Yeah I think if that Lowell George cover is saying anything, it's saying he knows about all that arty-political stuff but he's not joining that picnic.
― Tim, Thursday, 13 April 2017 14:04 (seven years ago) link
dr. casino, i think you're more or less saying what i'm saying. i'm not ascribing sophistication to the lowell george record; i'm asserting that he used certain signifiers in an attempt to appear sophisticated. and yeah, it totally comes across as freshman-year malcolm X dorm room poster, but i don't think that diminishes the sincerity one bit. as i said, it's precisely the way in which those "deployments" (as you say) fall flat that make the cover an object of derision rather than something that might have held up a bit better.
and i think that, to the extent that "thanks" was a kind of "get back" record, it's not outrageous to assume that his "roots" (at least as he saw them; self-delusion may be a factor here) were just as much artsy lit and high-minded political engagement (however half-assed) as they were blues- and folk-inflected rock N roll. i really suspect that "thanks i'll eat it here" reads more like "sorry guys, i need to chill in the forest with bob dylan and allen ginsberg and get away from LA and all the coke and just be myself"
it kind of gets into a broader topic, that i don't really want to get super into, about intelligent musicians (john lennon is the case par excellence) who aren't educated but at some point in their careers feel the need to legitimize what they're doing by name dropping, espousing some sort of radical politics, but really missing the mark in embarrassing ways.
to paraphrase oscar wilde, "all bad poetry is sincere"
― budo jeru, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
I agree that we're not disagreeing on most of that. I just still think it's a dumb, dopey, laugh-worthy cover and not really very interesting, but I'm not hating on Lowell George (or your appreciation for it for that matter).
― long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 17 April 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
from least acclaimed thread:
http://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/39626-heard-ya-missed-me-well-im-back.jpg
come to think of it kinda has to be somewhere upthread as well
― niels, Saturday, 22 April 2017 09:39 (seven years ago) link
that'sSly & The Family Stone: Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
― niels, Saturday, 22 April 2017 09:40 (seven years ago) link
oh, sly
― PURE, BEAUTIFUL OIL (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 22 April 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
http://covers.discorder.com/fullsize/front/0090431808924.jpg
― niels, Saturday, 22 April 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
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― long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 22 April 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
she blames quaaludes in recent rs interview
― niels, Saturday, 22 April 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link
found this cuz of the blues rock tolerance thread
Mike Bloomfield - "Try It Before You Buy It"
https://resources.tidal.com/images/79f9ff15/4d08/4de5/ba87/c54a4c4550ad/1280x1280.jpg
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
here's another blues classic from 1979
http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400/112974.jpg
― nomar, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
contrasting soft sell vs. hard sell blues approaches
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
was thinking recently that Stephen Stills really blew it in terms of punning on his name -- best he did was a greatest hits called Still Stills
In The Stills of the Night, I'm Stills Here, etc
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
illegal stills was pretty good (as a title)
― nomar, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
haha yeah i guess that one workshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Illegalstillsss.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
Would have liked to see Nash Brownies
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
should have done a play on "Still Bill" by Bill Withers. maybe a picture of Stills sitting at a desk, frustrated, going through a pile of letters. Call the album "Stills' Bills"
― nomar, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
or Stills Kills, with Steve aiming a rifle at the camera
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
A hits comp called "Gold in Them There Stills"
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
Stilling The Waters, with a shot of Stills in a rowboat or some shit.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
Stills Got the Blues
― niels, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
Album of ELP covers: Stills...You Turn Me On
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
Stills: Crazy After All these Beers
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
i have nothing to add, but great work all around
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Standing Stills
http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_feature/public/legacy/files/Stills.jpg%3Fitok%3DUZGgCk7F
― obvious, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
Gah, image didn't work.
http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_feature/public/legacy/files/Stills.jpg?itok=UZGgCk7F
― obvious, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
re Joan Baez - fake clouds backdrops are quite a sub-theme in this thread
― mahb, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 12:27 (seven years ago) link
every once in a while there is a current day album that fits this genre, but Beady Eye's "Different Gear, Still Speeding" is pretty exceptional, every element of this from the photo to the typography to the title to the the design could pass for something from 1974
http://www.allyngibson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Beady-Eye-Different-Gear-Still-Speeding.jpg
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/RuNNfIzy89zYbXXvUn30USbBdcw=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-460924-1392835710-3219.jpeg.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Gimme_Some_Neck_-_Ron_Wood.jpg
Ron Wood - Gimme Some Neck
lame dadjoke title and an album cover done by a beach resort tourist vendor who spells out your name with photographs
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
The Stanky Brown Group, "If the Lights Don't Get You the Helots Will" (yep, no idea either)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71vizckUorL._SL1032_.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
Mel Deacon - It's been a privilege
http://www.bobego.com/It
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
The Stankey Brown Band.... That's quite a band name
― I got da Midas touch as you fucking were LG x (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
The helots (/ˈhɛləts, ˈhiːləts/; Ancient Greek: εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta. Their exact status was already disputed in antiquity: according to Critias, they were "slaves to the utmost",[1] whereas according to Pollux, they occupied a status "between free men and slaves".[2] Tied to the land, they primarily worked in agriculture as a majority and economically supported the Spartan citizens.
― I got da Midas touch as you fucking were LG x (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 02:29 (six years ago) link
That doesn't make the album title make anymore sense though
― I got da Midas touch as you fucking were LG x (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Reading up on Stanky Brown, they were on Sire same time as the Ramones but to me they look like a band that would have played similar circuit to something like Southside Johnny. I'm going to have to go to Youtube and see what they actually sound like.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
Can't believe we never made our way to "Gimme Some Neck"!
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
Ronnie was on a roll--The followup, his fourth album, was called...wait for it...1234
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 04:27 (six years ago) link
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/HansHolbein/loggins_zpshvfqhcp1.jpg
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link
Whenever I see this thread has bubbled up to the top and there are new posts, it's a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
― the_ecuador_three, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:22 (six years ago) link
^^^ title of obscure Ray Davies / Morris Day collab LP.
― nickn, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/Le_r6xXt115-HfUjrGTkrcIH9sA=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-1636591-1235641016.jpeg.jpg
Chris Rea - Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? (1978)
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
A sampling of the career of Charlie Musselwhite may be of interest here also - - - no classics of the form as such, and from what I can gather he may actually be an important or at least rather well-liked blues musician. Nonetheless he carried the torch for genially lame titles across several decades, and if Wiki is to be trusted, at least fourteen record labels.
https://img.discogs.com/MClA41kIYtDeyHVzm0SIvcUYy98=/fit-in/400x387/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2577887-1296308414.jpeg.jpg
Leave The Blues To Us (1975)
https://img.discogs.com/LeqhJcABJ6XJ7_9zV57yggTE0iA=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2169042-1267738327.jpeg.jpg
Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough (1978)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/756/MI0001756120.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Where Have All The Good Times Gone? (1984)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/428/MI0002428813.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Mellow-Dee (1986)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/209/MI0002209486.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Ace of Harps (1990)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61lsBMGmokL.jpg
Super Harps (1999 - with Sugar Ray Norcia, Billy Branch, and the late, legendary James Cotton!)
http://www.charliemusselwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CM_IAL.png
I Ain't Lyin'... (2015)
(Credit where it's due, 1967's Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band and 1968's Stone Blues both have 100% killer covers, and a few others are at least darn good.)
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:08 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile, some other finds from today's browsing:
https://img.discogs.com/rC0fFmLltPyxeeh5NdROlisWrpw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-720302-1321634247.jpeg.jpg
http://img.cdandlp.com/2012/07/imgL/115428939.jpg
Eddie Drennon & the B.B.S. Unlimited - Would You Dance To My Music? (1977); It Don't Mean A Thing (1978)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Penguin_%28album%29.jpg
Fleetwood Mac - Penguin (1973)
https://img.discogs.com/2Hc9imMfQm22RkFNmlc5cvEm4bg=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2900957-1418634069-8380.jpeg.jpg
Wireless - Positively Human, Relatively Sane (1979)
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:19 (six years ago) link
And finally, a quick tour of blues-rock survivors The Groundhogs:
https://img.discogs.com/cB5LGYi-QkfB9wwHkDyGAo8dbY8=/fit-in/500x490/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1971943-1255899297.jpeg.jpg
Scratching the Surface (1968)
https://img.discogs.com/5MX98CizImck9Ys_nDvS0a1-XOQ=/fit-in/412x425/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1337008-1288285275.jpeg.jpg
Blues Obituary (1969)
https://img.discogs.com/eceDCOWBhluYxHMMPThmWXM6K3A=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1335901-1464796019-9946.jpeg.jpg
Thank Christ For The Bomb (1970)
https://img.discogs.com/Hbb5JAYabkDRZyJU_FxYJyoX7GM=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1391310-1215632057.jpeg.jpg
Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs (1972) <<<< the comic book continues with an awesome gatefold and further unfoldings, rules pretty hard tbh
https://img.discogs.com/CmSVRtOACgIzacrR1D8nFCsQ-Pw=/fit-in/496x496/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-717253-1264674678.jpeg.jpg
Hogwash (1972)
https://img.discogs.com/_iAPJHtuFzGWXb2fN5wkKd1dm8Y=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1337037-1440006610-5674.jpeg.jpg
Crosscut Saw (1976)
https://img.discogs.com/tgTH4s_WjUia7B8A16qyA8HKrJU=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2373737-1352037050-9433.jpeg.jpg
Hoggin The Stage (1984)
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w555/richdfrost/2374_zpsa0f0c21b.jpg
Razor's Edge (1985)
https://img.discogs.com/cWwN4dbTGIjAsN9tOrPFq6fzC4I=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2373754-1280319562.jpeg.jpg
Hogs On The Road (1988)
https://img.discogs.com/58MB3pVOhaFkvSy5hqtzfLE9jdg=/fit-in/377x377/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2192605-1375865589-1013.jpeg.jpg
Flight No. 5 To Houston (1989)
Groundhog Night (1993)
Hogs In Wolf's Clothing (1998)
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
hmmm trying again on those last two:
https://img.discogs.com/LL0clrFHWLYhBo6_jy7cniyzsc0=/fit-in/600x604/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3808088-1345217642-5043.jpeg.jpg
https://img.discogs.com/PCSuLol1V0Iq68HsiqONQaB3sW8=/fit-in/600x588/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5902999-1407786573-7654.jpeg.jpg
ahhh who am i kidding, i'm totally going back tomorrow to check the price on "who will save the world? the mighty groundhogs."
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:39 (six years ago) link
^^Artwork by Neal Adams
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Green_lantern_85.jpg
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
now wishing that imago were a stan for the groundhogs rather than cardiacs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
Checking it out, Stanky Brown's 'Coal Town' did have a bit of Southside Johnny in the sound with the overdubbed horns. Their records are really honed down and got that 70s soft dullness in the production trough and through. You can see the producer or label saying "can you make it softer sounding". I bet they were much better live.
I got to go check out Eddie Drennon and Wireless now to see what they sound like.
― earlnash, Saturday, 6 May 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link