Shatner, Rollins, Belew as produced by Ben Folds "I Can't Get Behind That" with Puppets
When Ben Folds produces William Shatner and invites Henry Rollins to share vox and Adrian Belew on guitar... with a special interpretation by puppets. Too cool to miss.
Gil Scott-Heron Reimagines Robert Johnson
The Bard of Harlem echoes the Bard of the Delta. Great to see the man back again. The revolution may not be televised, but it will be streamed.
Tom Waits - 16 shells from a Thirty-Ought Six
I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky
so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule
and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba
and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree
And I filled me a satchel full of old pig corn
and I beat me a billy from an old French horn
and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree
and I blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum
and I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
Well I slept in the holler of a dry creek bed
and I tore out the buckets from a red Corvette,
tore out the buckets from a red Corvette
Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three
you got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree
with the strings of a Washburn stretched like a clothes line
you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole
Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail
that stapped on the back of my old kick mule
strapped it on the back of my old kick mule
I bang on the strings just to drive him crazy
I strum it loud just to rattle his cage
strum it loud just to rattle his cage
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Great band name. Great song. Hey, Bowie wrote it, but Mott makes it their own.
"I wanna hear you. I wanna see you. I wanna relate to you."
Bill Withers - Use Me... Soul the way it should be
You may know Bill Withers from Lean On Me or Ain't No Sunshine, but he grooved with so much soul in a whole bunch of songs. I love 70's Soul and Funk, but I love it even more when done with organic instruments that really allow for a physicality to the tune instead of today's synth action.
Maceo Parker LIVE "Pass The Peas"
Totally funky. Totally groovy. Maceo drops into a laid back funky rendition of this classic.
Two Wicked Versions of an Urban Soul Classic
Yes - Starship Trooper and the Three Chord Wonder Ending
Max Webster drinks Blue River Liquor Shine
In the same way that Pink Floyd was not a man, but a band - such was Max Webster.
Max was one of Canada's most eclectic bands of the 70s that managed to somehow creep on the top 40 charts once or twice every album.
The song Blue River Liquor Shine is from their last studio album: Universal Juveniles. Nowhere near the most popular song of their career, I happen to love it. Shame that the video clip above is only the radio edit and not the full album version.
If you can find the full version, please check it out!
Marc Bolan says: Girl, I'm Just a Vampire for Your Love!"
Marc Bolan and T-Rex... too cool for words. Is it just me or was Bolan one of those guys who just knew he was infinitely cool, talented, and could pull it all off effortlessly? I don't even know what "girl, I'm just a Jeepster for your love" means, but I'm diggin' it.
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anthony marcoWhen culture gets overinflated, yet refuses to pop, I want to be there with the needle. Enlightened cynics of the world unite! Express your love or hatred of things from the sacred to the mundane.
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