Music: What are you listening to today?
In the spirit of the books and movies threads, here's one to talk about what you're listening to lately and what you hav
Bob Dylan performing the Byrds' version of My Back Pages alongside Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and, yes, G. E. Smith.
Great song, breathtakingly histrionic video.
"You're my pride and joy, etc."
Just perfect.
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I'm not sure how a song can be as bad as this and still make me turn up the volume whenever it comes on.
Srsly - the lyrics are terrible and make little to no sense, the tune isn't even that good and the vocals are meh.
I still crank it up and sing along whenever it comes on.
I'm not sure either. This seems like a parody of a terrible song. I mean why the hell would he need to write a song in an attic except to rhyme with classic?
And what radio station plays this?
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The song was pretty big in the early 80s in Europe - for some reason it made a comeback in the 90s too I think, and it's played a lot on 80's channels, though to be honest, I mostly hear it from my own 80s playlists.
"Classic" to "attic" to "addict" are some next level lyrics (though not necessarily a level up).
I think this was his only hit, but Gurvitz did a lot of work for more known artists also so he clearly had quite a bit of talent. Even if the only song people remember him for is one with a mediocre tune and weird lyrics that still somehow sticks with you.
If you think there's one bad lyric, another one comes along: "Listen to my say."
Dafuq!
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Since we're talking lyrics, who are some of your favorite writers?
The entire song is great, but a few lines that stand out to me. He was brilliant.
I guess that love is like a Christmas card
You decorate a tree, you throw it in the yard
It decays and dies and the snowmen melt
Well, I once knew love, I knew how love felt
Say you drive a Chevy, say you drive a Ford
You say you drive around the town till you just get bored
Then you change you mind for something else to do
And your heart gets bored with your mind and it changes you
From his album, Closing Time,
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I don't know why, but I was singing this in the shower this morning.
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The Breeders covering the Who's "So Sad About Us" for their first televised performance. Kim Deal having a great time.
Looking for more songs that use this "we"sound. I can only find this one (for reference the song behind with that sound) and Easy by the Commodores.
There must be more.
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Written by Doc Pomus, who wrote a few good songs, for Willy DeVille and covered by a host of other artists.
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I get the feeling that David Lynch based Robert Blake's character in Lost Highway on this guy.
