What are the kids listening to today?
I meant to tell folks on this list this cute story awhile ago... I was visiting my brother, sister-in-law and six year old nephew last Christmastime and I brought my guitar along and was strumming a few tunes. My nephew hasn't been exposed to too much music yet - sure, he loves the space ghost records (who doesn't), but my brother and sister-in-law don't play too much music around the house. Anyway, I was strumming and playing a Dylan tune, a Neil Young tune, Gram Parsons, Husker Du, Woodie Guthrie, whatever. My nephew liked it, but then I played one song which he started getting up and dancing around to asking me to play it again and again and again. It was the Bottlerockets 1000 Dollar Car. He just loved it - he sang it the next morning to his parents and only wanted me to play that song. Then later that week there was one other song he jumped around too and loved it almost as much as Thousand dollar car - it was The BottleRockets Welfare Music. This kid knows what he likes so I finally bought him his first rock and roll cd - you KNOW which it was - It hasn't arrived so I don't know what he thinks of it, but I can guess! A kid who will join this list one day :-) keep dancing, -ldk
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Then later that week there was one other song he jumped around too and loved it almost as much as Thousand dollar car - it was The BottleRockets Welfare Music. This kid knows what he likes so I finally bought him his first rock and roll cd There's something about the BoRox that's so damn simple, basic and catchy that kids love 'em. My two boys (8 4) go wild over 'em, so wild that I've sworn that if they ever do an instore or some other gig in Philly that's not a smoky bar at midnight, I'm going to take my 8-yr-old to see them. Every time he finds out I'm going to see them, he asks with a sad look on his face, "Is this another place you have to be 21 to get into?" So if any of you Doolittle folk on this list wanna schedule a Philly instore next time they're in town, there'll be at least 2 of us there. :) Steve Kirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then later that week there was one other song he jumped around too and loved it almost as much as Thousand dollar car - it was The BottleRockets Welfare Music. This kid knows what he likes so I finally bought him his first rock and roll cd There's something about the BoRox that's so damn simple, basic and catchy that kids love 'em. My two boys (8 4) go wild over 'em, so wild that I've sworn that if they ever do an instore or some other gig in Philly that's not a smoky bar at midnight, I'm going to take my 8-yr-old to see them. Every time he finds out I'm going to see them, he asks with a sad look on his face, "Is this another place you have to be 21 to get into?" So if any of you Doolittle folk on this list wanna schedule a Philly instore next time they're in town, there'll be at least 2 of us there. :) I caught em at an in-store and it was great. The place was full of kids in the 2-12 range and they loved em. Its the music of course, although the appearance of Henneman and Parr (especially) on the day after the big rock show of the night before is also probably pretty mezmerizing to a kid. g Stuart np: Earle/McCoury This might get to listening to bluegrass again. btw. anyone know what Buddy Miller is up to?
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Anyway, I was strumming and playing a Dylan tune, a Neil Young tune, Gram Parsons, Husker Du, Woodie Guthrie, whatever. One of the things is not like the other. Ain't it cool that Husker Du can be lumped in with these others? That's what No Depression means to me. I think. NW
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There's something about the BoRox that's so damn simple, basic and catchy that kids love 'em. Uh, my four year old is in the other room singing "Kit Kat Clock." Forget Barney and them Teletubbies, give the BoRox their own PBS morning show!
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Some guy named Neal wrote: Anyway, I was strumming and playing a Dylan tune, a Neil Young tune, Gram Parsons, Husker Du, Woodie Guthrie, whatever. One of the things is not like the other. Ain't it cool that Husker Du can be lumped in with these others? That's what No Depression means to me. I think. Exactly. The Husker stuff works quite well stripped down to the basics. A friend of mine used to throw picking parties full of the kinds of people who give folk a bad name -- lots of guys playing bad versions of Blackbird and The Weight. I used to love playing stuff like Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely. Dave, who once played some 80s indie rock classics on his living room floor with some guy named Neal *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote: Exactly. The Husker stuff works quite well stripped down to the basics ... snip ... I used to love playing stuff like Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely. I always have thought that if a song is a great song it should still work on just a bare acoustic guitar. The only exceptions are songs that are really better done on a bare acoustic piano. The Huskers were once upon a time some pretty good songwriters, and that's why I'd bet you could play a Huskers song in the middle of songs by Dylan, Woody, Neil Young and so on and if you didnt know the song you'd never guess. Will Miner Denver, CO
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Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 26-Mar-99 Re: What are the kids liste.. by Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Huskers were once upon a time some pretty good songwriters, and that's why I'd bet you could play a Huskers song in the middle of songs by Dylan, Woody, Neil Young and so on and if you didnt know the song you'd never guess Another plus for the Huskers is that Grant Hart's songs (like Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely) are both catchy and relatively simple to play. Oftentimes he'd use no more than four chords. Dunno that the "if a song is a great song it should still work on just a bare acoustic guitar" rule is a universal one, though I agree with it much of the time. Aside from LL Cool J's amazing acoustic rendition of "Mama Said Knock You Out", there aren't a whole lot of hiphop songs that would sound good on acoustic guitar. Carl Z.
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Speaking of LL Cool J accoustic hip hop songs, another good one: Luka Bloom's version of "I Need Love" -Original Message- From: Carl Abraham Zimring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 1:58 PM To: passenger side Subject: Re: What are the kids listening to today? Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: Dunno that the "if a song is a great song it should still work on just a bare acoustic guitar" rule is a universal one, though I agree with it much of the time. Aside from LL Cool J's amazing acoustic rendition of "Mama Said Knock You Out", there aren't a whole lot of hiphop songs that would sound good on acoustic guitar. Carl Z.
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote: Dunno that the "if a song is a great song it should still work on just a bare acoustic guitar" rule is a universal one, though I agree with it much of the time. Aside from LL Cool J's amazing acoustic rendition of "Mama Said Knock You Out", there aren't a whole lot of hiphop songs that would sound good on acoustic guitar. Well, and I did mean to make a distinction between "a great song" and "a great record." A lot of great records are made with what are otherwise weak songs or songs not at all. Probably a lot of hip-hop would fall into that category because the medium isnt based around songs so much as a kind of aural graffiti art. Still, it works a lot of times you wouldnt expect. For example, I have a CD single of the Fugees' "Vocab," which consists of about six versions of the song, one of which is acoustic; that's the best version, I think. I can also imagine getting away with bluesy versions of "Fight the Power" or "The Message," to name a couple off the top of my head. Will Miner Denver, CO
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In a message dated 3/26/99 8:22:47 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Still, it works a lot of times you wouldnt expect. For example, I have a CD single of the Fugees' "Vocab," which consists of about six versions of the song, one of which is acoustic; that's the best version, I think. I can also imagine getting away with bluesy versions of "Fight the Power" or "The Message," to name a couple off the top of my head. Dionne Farris did an acoustic version of her hit "I Know" that was pure acoustic funky soul. There is a videotape of Seal doing acoustic versions of some of the dance songs from his first album, and many of his CD singles have acoustic versions of his hits in addition to non-album tracks. I can't think of a single one that doesn't work amazingly well in that arrangement. Of course, I think Seal rules, so I may be biased. Seal, I mean Slim
