Bart – Hits the ground running. A Punk Rock version of “These Boots Are Made For Walking”. Definitely early enough that it’s not a modern “do in a style” cover – more like Sid Vicious’s “My Way”. Back when Punk was more of a personal statement, rather than a style. Pure Hell – “These Boots Are Made For Walking”. Great a legendary group I wasn’t really familiar with and has that cathartic I don’t give a fuck attitude I desire in my Punk Rock!
Peter – St. Vincent & Dua Lipa – “St. Vincent & Dua Lipa | Masseduction / One Kiss | 2019 GRAMMYs” – Not really feeling this musically. The performance seems to be the thing and relying on overall hotness of the two artists, but I can’t tell if it is a medley of 2 songs or a collaborative song that they released together? Is it something for the Grammy’s or an album track they were supporting? I’ve tried to get into St. Vincent a lot, they have all the elements of many musics I like, but nothing I’ve heard has ever hit home for me. Dua Lipa I’ve heard a lot about but this performance was dull and predictable. I do enjoy some dance music but generally this feels low on creativity, because of the electronic building of the sound. My 4th grade student came up with something DJ/Electronic more compelling using Soundtrap the other day. For me it then comes down to the voice, or the lyrics, for the inspiration and neither of these are particularly strong for me here.
Dan – The “Nina Never Knew” Trilogy – Sauter-Finnegan (1952), “Nina Never Knew” (1968) Frankie Carle with Georgie Auld and Dick Nash & an Eddie Lockjaw Davis version. I recently grabbed a Sauter-Finnegan collection, I am a huge fan of Stan Getz’s “Focus” album with beautiful arrangements by Eddie Sauter, so I wanted to explore. And the collection has beautiful Pop Orchestral arrangements but then this weird ass song popped up. The lyrics are rough, the vocal group is very kitschy, but something I am interested in and I wondered where did this song arrive from? It felt like a Musical, or Movie, track with a sneaky melody but specific enough lyrics that it wouldn’t really become a hit.
When I went looking I found the Frankie Carle track which seems a direct homage to the Sauter-Finnegan version (some of the same players and why else would this song, popular in 1952, be rediscovered in 1968).
And then I found a version with a direction similar to where I would take it, the Lockjaw version from 1966. I have the same questions but I do hear this melody as very catchy without the lyrics so I can imagine a songster like Lockjaw plucking a tune from the air and turning it into something hot and cool.
Travis – Again with the fasten your seatbelts… Something cylindrical, but not so intense. Layers coming tho. It has a kind of French Stereolab feeling w/ some Zappa tones. Entrancing. And French. Nice ending. Aquaserge “Si Loin Si Proche”. Travis rides the International Spaceways!
and a secret track…. That we got to hear – Carla Bley & my boy Gary Valente (ECM no free listens on YouTube sorry!)
Found Sounds 