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Miss Li. Göteborgs Kulturkalas, Gothenburg, August 12 2008

Well. Miss Li along with Bruce Springsteen has pretty much been the soundtrack of my summer. I love her music, her voice, her simple piano playing and of course her dresses... The music is very simple and maybe even naive at times but what makes it interesting is all the influences from pretty much every genre over the last century, everything from jazz, blues, cabaret, gypsy music, motown, country... She even "borrowed" the title and some lyrics from Hank Williams' Why Don't You Love Me for her own song with the same name... that's cool in my book.


While the rain was pouring down Miss Li hammered through her hits with lots of energy, Let her go, I'm Sorry He's Mine, Why Don't You Love Me, Oh Boy the great Leave My Man Alone and two of my favorites, the jazzy Backstabber lady and the bluesy Hard loved man and a couple of more... and of course ending with a furious version of Miss Li. I like the studio albums but she's even better live, it's wonderful to see her hammering away on the piano and almost falling off the chair at times. She use her voice a lot more too, screaming like Janis Joplin at times. Which is a very good thing.


I would have liked to hear more jazz/blues songs like Give it to me, Don't try to fool me and Not the one I need... But she just got to play for 40 minutes so I guess there was no time to slow things down. But it was a great, fun (but too short) show that made us forget about the pouring rain for a while.

moonwalkmcfly's top albums (overall)
1. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (450) 2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (355) 3. The Mountain Goats - Ghana (260) 4. Elliott Smith - New Moon (240) 5. The Clash - London Calling (239) 6. The Onion - The Onion Radio News (234) 7. The Band - A Musical History (232) 8. Elliott Smith - XO (228) 9. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (220) 10. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes (215) 11. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (211) 12. The Wrens - The Meadowlands (210) 13. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (200) 14. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (200) 15. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (198) 16. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill (196) 17. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous (193) 18. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (192) 19. The Wrens - Silver (180) 20. Memphis Minnie - The Essential (180) 21. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (179) 22. Elliott Smith - Either/Or (174) 23. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (173) 24. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee (169) 25. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (165) 26. The Wrens - Secaucus (163) 27. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (161) 28. Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things (161) 29. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (161) 30. Pixies - Doolittle (160) 31. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (158) 32. The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (157) 33. The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (157) 34. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas (156) 35. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (153) 36. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (149) 37. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (148) 38. Belle and Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (148) 39. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash (148) 40. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (145) 41. Bob Dylan - Biograph (144) 42. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (142) 43. Lou Reed - Berlin (142) 44. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (141) 45. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (139) 46. The Mountain Goats - Full Force Galesburg (139) 47. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap (138) 48. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (138) 49. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (137) 50. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York (134)

Nick Cave's Jukebox again
Another CD set of songs which have inspired Nick Cave over the years is going on the market. This is the third this year and the fifth overall. The first two were Original Seeds way back in 1998 and the follow up Original Seeds, Volume 2 in 2004. I would rate the first Original Seeds very highly just because there was nothing like it before but now that is very different.


Original Seeds - Track listing:
1. Tim Rose - Long Time Man
2. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Cat Man
3. Leonard Cohen - Avalanche
4. Karen Dalton - Katie Cruel
5. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Hammer Song
6. Tom Jones - Weeping Annaleah
7. The Loved Ones - Sad Dark Eyes
8. Scott Walker - The Big Hurt
9. John Lee Hooker - Tupelo Blues
10. Lefty Frizzell - The Long Black Veil
11. Johnny Cash - The Folk Singer
12. Odetta - Another Man Done Gone
13. Blind Willie Johnson - I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
14. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
15. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime...moi non plus
16. Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
I would still rate this one the best out of them all. I would give it four out of five stars too. Most tracks make sense if you're a fan of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds which is the sub-title of the CD, Songs that inspired the Bad Seeds. All but three songs can be found on their albums in covers and/or based on but rewritten in someway. Cat Man was an early The Birthday Party cover. The Big Hurt was on the MOJO soundtrack with the help of the great British band Gallon Drunk and Jane & Serge classic Cave sung an English version called I Love You....Nor Do I with Anita Lane. The liner notes from this CD is great and I recommend this album. But I should warn you about the last song it's almost 19 minutes long and is sometimes a bit too much. It really should be Glen Campbell's By The Time I Get To Phoenix which is the original too but for some mad reason this one got put on the CD. Which I think is the reason why I wouldn't rate it five stars, missing one whole star for this nightmare of a song, sorry Issac but I wish you got to Phoenix a bit quicker. Cave says about it: "He does a long explanation about what women are actually like; it's very funny. How men have just got to go out." This quote is from a great book called "Songwriters Speak" I found at my local library, more about that later but here's the website: http://www.debbiekruger.com/songwritersspeak/about.html


Original Seeds, Volume 2 - Track listing:
1. Harry Belafonte - Did You Hear About Jerry?
2.Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole
3. Fred Neil - A Little Bit of Rain
4. Gang of Four - Love Like Anthrax
5. Bob Dylan - Sara
6. Tim Rose - Hey Joe
7. The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
8. Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
9. Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring
10. The Stooges - Loose
11. Leadbelly - Black Betty
12. Hoyt Axton - Double Dare
13. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
14. Alice Cooper - Street Fight
This one is not in any way as good as the the first one. I would rate it two and half out of five. Why? Well, I'm giving it half a star each for the songs which are on Bad Seeds albums the rest are, really could be's. Only Hey Joe, In The Ghetto, Plain Gold Ring, Black Betty and the last half star goes to writing up liner notes to convince you the rest are just as important. Loose was a live favorite of The Birthday Party. Some were going to be on the cover album Kicking Against the Pricks but never recorded. Played live once or twice in the years of playing shows. Mick Harvey has played the others himself solo or on his albums. Another warning for the last song again this time it's only 55 seconds long so why is it here? Well, I don't really know which is what I mean by the liner notes hoping you buy in too what is written but one word for that song: pointless.


Mojo Presents Bad Seeds, Nick Cave: Roots & Collaborations - Tracks listing
1. The Saints - This Perfect Day
2. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
3. John Lee Hooker - Tupelo Blues
4. Karen Dalton - Katie Cruel
5. Tim Rose - Long Time Man
6. Scott Walker - The Big Hurt
7. Current 93 - All the Pretty Little Horses
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - Blume
9. Martin L. Gore - Loverman
10. Lydia Lunch - Done Dun
11. Beasts of Bourbon - Cocksucker Blues
12. The Golden Gate Quartet - Wade in the Water
13. Peggy Seeger - Henry Lee
14. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee Blues
15. Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
This CD was given away for free with Mojo Magazine but I have seen it for sale on ebay. It was with this years March issue with Mr. Cave on the cover. I would rate it three out five stars which is good for a give-away album. A few double ups but the version of Long Time Man is different longer re-recorded in 2003 just before Tim Rose passed away. The one on Original Seeds was record in 1967. Cave sings on Current 93 and Lydia Lunch tracks. Loverman is the only cover and the reason for this one is both are on Mute Records. The rest is pretty clear if your a fan but if you buy the magazine that comes with the CD or should that be the other way around, there is a two page write up about all the tracks.


The Roots of Nick Cave - Tracks listing
1. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
2. Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll
3. Little Richard - Keep A Knockin'
4. Gene Vincent & His Big Blue Caps - Cat Man
5. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
6. John Lee Hooker - I'm Gonna Kill That Woman
7. Leadbelly - Bottle Up and Go
8. Ella Jenkins - Wade In The Water
9. The Alabama Singers - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
10. Odetta - Another Man Done Gone
11. Leadbelly - Black Betty
12. Harry Belafonte - Mourning Song
13. Little Willie John - Fever
14. Charlie Gracie - 99 Ways
15. Hank Williams - Lost Highway
16. Roy Rogers - The Streets Of Laredo
17. Hobart Smith And Texas Gladden - Down In The Willow Garden
18. Ernest Phipps - Shine On Me
19. Chubby Parker - King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-me-o
20. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee Blues
21. Dick Justice - Henry Lee
22. Blind Willie Johnson - John the Revelator
I think I got this one before the Mojo magazine's one but both came out around the same time at the beginning of the year. I'll rate it three and a half out of five stars just under the first one. I like it better maybe because I love all the really, really old songs on it. A lot of older songs or just a lot more than the three previous ones. More double up's again but a few ones that should have been so obvious before. The Streets Of Laredo was a song Conway Savage sung on tour around the time of the Doco "The Road To God Knows Where" which makes up a few of the songs here which were played kind-off like a tour mix tape. Harry's track makes more sense this time, it's from when Nick Cave - Mick Harvey - Blixa Bargeld did the soundtrack to To Have And To Hold and re-recorded mourning song (performed by raun raun theatre). John the Revelator is from The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 1 and Shine on Me is from The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2. If you want more info there is good liner notes written by Dave Henderson who's from Mojo magazine too.


Nick Cave's Jukebox - Track listing
1. Gene Vincent & His Big Blue Caps - Cat Man
2. Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody (Live)
3. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You
4. Tex Ritter - Rye Whiskey
5. Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
6. Leadbelly - Black Betty
7. John Lee Hooker - I’m Gonna Kill That Woman
8. Johnny Cash - Wanted Man
9. Johnny Cash - Man In Black (Live)
10. Tommy McClennan Bottle It Up and Go
11. Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
12. Blind Willie Johnson - I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
13. Neil Young - Helpless (live)
14. Little Willie John - Fever
15. Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues
16. The Pogues - The Body of an American
17. The Everly Brothers - Down In The Willow Garden
18. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee Blues
19. The Louvin Brothers Knoxville Girl
20. Dick Justice - Henry Lee
21. Chubby Parker - King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O
22. Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife
23. Memphis Slim - Grinder Man Blues
This is going to be the fifth one of these kind of CD's and is out next week (October 12th or around about then). I don't think I should rate it because I don't have it yet. Once again more doubles and so many more than the others before this one. There are 23 tracks more than all the other CD's and all of these are total classics I could listen to them again and again. The songs which aren't on the other ones really should have been included before and also add up to the number of tracks on the first three. I don't know if it would be silly for me to buy another one but I guess if you haven't got any of the other four this new one looks like it could be the best one so far. Last thing to say about it would be is if you know anything about Nick Cave and the song Hey Joe it's off course the Tim Rose version he loves not the Jimi Hendrix one but in saying that Jimi's one is the more famous, and putting it on here is not doubling up the other song again so that's OK, I guess. I do think there are a lot of tracks which could or should be on these kind-off CDs but are not, I shall make a list here on last.fm at the end of this journal.

His drunken sing-a-long with David McComb

I just got this great book about David McComb & The Triffids which is so great. I'm not finished it yet but I think it would be five stars out of five it is that great. It's better than any bio book ever written. It written by all sorts of people. I would recommend it to everyone. One of the most funny story's is written by Nick Cave talking about getting drunk at an Aussie picnic in London with David and having a sing-a-long with each other, I'm going to write out the list of songs they sung but get the full story and so much more buy the book here: http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/newreleases/1104 And that is a drawing of David by Martyn P. Casey anyway here's the list of songs David & Nick sung, more of these songs have been covered heavily but I've tried to find the originals. Can you imagine two drunk Aussies singing them???
1. The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
2. Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away
3. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
4. Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - This Guy's in Love with You
5. John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane
6. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
7. Peter, Paul & Mary - Lemon Tree
8. Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting on Top of the World
9. The Seekers - Georgy Girl (From Film 'Georgy Girl')
10. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
11. Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
12. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
13. Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
14. Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
15. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
16. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
17. Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
18. Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire
19. Malvina Reynolds - Morningtown Ride
20. Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
21. The Beatles - Yesterday
22. Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes
23. Frank Sinatra - What'll I Do?
24. The 5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
25. Carpenters - Close To Me
26. Bob Dylan - Belle Isle
27. Bob Dylan - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
Nobody at the time put these two guys in a recording studio to record all this and as far as I know the only song they did together or should I say David sung on backing vocal's for Nick's Lay Me Low in 1994 which I have to say is kind-off perfect and very odd because a few years later McComb passed away but what is even more odd is the very last song he recorded was Still Alive And Well on Where Joy Kills Sorrow album. If you would like that album check it out here: http://www.wminc.com.au/catalogue1.shtml#006 It's a classic Aussie album.

Extras
OK here is a couple of things that I haven't fitted into my journals before about Cave, first is the book called "Songwriters Speaks" by Debbie Kruger. To sum up the book quickly it's got just over 600 pages and is full of interviews with Aussie songwriters. Most are, if not all, are mainstream singers and Cave is the only one I'm into but I've had a look at the others before returning, did I say it a library book? A few things I want to note down here for myself really but who ever reads these might like to know too is:
In the intro pages Kruger says "I particularly enjoyed his (Cave's) anecdotes about encounters with Rolf Harris and Barry Humphries." which are funny but are nowhere in the interview so my guess is these were edited out because there not about songwriting. The interview starts on page 430 and goes to 445 so it's longer that most magazines or online. It was done at his office in Hove, England in 2004 around the time of Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus.
The songs talked about are:
Loom of the Land saying the line "The elms and the poplars were turning their backs" which is from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and he wished he edited it out because "I don't like the idea of someone reading Lolita and going, "Oh, How often has he done that?" "
Into My Arms is talked about. In Triple J's Hottest 100 of all-time recently saying it was written after he visited a church which wouldn't be anything different from him really but the whole story is a bit more to it. He was in some drug rehab clinic and the only place you were allowed to go was a church and three days in on a Sunday he'd come back feeling very ill and "sat down and wrote that very quickly, and I didn't have anything there to play it on... rehabilitation didn't work [Laughs], at least I got a good song out of it." which makes a bit more sense really.
(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? he said he wrote in a taxicab on the way to INXS singer Michael Hutchence's house which is a bit odd and kind-off changes the track for me but then again Cave played Into My Arms at Micheal's funeral and famously insisted the TV cameras to be turned off while he sung it.
Nobody's Baby Now was written for Johnny Cash's American Recordings but he thought "Fuck it, I'm not handing that over. I really love that song and I'm going to do it." then later on in the interview says "I'm particularly proud of the first verse... takes so long to get to the point." going on to say "It reminds me of Tupelo Honey the Van Morrison song."
There are off course other songs he talks about but see if you can find the book at your library too.


Another book Cave makes it in to is "The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature" which is an epic encyclopedia size book. Which has some of the best, most significant writing produced in Australia over more than two centuries. Very few contemporary songwriters make it into it only Kev Carmody's From Little Things Big Things Grow, Archie Roach's Took The Children Away, Yothu Yindi's Treaty and Cave's Opium Tea which I have to say is an odd one to pick but I've said that before in this journal. Check it out here: http://www.macquariepenanthology.com.au/aboutaustliteratureanthology.html

OK, to finish off here are few songs that might or might not have inspired Nick:
1. The Velvet Underground - Jesus
2. James Carter & The Prisoners - Po' Lazarus or The Fairfield Four - Po Lazarus
3. Muddy Waters - Honey Bee or listen to Honey Bee (Live)
4. J.B. Lenoir - I Feel So Good or listen to I Feel So Good (Take 21)
5. John Ashe - There's No Night Out In The Jail
6. The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho
7. Bob Dylan - Stack A Lee or Woody Guthrie - Stack-O-lee or Alan Lomax - Stackerlee or Frank Hutchison - Stackalee
8. Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song
9. Roy Orbison - Running Scared
10. Wilmoth Houdini - Happy Land Of Canaan
11. The Walker Brothers - Orpheus
12. Jacques Offenbach - Orpheus In The Underworld
13. Miles Davis - Nature Boy or listen to John Coltrane - Nature Boy
14. Sir John Betjeman - Late-Flowering Lust or could it be the whole album Late Flowering Love
15. Johnny Thunders - Chinese Rocks
16. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
17. Sister Myrtle Fields - Jesus At The Well or Mahalia Jackson - Jesus Met the Woman at the Well or Reverend Gary Davis - Jesus Met the Woman at the Well or Bob Dylan - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
Bob Dylan - Girl From the North Country or listen to Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country
18. John Lee Hooker - Grinder Man or listen to Peter Chatman - Grinder Man Blues or Milton Sparks - Grinder Man Blues
19. The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties or Nico - All Tomorrows Parties
20. Cilla Black - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart or Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
21. Alan Lomax - It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
22. Bob Dylan - Love Henry or Ralph Stanley - Henry Lee
23. Karen Dalton - Something on Your Mind
24. Leonard Cohen - Why Don't You Try
25. The Box Tops - Weeping Analeah
26. Burl Ives - The Long Black Veil
27. Johnny Cash - Muddy Waters
28. Odetta - All the Pretty Little Horses
29. The Pop Group - We Are All Prostitutes
30. Bob Dylan - Death Is Not the End
31. Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
32. James Iron-Head Baker - Black Betty
33. Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee Blues
34. Odetta - Take This Hammer
35. John Lee Hooker - It Serves Me Right To Suffer
36. Frank Sinatra - Nature Boy
37. Leadbelly - My Friend Blind Lemon
38. Woody Guthrie - Rye Whiskey
39. Toni Fisher - The Big Hurt
40. Bob Dylan - Froggie Went A Courtin'
41. Frank Sinatra - From Here To Eternity
42. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
43. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
44. Elvis Presley - Cindy, Cindy
45. Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me
46. Michel Polnareff - Goodbye Marylou
47. Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
48. Bob Dylan - New Morning
49. Bobby Bare - 500 Miles Away From Home
50. The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over
I've written way to much but if you have some tracks to add to this very long track listing feel free to if you want to in the comment box below. I would have to have missed something so go for it. I like seeing comments you know. Thanks for reading and until next time.

takze tyvole narovinu. nejlepsi muzika na celym svete je kantry. MILUJU KANTRY. vic nez metal, (ted bude vtip) vic nez hiphop, mnohem vic nez pAper chAse. je to stejne dobry jako dobrej sex a skoro tak dobry jako dobrej chlast. jiny veci na svete uz myslim zadny nejsou. ted to reknu znovu aby to pochopil i ten nejposlednejsi belgican. NEJLEPSI MUZIKA JE KANTRY. a nejlepsi kantry je Hank Williams. jako spravny kantry je taky Haggard a Jennings a Jones! a Coe a Nelson (ackoliv je na muj vkus dost hipik, ale ideologii na chvili stranou) a kdyz je krize i Kristofferson a jisteze Cash a Hancock a Yoakam a Owens a Hank Snow. a neni nahoda, ze nejlip tahle muzika zni na vinylu a rozhodne neni nahoda, ze vetsinu tehle elpicek mam z eBaye nebo od kamaradu, co sice kantry moc neposlouchaji ale vi co posloucham ja, nebo od willa z Wolves in the Throne Room. ten vam taky potvrdi to, co pisu o Williamsovi. a kdyz Hank III hral ten vecer I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive a hned potom Cocaine Blues, celej uplne fantastickej vecer povysil na - voila! - nejlepsi koncert myho zivota!

coz uz jste asi nekde slyseli. v posledni dobe to naduziva epochal, kterej se tak vyrovnava s tim, jak neuveritelne mu de v posledni dobe karta. ja to kdysi rikala o Radiohead (drzte huby), pamatuju si ze jsem to rikala u Shellac, dost dlouhou dobu jsem si to myslela po Unsane a aktualnim kandidatem byli Saint Vitus. z legrace jsem to rikala o Tool, na jejichz koncerte jsem se ozrala a usnula na hajzlech, coz je mimochodem moje nejlepsi historka po te, jak jsem si dala hasis pred koncertem Young Gods a jak se me pak Traichler pokousel zabit a podarilo se mu to asi trikrat. furt je to ale dobry, rozhodne to nemam s kazdym mestem, co zacina od B. (kurva ted bych nejradsi citovala jednu kapelu z valmezu ale je to trapne a lacine.) (ne neudelam to.)

preskocim pasaz o tom, jak souvisi Hank Williams III s Hankem Williamsem i tu o koncerte Hanka III v praze za sedm a pul; to jsou veci, ktery si muzete dycky dyztak dohledat na internetu, none? taky vas nebudu zatezovat vysvetlovanim, proc jsme jeli misto do berlina do vidne. (protoze to do pice bylo vyprodany! a my sme co? my sme meli hovno a ne zadny listky. vzdycky kdyz mi nekdo popisuje takovouto situaci - a jeste se me pta, jestli NAHODOU nemuzu nejaky listky nejak sehnat, jenom pro nej a sto tricet podobne postizenych kamaradu -, ve svym svete strilim toho cloveka do kolena a automaticky ho pisu na blacklist. a ted, co se sebou? ja se sebou musim ZIT, kamaradi.) jeli jsme tam, do ty vidne teda, s honzou a peklem peklovym autem a to sou kuci, co to s kantry nemaji uplne jako ja, takze u I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive asi nemeli uplne stejnej pocit. ale tyvole tak komu budete verit kdyz na to pride?? no proto. (mirne povytazene oboci.)

So I'm here to put the "dick" in Dixie and the "cunt" back in country
'Cause the kind of country I hear nowdays is a bunch of fuckin' shit to me
And they say that I'm ill-mannered that I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin', you'll know that pop country really sucks

technicky poznamky nemuzu uplne vypustit, tak je aspon zkratim. klub ((szene)) je hezkej malej (tak pro pet set) a se zahradkou kde se grilovalo, dobrej zvuk a levnej chlast, a listek stal dvacku coz je jak se zejmena pozdeji ukazalo fair trade jako svine, predkapela byl Bob Wayne, coz je hellbilly kluk sikovna usata (literally). merch stal za hovno, coz mi ale nebranilo koupit si kosili, tricko i tilko, desky nemeli coz mi nevadilo pac uz vsechny mam. coz coz coz o to. zajimavi byli ty lidi tam. uz jsem psala kratky emajlovy repo (adresat odpusti): "full house. pankaci, metalisti, intosi, turbojugend, michalove tucni z rakouska, willie nelsonove z rakouska, elvisove, rakousky tribo crew, rakouska ladronka, rakousti krepelkove, rakousky mighty sounds, rakousky flaming cocks a tak. plno!" treba v prvni lajne v prvni tretine koncertu postavali takovi stary sedivi tlusti chlapi v laclacich a okousanych kloboucich a couhala jim z bot slama, fakt nekecam. de vo to, ze jsem uplne presne pochopila, proc takovej koncert nemuze bejt v akraci, protoze (by mi to mesto ani stat nevysponzoroval jako ve vidni a) takovejch lidi je u nas o dost min. potkala jsem tam ale premka (to je vam zajimavej clovek, celej potetovanej hvezdnejma valkama) a rikala jsem si, ze by Hank III mohl headlinovat pristi mighty sounds. ze by jako meli provar ne mega, ale treba dve mega. hahaha!

I guess they don't like the way we like to have our fun
'cause I'm always out there and I'm on the run
and I'm runnin' and a gunnin' and a lookin' for a damn good time!

tak a ted konecne ten koncert, uz nas trochu tlaci cas a mrkaji na me z produkce. well, ceho si vsimnete hned jak Hank vleze na scenu? dve veci. zaprvy ma nekecam tak ctyricet kilo s vysokejma botama potazmo si myslim, ze fetuje vic nez elvis, premek a doherty dohromady. ale to je jako jeho boj, protoze b) BOZINKU ZLATO TY SES UPLNEJ PRIZRAK, abych znovu citovala nakou couru jeho dedka, co nejmladsiho Williamse pred par lety nekde na verejnosti potkala. boha jeho, to JE Hank Williams uplne se vsim vsudy. rozhodne vic nez ten idiot Steve Vai, kterj hral Hanka seniora v zivotopisnem snimku jednoho z jeho kytaristu, ktery se shodou okolnosti menuje Hank. ten film teda Crazy. tady to zacina bejt trochu slozity takze se vratime zpatky na scenu szene.

nemuzu nezminit doprovodny Damn Band, protoze to sou moji kuci, moje scena. parta vypitejch vidlaku v pseudokovbojskym, ktery se u predkapely bavili pochlastavanim a brckama v publiku. tak si nejak predstavuju cleny Maligant Tumour, kdyby si nasadili klobouky, kone a smradlavy vesticky na flanelovy svetly kosile. pice nejlepsi. meli housle a steel kytaru a banjo, pricemz ten kluk vypadal tak hloupe jako Billy Corgan v klipu Perfect, a kontrabas, coz je nejvic. vim ze to ma spousta rockabilly a psychobilly podobnejch billy kapel, ale kurva jako jo, mohlo by se klidne. a tyhle particce sefuje takovej vychrtlej trpajzlik, potetovanej a pankovej as fuck vnuk svyho dedy. ani nemam kredit na to napsat ze je sexy tyjo. ale je to muj nejoblibenejsi muzikant, tak co nadelam.

STRAIGHT TO HELL! prvni hodina, jenom samy kantry. sice ma posledni desku Damn Right Rebel Proud (miluju tu desku a nejvic miluju ten nazev a jeste vic ten vinyl... pick up the gun dear and put me asleep), ale zahral skoro celou Straight to Hell a jeste spoustu starejch veci. kurvaaaaa!!!! a bylo to uplne bozi. Crazed Country Rebel, Dick in Dixie, Pills I Took, Six Pack of Beer, Long Houls..., Thrown out of the Bar a NEJLEPSI P.F.F. a takovy ty jakoze kantry balady Me and My Friends, Three Shades of Black, Country Heroes nebo My Drinkin' Problem. byl krasne vytahnutej vokal, coz znelo uplne skvele, a kdyz hraly housle tak byly slyset HOUSLE a kdyz hrala steel kytara tak byla slysel STEEL KYTARA, vsechno bylo skvele zahrany a vsechny sbory jako treba "... I am going straight to hell -- HELL!!!" byly zarvany uplne nejlip jak mohly bejt a lidi okolo to vsechno znali a treba kdyz hrali Dick in Dixie (mam asize uplne nejvicraci), tak byly paradne vypichnuty DICK! a CUNT! a FUCKIN SHIT! a POP! COUN-TRY REEAA-LLYYY SUUUUUUCKS! jechechee nejlepsi! nebo "I'm-drrrrrriinkin looot-of whiskeeeyyyyy, smoking all the tiiime, I'm getting fucked up every GOD-DAM NITE!" nebo "'cause I'm drunk! for 30 days! and i don't care if I die!" lalala "my oooown hellbilly rrriiiiiigh!" bylo to vsechno hrozne rychly a zahrali toho fakt furu a tyvole to nejlepsi? jakoze KURVA nejlepsi...? jo, nakonec.

nedokazu rict, jakou pisnicku od staryho Hanka mam nejradsi, ale I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive je rozhodne uplne epochal a nechybi na skoro zadny bestofce (a je to otvirak desky Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts, ktera ale jinak neni tak dobra) a v tom ja se vyznam, protoze jich doma mam asi trinact. pice tyvole tak tam stal tenhleten Hank III co vypada jako Hank (rika mu "daddys daddy") a zpiva jako Hank a on to technicky vzato JE Hank a tim padem ja jsem nejvic lucky kovbojka na svete a nemusim ani zavirat voci, abych si to predstavila. kurva nejlepsi. jako kazda kantry pisnicka i tahle trva tak dve minuty, ty dve minuty, co rozhodne patri do nejlepsich ctyriceti minut myho zivota. nojo. a pak dal jeste Cocaine Blues, coz je... kurva, no. ani nevim co rict. bylo to jako kdyz na konci kdysi zahrali Converge Jane Doe a jednou jsem videla pridavat Young Gods Skinflowers anebo kdyz Motorhead hrajou na konci Ace of Spades, hehe.

(...) I can't forget the day I shot that bad - bitch - down
Come on you've gotta listen onto me:
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be...
SUE!


Herr Mladek, Hank III

no a vtipny bylo, ze tohle jeste jako nebyl konec. zdaleka. Hank si vymenil spanelku za takovyho cernyho metalovyho gibsona s nalepkou Misfits a rozmotal vlasy a nasadil bejzbolku a Damn Band pokracoval v kantry odrhovackach v punkovym a metalovym vydani. znelo to podobne, ale melo to riznejsi zvuk (protoze akusticka kytara zni proste jinak kuci a holky) a to hlavni, pridal se k nim Gary s druhym vic hardcore (resp. metalcore) vokalem, co VYPADAL JAKO HERR MLADEK z Flowers for Whores (a mel stejny manyry esli mi rozumite). takze si to zrekapitulujeme. na stejzi byl Hank, Mladek, par kovboju a hrali kantry mixly metalem a na elektrickou kytaru. hehe, pico. nejlepsi vecer myho zivota? kurva ze jo, dyk vam to tady pisu.

a ted! dve hodiny za nama a kapela rika, hele my si dame tedka pauzicku a sme hned u vas. kontrabasista si vzal do ruky basu, zbavili se banja, steel kytary, housli, vymenili bubenika, Hank si poposel na levej resp. pravej kraj podia a sundal cepici a ZACAL TOTALNI MAYHEM a Mladek v roztahanem natelniku Murder Junkies si rozflakal do krve celo mikrofonem, takze vypadal jako Banan na flosne a byl to HARKOR jako svine a takhle kapela se menuje Assjack a je nejlepsi a ja ty kluky divoky miluju. pod podiem uz zustali jen ti nejozralejsi manicky a zbytek kapely a jestli tam bylo nekomu nad tricet, tak jen proto, ze si to nechtel priznat. bylo po dvanacty kdyz Assjack koncili a Hank pak slezl dolu a pozdravil se se vsema a podal si ruku, taking care of his fans because the fans are taking care of him.

bylo to... nejlepsi. prekopala jsem, letos posesty, vsechny svy priority a cejtila jsem, ze muj zivot ma smysl jako snad jeste nikdy, jecheche jak ironicke. no a tak jsme sedli do auta a ja jsem ridila a mozna proto nas jeste ve vidni chytli fizlove haha a cestou do prahy pres jihlavu (hajzle...!) kuci uz spali a ja jsem pila mr. browna a poslouchala pAper chAse a New Model Army, protoze nemam v mp3 zadny kantry and because they always play lovesongs when you're far away.

And if you know what I'm thinkin'
You'll know that pop country really sucks

I was reading Beck's interview with Tom Waits but there's a link of an interview he did all by himself which is so much better really, it's from May last year. It's here to read it in full http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=288#more-288

One question is: List some songs that were beacons for you? I've been looking at some of them here on last.fm so I'm just going to turn it into a journal. For some reason (I don't know why) I've started from the bottom to top anyway here goes:
Hava Nagila by Harry Belafonte
Empty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith
Wade in the Water by Big Mama Thornton or Wade In The Water by Mavis Staples or Wade in the Water by The Staple Singers or Wade in the Water by The Ramsey Lewis Trio or Wade in the Water by Ramsey Lewis
Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye
Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl
Mass In E Minor by Anton Bruckner or listen to here Mass in E Minor, WAB 27: I. Kyrie Mass in E Minor, WAB 27: II. Gloria Mass in E Minor, WAB 27: III. Credo Mass in E Minor, WAB 27: IV. Sanctus Mass in E Minor, WAB 27: V. Benedictus Mass in E Minor, WAB 27: VI. Agnus Dei
Oh, Holy Night by Billy Vaughn or Oh Holy Night by John Denver
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing by Buffalo Springfield written by Neil Young
Theme from Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone
For What It´s Worth by Buffalo Springfield written by Stephen Stills
Walk Away Renee by The Four Tops or Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke
The Same Thing by Willie Dixon
Theme from Rawhide by Frankie Laine
Good Time Charlies Got The Blues by Danny O'Keefe
Substitute by The Who
In Dreams by Roy Orbison
96 Tears by Question Mark and the Mysterians
Raglan Road by The Dubliners or listen to The Young Dubliners Raglan Road
Bring a Little Water Sylvie by Leadbelly
Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
Restless Farewell by Bob Dylan or listen to Joan Baez Restless Farewell
I Just Want to See His Face by The Rolling Stones
Greensleeves by Odetta or listen to Greensleeves by John Coltrane
Pump It Up by Elvis Costello
Almost Blue by Elvis Costello
Sunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash who first recorded it or the songwriter Kris Kristofferson Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
You Win Again by Hank Williams
Hello Walls by Faron Young who first recorded it or the songwriter Willie Nelson Hello Walls
Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton
Bring It On Home To Me by Sam Cooke
Nessun dorma by Giacomo Puccini
Crawlin' King Snake by John Lee Hooker
It's A Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown
Auld Lang Syne by John Fahey or Auld Lang Syne (Live) by Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin
Without a Song by Frank Sinatra or Without A Song by Sonny Rollins
Summertime by Billie Holiday or Summertime by George Gershwin
China Pig by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Shenandoah by Paul Robeson
Cause Of It All by Howlin' Wolf
All Shook Up by Otis Blackwell
Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
You've Really Got A Hold On Me by The Miracles
Boris The Spider by The Who
Train Kept A-Rollin' by Tiny Bradshaw or listen to The Yardbirds Train Kept a Rollin'
Waltzing Matilda by Burl Ives or Waltzing Matilda by John Fahey or Waltzing Matilda by Josh White
Dirty Old Town by The Pogues
Danny Boy by Johnny Cash or Danny Boy by Glenn Miller or Danny Boy by Gracie Fields
Autumn Leaves by Jo Stafford
Moon River by Danny Williams
Who'll Stop The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams
Just Like A Woman by Bob Dylan or listen to Nina Simone Just Like A Woman
I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles or I Can't Stop Loving You by Don Gibson
Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles
Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
Deportee (Plane Wreck) by Woody Guthrie
Ball 'N' Chain by Big Mama Thornton
Ringo by Lorne Greene
Wang Dang Doodle by Willie Dixon or listen to Wang Dang Doodle by Koko Taylor or Wang Dang Doodle by Howlin' Wolf
Prisoner Of Love by Perry Como or Prisoner Of Love by James Brown
Just A Fool by Eddie Boyd
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen
Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry
The Rite Of Spring by Igor Stravinsky
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands by Bob Dylan or listen to Joan Baez Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Low lands
Come On In My Kitchen by Robert Johnson
Night Train by Jimmy Forrest
Soldier Boy by The Shirelles
You Really Got Me by The Kinks
El Paso by Marty Robbins
Pathetique Sonata: movement #1 (Beethoven) Pathetique Sonata: movement #2 (Beethoven) Pathetique Sonata: movement #3 (Beethoven) by off course Ludwig van Beethoven
Prelude No. 2 by George Gershwin
"If you ask me tomorrow the list would change, of course" say Tom Waits but how many time do you see such a great list of songs and I wish Tom Waits would make lists of songs every day of the week.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus which is director by Terry Gilliam and the last role for Heath Ledger but what is even better is Tom Waits is The Devil!!! Here a photo from the film.

I’ve been a fan of The White Stripes for some years now and about half a year ago started listening to Bob Dylan. I couldn’t help noticing that Bob Dylan, both as a musician and as a person, had a huge influence on Jack White, so I did some research (don’t expect anything too professional) and came across some interesting facts.

First there’s the Dylan-covers. The White Stripes’ debut album (The White Stripes) contains the song One More Cup of Coffee, which was written by Dylan in 1976 and is to be found on his album Desire. Horehound, the debut album of White’s newest group The Dead Weather also features a Dylan-cover: New Pony, which was on Street Legal in 1978.
So there are two covers to be found on Jack White-albums, but he also did some live performances of Dylan songs. There’s Outlaw Blues, which features in the Under Blackpool Lights concert (see video fragment here). Also Isis and Love Sick have been covered during live shows. You can probably find amateur recordings of these songs on YouTube, so check it out if you want to.

In interviews with Jack White or the White Stripes Bob Dylan is often mentioned as an inspiration, both to Jack and Meg. Jack was once caught saying he had 3 fathers: his biological father, God and Bob Dylan.

Then there’s the White Stripes album sleeves. It always struck me as strange when I read the texts Jack wrote in it. I never really understood them until I began listening to Bob Dylan. In the sleeves of Dylan’s first albums there are to be found similar “liner notes” (he dropped the habit after John Wesley Harding as far as I know). There are some differences in the style of writing though. Dylan uses more characters in his texts and writes strange surreal stories about them, while White writes down more abstract ideas, but I guess they’re both “écriture automatique” or in English “automatic writing” (check it out on Wiki if you don’t exactly know what it is). Though probably Dylan and White weren’t completely unconscious what they were writing (I once tried some of this automatic writing too, even before I was listening to Dylan or The White Stripes, and believe me, you’ll be surprised about what you read sometimes, give it a try!).

But I think this respect is mutual. In 2007 Jack White was allowed up on stage with Bob Dylan himself in Nashville, during one of the legends “Never Ending Tour”-concerts. He got Dylan to play his first ever live performance of Meet Me in the Morning which is to be found on Dylan’s most acclaimed 70s album Blood on the Tracks. You can listen to the recording of this performance here. Two nights after that Jack White appeared as a guest on stage again and played two songs with Dylan: Outlaw Blues and One More Cup of Coffee. A video recording of this performance can be found here.

Also in his Theme Time Radio Hour, Bob Dylan sometimes shows his respect for White. In the episodes ‘Countdown’ and ‘Doctors’ he played one of the White Stripes’ songs. This means Dylan really must like their music, seen he only plays music he likes in his radio show. Jack White even appeared as a guest in the ‘Classic Rock’ episode. Meg White was also mentioned as a female drummer in the episode ‘Musical Instruments’.

When Dylan found the ‘lost’ Hank Williams songs he contacted a couple of artists to write music to some of the songs. Apparently they released one tribute album already in 2001 called Timeless (A Tribute To Hank Williams), but in 2007 Jack White was asked by Dylan to write music for one of Williams’ songs. I didn’t find any more information about this project, so if anyone has an update on this put it in a comment or something.

This is it… If you have any remarks or you know more about it (which most of you probably do) feel free to leave a comment!

Johnny Cash is dead and his house burned down and he’s the #1 artist in The 9513’s Last.fm group.

I’m not sure that any of those events are related, despite what Larry Gatlin may say. It’s no huge surprise that the Man in Black has been at or near the top of the charts for so long, given his musical output and his overwhelming popularity among Last.fm users. I’ve written about his Last.fm stats before, but his total number of plays (37,717,425) is more than the next 19 artists on the chart combined. Number 20, Taylor Swift, has the second-largest number of total plays, with a shade under 9.5 million. It will be interesting to watch the battle of teenage girls vs. music hipsters to see if the Cash fans can keep ahead of the Swift onslaught.

Behind Cash’s 25 The 9513 listeners come Sugarland and George Strait with 24 each. Brad Paisley’s domination of the chart lasted for exactly one week, as he drops down to #4 with 23. Martina McBride (19), who had a week-long run of her own when her last album came out, joined Dwight Yoakam (21), Brooks & Dunn and Dixie Chicks (both with 20), Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney (both with 19 as well) in the Top 10.

On the Americana side, Charlie Robison continues to be the most popular artist with 14 listeners, but this is where the gray area between that genre and country music sets in. Is Patty Loveless (16) full-fledged Americana now? What about Hank (18), Merle (17) or Willie (15)? Is Gary Allan (18) one commercial failure away from joining the Americana club? Other more easily defined artists on the chart include Jason Michael Carroll (8 listeners), Drive-By Truckers (7) and Big & Rich (6, better than what Big or Rich could do on their own). Texas singer Owen Temple, who recently announced he was giving away his new record, has had some takers already, as 7 people listened to his music.

As Paisley’s American Saturday Night slips to #3 with 12 listeners, Sugarland picks up the slack, with Enjoy The Ride (14) and Love On The Inside (13) ending up #1 and #2, respectively. The Foundation from Zac Brown Band was among the albums tied for #4 with 11 listeners, and Lady Antebellum’s self-titled debut (10) and The Life Of A Song by Joey + Rory (9) are among the others in the Top 10. Robison’s Beautiful Day should have more than 8 listeners, but the fact that it ranks higher than Kellie Pickler’s self-titled album (7) is a consolation.

The Top Singles chart is pretty eclectic this week. Sugarland’s “Joey” is #1 with 9 listeners, followed by Cash’s version of “Hurt,” Paisley’s “Then” and Sugarland’s “It Happens” all tied for #2 with 8. Aside from being one of the more depressing batches of top-ranked songs, it’s also one of the most economical in terms of titles. That’s five words in the titles of the top four songs. Reba’s “Strange” had 7 listeners as well, putting it in the Top 5 along with the positively verbose “Forever And Ever, Amen” from Randy Travis and “I Run To You” by Lady Antebellum. “Wrapped” had a pretty good week, as 5 people listened to the George Strait version and 2 more played the Bruce Robison version. No one played the Kelly Willis cover, though. Those songs with 6 listeners, tying for #9 on the charts, represent a greatest-hits selection from country music, including Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” Dwight Yoakam’s “Streets Of Bakersfield,” Conway Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’” and Vince Gill’s “When I Call Your Name.” Then there’s Adele’s “Chasing Pavements,” also at #9. There is a country connection there, as Adele sang it as a duet with Sugarland at the 2009 Grammys. I just hope that “Pour Some Sugar On Me” doesn’t chart, as Taylor Swift apparently has made that a country song, too.

Freebie of the Week: According to Last.fm tags, Assembly of Dust could be considered rock, bluegrass, jam band, country, folk or, for the spelling impaired, soulfull oldtimey jam. Led by singer Reid Genauer, the band’s upcoming fourth release, Some Assembly Required, features a wide array of special guests, including Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice and David Grisman. Other non-country guests include Martin Sexton, Richie Havens, Mike Gordon (Phish) and Drew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon). The band has been preparing for the release by giving away one track each week for anyone who signs up for their mailing list (http://www.aodust.com/). So far there are six available songs, including “Leadbelly” with Douglas, “Arc of the Sun” with Gordon and “Straight” with Theresa Andersson. The jam-band tag is understandable with these songs, particularly when they let the guest musicians cut loose, but a song like “Leadbelly” wouldn’t be out of place on a country station–well, not one of today’s country stations, but you get my meaning.