asleep on the couch. he wasn't allowed outside so the urine in the elevator wasn't his fault. that was the fault of my roomates.

there's a silkworm documentary either in the process of being made, or finished but not yet out. anyways, here's the trailer.



also these two songs came up before silkworm ended shuffle:

gorilla biscuits "sitting around at home" (from s/t album)

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neil young "i got a problem" (from the album "landing on water" which as i remember was one of the bad ones, check out the used bins for evidence. good songs on bad albums are some of the best songs because they haven't been played to death like the best songs on a great album.

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