Happy new year everyone...be safe, and we'll see you on the other side.
Dec 31, 2010
Happy new year from Stupefaction!
Happy new year everyone...be safe, and we'll see you on the other side.
Endless Art 2010: The Stupefaction obituary round up
While you ponder the following list of those who moved on in 2010, have a listen to "Endless Art" by A House. This is quite a list:
- Bobby Farrell
- Billy Taylor
- Bernie Wilson
- Teena Marie
- Clay Cole
- Fred Foy
- Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart
- Blake Edwards
- Bob Feller
- James Moody
- Don Meredith
- Ron Santo
- Leslie Nielsen
- Peter Christopherson
- Sparky Anderson
- Gregory Isaacs
- Ari Up
- Marion Brown
- General Johnson
- Johnny Edgecombe
- Solomon Burke
- Buddy Morrow
- Tony Curtis
- Arthur Penn
- Buddy Collette
- George Blanda
- Jerry Williams
- Eddie Fisher
- King Coleman
- Ron Kramer
- Irwin Silber
- Richard "Scar" Lopez
- Bobby Thomson
- Herman Leonard
- Abbey Lincoln
- Bobby Hebb
- Mitch Miller
- Derf Scratch
- Al Goodman
- Jack Tatum
- Melvin Bliss
- Ralph Houk
- Andy Hummel
- Walter Hawkins
- George Steinbrenner
- Tuli Kupferberg
- Harvey Pekar
- Bob Sheppard
- Sugar Minott
- Joya Sherrill
- Harvey Fuqua
- Benny Powell
- Don Coryell
- Rammellzee
- Bill Aucoin
- Pete Quaife
- Manute Bol
- Sebastian Horsley
- Garry Shider
- Marvin Isley
- John Wooden
- Peter Orlovsky
- Dennis Hopper
- Jose Lima
- Hank Jones
- Ronnie James Dio
- Lena Horne
- Walter Sear
- Robin Roberts
- Ernie Harwell
- Susan Reed
- Allen Swift
- Gene Lees
- Alan Sillitoe
- Malcolm McLaren
- Mike Cueller
- Herb Ellis
- Alex Chilton
- Jim Marshall
- Ron Banks
- Charlie Gillett
- Herbie Cohen
- Ron Lundy
- Merlin Olsen
- Bob Biniak
- Dale Hawkins
- Doug Fieger
- JD Salinger
- Howard Zinn
- Teddy Prendergrass
- Yabby You
- Willie Mitchell
Also of note: Mars Bar, Empire Diner
NYNS - Subway Train
"Ever since I been ridin', right on the subway train. You can hear the whistle blowin'. You might think I'm goin' insane." Everyone knows that New York subways don't have whistles (and the captains don't shout), but what the hell...it gave Johnny Thunders the excuse to squeeze those guitar strings for the best train sound recreation I've ever heard. When he was good, he was very good
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):Dec 30, 2010
NYNS - Coney Island Baby
Coney Island is an idea that lives inside all of us. The idea of Coney Island, even if you've never been there, captures the imagination & speaks to a nostalgia that can't exist anywhere else other than the heart & mind. Here are three songs all with the same title: Coney Island Baby.
The first, by the Excellents
, from 1961 or 1962, is straight up doo wop. The musical equivalent of Coney Island to a degree.
Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby
was the title track from his 1976 album, and followed his most extreme album in Metal Machine Music
. With dashes of doo wop, Lou paints a personal picture...striving for some sort of meaning in life without coming across as corny. As only a great songwriter can do.
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And last but not least, Mr. Tom Waits brings us his Coney Island Baby from his 2002 album, Blood Money
. As only Tom Waits can, he combines a pastiche of "old time" music with a sincere and heartfelt lyric that seems to work every time.
The first, by the Excellents
, from 1961 or 1962, is straight up doo wop. The musical equivalent of Coney Island to a degree.Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby
was the title track from his 1976 album, and followed his most extreme album in Metal Machine Music. With dashes of doo wop, Lou paints a personal picture...striving for some sort of meaning in life without coming across as corny. As only a great songwriter can do. <
And last but not least, Mr. Tom Waits brings us his Coney Island Baby from his 2002 album, Blood Money
. As only Tom Waits can, he combines a pastiche of "old time" music with a sincere and heartfelt lyric that seems to work every time.
Before and After: Louie Louie
Before - Richard Berry (Louie Louie
):
During -
the Kingsmen (Louie Louie / Very Best
):
the Beach Boys (Surfer Girl/Shut Down, Vol. 2
):
the Kinks (Kinkdom-Size Kinks
):
the Sonics (The Sonics Boom
):
Paul Revere & the Raiders (Paul Revere & The Raiders - Greatest Hits
):
After -
Toots & the Maytals (Funky Kingston / In the Dark):
Motorhead (Overkill
):
the Clash (London Calling - The Legacy Edition (Bonus CD)
):
Black Flag (Louie Louie [Vinyl]
):
):During -
the Kingsmen (Louie Louie / Very Best
):the Beach Boys (Surfer Girl/Shut Down, Vol. 2
):the Kinks (Kinkdom-Size Kinks
):the Sonics (The Sonics Boom
):Paul Revere & the Raiders (Paul Revere & The Raiders - Greatest Hits
):After -
Toots & the Maytals (Funky Kingston / In the Dark):
Motorhead (Overkill
):the Clash (London Calling - The Legacy Edition (Bonus CD)
):Black Flag (Louie Louie [Vinyl]
):Dec 29, 2010
NYNS - NYCNY
Since things are a little slow around here this time of the year, and since I've been thinking about killing off the inactive New York Nobody Sings, I'm going to start publishing my posts from there, on a regular basis, here. In case you don't know, the NYNS site was started, with myself, EV Grieve, Alex, and Holly Ramos
, as a sister site to the wonderful London Nobody Sings, and was dedicated to posting songs about, or referencing, NYC.This one is definitely a bit of an oddity. Found on the one Daryl Hall album I can listen to all the way through, NYCNY is from Hall's first solo album, Sacred Songs
. Recorded in 1977, but not released until 1980, it's an obvious love song from Philly native Hall to his longtime adopted hometown. Producer Robert Fripp's fingerprints are all over this. A strange mix of new wave and prog rock, I'd venture to guess that it's pretty much the sort of album Daryl Hall wished he could have been making all of the time. Original version from Sacred Songs:
Before and After: The Way I Walk
Before - Jack Scott (The Way I Walk: The Original Carlton Recordings 1958-1960
):
After - the Cramps (Gravest Hits & Psychedelic Jungle
):
):After - the Cramps (Gravest Hits & Psychedelic Jungle
):Dec 28, 2010
):
):Dec 27, 2010
:
):Dec 26, 2010
Before and After: Walk On Gilded Splinters
Before - Dr. John (
Gris-Gris
):
During - Johnny Jenkins (Ton-Ton Macoute):
After - Paul Weller (Stanley Road)
:
Bonus - Humble Pie (Rockin the Fillmore)
:
Gris-Gris):During - Johnny Jenkins (Ton-Ton Macoute):
After - Paul Weller (Stanley Road)
:Bonus - Humble Pie (Rockin the Fillmore)
:Dec 25, 2010
Dec 24, 2010
Merry Christmas from Stupefaction
We here at Stupefaction Industries wish you a very merry & happy Christmas, and thank you for reading, watching, listening, lurking, commenting, subscribing, communicating, all through the year.
Before - Tom Waits:
After - Neko Case:
Hey Charlie I'm pregnant and living on the 9th street
Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue
And I stopped takin' dope and I quit drinkin' whiskey
And my old man plays the trombone works out at the track
He says that he loves me, though it's not his baby
He says that he'll raise him up like he would his own son
He gave me a ring that was worn by his mother
He takes me out dancin' every Saturday night
Hey Charlie I think about you every time I pass a fillin' station
Account of all the grease you used to wear in your hair
Still have that record, little Anthony and The Imperials
Someone stole my record player now how do you like that?
Hey Charlie I almost went crazy after Mario got busted
I went back to Omaha to live with my folks
Everyone I used to know was either dead or in prison
So came back to Minneapolis this time I think I'm gonna stay
Hey Charlie I think I'm happy for the first time since my accident
I wish I had all the money that we used to spend on dope
Buy me a used car lot wouldn't sell any of 'em
I'd just drive a different car every day, dependin' on how I feel
Hey Charlie for Chris sakes if you want to know the truth of it?
I don't have a husband he don't play the trombone
And I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer
And Charlie, hey I'll be eligible for parole come Valentines day
p.s. If you'd like to know the connection between "Silent Night," and "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis," check out this live version of "Christmas Card..."
Dec 23, 2010
Belle and Sebastian holiday spectacular extravaganza
Although their latest album, this year's Write About Love, is far from my favorite by the band, I'm glad to say that one mediocre album does not a bad band make. Belle & Sebastian's last show of the year, in support of said album, is currently being streamed on the NPR website, and its a really nice way to wrap up the musical year. You can stream the audio here, or watch the entire show below in three parts. Recorded & filmed at the Glasgow Barrowlands, the show is available for viewing through Monday the 27th.Part one:
Part two:
Part three:
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