Thanks for sharing that, Cleome. I think that's a very well-written song, but Marshall's voice is much more my cup of tea. So here's (one version of) his interpretation:
EDIT: Listening to a Grant Hart song put me in mind of his ex-HD bandmate, Bob Mould. There's a couple songs from his first solo album, "Workbook," that I really like.
"Compositions For the Young and Old," my favorite:
I don't know how many cover versions now exist for the song "Tainted Love" (originally a Motown-styled B-side from 1964), but here's MY favorite-- by a German bar band named "Voodoo Rockets", fronted by singer Karsten Kohler. I've been a fan of his for over 20 years, but this was the first time I ever saw him on video...
Not "latest," exactly. But a few months ago, I was on another board where most of the contributors are MUCH younger than me. There was a song challenge-game-thing, and I felt goofy only contributing stuff that's already twenty years old. Looking around for recent locally-grown music, I found this excellent Warm Springs Native hiphop group: The Blue Flamez:
(On a road trip to central OR several years back, we drove past the W.S. center/museum... you can see the building early in this video, though they weren't open that day. I mean to go back at some point, though.)
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I can't stop playing this damn Stevie Wonder/Cypress Hill/Beastie Boys mashup over and over and... and I don't even have the excuse of being a hardcore fan of any of them. (It must be the cat embroidery that's responsible...?)
Speaking of mashups: I've plugged the DJ Disco Cat channel on YouTube before. One song he introduced me to which I didn't know before: Eruption's "One Way Ticket (To The Blues)" (1979).
All I want for my 55th birthday is for somebody to mash this up with Fastball's "The Way." They are absolutely meant to be together. Listen for just a minute or so and you'll see what I mean.
CLANG_Potroast brought this song to my attention. I enjoyed it a lot. The lyrics are very funny, and easy for me to relate to, having been a naysayer to the pop culture being sold to my generation during the early 90s. I anticipate listening to it many more times.
Hey, I remember I once tried to plug The Black Watch's "Steve Albini," too. But when I mentioned the ironic strings, I scared you away. Anyway, here it is before I forget again:
I'm giggling at people in the Smithereens thread getting upset about their song, as if N.J. hasn't put up with a ton of snide put-downs over the years. Oh, well. Humor is subjective, etc.
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Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath Keep me in your heart for a while If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less Keep me in your heart for a while
When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun Keep me in your heart for a while There's a train leaving nightly called "When All is Said and Done" Keep me in your heart for a while
Sometimes when you're doing simple things around the house Maybe you'll think of me and smile You know I'm tied to you like the buttons on your blouse Keep me in your heart for a while
Hold me in your thoughts Take me to your dreams Touch me as I fall into view When the winter comes Keep the fires lit And I will be right next to you
Engine driver's headed north up to Pleasant Stream Keep me in your heart for a while These wheels keep turning but they're running out of steam Keep me in your heart for a while -- Warren Zevon
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” - Cicero
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Oh, well. Humor is subjective, etc.
