tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99259012024-03-07T02:13:17.833-06:00Pimps of GoreWE WANT OUR VIOLENCE DOUBLED<p>
<i>Files will be posted here for 7 to 10 days. Please support the artists and bands you read about on this site in any way possible. Buy a shirt or a CD. See a show. Kiss a bassist if you must.</i>Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-47947489100282151402009-06-25T21:42:00.002-05:002009-06-25T21:52:06.518-05:00Michael Jackson: A Pity<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/365/mj.jpg" alt="youngmike.jpg" /><br /><br />Aw, kid.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/mj/I Want Pity.mp3">"I Want Pity"</a> (a mash-up of Jackson 5 and George Harrison) by <b>CCC</b>Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-39702675798467318792008-10-28T14:38:00.008-05:002008-10-28T19:14:36.834-05:00OH, HELL. (Massive Halloween Playlist)<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/hell.jpg" alt="hell.jpg" /><br /><br />Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, if only because it gives me an excuse to sit down with a bowl of candy and <a href="http://dylanandthemovies.blogspot.com">watch Horror movies all month</a>. I like to spend Halloween night proper taking in as many flicks as possible, but since I have the displeasure of having to work Halloween night, I'm going to try and pass along some of the fun to you, with a massive 26 song Halloween pile-up. <br /><br />They aren't in any particular order -- that's for you to decide -- but I think you'll find some new stuff amidst the old stand-byes.<br /><br />BUT FIRST... I've got one bit of business to get out of the way:<br /><br /><b>TUESDAYS WITH LIZZY!</b> <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Suicide_7.mp3">"Suicide"</a> by <b>THIN LIZZY</b>: Somewhat sticking to the Halloween theme (death, hell, etc), I have uploaded a live version of Lizzy's rocker "Suicide," taken from the recently released (on eMusic, at least) <i>UK Tour '75</i> album. I was going to throw up the studio version of this track, but the live version just blows it out of the water in my opinion. <br /><br /><br />... okay, let's get to the blood and guts:<br /><br /><b>Halloween 2008: Pimps of Gore, Gore, Gore</b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Black Sabbath.mp3">"Black Sabbath"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/N.I.B. 1.mp3">"N.I.B."</a> by <b>BLACK SABBATH</b>: Do I even need to explain the absolute necessity of having Ozzy and Co. on your Halloween playlist? Especially the dark gloom of "Black Sabbath" and the kick ass "N.I.B." (as far as song titles go, it doesn't get much better than "Nativity in Black"). <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Death Valley.mp3">"Death Valley"</a> by <b>BORIS</b>: This ought to freak those Trick Or Treaters right the fuck out. I guess I should just warn you going forward that this playlist goes heavy on the Heavy. Halloween is no place for Sufjan Stevens; he can have Christmas if he wants it. Halloween is for screaming feedback, like the crazy high pitched bug noises that punctuate the Sabbath-y riffs presented here.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Please Mr. Gravedigger.mp3">"Please Mr. Gravedigger"</a> by <b>DAVID BOWIE</b>: Okay, this one isn't heavy, but it sure is creepy. From a compilation of some of Bowie's earliest works, "Please Mr. Gravedigger" is a warbly-voiced "tune" about an old man who digs graves for "the dead and the maimed" and steals jewelry from the corpses. Bowie sings from the point of view of a man who killed a woman whom Mr. Graves is helping bury. Bizarre, yet perfect for the holiday.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/I Am Stretched On Your Grave 2.mp3">"I am Stretched on Your Grave"</a> by <b>DEAD CAN DANCE</b>: Sometimes you can't beat a traditional public domain tune to show you that groups like the PMRC were way off in going after Heavy Metal for their dark, death-obsessed lyrics. Sinead O'Connor made a semi-hit out of this number, but Dead Can Dance's live, mournful take would sound perfect over one of George Romero's zombie uprising gore flicks. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Ghost Dance.mp3">"Ghost Dance"</a> by <b>DEATH CULT</b>: Not sure if I've posted this one before, but the combination of Ghosts, Death Cults and dead Native Americans was just too good to pass up. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Born In A Haunted Barn.mp3">"Born in a Haunted Barn"</a> by <b>THE DIRTBOMBS vs KING KAHN</b>: The garage rock of Detroit's The Dirtbombs mixes nicely with King Kahn's psychedelic folk rock, and the ghostly chorus is the cherry on top.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Chase The Devil.mp3">"Chase the Devil"</a> by <b>EAGLES OF DEATH METAL</b>: Dubbed "the pigeons of shit metal" by Axl Rose after the band pissed him off and got thrown off of a recent GnR tour. This fact makes me love them that much more. If you're going to make all of these songs into a free-flowing mix, I highly rec' keeping this Cramps-esque romp as the follow-up to the Dirtbombs/King Kahn track. They're perfect together.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Suspiria.mp3">"Suspiria"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Profondo Rosso (Main Titles).mp3">"Profondo Rosso (Main Titles)"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Witch.mp3">"Witch"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Suspiria (Narration).mp3">"Suspiria (Narration)"</a> by <b>GOBLIN</b>: I'll avoid going ape about Goblin once again, but you can't make a Halloween mix without grabbing a few songs from Dario Argento's go-to band for the soundtracks to his twisted visions. Three of these tracks come from <i>Suspiria</i>, while the other is the theme to his fantastic <i>Profondo Rosso (Deep Red)</i>. Not to tell you how to do things, but if I were making a mix, I'd start it with the full length "Suspiria" and end the CD with "Suspiria (Narration)." Pepper the other tracks somewhere in the middle and you're guaranteed to have your listener ask at least two to three times, "Who the <i>hell</i> is this?!"<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Devil's Den.mp3">"Devil's Den"</a> by <b>JAMES BROWN</b>: Okay, after all that Goblin, you're going to have the whole neighborhood crapping their costumes. Give 'em a little break with this scorching (mostly) instrumental from the Godfather of Soul. Even the Devil needs a coctail break every once in a while.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Ripper.mp3">"Ripper"</a> by <b>JUDAS PRIEST</b>: Spinal Tap's "Saucy Jack" wasn't the first hard rock song about England's notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Unintentionally hilarious, and yet still totally badass.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Last Caress Green Hell.mp3">"Last Caress / Green Hell"</a> by <b>METALLICA</b>: Okay, time to remind your neighborhood that it's Hell Night, with a little medley from Metallica as they cover The Misfits' "Last Caress" and "Green Hell." Nothing screams Halloween like, "I've got something to say! / I killed your baby today!"<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Horror Hotel 2.mp3">"Horror Hotel"</a> by <b>THE MISFITS</b>: Really, just go ahead and pick any Misfits, Samhain, or Danzig tracks you want. They're all custom made for this shit.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/The Devil's Work Day.mp3">"The Devil's Work Day"</a> by <b>MODEST MOUSE</b>: A Pimps staple, Isaac Brock brings the scary with this grunting, growling piece of swampy goodness. People floating in the river, blood pouring out of kneecaps, hangings and demented laughter... yeah.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Ghost.mp3">"Ghost"</a> by <b>NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL</b>: If only because it's the best indie rock ghost song pretty much ever. Put some step into that skeleton.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/11 Ghosts II.mp3">"11"</a> by <b>NINE INCH NAILS</b><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Ghostwriter.mp3">"Ghostwriter"</a> by <b>RJD2</b>: You're going to need some atmosphere to back up that smoke machine, dad, and here are a couple of loopable tracks for just that purpose. The former is for that graveyard scene you've got going outside, while the latter is for the party indoors. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Death Rides A Horse.mp3">"Death Rides a Horse"</a> by <b>RUSSIAN CIRCLES</b>: Sorry, we lost the plot - and the rock - there for a minute. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Feast Of The Mau Mau.mp3">"Feast of the Mau Mau"</a> by <b>SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS</b>: Much like The Misfits, you could pretty much just take any Hawkins track and be set. This is one of those recipe tracks, like "Alligator Wine," where Jay howls out disgusting ingredients, like "Brush your teeth / with a piece / of a goose toenail!" Dude was just insane.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell.mp3">"Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell"</a> by <b>THE STOOGES</b>: Just the sound of the guitar on <i>Raw Power</i> alone is enough to wake the dead.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/To Take The Black.mp3">"To Take the Black"</a> by <b>THE SWORD</b>: I've been meaning to give these guys some love here for a long time, but in case you hadn't noticed, I'm never around anymore. For now, this massive slab of classic cock rock will have to be my treat to you. These guys are opening for Metallica on their current American tour, and I'm sure lameass metalheads all over will be booing them off the stage. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/The Black Angel's Death Song.mp3">"The Black Angel's Death Song"</a> by <b>THE VELVET UNDERGROUND</b>: The only band so off their rockers that they could make that Bowie song I posted earlier sound like Simon & Garfunkel, The Velvet Underground check in tonight with a song that sounds like beat poetry over the soundtrack to <i>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</i>. Unsettling!<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/octo/Do the Ghost.mp3">"Do the Ghost"</a> by <b>X-MEN</b>: Closing things out, we've got the X-Men with their own "Ghost" dance, sounding like Screamin' Jay Hawkins meets the Dead Kennedys. <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/leather.jpg" alt="cr.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-1846317096653310502008-08-28T20:27:00.006-05:002008-08-28T22:50:57.115-05:00From Soundgarden to Sinatra! (WTF?)<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/cornell.jpg" alt="cornell.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />I know, it has been a while. I can't say it won't be a while before I'm back, so tonight I'm packing this post with music... and total fucking randomness! If you're the kind of person who doesn't mind mixing his Sinatra with his Pearl Jam and his AC/DC, this one is for you.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Shake A Leg copy.mp3">"Shake a Leg"</a> by <b>AC/DC</b>: <br />I must have heard this song dozens of times over the years, but it never grabbed me by the throat until it popped up on my iPod shuffle a few weeks ago. I was embarrassed to find out that it wasn't some obscure b-side, but rather just one of the many blistering rockers on the band's classic <i>Back in Black</i> album. This song easily climbs to the top of my favorite post-Bon Scott AC/DC numbers, and belongs on your next highway road trip soundtrack. I'm sure ol' Frank would have been a big fan. (Revisiting <i>Back in Black</i> takes me back to one of my strangest AC/DC-associated memories: a friend of mine hired a terrible team of DJs for her wedding, and at one point I had left the reception to catch a phone call. Upon my return, they were playing "Hell's Bells." Here's a tip to DJs everywhere: if you want to clear a dancefloor, play "Hell's Bells." I've never seen so many horrified grey-hairs in my life.)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Flower.mp3">"Flower"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Hands All Over.mp3">"Hands All Over"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Stray Cat Blues.mp3">"Stray Cat Blues"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Girl U Want.mp3">"Girl U Want"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Mind Riot.mp3">"Mind Riot"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Burden In My Hand.mp3">"Burden in My Hand"</a>by <b>SOUNDGARDEN</b><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Seasons.mp3">"Seasons"</a> by <b>CHRIS CORNELL</b>: <br />Chris Cornell, former lead singer of hard rock bands like Soundgarden and Audioslave, has some new solo material out, and if you haven't yet heard it, it is FUCKING BRUTAL. And I don't mean "brutal" in the sense that thrash metal is brutal. Brutal as in virtually impossible to listen to, and cringe-inducing. I'm not even going to waste time trying to find links to his new music; doing so would be like actively finding someone to kick me in the balls.<br /><br />Cornell was the next Robert Plant, a stunningly good looking and charismatic frontman with a wicked set of pipes that could evoke Rhythm & Blues one minute and then shatter your windows the next. His work in Soundgarden (and the one-off side project with Pearl Jam known as Temple of the Dog) proved that. Then... dude went solo. And not the good solo, like his "Seasons" from the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's <i>Singles</i>, which made me hope for the day he would put out an acoustic album. Instead, Cornell released a couple of boring, plodding singer-songwriter-y records. His newest album, <i>Scream</i>, looks like a step in an even more misguided direction, with Cornell seeking to hip himself up to the kids like he's Justin Timberlake by leaning on producer Timbaland. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing but respect for Timbaland. This misstep is all Cornell's.<br /><br />Dude: stick to rock. You're in your mid 40s now, so who are you trying to appeal to with this crap? Teenagers aren't going to be fooled by a middle aged man trying to make singer-songwriter dance music. Ask Jewel how that shit went when she tried it. Even your Audioslave stuff kinda sucked, but at least you were back at the front of a muscular rock band. <br /><br />Sorry about the tirade, but I just wanted to give you guys a handful of tracks that at least represented what was great about Cornell before this shit hits the airwaves (if it hits at all). The above tracks are presented chronologically, for the most part, with "Seasons" the exception. "Stray Cat Blues" and "Girl U Want" are, respectively, covers of Rolling Stones and DEVO songs. "Mind Riot" is a bit of an obscure choice on my part, from Soundgarden's (in my opinion) best album, <i>Badmotorfinger</i>. I've always thought "I was slipping through the cracks of a stolen jewel / I was tightrope walking in two-ton shoes" was one of the best opening couplets in any rock song. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Reach Down.mp3">"Reach Down" (live)</a> by <b>PEARL JAM (feat. Chris Cornell)</b><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Crown of Thorns.mp3">"Crown of Thorns" (live)</a> by <b>PEARL JAM</b>: <br />As a sort of extension of the Cornell theme, here's the man joining Pearl Jam for a live performance of "Reach Down" from the aforementioned Temple of the Dog album. In addition, I've included a really rare performance,, Pearl Jam covering the Mother Love Bone song "Crown of Thorns." Mother Love Bone was lead by one of Cornell's best friends, vocalist Andrew Wood, who died prior to the release of the band's first full length album. Cornell joined most of the members of Wood's band (who had begun working with a new singer named Eddie Vedder, for Temple of the Dog. Circle closed. (The performance of "Crown of Thorns" comes from Pearl Jam's 2001 10th anniversary show in Las Vegas, and was released as one of the band's Christmas singles.)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Hung Up On My Baby - Tough Guys 2.mp3">"Hung Up on My Baby"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Never Can Say Goodbye.mp3">"Never Can Say Goodbye"</a> by <b>ISAAC HAYES</b>: <br />It's too late for me to eulogize Isaac Hayes, so I'm just going to let the man speak for himself. Though I must add: listen to the fucking groove on "Hung Up on My Baby." Unbelievable.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/When The Wind Was Green.mp3">"When the Wind Was Green"</a> by <b>FRANK SINATRA</b>: <br />This has always been one of my all-time favorite Sinatra tunes, but I've only owned it on vinyl until last week when I finally hunted down a digital copy of the brilliant <i>September of My Years</i>. Frank's deep voice is buttery as hell here, and the way ends some of these stanzas (the way he sings "tumbling, stumbling down" or "in a brown wind, dying" for example) can just break your heart. What a voice.<br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/franks.jpg" alt="chair.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-81129259995080972282008-08-25T21:18:00.002-05:002008-08-25T21:53:25.515-05:00Records for sale - updateLike I mentioned before:<br /><br />Anyone wanna buy some vinyl? <br /><br />Here's the full list of what's goin' bye bye. I'm going to try and update it on a daily basis, since there are a few things I haven't added and some things that I will take down as they sell. <br /><br />If there's anything on this .doc file that tickles your fancy, please feel free to contact me with questions. Shipping is 1.50 per LP, or free with any order over $30.<br /><br />Thanks for any help you can provide:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/LPs.doc">THE LIST</a><br /><br />And, since I'm not a completely self-serving douche, here's an a couple more numbers:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Spin The Black Circle.mp3">"Spin the Black Circle"</a>(live, from Self Pollution Radio) by <b>PEARL JAM</b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Making Plans For Vinyl (Tweet vs XTC).mp3">"Making Plans for Vinyl"</a> by <b>GO HOME PRODUCTIONS</b>Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-42769397226061813132008-08-21T14:54:00.002-05:002008-08-21T15:03:10.096-05:00Records for sale pt. 1Just a brief note here for now, but I've got some songs to post in the coming couple of days, so stay tuned.<br /><br />Anyone wanna buy some vinyl? I've got bills to pay and records to sell (and miles to go before I sleep).<br /><br />For now, I've compiled a list of 7" and 10" records I need to get rid of. I will follow up with a list of 12" LPs in the next week or so. I will try to keep this file updated as stuff sells.<br /><br />If there's anything on this .doc file that tickles your fancy, please feel free to contact me with questions. Shipping is 1.50 per LP, or free with any order over $30.<br /><br />Thanks for any help you can provide:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/7inch.doc">THE LIST, FOR NOW</a><br /><br />And, what the hell, here's an .mp3 to tide you over:<br /><br /><b>CHER</b>, covering Bob Dylan's <a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/august/Tonight%20I'll%20Be%20Staying%20Here%20With%20You.mp3">"Tonight, I'll be Staying Here With You"</a><br /><br />I know, you're probably thinking <i>Cher?!!</i>. Just click it and see.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-14254746251584282912008-07-15T17:25:00.002-05:002008-07-15T18:39:51.898-05:00"You've had bad breaks? Well that's tough luck."<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/bruce.jpg" alt="brooce.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/july08/02 - The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Live Version featuring Tom Morello)-1.mp3">"The Ghost of Tom Joad" (featuring Tom Morello)</a> by <b>BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND</b>: <br />Today sees the release of Bruce Springsteen's <i>Magic Tour Highlights</i> digital EP, featuring collaborations with Alejandro Escovedo, Byrds' guitarist Roger McGuinn and this duet with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello on Bruce's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (which RATM covered nearly a decade ago). <br /><br />The EP features the final performance of E Street keyboardist Danny Federici. Royalties and profits from the EP (iTunes also has videos of each performance for sale at 1.99 a piece) will go to <a href="http://www.thedannyfedericimelanomafund.com/">The Danny Federici Melanoma Fund</a>, in honor of Federici, who died shortly after the March 20 Indianapolis concert where "Sandy" was recorded. The EP also features Springsteen covering Escovedo's "Always a Friend" and The Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn!" For more information, check out your iTunes store or head over to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Tour-Highlights/dp/B001C0DJ5K/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1216137455&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/july08/My Daily Food.mp3">"My Daily Food"</a> by <b>TOOTS & THE MAYTALS</b>: <br />This track came on my iPod Shuffle and pretty much plastered a gigantic smile onto my face. An explosion of happy, a party in a pill bottle, "My Daily Food" is over almost as quickly as it begins. What makes someone create such a great song and then decide, "Okay, if we make this thing longer than 2 minutes, we're really wasting everyones time"? A question only Robert Pollard might be able to answer.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Laissez Briller Le Soleil.mp3">"Laissez Briller Le Soleil"</a> by <b>LES BOOTS</b>:<br />I don't know a damn thing about Les Boots. I can't even tell you how I stumbled onto this song, or where it came from. I most certainly can't tell you what they're singing about (though I'm pretty sure it's in French). All I know is that Garage Rock, in any language, is pretty much the best shit in the world.<br /><br /><i><b>Tuesdays with LIZZY!</b></i><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/july08/Bad Reputation.mp3">"Bad Reputation"</a>:<br />Fans of <i>Guitar Hero</i> will recognize tonight's tune as one of the most fun tracks from the second volume in the game franchise. It is completely beyond me why this is the only Lizzy track to ever appear in either the <i>GH</i> or <i>Rock Band</i> series of games, since there are easily dozens of Lizzy tracks that would be perfect. No "Jailbreak," "Emerald" or "The Boys are Back in Town"? Come on, assholes.<br /><br />(As a side note/afterthought: is every song with the title of "Bad Reputation" pretty kick ass? I can't think of an example where the song is lame, from Lizzy to Joan Jett. . . even Freedy Johnston.)<br /><br />Bad Reputation, as rendered in Guitar Hero 2 (this version is a pretty spot-on cover):<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IvibOyWrt8c&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IvibOyWrt8c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-42781070215700652822008-06-27T03:26:00.005-05:002008-06-29T22:33:11.490-05:00Our MORNING JACKET<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/mmj1.jpg" alt="mmj.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/It Makes No Difference.mp3">"It Makes No Difference"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Black Sabbath.mp3">"Black Sabbath"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Rocket Man solo (Taupin_John).mp3">"Rocket Man"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Where to Begin.mp3">"Where to Begin"</a> by <b>MY MORNING JACKET</b>:<br />Louisville, KY's My Morning Jacket have a new album out. If you've come here with the expectation that you're going to hear about it, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Other than a couple of tracks, I haven't heard it yet. I'm sure there are dozens of places where you can find all the latest breaking news, anyway.<br /><br />Tonight, I'd rather give you a few rarities and live tracks. My Morning Jacket have slowly been earning the reputation as one of the best live bands working today, and judging from what I've seen and heard from dozens of bootlegs and televised performances, that reputation is solid. The band recently appeared on Saturday Night Live and absolutely killed on "I'm Amazed" and the strangely Prince-ian "Evil Urges," a track that has been dividing MMJ fans down the middle. Decide for yourself <a href="http://www.mymorningjacket.com/archive/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=688&Itemid=40">HERE</a>. <br /><br />My Morning Jacket have fantastic taste in covers, as represented by the inclusion in this post of their live rendition of Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath," and their studio recording of The Band's classic "It Makes No Difference." Even when covering a song that has been driven into the ground by classic rock radio, like Elton John's "Rocket Man," lead singer Jim James manages to breathe new life into the tune.<br /><br />The band were one of the few highlights of Cameron Crowe's <i>Elizabethtown</i>, and also (depending on your opinion of the rest of the movie) Todd Haynes' meditation on Bob Dylan, <i>I'm Not There</i>. "Where to Begin" comes from the former film; I previously posted MMJ's take on Dylan's "Going to Acapulco" a few months back.<br /><br />For Omaha area readers, My Morning Jacket will be performing outdoors at the Stir Concert Cove in August. I highly recommend checking them out, and I hope to see you there.<br /><br /><b><i>Songs my iPod shuffle re-introduced me to this week:</i></b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/pusherman/Big Love KD.mp3">"Big Love"</a> by <b>KEVIN DREW & BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE</b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Conquest.mp3">"Conquest"</a> by <b>TAPES N TAPES</b><br /><br />Don't forget to check out <a href="http://dylanandthemovies.blogspot.com">Dylan and the Movies</a> to see if watching 365 movies in 365 days takes its toll on my psyche.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-77457151622377921752008-06-25T02:55:00.007-05:002008-06-27T10:19:19.447-05:00With the quickness.Okay, no time right now, but I do have a couple of housecleaning issues to deal with:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/pusherman/The Pusher NS.mp3">"The Pusher"</a> by <b>NINA SIMONE</b><br /><br />First and foremost, I'm starting a new blog. "What the fuck, Dylan?" you might be saying. "You can't even keep up with this one."<br /><br />I know, I know. This one isn't a music blog, though. For no exceptional reason I decided to try and watch 365 movies in the next 365 days and write about the movies whenever possible. Since I didn't want to clog up this site or my MySpace blog writing about movies on an almost daily basis, I started <a href="http://dylanandthemovies.blogspot.com"><b>Dylan & the Movies</b></a>. If you ever find yourself bored. . . incredibly bored, please stop by and check out what I've been watching.<br /><br />In other news, a reader posted a comment in my last post about the old GUIDED BY VOICES 100 I did a few years back. They specifically asked if I could post the entire <i>Jellyfish Reflector</i> album, along with the vinyl-only bonus tracks. Unfortunately for all of us, I can't post the album. I only own it on vinyl, and was lucky enough to find someone long ago who could send me an .mp3 of "Pantherz," one of my all time favorite GBV tracks. I'm reposting that song tonight for that reader. I'm sorry I couldn't do more for you, friend:<br /> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/pusherman/Pantherz copy.mp3">"Pantherz"</a> by <b>GUIDED BY VOICES</b>Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-46352143337065785462008-06-16T19:17:00.010-05:002008-06-19T01:19:02.811-05:00"I've got a lump in my throat about the note you wrote."<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/PoPo.jpg" alt="popo.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Contact.mp3">"Contact"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Nothing Achieving.mp3">"Nothing Achieving"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Canary In A Coalmine.mp3">"Canary in a Coalmine"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/I Burn for You.mp3">"I Burn for You"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Synchronicity II.mp3">"Synchronicity II"</a> by <b>THE POLICE</b>:<br />On a whim, I caught The Police a few weeks ago on the Omaha stop of their reunion tour. I couldn't decide if I was excited to see the show. Something about it felt. . . obligatory. It didn't help matters that I had caught a post-Police Sting show in one of my earliest concert memories (he was touring for <i>The Soul Cages</i>), and little about that show sticks out for me today. At that point, his pretentiousness was rank, a victim of the classic "once cool guy who ages into complete douchebag" / Rod Stewart syndrome.<br /><br />It doesn't hurt that Sting was backed by two dudes <i>far</i> more electrifying than he: drummer Stewart Copeland and guiartist Andy Summers (or Somers, if you prefer the true spelling). In Omaha a few weeks ago, these two guys proved why Sting's ego couldn't fit within these confines anymore; it was because he was the least talented guy in the band. I'm pretty sure it's a fact at this point that Copeland is one of the best drummers ever, and after seeing Summers play guitar in person, I'm fairly certain he should be considered among the best to play that instrument as well.<br /><br />As the show neared I stared to listen to my Police albums. I remembered how many classic songs lay hidden away on those records. Weird numbers like "Contact," with it's droning bassline and spidery guitar. Certainly, they weren't going to play these songs at the show, but it was still a cool reminder that these guys were a lot weirder and cooler than their legacy might seem. I'm almost positive I've posted "Nothing Achieving" here before, but I had to drag it back out to prove to the kids that, at one time, Sting rocked. I held out hopes for hearing "Canary in a Coalmine," or even something slow like "I Burn for You" at the show, but neither made its way into the setlist.<br /><br />I was most bummed by the omission of "Synchronicity II," a song I had noticed they'd been playing on this tour, and one of my favorite Police songs. Listening to it now reminded me of just how dark and bleak the majority of The Police's material is, especially the songs they somehow turned into hits. If anyone is truly the forebear for bands like Radiohead, a massively popular band without a sunny song to its name, it's The Police. "Roxanne" is about a guy who loves a prostitute begging her not to go out anymore. "Every Breath You Take" is about a stalker. Even the seemingly bubbly "Don't Stand So Close to Me" is the story of a teacher trying not to lust after one of his student's. Christ, these guys had a hit called "King of Pain"!<br /><br />"Synchronicity II" is pretty much the ultimate bummer of a hit song. Full of family strife, suburban malaise, chemical destruction, suicide, the soul crushing nature of work. . . all thematically linked somehow to a creature crawling from a lake to destroy all in its path. It kind of baffles my mind to this day that a lyric like, "And every single meeting with his so-called superior IS A HUMILIATING KICK IN THE CROTCH!" is played daily on radio stations around the country. To go back to my Radiohead comparison, "Synchronicity II" was the "No Surprises" of it's day.<br /><br />Ultimately, I was definitely glad I went to the show. Hell, the ticket price (approx. $58 with fees) alone was worth seeing Stewart Copeland work his madness. Having the incredible Elvis Costello as the opener didn't hurt one bit, either.<br /><br /><br /><b>TUESDAYS WITH LIZZY!</b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Just the Two of Us.mp3">"Just the Two of Us"</a> by <b>THIN LIZZY</b>:<br />Another Tuesday, another Lizzy jam, as promised. This one is a b-side from the <i>Black Rose</i> album. That's all you need to know.<br /><br /><br /><b>In other news tonight. . . </b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/01 S.F. Sorrow.mp3">"S.F. Sorrow"</a> by <b>S.F. SEALS</b><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/S.F. Sorrow Is Born.mp3">"S.F. Sorrow is Born"</a> by <b>THE PRETTY THINGS</b>:<br />Those paying close attention will know that I posted the original version of The Pretty Things' "S.F. Sorrow is Born" (presented again here tonight) a long time ago. I was pleased to have someone forward me the S.F. Seals' take on the track a few nights ago, as it's one of my favorite songs and has always seemed to me to be shamefully ignored. I really like the Seals' take on it, though they don't surpass the chugging psych-rock of the original. I have to give them points for taste, and credit for leaving no detail unexamined in their version.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/I Can Only Give You Everything.mp3">"I Can Only Give You Everything"</a> by <b>THEM</b>: <br />Man, Van Morrison had some pipes. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/monday/Decollage.mp3">"Décollage"</a> by <b>BALAYEURS DU DESERT</b>:<br />I've had this one going on repeat for days now. Hypnotic.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XXOOFhKF9qM&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XXOOFhKF9qM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-46123376508316042392008-06-03T17:00:00.006-05:002008-06-03T18:13:18.625-05:00"Crackers!", Thin Lizzy Tuesday, etc.<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/cracka.jpg" alt="cracka.jpg" /><br /><i>(Image nabbed from <a href="http://theppk.com/blog/2007/07/04/graham-crackers/">Post Punk Kitchen</a>)</i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Do Do Wap Is Strong in Here 2.mp3">"Do Do Wap is Strong in Here"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Little Child Runnin' Wild.MP3">"Little Child Runnin' Wild"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Get Down.MP3">"Get Down"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going To Go.mp3">"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go"</a> by CURTIS MAYFIELD: <br />Say what you will about Curtis Mayfield, but what you're sayin' better be good. Mayfield's intoning and screaming at the opening of "...Hell Below" is pretty much as in-your-face as Soul gets. Hearing "Do Do Wap" again after not hearing it for a year reminds me how much I miss my old DJ gig sometimes. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Sarah.mp3">"Sarah"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Sarah 2.mp3">"Sarah"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/09 Cowboy Song.mp3">"Cowboy Song (live)"</a> by THIN LIZZY: <br />That's right, adventures of Phil Lynott and Company continue here at Pimps of Gore, in what will pop up regularly (okay, more likely to be occasional) as Thin Lizzy Tuesday. Back when I used to frequent a blog called Kittytext, my love for the Lizzy blossomed because of that blogger's weekly posts on the band. I hope to convert a few of you on a semi-weekly basis as well. The two "Sarah" tracks posted here today are vastly different; the former is a mostly acoustic piano ballad, while the latter is bubbly, somewhat dated, and impossible not to enjoy. Lynott wrote the latter version with guitarist Gary Moore as an ode to Lynott's newborn daughter. Can you imagine your parents writing a song like this for/about you? Can you imagine having this to listen to after your dad is gone? Sometimes I'm a sentimental bastard. As a bonus, and as a tribute to my friend Brian who performed this song in live band karaoke the other night, I've added a live take of "Cowboy Song" from a concert in Philadelphia circa 1977.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Goner.mp3">"Goner"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Keep A Friend.mp3">"Keep a Friend"</a> by DR. DOG: <br />I figure since I'm already bringing up Thin Lizzy for the 400th time, I might as well keep being a repeating piece of shit and post a couple more Dr. Dog favorites. "Goner" is a mindblower, a goosebump inducing masterpiece that evokes (but never apes) everyone from Bowie to Queen to The Beatles. Both of tonight's songs are as good as anything Wilco has ever recorded. Dr. Dog deserve to be big. They've got a new album coming out next month, so keep your eyes peeled around these Internets for previews, etc. Check out <a href="http://www.drdogmusic.com/sounds.shtml">Dr. Dog's site</a> for half a dozen more downloads, news, etc.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Title And Registration 1.mp3">"Title and Registration"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Title and Registration.mp3">"Title and Registration (alt. version)"</a> by DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: <br />Since we're kind of rocking that mainstream radio "2 for Tuesday" vibe this evening, here are two versions of Death Cab for Cutie's "Title and Registration." The first version comes directly from the <i>Transatlanticism</i> album. I don't know much about the alternate take, but I can only guess it was an early mix of the song before some of the studio tinkering went into effect, and frankly did the song a disservice. I thought of posting a song from Death Cab's new album, but figured WebSheriff would come a knockin'. Hell with that.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-88891030188130920142008-05-30T08:43:00.003-05:002008-05-31T05:23:58.015-05:00There's only one girl in the world for you, and she probably lives in Tahiti.<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/eric.jpg" alt="eric.jpg" /><br /><br />Minimal chatter tonight. I've been staring at my screen for hours now. I just want to get this stuff out there to you.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/Whole Wide World.mp3">"Whole Wide World"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/Veronica.mp3">"Veronica"</a> by WRECKLESS ERIC: "Whole Wide World" is easily in the running for Top 100 Songs of All Time. Recorded for Stiff Records with Ian Dury and Nick Lowe as the backing band, it was pretty much the only hit for Wreckless Eric (Eric Goulden). It also acts as the backbone for one of the only memorable scenes in the quite boring Will Ferrell movie <i>Stranger Than Fiction</i>.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/Gobbledigook.mp3">"Gobbledigook"</a> by SIGUR ROS: Sigur Ros are playing, like, 3 shows in America on their upcoming tour. One of those shows is in my town, Omaha, NE, at a beautiful theater with great acoustics. Naturally, I will not be in town for this historic show. Fuckin' figures. Here's the first release off their upcoming album.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/Anna.mp3">"Anna"</a> by THE BEATLES: The other day I pretty much sealed up the remaining holes in my Beatles catalogue, and in doing so stumbled upon this fantastic Arthur Alexander cover (music geeks will recognize that name as the same man who wrote "Soldier of Love") from <i>Please Please Me</i>.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/Love Loves To Love Love.mp3">"Love Loves to Love Love"</a> by LULU: The number of songs I swear I've posted before, and then discover I never have, is epic, and this track is from that list. A mix tape staple for me from the early 2000's, this one was sampled by Fatboy Slim on an early single.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/The World Has Turned And Left Me Here.mp3">"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/friday/Holiday.mp3">"Holiday"</a> by WEEZER: I'm closing things out tonight with a couple of favorites from Weezer's debut "Blue" album, as a sort of response to my lack of desire to hear what the band might bring on their upcoming "Red" album. Of course, even back when this album came out and "Undone (The Sweater Song)" was becoming a massive hit, I was uninterested in hearing them until I won their album in a music trivia contest. It was "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" and "My Name is Jonas" that endeared me to them. Their songwriting took a leap forward with the darker, more personal follow-up <i>Pinkerton</i>, but Rivers Cuomo has retracted that sort of confessional writing and the band's music has, in my opinion, been in decline ever since.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-32258514576951227732008-05-28T05:22:00.002-05:002008-05-28T07:09:41.524-05:00Back upon the mended road, I pause. . .<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/Ella.jpg" alt="ella.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Ooo Baby Baby.mp3">"Ooo Baby Baby"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Savoy Truffle.mp3">"Savoy Truffle"</a> by ELLA FITZGERALD: It's pretty much indisputable that Ella was possibly the greatest jazz vocalist of all time. I like to imagine alien civilizations coming to Earth long after we've extinguished the human race and stumbling upon her rendtions of The Great American Songbook. If this is the only evidence they find of our existence, they will be rightfully fooled into thinking our culture was deep, luscious, delicate and advanced beyond words. Hell, I'd be happy to know they stumbled upon her 1969 album <i>Ella</i>, which features Fitzgerald covers of pop classics by the likes of Burt Bacharach, Harry Nilsson, The Beatles and Smokey Robinson. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/O Mexico.mp3">"O Mexico"</a> by DOSH: Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh (is that not one of the greatest fucking names EVER?) is an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist who is probably best known, for now, as Andrew Bird's percussionist of choice. "O Mexico" is from his 2006 album <i>The Lost Take</i>, and is pretty representative of the awesomeness to be found within its folds. Dosh's latest release, <i>Wolves and Wishes</i> came out a few weeks ago. While I haven't heard it yet, I just discovered its release on eMusic, so by the time I finish writing this post, it will be in my possession. Highly recommended. Learn more at <a href="http://www.doshfamily.com">Dosh's site</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Lilywhite.mp3">"Lilywhite"</a> by CAT STEVENS: Goddamn. How do I listen to Cat Stevens for decades and not stumble on a brilliant, beautiful song like "Lilywhite" until now? I guess that's the great thing about being a music fan. . . even the stuff you love can resurface and surprise you all over again.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Still in love with you.mp3">"Still in Love With You"</a> by THIN LIZZY: The more I listen to Thin Lizzy, the more I think they're going to have to become a monthly, if not weekly, feature here. So many good songs. So underrated. Beat me to the punch and go buy all their albums, or at least the <i>Vagabonds</i> boxed set. You will not be disappointed. Phil Lynott shares vocal duties here with Scottish singer/songwriter Frankie Miller.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/tuesday/Strawberry Fields Forever.mp3">"Straberry Fields Forever"</a> by NOEL HARRISON: Re-Pimped from <a href="http://ironleg.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/noel-harrison-strawberry-fields-forever/">the Iron Leg blog</a>.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-92114754047345496992008-04-02T20:43:00.003-05:002008-04-02T23:29:52.196-05:00"100 million people have been wrong before."<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/crowd.jpg" alt="crowd.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ouch/aimeemann.mp3">"Thirty One Today"</a> by AIMEE MANN: <i>Just added!</i> Had to toss this one into tonight's post after discovering an email from one of Mann's publicists announcing the release of this new track from Aimee's hilariously titled June album, <i>@#%&! SMILERS</i> (any guesses on the cuss word? "Motherfucking?"). While still mining somber subject matter on "Thirty One Today," Mann sounds absolutely bubbly this time around. <i>Smilers</i> is Mann's first album of original material since 2005's boxing themed <i>The Forgotten Arm</i> (I'm not counting her holiday album, obviously). I've already addressed both my crush on Mann (she was even in <i>The Big Lebowski</i>, for fuck's sake!) and her songwriting genius here before, so I'll just leave you with this, a <a href="http://www.aimeemann.com/">link to her website</a>, where you'll find all kinds of bio info, an extensive discography, and links to listen to some of her work.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ouch/Heart It Races (Architecture In Helsinki Cover).mp3">"Heart it Races"</a> by DR. DOG: Yeah, almost every post I've made this year references Dr. Dog. What of it, punk? Here's their oft-blogged cover or Architecture in Helsinki's "Heart it Races." I'm probably in the minority, but I think this version blows the original right off the map.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ouch/Elevator Love Letter.mp3">"Elevator Love Letter"</a> by STARS: Music has just been piling up on my hard drive for years now, and I have had little time to hear most of it, which leads to awesome moments like the other day when this song came on in my car. Hearing it spurred me to get back to posting here, and it took me three posts to finally get this one onlnine. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ouch/One Slight Wrong Move.mp3">"One Slight Wrong Move"</a> by ARCHERS OF LOAF: Speaking of random songs in my car, this Archers classic (from <i>White Trash Heroes</i>, their final hurrah) crept up from the depths on me this afternoon and kicked my entire boring day in the ass. So funky, so dissonant. It was also the perfect lead-in for what followed. . . <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ouch/Editions Of You.mp3">"Editions of You"</a> by ROXY MUSIC: I can attribute an entire decade delay in my love of Roxy Music to the father of a childhood friend, who constanly played "Love is the Drug" in his car when he was driving us anywhere. Since this guy's record collection consisted of a lot of Don Henley and Jimmy Buffett, I chalked RM up to being just another group of coked up assholes with no talent. I guess I was right about them probably being coked up, and probably being assholes, but 66% is still a failing grade in my book. (A few years ago, I had my brother in stitches when we pulled up next to a car blaring Jimmy Buffett and I leaned out to their open window and screamed, "BUFFETT CAN STUFF IT!" Fuck that guy.)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Sport.mp3">"Sport"</a> by LIGHTNIN ROD<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Superfly.MP3">"Superfly"</a> by CURITS MAYFIELD<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Egg Man (Demo).mp3">"Egg Man (demo)"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/egg man.mp3">"Egg Man"</a> by BEASTIE BOYS: The deconstruction/reconstruction of a hip-hop masterpiece. Of course, the Beastie Boys' classic "Egg Man" probably features dozens of other samples (including music from "Jaws"), but Lightnin Rod's "Sport" and Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" are the two pillars the rest of the song stands upon. The last book I read for recreation, before this semester got a grip on me, was the 33 1/3 series entry about the making of the B Boys' <i>Paul's Boutique</i>. I highly recommend it, even though it was dying for a footnote section listing as many possible samples used on the record as possible. If you're looking for more, do a Google search on The Beastie Collection compilation, which is packed with original songs sampled for that and a few other B Boys records.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ouch/There's A Wrinkle In Our Time.mp3">"There's a Wrinkle in Our Time"</a> by 1984: Sweet mother of fuck! There's a wrinkle in my duodenum, and it got there through the 1984-sized boot in my ass. <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/superfly1.jpg" alt="fly.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-7821649833366039862008-04-01T23:37:00.002-05:002008-04-02T00:09:12.245-05:00Ship of fools. . .<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/FOOL.jpg" alt="foo.jpg" /><br /><br />Get it? 'Cause it was April Fools Day? <br /><br />Is this thing on?<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/Like A Fool.mp3">"Like a Fool"</a> by SUPERCHUNK<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/I'm A Fool.mp3">"I'm a Fool"</a> by ETTA JAMES<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/Foolin'.mp3">"Foolin'"</a> by DEF LEPPARD<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/Foolish Fool.mp3">"Foolish Fool"</a> by DEE DEE WARWICK<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/What A Fool Believes Intro.mp3">"What a Fool Believes (Intro)"</a> from YACHT ROCK<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/What A Fool Believes.mp3">"What a Fool Believes"</a> by THE DOOBIE BROTHERS<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fooly/What A Fool Believes.mp3">"What a Fool Believes"</a> by SELF<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/You Were the Fool 2.mp3">"You Were the Fool"</a> by WEEN<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/Old Fools.mp3">"Old Fools"</a> by THE MAGNETIC FIELDS<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/fools/Fool's Life.mp3">"Fool's Life"</a> by DR. DOG<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/dunce.jpg" alt="foolio.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-60731957883756965832008-03-28T16:19:00.007-05:002008-03-28T23:49:51.614-05:00Coming up for air. . .<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/Shark2.jpg" alt="jump.jpg" /><br /><br />While I may be barely living, I assure you. . . I'm alive.<br /><br />Just a few more weeks until I get a break. I have to admit, a small part of me so dearly wants to put this blog to bed. Just a bullet to the back of the head, and then watch it drop into a watery grave. A larger part of me, unfortunately, can't deal with that ending.<br /><br />Thanks to anyone who still comes by here every once in a while to see if I'm still kicking. I know I'll never win a blog award behaving like this, but I hope you'll still think of me when you're jamming out to shit like this:<br /><br />"Consolers of the Lonely"<br />"Five On the Five" by THE RACONTEURS: Every Spring I search for -- NEED -- some kind of rock gem to help dig me out of the snow and the cold. The Raconteurs' <i>Consolers of the Lonely</i> is that very record. Even the acoustic numbers wind up packing a punch. Nothing groundbreaking, but another stellar album from Jack White, Brendan Benson and company. <br /><br /><b>UPDATE!!!</b> Raconteurs links removed by request of "Web Sheriff". Wow, for the first time in the history of Pimps of Gore, I've pissed off a record label. Although, I have to admit, they were pretty nice about it all. See Comments section for their note. Sorry folks, getcher Raconteurs tracks elsewhere!<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Why Do You Let Me Stay Here_.mp3">"Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Change Is Hard.mp3">"Change Is Hard"</a> by SHE & HIM: While I confess to an insane crush on Zooey Deschanel that dates as far back to her turn as the smart ass cosmetics clerk in <i>The Good Girl</i> (and of course, the sister in <i>Almost Famous</i>, I have to admit that this album, a collaboration with M. Ward, sideswiped me a bit. I tried to resist it, and then one afternoon a few days ago, that resistance was busted apart by the two songs presented here today. Ward and Deschanel cover a ton of ground in just over 36 minutes, including classic girl group pop, old school country and even a couple of decent covers of The Beatles and Smokey Robinson classics. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Lost Verses.mp3">"Lost Verses"</a> by SUN KIL MOON: From the newly released <i>April</i>, the first proper record from Mark Kozelek's post-Red House Painters band since the absolutely classic <i>Ghosts of the Great Highway</i> (really, that Modest Mouse covers album should have been considered a Kozelek joint, since it was so dominated by him and an acoustic guitar). There are so many songs from this album I wanted to share with you. . . the crushingly dark "Heron Blue," the Crazy Horse-ian "Tonight the Sky," the Will Oldham-backed "Unlit Hallway." It's a breezy, delicate and yet sometimes heavy work of art. "Lost Verses" pretty much captures it all, and I think you're gonna love that moment that comes at the 8 minute mark, when the fuzzy electric guitars butt in and make themselves known.<br /><br />In closing, here are a couple other favorite Kozelek tracks from a number of different projects throughout the years. I've posted about the dude a few times before, so I'll try to keep from repeating previous tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/All Mixed Up.mp3">"All Mixed Up"</a> (Cars cover, live in San Francisco, 2004)<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Dramamine.mp3">"Dramamine"</a> (Modest Mouse cover)<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Around and Around (w_Rachel Goswel).mp3">"Around and Around"</a> (John Denver cover, which I'm dedicating to my best friend Sarah P.)<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Michigan.mp3">"Michigan"</a> (live)<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Rock 'n' Roll Singer.mp3">"Rock 'n Roll Singer"</a> (AC/DC cover)<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Wop A Din Din (7 inch version).MP3">"Wop A Din Din"</a> (7-inch version)<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/liveblog/Drop.mp3">"Drop"</a><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/Zooey.jpg" alt="Z.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-61576374920075432302008-01-07T21:18:00.000-06:002008-01-14T23:44:35.967-06:002007: Favorites (plus, some ill Bill)<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/Sharon.jpg" alt="SJ.jpg" /><br /><br />It's strange, what sometimes inspires me to get my shit together and write on this blog. <br /><br />I've had my "Best of 2007" list of 10 made for well over a month now. Thing is, I'm not really a fan of "best of" lists. I'm especially not fond of -- if making such a list -- ranking a bunch of albums against each other. I think the old cliche of "it's like comparing apples and oranges" truly applies here, when you're talking about things like art, which should ideally be dealt with in as subjective a manner as possible. <br /><br />Who am I to say the ten albums on my list are <i>the absolute</i> "best" that came out in 2007? <br /><br />When I do make up such lists, I typically only do so by being prodded by some outside influence. I've written a couple for magazines over the years. I did one last year for a foreign website collecting Top Ten lists from as many music bloggers as possible. That turned out to be a decent read, actually.<br /><br />I did one this year because of a music newsgroup to which I'm subscribed. The guy who has taken over the duty of compiling the stats for the group's top 100 choices uses a point system to rank every member's submitted list. First place gets the most points, with a decreasing amount going from 2nd to 10th. <br /><br />This year, I wanted Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings' <i>100 Days, 100 Nights</i> to earn as many points as possible. Such a fantastic, timeless album. So, I submitted my list, which I intended to mirror here. <br /><br />Then, I got really lazy. I went home to visit the family. I took many naps. I drifted off for a while.<br /><br />What snapped me back, at least as far as this place is concerned, was what always snaps me back: hearing (or, in this case re-hearing) something magnificent. On that aforementioned music newsgroup, the subject of Bill Withers arose, and I got to once again spout off about how much I love the man and his music. As a bonus to my rant, I added links to four Withers songs, two of which I've posted before on Pimps, and two that I hadn't been struck by until a few nights ago. <br /><br />Those two songs:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/illbill/Hope She'll Be Happier.mp3">"Hope She'll be Happier"</a>: Wow. Just. . . crushing. This like soul music made by Radiohead or something. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/illbill/Don't You Want To Stay.mp3">"Don't You Want to Stay"</a>: "Hi, I'm Bill Withers, and I'm a fucking stone pimp." Much in the same way Wes Anderson initially wanted to use only music from The Kinks for the soundtrack to <i>Rushmore</i>, I want to make a dark indie comedy using only Bill Withers.<br /><br />With those two new favorites showing up in my headphones, I finally felt the inclination to complete that post on my favorite records of 2007. Not even including the dozens of great records I never even got to hear this year, the dozens of records I bought were virtually impossible to narrow down to ten. Just look at some of the stuff I had to leave out: Arcade Fire's <i>Neon Bible</i>! Aesop Rock's <i>None Shall Pass</i>! Andrew Bird's <i>Armchair Apocrypha</i>! Dethklok's <i>Dethalbum</i>! Feist's <i>The Reminder</i>! Plus, tons of others from the likes of Modest Mouse, The White Stripes, Matt Pond PA, Les Savy Fav, the Shout Out Louds, Pinback. . . even the soundtrack to <i>I'm Not There</i>. In any other year, all of these would be in contention for the top spots.<br /><br />Damn it all. Here's the ten I went with, no longer in any particular order:<br /><br /><b>Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings <i>100 Days, 100 Nights</i></b><br />Sharon Jones is for real. 100%. I made a mention of <i>100 Days</i> a couple of months ago (along with posting a couple of tracks), but it's probably a record I should have championed more at the time of its release. I've never prided myself on posting about the most currently released music. That's not what this site is for, and there are thousands of places to go if you're waiting to see what's next. This place is more reserved for the stuff that may have slipped through the cracks, or that just doesn't get discussed enough. Hopefully, 2008 will be Sharon Jones' year and I won't have to blog about her anymore because she'll be more popular than R Kelly. <br /><br />Since I already posted two tracks from this record, here's a bonus track from the digital version:<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/The Collection Song (Bonus Track).mp3">"The Collection Song"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Kings of Leon <i>Because of the Times</i></b><br />Maybe I didn't read enough music rags this past year, but this record seemed to get totally slept on. There seems to be an undercurrent of hipster hatred for these guys, which is funny, because a lot of the hatred seems to be aimed at the fact that they come off as hipsters. Why cut off your nose to spite your face? Me, I think it's pretty much the best thing they've done yet. "McFearless" (posted here previously) is absolutely one of the best songs of the year. (<i>What, now I'm speaking in absolutes?</i>)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/McFearless.mp3">"McFearless"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/True Love Way.mp3">"True Love Way"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Band of Horses <i>Cease to Begin</i></b><br />You get it at this point, I'm sure: I love Band of Horses. I practically dedicated an entire month to them here, so I'm not going to carry on too much more about this record. While I'm doing you the favor of brevity, let me also be sure to include a link to "Detlef Schrempf," the song I posted about but did not include in my rave review of <i>Cease</i> not so long ago. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Detlef Schrempf.mp3">"Detlef Schrempf"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Islands on the Coast.mp3">"Islands on the Coast"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Eddie Vedder <i>Into the Wild</i></b><br />Another album I've covered here already. The perfect soundtrack for the subject at hand, and an incredibly humane film by Sean Penn. The track I'm including tonight, "Guaranteed," which just last night won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, is actually two versions of the same song (the second take is instrumental, and comes after a chunk of silence following the vocal version). <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Guaranteed.mp3">"Guaranteed"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Wilco <i>Sky Blue Sky</i></b><br />While nowhere near my favorite Wilco album, <i>Sky</i> is still pretty stellar, and would probably be a career best for any other band besides Wilco. Hell, just writing something as delicate and poignant as "Either Way," "What Light," or "Impossible Germany" would be enough to get by. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Either Way 1.mp3">"Either Way"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/08 - Hate It Here.mp3">"Hate it Here"</a> (from bonus live DVD)<br /><br /><br /><b>Rogue Wave <i>Asleep at Heaven's Gate</i></b><br />I didn't see a lot of shows last year (school and work are pretty much devouring the hours of my life at a wicked pace), but one of the best times I had was at Rogue Wave's show at Omaha's Waiting Room on a quiet sunday night. While the turnout was disappointingly small, the band and the crowd were appreciative of each other's company. It felt really good to see drummer Pat Spurgeon smiling and playing his heart out after going through a second kidney transplant not long ago. It felt good to support a band full of obviously decent guys who came armed with an endless bag of hooks and harmony. <i>Asleep at Heaven's Gate</i> is, in my eyes, their third flawless record in a row.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Harmonium.mp3">"Harmonium"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Dr. Dog <i>We All Belong</i></b><br />I think to truly appreciate Philadelphia's Dr. Dog, you have to trick yourself into forgetting these guys are around right now. Imagine you're listening to a record that was made 35 to 40 years ago. It isn't hard to do, especially when the opening song on the record sounds like a mixture of The Band, Roxy Music and <i>Village Green</i>-era Kinks. Further exploration in the grooves of this album will net comparisons to Mercury Rev, The Beach Boys, Of Montreal, The Beatles. . . you know, all the best shit <i>ever</i>. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Alaska.mp3">"Alaska"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/I Hope There_s Love.mp3">"I Hope There's Love"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Radiohead <i>In Rainbows</i></b><br />Yeah, yeah, yeah. <i>Everyone</i> has this in his or her Top 10 this year. Well, there's a reason for that, sucka. Somehow, they made an organic record that sounds every bit as electronic and trippy as their past couple of albums. Radiohead allowed fans to pay whatever price they wished for the music (I paid about $8), but no matter what the cost, it was worth every penny. ("Bangers & Mash," included here, comes from the bonus disc, released with the deluxe version of <i>In Rainbows</i>.)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Jigsaw Falling Into Place.MP3">"Jigsaw Falling Into Place"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Bangers & Mash.mp3">"Bangers & Mash"</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Dinosaur Jr. <i>Beyond</i></b><br />The only thing more amazing than Lou Barlow and J. Mascis kissing and making up was the fact that they got the old Dinosaur Jr. back together and made an album that actually rocks just as much as any of their earliest stuff! Do you honestly think when Led Zeppelin finally get around to recording the expected "reunion album" that all reunited bands are expected to record, it's going to kick as much ass as anything on the first Zep album? Not bloodly likely, friend. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Crumble.mp3">"Crumble"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/This is All I Came to Do (Live).mp3">"This is All I Came to Do"</a> (J, in a live solo acoustic radio performance)<br /><br /><br /><b>The Shins <i>Wincing the Night Away</i></b><br />The album that time forgot. I almost left this on my list because it came out so near the start of 2007, but I spent a good chunk of the beginning of the year hypnotized by this record. I listened to it so much that I found an undeniable correlation between the ending guitar drone of "Turn on Me" and the post-extraneous-solo guitar of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper." Now that winter has struck Omaha, I've returned to this melancholy little gem. So many good songs on this record. The Smiths-ian "Australia." The <i>Sea Change</i>-era Beck sound of "Sea Legs." Any album that kicks off with something as uplifting as "Sleeping Lessons" can count on my vote. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/SeaLegs.mp3">"Sea Legs"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/2007/Nothing At All.mp3">"Nothing At All"</a> (bonus track)<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/kings.jpg" alt="kings.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-30030356473173771292007-12-31T21:04:00.000-06:002008-01-01T01:33:25.980-06:00"Stood Up" on New Years: RICK NELSON<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/ricky.jpg" alt="rick.jpg" /><br /><br />Well, since we're on the subject of early rock n' roll "teen" stars who definitely don't get the respect they deserve, let's talk for a moment about RICK(Y) NELSON. While this post may seem out of the blue, it's unfortunately quite timely. Unfortunate because it was 22 years and one day ago, December 31, 1985, when Rick Nelson died alongside his fiance and band in a plane crash on his way to a New Years Eve concert in Dallas, Texas. <br /><br />Rick Nelson's early career on his family's radio and television program (the massively popular <i>The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</i>) did nothing in the long run to help legitimize his music career. Nelson's musical performances on the television show did a great deal to bring rock n' roll into mainstream households and make the form palatable to conservative parents who may have been fretting where the younger generations obsessions were heading (remember, this was the generation who were frightened of Elvis's pelvis). <br /><br />Sadly, Nelson's boy-next-door persona and insane good looks would pigeonhole him as one of rock's first "teen idols." This, paired with the fact that his father refused to let Nelson peform any one of Ricky's dozens of hits on any other show but his own, put the figurative shackles on his musical career. <br /><br />It must have been perplexing for Nelson to deal with having so many hit singles and yet receiving little respect in his lifetime for being one of rock's earliest stars. While posthumous, his induction into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in its second ever induction (by John Fogerty) was a fitting tribute just a year after his death. Not long afterward, he was also inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Too little too late, perhaps, but respect is respect in my book.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/Stood Up.mp3">"Stood Up"</a>: <i>(Previously posted here in October 2005)</i> A staple of my old DJ sets, "Stood Up" was usually played as the last song of the night, as a little joke to all those sad bastards still hanging around the bar trying miserably to arrange that last-minute hook-up. If I owned a bar, this is how I'd announce closing time every single night. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/Travelin' Man.mp3">"Travelin' Man"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/Hello Mary Lou.mp3">"Hello Mary Lou"</a>: How many great singles did Nelson have? So many that "Hello Mary Lou" was the frigging b-side to "Travelin' Man," and both were massive hits!<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/Poor Little Fool.MP3">"Poor Little Fool"</a>: Written by Sharon Sheeley, the fiance of Eddie Cochran who - along with Gene Vincent - was one of the other passengers present in the car crash that would result in Cochran's death. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/I Will Follow You.MP3">"I Will Follow You"</a>: Originally recorded under the title "Chariot" by Petula Clark, and then covered as "I Will Follow Him" by 14 year old Little Peggy March, who had a #1 hit with the song the same year that Nelson recorded it, 1963.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/Lonesome Town.mp3">"Lonesome Town"</a>: Whether or not you'd like to admit it, appearing on a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack can go a long way to re-igniting interest in an artist's career. I probably wasn't 18 years old the first time I heard "Lonesome Town," but I'm pretty sure catching it on the <i>Pulp Fiction</i> soundtrack sparked a newfound interest in this guy I'd always assumed was as square as Pat Boone. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/Garden Party.mp3">"Garden Party"</a>: Nelson's biggest (only?) late-career hit, "Garden Party" tells the story of a concert in the early 70s where Nelson joined other rock legends at Madison Square Garden, and was booed after performing new material (some reports say he was covering a Rolling Stones song). While it later came to light that the audience was possibly booing some police officers in the crowd, Nelson took the incident quite personally, leaving the stage and later penning one of the biggest hits of his career. "It's all right now / I've learned my lesson well / You can't please everyone so you've got to please yourself."<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ricky/My Rifle, My Pony, and Me.mp3">"My Rifle, My Pony, and Me"</a> (with DEAN MARTIN): In what has to be one of the most pimp musical moments in celluloid history, crooner Martin joins up with Nelson for this classic little nugget of a country song, taken from the John Wayne movie <i>Rio Bravo</i>. <br /><br /><br />FOR MORE ON RICK(Y) NELSON:<br />- His <a href="http://www.ricknelson.com/indexold.html">official homepage</a> if pretty packed with info, trivia, merch and more. The gallery of old 45" picture sleeves is a particularly fun way to waste a few minutes. And if you've been confused at my usage of Rick and Ricky tonight, please note that his own site uses both names as well.<br />- A bunch of Nelson clips over at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ricky+nelson">YouTube</a><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/rick1.jpg" alt="rick2.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-18899318223660126482007-12-29T14:53:00.000-06:002007-12-29T23:39:12.189-06:00THE EVERLY BROTHERS - 50 years to my ears.<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/Ebro.jpg" alt="bro.jpg" /><br /><br />So, ever since posting their version of "Love Hurts" during my K-Dilly 70s streak a while back, I've been on a bit of an Everyly Brothers kick. Since a small handful of their albums just popped up on eMusic (and they've been running a $9.99 special on Booster Pack downloads this month), I spent the other day downloading pretty much everything they had available. <br /><br />I will sometimes read the user reviews for albums on eMusic to check out any recommended tracks, or to get fair warning from other users to make sure if these albums are the actual records or re-recorded versions of classic songs. It can be an annoying task, especially when someone ill-informed about the artist takes an opportunity to slag them. I remember once seeing a reviewer by the name of FartHead dis Creedence Clearwater Revival as hillbilly music, saying only "every doublewide needs a copy of this" and "yeeeeeehaaawwww" in his review.<br /><br />So fucking annoying. Similar to that were the comments from "ElectroJosh" regarding one of the Everly's fantastic albums, <i>Songs Our Daddy Taught Us</i>. States "ElectroJosh":<br /><br /><i>The look of these fellows on the album cover says it all. This is cheese in its purest form, and I'm lactose intolerant. This album is recommended for those who: missed the sexual revolution, are ashamed of the 1960's (and every decade since), never drank anything harder than Miller, complain about "kids today," and are still to this day afraid of the Soviet Union. If "Hee Haw" is too cutting edge in your eyes, this is the album for you!</i><br /><br />I checked out "ElectroJosh's" download history, and he seemed to have somewhat similar tastes to my own. So, what would possess him to go out of his way to review a record he obviously had never even heard? Had he listened to it, he would have seen that it's actually a pretty intense collection of classic early country songs and murder ballads. Had he known anything about the Everly's or their undeniable influence on rockabilly and early rock and roll (there's no doubt in my mind, based on their gorgeous harmony vocals alone, that "no Everly Brothers = no Beatles"), maybe he would have thought twice before hastily rapping his moronic rant out on his keyboard.<br /><br />Not that I lay too much value in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it's no mistake that the Everly Brothers were in the first round of inductees in 1986 (they were inducted by Neil Young). With an influence as far reaching on everyone from Gram Parsons to The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and Beck, they are, in my book, above mockery. Too bad you can't see it my way, ElectroJosh. Hope you enjoy that Dane Cook album you downloaded, though. Play that William Hung album much these days? Glad to see you know funny just about as well as you know your history. <br /><br />THE EVERLY BROTHERS:<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/All I Have To Do Is Dream.mp3">"All I Have to Do is Dream"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Bye Bye Love.mp3">"Bye Bye Love"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/When Will I Be Loved.mp3">"When Will I Be Loved"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Let It Be Me.mp3">"Let it Be Me"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Barbara Allen.mp3">"Barbara Allen"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Down In The Willow Garden.mp3">"Down in the Willow Garden"</a><br /><br />A SMATTERING OF COVERS:<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Sleepless Nights (w_Beck).mp3">"Sleepless Nights"</a> by BECK and EDDIE VEDDER<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Dream (All I Have To Do).mp3">"Dream (All I Have to Do)"</a> by R.E.M.<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/ebros/Man With The Money.mp3">"Man With the Money"</a> by THE WHO<br /><br />FOR MORE ON THE EVERLY BROTHERS:<br />- The official website of <a href="http://www.everlybrothers.com/">The Beehive</a>, the Everly Brothers fan club.<br />- Enjoy some streaming clips on the jukebox at <a href="http://www.everly.net/">Everly.net</a>.<br />- A ton of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFoIdxLBm_A">Everly clips at YouTube</a><br />- The Everlys at the <a href="http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-everly-brothers">Rock Hall of Fame</a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/Ebro2.jpg" alt="bro2.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-33769763236810101812007-12-15T21:10:00.000-06:002007-12-15T21:53:11.491-06:00CANON BLUE: Free EP!No time to post anything new tonight, but I am going to redirect your attention to some free music elsewhere on the interwebs.<br /><br />If you recall from a few months back, I posted a couple of songs from CANON BLUE's debut CD. At several thousands of downloads, those tracks went on to become a couple of the most downloaded songs in the history of Pimps of Gore, coming in only slightly behind a handful of Lee Hazelwood songs and a couple of 70s cock rock anthems from Mountain and Aerosmith (note to prospective bloggers: if you ever want to drive traffic to your site, include a lot of songs people might be too embarassed to buy with a credit card).<br /><br />Needless to say, I was definitely pleased with the response. I was even more pleased to find this email from Canon Blue's Daniel James in my email box a few days ago:<br /><br /><i>hi dylan!<br /><br />how are you man? i'm not sure if ever replied to your previous email</i> (editor's note: he had)<i>,<br />so if not im terribly sorry! i hope you are in good spirits and good<br />health.<br /><br />anyway, i just wanted to let you know that i'm giving away the new<br />canon blue ep 'halcyon' for free at this link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rumraket.com/music/Canon_Blue_Halcyon_EP.zip">CANON BLUE EP AT RUMRAKET.COM</a><br /><br />you can also hear some of the songs and see the art at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/canonblue">www.myspace.com/canonblue</a><br /><br />happy holidays!</i><br /><br />Thanks, Daniel. <br /><br />Okay, what are you guys still doing here? Go enjoy that EP. . .Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-29991964384763382332007-12-05T06:05:00.000-06:002007-12-05T08:00:15.877-06:00Pimpcast Volume 2: "They're Dying on the Dancefloor"<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/bikers.jpg" alt="bikers.jpg" /><br /><br />I was driving home from a long all-nighter of studying last week, and on the way back, my iPod decided that it wanted to join an LSD-fueled motorcycle gang. These songs are in exactly the order they popped up. The sole exception is the podcast closer, "In n' Out of Grace," which made the 'cast simply because when I think of biker gangs, that song automatically pops into my head. <br /><br />And now, the Podcast:<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/dec07/they're dying on the dancefloor.mp3">"They're Dying on the Dancefloor"</a><br /><br />Sunday (SONIC YOUTH)<br />Love's Lost Guarantee (ROGUE WAVE)<br />Transfiguration (SCREAMING TREES)<br />Outside My Door (CAN)<br />The Life I Live (Q'65)<br />Jumble, Jumble (THE WHITE STRIPES)<br />Starship - snippet (THE MC5<br />In n' Out of Grace (MUDHONEY)Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-15419116268454637602007-11-30T03:11:00.000-06:002007-11-30T13:45:25.984-06:00NOVEMBER - 34 Songs. . . Well. . . Now.<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/winter.jpg" alt="winter.jpg" /><br /><br />I'm in the middle of writing a paper and studying for finals, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to meet my deadline here. Get ready for it, y'all, because I'm just going to be puking music all over you tonight.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone who offered kind words, donations and bids on my Ebay auctions. I'm going to try and post a few more things next week after my tests are over. My auctions went incredibly well. . . just over $400 for about 18 items. That should definitely help.<br /><br />Anyway, enough about me. <br /><br />For those of you who don't like to read, tonight's going to be a treat for you. Sorry I don't have time to elaborate and pontificate. My mind is elsewhere. I'm going to be all over the map tonight. Folk. Punk. Hip-hop. All over the map. Let's get to it, eh? <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Ceremony.mp3">"Ceremony"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/The Headmaster Ritual.mp3">"The Headmaster Ritual"</a> by RADIOHEAD:<br /><i>(Thanks to Stereogum.com for posting these a few weeks ago.)</i> In case you missed it, Radiohead recently did a suprise online "gig" from their studio, apparently just for shits n' giggles. In between individual bandmembers DJing some of their favorite tracks and playing some nutty video footage, they performed a few new songs along with a couple of incredible covers as tributes to some classic British bands of old. The former track is a JOY DIVISION cover, while the latter is a classic by THE SMITHS. Oh, and in case you hadn't heard from just about every online media outlet under the digital sun, Radiohead's new album <i>In Rainbows</i> is awesome.<br /> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Civil War.mp3">"Civil War"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Trampoline.mp3">"Trampoline"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Stop.mp3">"Stop"</a> by JOE HENRY: <br />Joe Henry is an amazing songwriter who has a new album out, <i>Civilians</i>. "Civil War" is from that album, and is a blueprint for his style of songwriting: well written, typically dark songs with incisive lyrics that cut to the bone, no matter the topic. Dude writes some of the best breakup songs out there, and "Trampoline" (from the album with the same name) is one of those songs. "You once kissed me not to hear me speak / and loved me just so you could leave / every bit of life wrung out of me." Dude is like Raymond Carver with a guitar instead of a typewriter. I could have sworn I'd posted that one before, and the follow-up track, "Stop." Oh, he also happens to be Madonna's cousin. "Stop" might sound familiar to some of you because she wound up covering it and making it into a big old hit (and a massive paycheck for him). Naturally, his version rules.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/It's Only Life.mp3">"It's Only Life"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Let's Go.mp3">"Let's Go"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Dancing Barefoot.mp3">"Dancing Barefoot"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/paint it black.mp3">"Paint It, Black"</a> by by THE FEELIES:<br />Any loyal readers out there want to prove to me that I haven't posted these songs before? Because I could swear I had. Not having done so until this point is pretty criminal. What's also criminal is that The Feelies' records are out of print. Some awesome blogger out there posted their cover of PATTI SMITH's "Dancing Barefoot," which I bring you tonight, along with my two favorite original tracks and a second cover, THE ROLLING STONES' "Paint It, Black."<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Molly.mp3">"Molly"</a> by EUX AUTRES:<br />The Portland-via-Omaha brother/sister duo of Eux Autres have a new record, <i>Cold City</i>, coming out on Tuesday. I highly recommend it, especially to those of you who took a shining to their previous album or heard a couple of their tracks on Pimps of Gore last year. Out on Happy Birthday to Me Records, this album has the same great songwriting with more solid (but not too slick) production and a ton of great melodies. Plus, Nick and Heather are two of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, so rest assured your hard earned record dollars will be going into hands that deserve it, unlike Scott Stapp or Daughtry or some other lunkheaded dickweed. Not that your record dollars were headed there. . .<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/God's Zoo (Lyceum Live).mp3">"God's Zoo (Live)"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Moya (Lyceum Live).mp3">"Moya (Live)"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/The Snake.mp3">"The Snake"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Red Jesus.mp3">"Red Jesus"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Big Neon Glitter.mp3">"Big Neon Glitter (Live)"</a> by THE CULT:<br />Consider yourselves lucky; I was going to devote an entire week to some of the great, overlooked music by real-life Spinal Tap rockers The Cult, the first band I was truly obsessed with. When I was growing up, my brother gave me a copy of their classic <i>Love</i> album, and a copy of his cassette of the Rick Rubin-produced <i>Electric</i>. Those albums ignited a spark in me, and I turned into a voracious collector. One of my prized posessions was a tape of the band's debut album, <i>Dreamtime</i>, which featured an early concert at London's Lyceum theater as the b-side. The live album was pretty much unavailable anywhere until a few years ago, when Beggar's Banquet finally reissued it on CD. Regardless of anyone's opinion of their later work (the band pretty much became a punchline as their career progressed, with lead singer Ian Astbury going so far as briefly becoming the lead singer of the fucking Doors), their early shit is pretty great. That live album (where the first two songs come from) features several songs from the first Death Cult EP, and even a song from Astbury's previous goth-rock band, Southern Death Cult. I'm also including a couple of b-sides, the wild but a little too long "The Snake," and a later track that popped up on a single from the pretty awful <i>Ceremony</i> album. Probably should have stuck "Red Jesus" on the album, boys. Closing things out is an early radio performance of "Big Neon Glitter." <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Mother Sky.mp3">"Mother Sky"</a> by CAN:<br />If 15-minute psychedelic freak-outs aren't your thing, I definitely wouldn't rec' clicking this link. Also, if you're on heavy acid, you might want to avoid this, as it will make you think you can fly. If you like awesomeness, step right in. Plus, it's a great lead-in to. . .<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Reign [Anagram Mix feat. Ian Brown].mp3">"Reign (Anagram Mix)"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Unkle Featuring Ian Brown-Be There.mp3">"Be There"</a> by UNKLE with IAN BROWN:<br />Now, I'm positive I've posted "Be There" before, so don't be too quick to download if you've been a regulare here for a while. I'm merely re-posting it in conjunction with "Reign" to show just how badass it is when the former lead singer of the STONE ROSES gets together for a collaboration with James Lavelle's UNKLE project. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Guns Blazing.mp3">"Guns Blazing"</a> by UNKLE with KOOL G. RAP<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Streets Of New York.mp3">"Streets of New York"</a> by KOOL G. RAP AND DJ POLO:<br />Since we're on the subject of UNKLE, here's the opening track to <i>Psyence Fiction</i>, back when the extraordinary DJ Shadow was manning the wheels of steel. The song features one of my favorite old school rappers, Kool G. Rap.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Let's Start.mp3">"Let's Start"</a> by FELA KUTI with GINGER BAKER:<br />I could have sworn I'd downloaded this whole album from eMusic a few months back, but I don't see it anywhere on my external drive. Lamentable. . . looks like I'm going to have to DL it again, because it SMOKES. This is the concert opener, and if I'd seen this go down at a club, I probably would have fainted before it was over. Trust me, you'll probably be sweating -- or wishing you were doing something that would make you sweat (wink, wink) -- by the halfway point. Unreal.<br /> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/You Never Knew (Domino Remix).mp3">"You Never Knew (Domino Remix)"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/The Who(DJ Kool EQ Mix).MP3">"The Who (DJ Kool EQ Mix)"</a> by HIEROGLYPHICS:<br />How do I make a jump from The Feelies to these guys in the same post? I have no idea. That's just the way my mind is working tonight. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Nobody.mp3">"Nobody"</a> by HODGES, JAMES, SMITH and CRAWFORD:<br />Ripped from the vinyl-only 2 LP release of DAVID HOLMES' <i>Come Get It I Got It</i>, which features the unmixed versions of songs from his DJ-mix album of the same name. Sexy.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Be Easy.mp3">"Be Easy"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Let Them Knock.mp3">"Let Them Knock"</a> by SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS:<br />If this were 40 years ago, I wouldn't have to tell anyone that Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings new album <i>100 Days, 100 Nights</i> is a monster. You'd already know. You'd be all like, "No shit it's awesome. She's the queen of soul." Instead, it's 2007 and Sharon Jones is not (yet) a household name. Get this album. Get this album for your parents for Christmas. Just don't ask them what they do when they listen to it, cuz you do NOT want to know.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Rock Your Body.mp3">"Rock Your Body"</a> by SHAWN LEE's PING PONG ORCHESTRA:<br />Trick your friends. Tell them that Justin Timberlake's hit is actually a cover of this track, and that it originally came out in the late 1970s. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/God Gave Rock N Roll To Us.mp3">"God Gave Rock N Roll To Us"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/So So Sick.mp3">"So So Sick"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/so sick.mp3">"So Sick"</a> by UNREST:<br />I'm not quite sure whether Unrest is making fun of the KISS (who had a minor hit with their cover of this ARGENT song) version, paying tribute to the original, or taking themselves seriously here. I don't care. It's a great take on a pretty bad song. The latter track is an alternate version of "So Sick," which appeared on the <i>B.P.M.</i> compilation, and was my first exposure to these long lost indie darlings. Closing things out is the original version of the track, so you can decide for yourself which one you like better.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/One True Vine.mp3">"One True Vine"</a> by WILCO:<br />So, let's be honest: I may never get my "Tweedy 100" back in the air any time soon. Hell, I may not even be doing this blog in a month or two. Let's just enjoy the Wilco I can provide while we're all here to share it, okay? This one's off the <i>Sky Blue Sky</i> bonus EP. <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Follow if You Can.mp3">"Follow if You Can"</a> by WE ALL TOGETHER:<br />Yeah, I posted this about two years ago. I'm doing it again. Skip it, or enjoy it for the first time. I've got work to do.<br /> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/My Name Is Jonas.mp3">"My Name is Jonas"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07c/Say It Ain't So.mp3">"Say It Ain't So"</a> by WEEZER:<br />I'm just finishing things off tonight with these two tracks because <i>Guitar Hero 3</i> and <i>Rock Band</i> just recently reminded me of how awesome Weezer once were.<br /><br />Goodnight.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-67417051237564885042007-11-13T02:12:00.000-06:002007-11-13T03:32:27.875-06:00NOVEMBER - 39 Songs in 18 Days<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/griff.jpg" alt="profgriff.jpg" /><br /><br />Well, the liquidation of my LP collection has begun. Putting shit up on Ebay is such a long, laborious process. I usually run out of steam after putting up about 3 or 4 items a night (and that's really all I have time for right now, anyway). <br /><br />As of right now, I've got up the first three rare, early Cursive 7" singles, a super-rare Pearl Jam Christmas fan club 7" from 1994 (and the limited edition "Wishlist" 7"), a Weezer 10", a never-released-in-stores Beastie Boys jukebox single, an out-of-print Uncle Tupelo clear vinyl 7", and a British import 2 DVD <i>Old Grey Whistle Test</i> set. I'm going to try and add 2 to 4 items every day over the next couple of weeks. If you're looking for some cool Christmas gifts, or if you'd like to help me do cool stuff like pay my medical bills or fly to see my nephews for Christmas, any help would be appreciated. (Of course, straight donations to my Paypal account are always welcome, and I'd be sure to send you a care package full of all kinds of cool stuff.) Who knows, you might even keep this site from bankruptcy.<br /><br /><a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkinks541">CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT I'M PEDDLING!</a><br /><br />As for what I'm peddling on this site, here you go. Another short one tonight. . . <br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/I Got You.mp3">"I Got You"</a> by ROGUE WAVE<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07b/I Got You.mp3">"I Got You"</a> by PEARL JAM<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07b/IGotYouSE.mp3">"I Got You"</a> by SPLIT ENZ<br /><br />Rogue Wave and Pearl Jam both doing drastically different live takes on one of my favorite '80s numbers from New Zealand brothers Neil and Tim Finn. The Pearl Jam one sticks closest to the original, with just a wee extra dose of testosterone, while the Rogue Wave number, performed just a few weeks ago at a radio station I can't at the moment recall, taps into the foreboding nature of the original single. All three are pretty choice, in my book. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07b/Too Many People.mp3">"Too Many People"</a> <br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07b/Dear Boy.mp3">"Dear Boy"</a> by PAUL McCARTNEY:<br /><br />I'm sure my love of Paul McCartney has been stressed enough to my readership at this point. I even wrote a recent column in the now defunct Philadelphia magazine PLAY about my favorite Macca solo albums, including the vastly underrated <i>Ram</i>. Of the two songs from that album featured here tonight, the first is a not-too-thinly veiled stab at former songwriter partner and friend John Lennon. I get chills at the part in "Too Many People" where McCartney intones, "That was your first mistake / You took your lucky break / and broke it in two. / Now what can be done for you?" The seemingly always friendly Beatle is pissed! The latter track, "Dear Boy," would be the most Beatle-esque non-Beatles song ever if <i>Ram</i> didn't already contain "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey." Lennon felt "Dear Boy" was also an attack on him, when, according to Wikipedia, it was really directed toward Linda McCartney's ex-husband. <br /><br /><i>Don't you want these poor kids to see their Uncle Dylan for Christmas?</i><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/nateliam.jpg" alt="nateliam.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-4076165151217942422007-11-10T02:27:00.000-06:002007-11-10T03:09:38.382-06:00NOVEMBER - 41 Songs in 21 Days<img src="http://rillek.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/death-proof.jpg" alt="deathproof.jpg" /><br /><br />Just a quick couple of songs tonight, both from the newly released DVD of Quentin Tarantino's <i>Death Proof</i>. Those of you who bought the soundtrack way back when the movie, which was part of a brilliant double feature called <i>Grindhouse</i> that also featured director Robert Rodriguez's <i>Planet Terror</i> (a note-perfect tribute to the horror films of George Romero and John Carpenter), probably wondered why these two songs appeared on the CD when they were not in the theatrical release of the film.<br /><br />When Tarantino released <i>Death Proof</i> to international audiences (whom were robbed of the joyous experience of seeing two movies for the price of one), the excised scenes that featured tonight's tracks were restored. The first, "Down in Mexico" by THE COASTERS, plays over the teased but never revealed (in the U.S., at least) lap dance that Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike character receives from one of the women he stalks at the beginning of the film. Tarantino's decision to cut this scene is lamentable, as it's one of the better directed and more electrifying scenes in the movie. Plus, the look on Russell's face is pretty priceless. <br /><br />The second track, Willy DeVille's "It's So Easy," roars from Stuntman Mike's car at the beginning of the movie's second act, as Russell makes the mistake of sizing up a second group of females for his next kill. From the moment you hear the song in the movie, you want it blaring out of your own car stereo. While I can't promise you'll get a lap dance from Vanessa Ferlito with the first song, I can at least provide you with the same thrill on the DeVille number.<br /><br /><b>THE COASTERS</b><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/DownInMexico.mp3">"Down in Mexico"</a><br /><br /><b>WILLY DEVILLE</b><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/It'sSoEasy.mp3">"It's So Easy"</a><br /><br /><br />MORE ON TONIGHT'S ARTISTS:<br />- Willy DeVille was the frontman for late 70s NYC punkers Mink DeVille. He has released a bunch of solo albums, and somewhere in there even wrote and recorded the theme song to <i>The Princess Bride</i>. This will be all the more bizarre when you listen to "It's So Easy." I can only imagine Tarantino first heard "Easy" on the soundtrack to the Al Paciono film, <i>Cruising</i>. Learn more at <a href="http://www.willydevillemusic.com/">his official homepage</a>, or at this informative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_DeVille">Wikipedia entry on DeVille</a>.<br /><br />- The Coasters. . . well, they're just a bunch of fuckin' pimps. Try and tell me that "Down in Mexico," the R&B group's first single, sounds like it came out in 1956. If I hadn't looked it up myself (and known that the band didn't make it long into the 70's), I would have guessed it was far more contemporary. Among many other hits, The Coasters were responsible for "Charlie Brown," "Yakkity Yak," and "Poison Ivy." Learn more <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/">here</a>.Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-79562760088875966812007-11-05T10:54:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:25:26.290-06:00NOVEMBER - 60 Songs in 30 Days (v3)<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/danelectro.jpg" alt="danelectro.jpg" /><br /><br />Regular readers know the drill: November is the month where I strive to post 2 songs for every day in the month. That doesn't mean I'll be on here on a daily basis, but I will be holding to that rule, regardless of whether I post 2 times or 20 times this month (looking at my post history, let's just be honest and say it'll probably be closer to 2 than 20). <br /><br />I might focus on one artist one day, and a whole assemblage of tracks the next. There's not really a lot of rhyme or reason to it, just a massive delgue of music for you to sort through. <br /><br />I have to be honest: I'm a little unsure about the future of Pimps of Gore right now. I just got my renewal notice from my web host, and since I've been operating this site out of my own pocket for years (aside from the help of a couple of friends, and one reader who donated money once, way back when I tired to have a Paypal link here), the "returns" seem more and more diminishing each year. Between my doctor's bills, my school debt, my other debts, and my lack of free time these days, the idea of keeping this thing going has become a little illogical (and a lot counterproductive) lately. <br /><br />With my debt mounting, I've been eyeballing my record collection and have considered a massive Ebay clearance in attempt to raise some money. I've also been considering creating a spreadsheet or document with everything I'm selling and maybe sending it along to interested parties. I'm going to start work on that in the coming weeks, so please feel free to let me know if you'd like to do some record shopping. I'll try to keep the prices fair, but if there's something rare that I might be able to auction on Ebay, I'm just going to be honest and price it at the "market value." Not a whole lot of CDs, probably a few hundred records, and some DVDs will be in the mix.<br /><br />Anyway, the free tunes will keep coming for the next couple of months, at least. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Society.mp3">"Society"</a> by EDDIE VEDDER<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Hard Sun.mp3">"Hard Sun"</a> by INDIO<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Bee Girl (Electric Version) 2.mp3">"Bee Girl"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Sheraton Gibson.mp3">"Sheraton Gibson"</a> by EDDIE VEDDER<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Tonight You Belong To Me [Live in Portland 12 Aug 2006].mp3">"Tonight You Belong to Me"</a> by EDDIE VEDDER w/JANET WEISS<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Tonight You Belong To Me 2.mp3">"Tonight You Belong to Me"</a> by MEREDITH LOUISE MILLER:<br /><br />To wear my heart on my sleeve for a moment, I have to say that I was profoundly moved by <i>Into the Wild</i>, Sean Penn's film adaptation of John Krakauer's incredible nonfiction book about a young man's tragic journey into -- well -- the wild, in Alaska. I'm not going to get into an entire movie review here, but I thought it was one of the most humane and beautiful films I've probably ever seen, and would highly recommend it, especially to anyone who may have entertained the thought, at any time in their life, of disappearing off of "the grid" and leaving everything they know behind them. I know, as a college kid, I pondered the idea myself more than a few times, and Krakauer's book was a monumental reminder to me that, as Christopher McCandless discovered, happiness is meaningless if you can't share it with anyone. <br /><br />I think Penn made a pretty wise choice in peppering the film with music written especially for the film by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. Even Vedder haters might agree, because he seems the perfect voice as the internal monologue -- and possibly the Greek chorus -- for this incredibly ernest and idealistic young man, who lived his life, and measured all others, by a strict moral code. "Society" is from the soundtrack to <i>Into the Wild</i>, and sums up better than any other song the character and motivation of McCandless. I would not be surprised if we see Vedder performing this song at the Oscars this year. <br /><br />One of the highlights from that soundtrack is Vedder's cover (paired with backing vocals from SLEATER KINNEY's Corin Tucker) of INDIO's "Hard Sun." I'm posting the original, which reportedly features backing vocals from Joni Mitchell, here this afternoon. Vedder and Pearl Jam's history with Sleater Kinney goes way back (I've even theorized that SK's bombastic, stadium-rock-sized <i>The Woods</i> may have been influenced by their long tour as openers for PJ in the year or two prior to the making of that record), and it's only appropriate that Vedder popped in at SK's final show on August 12 of last year, performing "Tonight You Belong to Me" with drummer Janet Weiss. <br /><br />I've always loved "Tonight You Belong to Me," a song which I first heard in the Steve Martin film <i>The Jerk</i>, in one of that movie's most quiet and sweet moments, performed on beach between Martin and the adoreable Bernadette Peters. While I couldn't locate that version, I'm including another take of it from Meredith Louise Miller.<br /><br />The two other Vedder solo tracks, "Bee Girl" and "Sheraton Gibson," are alternately a rare Pearl Jam track about the little girl who appeared in the BLIND MELON "No Rain" video, and a Pete Townsend cover from a 1994 tribute concert. While the latter isn't the best live recording, it still makes for a fun listen.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/bobbyd/Goin' To Acapulco.mp3">"Goin' to Acapulco"</a> by JIM JAMES AND CALEXICO<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/bobbyd/Simple Twist Of Fate.mp3">"Simple Twist of Fate"</a> by JEFF TWEEDY<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/bobbyd/Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.mp3">"Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again"</a> by CAT POWER<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/dylanb/Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again.mp3">"Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/dylanb/Simple Twist Of Fate 1.MP3">"Simple Twist of Fate"</a> by BOB DYLAN:<br /><br />Speaking of movie soundtracks, the FUCKING STELLAR soundtrack to <i>I'm Not There</i>, Todd Haynes nutty Dylan semi-biopic featuring a handful of actors playing Dylan at different stages in his career, was just released last week. It's a bargain at any price, but I got my copy of it from iTunes for less than $15. . . not too shabby for 37 songs (the iTunes version includes 3 bonus tracks) by an incredible list of artists that includes the likes of Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson, Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus, Tom Verlaine, John Doe, Yo La Tengo, Sufjan Stevens, and tonight's three artists, who all contribute incredible covers of classic and somewhat obscure Dylan songs.<br /><br />I'm just going to say it right here: Chan Marshall, I love you. Call me. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Just Keep Walking.mp3">"Just Keep Walking"</a> by INXS:<br /><br />I know I've posted on here many times before that I think even some of the most wack artists can pull out a great song (which is why I think it's important to reserve the word "sucks" for bands that truly, truly suck, like Creed). This INXS song, from the band's self-titled debut (although this comes from an early compilation called <i>INXSive</i>) is further proof of my theory. A nice rip of that whole Adam Ant/Gang of Four postpunk sound, and not something you'd expect from a band that would go on to become so corny that they'd replace their dead lead singer with an Elvis impersonator.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Magdalene Lane.mp3">"Magdalene Lane"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Castles In The Air.mp3">"Castles in the Air"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Crying.mp3">"Crying"</a><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Till Tomorrow.mp3">"Till Tomorrow"</a> by DON McLEAN<br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07b/Crying.mp3">"Crying"</a> by WAYLON JENNINGS:<br /><br />Speaking of artists considered corny, Don McLean has been done no favors by being know as that "American Pie"/"Vincent" dude. He inspired the poem that inspired Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly," so he can't be all bad, right? "Magdalene Lane" is, in my eyes, his true masterpiece, a harsh indictment on Los Angeles, Hollywood, and the movie industry's tendency to chew up and spit out young stars. More specifically, McLean tackles the tragic story of Judy Garland ("The Wizard brought benzadrine smiles / and he never let Dorothy doze"), who abused pills and alcohol and died at age 47 from an overrdose of barbituates. McLean's song is absolutely scathing. <br /><br />I once won a Delaware radio station contest where entrants were asked to rewrite the lyrics to "American Pie" and update them to speak to today's music industry. McLean picked the winner, and I was truly honored, but was going to be out of town for the concert and wound up calling the station to ask them to give my prize of going to the show and meeting McLean backstage to the second place entrant. A truly regretful loss on my part, because I would have begged him to perform "Magdalene Lane," or, at the very least, "Till Tomorrow," one of my other favorite songs of his, and one that broke my heart at such an early age that, like The Beatles' "Yesterday," it was a revalation to my young mind that a song could make me so sad. I remember being in love with a girl in elementary school and making her a tape by the time we were "graduating" from junior high that included this song. <br /><br />Another of those songs that made me aware of music's power to break my heart at an early age was Roy Orbison's "Crying," covered here by McClean, and alternately by country legend Waylon Jennings.<br /><br /><b>PIMP-strumentals:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Zaratozom.mp3">"Zaratozom"</a> by GOBLIN:<br /><br />I finally had the pleasure of sitting down before Halloween and watching the <i>Dawn of the Dead</i> DVD boxed set I purchased a while back, which features several different versions of the movie and includes the Dario Argento edited European version. Trimmed down from Romero's longer version, Argento's cuts to the chase and works more like an action/horror movie. It also features the entire Goblin-recorded soundtrack (Romero's used a couple of the band's songs). "Zaratozom" is a charging little rocker that really sets a fire under the scenes where the biker gang stroms their way into the mall. Good stuff.<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/nov07/Danelectro 2.mp3">"Danelectro 2"</a> by YO LA TENGO:<br /><br />A gorgeous, simple and sleepy instrumental from one of my favorite bands, and a fine tribute to the guitar(s) for which the song is named. And a nice way to close things out this afternoon. See you around. <br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/intothewild.jpg" alt="wild.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925901.post-5763209009720231832007-10-28T23:31:00.000-05:002007-10-29T07:30:27.480-05:00A Satisfied Mind: R.I.P PORTER WAGONER<img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/wagon2.jpg" alt="wagon.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/wagon/Sorrow On The Rocks.mp3">"Sorrow on the Rocks"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/wagon/Eat, Drink And Be Merry.mp3">"Eat, Drink and Be Merry"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/wagon/Family Bible.mp3">"Family Bible"</a> (Porter Wagoner w/Willie Nelson)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/wagon/What Would You Do If Jesus Came To Your House.mp3">"What Would You Do if Jesus Came to Your House"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/wagon/A Satisfied Mind.mp3">"A Satisfied Mind"</a> (Later recording)<br /><br /><a href="http://pimpsofgore.com/wagon/Satisfied Mind.mp3">"A Satisfied Mind"</a> (Original single version)<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://pimpsofgore.com/untitled/wagon.jpg" alt="wagon.jpg" />Dylan Gaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00450496248701505386noreply@blogger.com2