Well, this is fun! I can see HST choosing all these. Thanks for this, Whelk! posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 6:25 AM on July 4, 2010
Holy crap. I own that album and at least one other from the Songbook series on cd. Very cool! Thanks for posting. posted by zarq at 6:27 AM on July 4, 2010
"Since you can't get the cool notes or photos,"
"I own that album"
Do you have a scanner? posted by LarryC at 6:38 AM on July 4, 2010
Why the strikethrough on Flaco Jimenez? His accordion makes Dwight's version the best -- best thing Yoakam ever did. posted by Devils Rancher at 6:51 AM on July 4, 2010
Strike throughs in cases where I couldn't find an exact match but found another performance or cover , I'm pretty sure that version doesn't have Flaco on it? posted by The Whelk at 6:53 AM on July 4, 2010
Ah. Oh, drat. Great song, either way. (like I'm supposed to follow the links before commenting, or what?) posted by Devils Rancher at 6:59 AM on July 4, 2010
Happy 5th July! (on the dot) posted by UbuRoivas at 7:00 AM on July 4, 2010
Do you have a scanner?
I do! But I don't know if I saved the liner notes. Will have to go hunting and check.
Before my kids were born, I had to dismantle my office to make room for their nursery. Took most of my CD's (they took up an entire bookcase at the time) and transferred them into giant sleeve books. (The rest were either traded in to a local shop, or converted to mp3, then thrown away.) I only saved liner notes for a few.... posted by zarq at 7:03 AM on July 4, 2010
Surprised I don't see "If I had a rocket launcher" up there. I love the thought of HST sitting in his back yard with a bottle and an RPG. (In theory, anyway. Or at least from a good safe distance, like in a concrete bunker in Brazil.)
> Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
I feel so sure that title was RCA's decision and not JB's posted by jfuller at 7:03 AM on July 4, 2010
I certainly hope so. posted by box at 7:21 AM on July 4, 2010
I feel so sure that title was RCA's decision and not JB's
Every live recording of JB has him introduce it as 'Why don't we get drunk and screw'. But I sort of like the RCA version better for some reason. posted by unSane at 7:22 AM on July 4, 2010
How am I supposed to hear the last two songs on Hunter's compilation if I had someone throw the tape machine in the tub when "White Rabbit" peaked? posted by Houyhnhnm at 7:44 AM on July 4, 2010
I started listening to Warren Zevon after HST mentioned The Hula-Hula Boys in an essay. I was post-break-up, and has startled by such a hilarious, deeply sad song, especially the bit, "I didn't come to Maui to be treated like a jerk," which is just such a funny-ass line, but delivered so despondently. posted by Football Bat at 7:56 AM on July 4, 2010 [1 favorite]
I don't know how thrilled Hunter would be about the hippie tag, otherwise an outstanding FPP. Thanks. posted by Splunge at 8:07 AM on July 4, 2010
Man, it's kind of depressing that HST liked Jimmy Buffet. It's depressing that anyone likes Jimmy Buffet, actually. posted by DecemberBoy at 8:16 AM on July 4, 2010
Man, it's kind of depressing that HST liked Jimmy Buffet. It's depressing that anyone likes Jimmy Buffet, actually.
Don't mistake the Parrotheads and JB's monitization thereof, JB is a good musician. posted by gjc at 8:52 AM on July 4, 2010 [1 favorite]
Packages like these, that combine curatorial and design excellence (not to mention large back-catalogues and/or rights-clearance departments) are about the last remaining justification for the existence of record companies, and for keeping CDs in the home. Everything else I have ripped and stashed in boxes in various attics and storage places. posted by GeorgeBickham at 9:02 AM on July 4, 2010 [2 favorites]
I have the Peter Bagge songbook CD, Peter Bagge's Rockin' Poppin' Favorites! It's a lovely object. posted by mippy at 9:49 AM on July 4, 2010
Faze ...are .. you ... a .. hipster?
It makes it almost tolerable to endure Faze's relentless trolling if you imagine him as a sort or Rube Goldberg robot with an output algorithm composed of neologisms from a David Brooks screed mixed with like Ignatius J. Rielly's temperament and social skills, only with the classical-scholarship obsession replaced by a particularly pompous Pitchfork reviewer's sense of self-righteous tastemaking expertise.
As I said, this makes it almost tolerable. Now that I can imagine the good Doctor dismantling that idiotic bleating machine with an empty bourbon bottle and a shotgun packed with black-eyed peas, then inviting William Kennedy, Warren Zevon, Jack Nicholson and Johnny Depp over for some barbecue and ether, after which they ceremonially piss on the pile of rubble that remains and get Steadman to draw the whole scene, it's verging on actually tolerable. posted by gompa at 10:29 AM on July 4, 2010 [7 favorites]
I love Thompson but I fucking hate "Spirit in the Sky." posted by Snyder at 10:44 AM on July 4, 2010 [2 favorites]
Jimmy Buffett has always seemed to me like someone I would enjoy sitting down and having a beer with, as long as we didn't have to listen to his music. Kinda the opposite of Lou Reed, whose music I quite like but with whom I have no desire to ever hang out. posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:58 AM on July 4, 2010 [2 favorites]
That last one may be a Herbie Mann arrangement, but that's San Diego's Bradley Leighton on flute! posted by cherryflute at 12:14 PM on July 4, 2010
It's interesting that someone who was such an innovative writer should have such conventional musical tastes.
I have to admit, that even though I've read everything HST wrote, most of it twice, I have to echo this disappointment in his tastes in music. Writing about the Jefferson Airplane or Bob Dylan in 1970 could not possibly have been any more "all eyes on the underground" than talking about Radiohead or Jane's Addiction in 2010. Not that any of those are not superior artists, it's just that in each case they've been around long enough that merely namechecking them offers absolutely zero insight or payoff. posted by squeakyfromme at 2:56 PM on July 4, 2010 [1 favorite]
I love Thompson but I fucking hate "Spirit in the Sky."
I have to admit, that even though I've read everything HST wrote, most of it twice, I have to echo this disappointment in his tastes in music.
For a bunch of reasons I can't hate a lot of these songs, cause almost all of them bring up memories of camping in the summer with my mom and a mix of rural hippies, gay truckers, home-brew enthusiasts, tambourine-slapping Baptists, Zen Recovery groups and clutches of neo-pagans and the occasional goth yurt. Not all of those memories are particularly nice, but something like Spirit In The Sky brings up the day when my brother nearly knocked himself on a truck bumper so vividly that I can't dislike them. posted by The Whelk at 5:04 PM on July 4, 2010
Man , this makes me miss Hunter even more. Gonna strap on the Shadow, and go for a rip up the Sea to Sky, runnin' this as the soundtrack. Thanks so much for the effort you put into this, The Whelk. posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 5:04 PM on July 4, 2010
I should mention was a big fan of "retreats" in isolated mountain environments and often dated men who already had a truck full of camping equipment. posted by The Whelk at 5:05 PM on July 4, 2010
mention *my mom was/is * posted by The Whelk at 5:05 PM on July 4, 2010
In Faze's defense, he did post a number of music videos which are good to experience while high. posted by telstar at 5:44 PM on July 4, 2010
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