could it be that jackson browne wrote his best songs before he had a record contract?
probably not, but still, i like this song a lot. the baroque-pop arrangement does it nice favors.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
in general those early NGDB records are kind of great, but nobody seems to care. :(
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah they kind of get forgotten for everything except Circle
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
karmic payback for naming themselves "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" I'm pretty sure
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
i wonder if The Beatles would have been as successful as they were if they were named "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band."
― Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
A couple of people mentioned the Tom Rush version, which I just bought last week:
Never knew about the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--pleasingly different from all the others.
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Pat Finn, Friday, May 4, 2012 9:08 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well, the flying burrito band is pretty well-loved even now and they have a really shitty name so
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
the flying burrito brothers is a great name!! it's got the word 'burritos' in it!!!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^It's a Mexican Sandwich!
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
good point about the flying burrito brothers. they're an interesting case because while their name is ridiculous and juvenile, their music is not, and that discrepancy isn't a big deal. and also when i think about it, the beatles isn't such a great name either. maybe what borges said of the titles of novels holds true for bands -- none of the great ones have good names.
― Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Joy Division
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree that Joy Division is a great band with a good name. Borges's rule doesn't hold true for novels either. Nabokov's books always had great titles.
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 6 May 2012 00:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
"She's a Lady," a '68 solo John Sebastian single on Kama Sutra, kind of has the Orange County vibe of this early Jackson stuff or Steve Noonan.
― timellison, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
Wikipedia article says Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (when Jackson was a member) opened for the Spoonful once.
― timellison, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
Also, I think Bridget St. John had this quality! "The Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity" on the first album is a good example.
― timellison, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:28 (6 months ago) Permalink