John Cale - Fear Is A Man's Best Poll

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sleeping in the midday sun.
sleeping in the midday sun.

one of those single lines that just makes the entire song. john cale has a lot of those.

Otm

It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 April 2021 12:30 (three years ago) link

Holy shit, I was going to post that I was surprised more people don't cover John Cale, but then I saw this:

https://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/covers/index.html

List of bands includes both Sugar Ray and Red Hot Chili Peppers, though both (particularly the latter) or kind of technicalities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NzuVBA55NI

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 April 2021 12:48 (three years ago) link

Paul Kelly does a great version of "Buffalo Ballet":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cBcd0IaIA

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 April 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link

"Emily" would have been my pick. Another one-line chorus: "Maybe we'll love again".

Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 8 April 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link

haha, that is weird that "barracuda" is the most-played spotify track — must be the one that the algorithm has singled out for being up-tempo, no screaming, not too long etc. the playlist canon.

tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link

KM I am glad that you are properly appreciating this masterpiece

I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link

haha, that is weird that "barracuda" is the most-played spotify track — must be the one that the algorithm has singled out for being up-tempo, no screaming, not too long etc. the playlist canon.

― tylerw

I wonder if it's from people searching for the Heart song and playing it.

nickn, Friday, 9 April 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link

I wondered that too.

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 9 April 2021 02:19 (three years ago) link

Haha maybe!

tylerw, Friday, 9 April 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link

Most likely

It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 April 2021 02:53 (three years ago) link

Now if only Taylor Swift would record a song entitled "The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy"...

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 9 April 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link

“Barracuda” features in the recent Andy Samberg film Palm Springs - might be getting some action from that.

Paul, Friday, 9 April 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link

omg the Heart connection, don't know whether to laugh or cry

I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Friday, 9 April 2021 03:12 (three years ago) link

“Barracuda” features in the recent Andy Samberg film Palm Springs - might be getting some action from that.

god, this just hit me hard for some reason

Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 April 2021 03:18 (three years ago) link


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