Modern Vespa

A little one I stumbled into a while ago... love the lyrics.

https://youtu.be/P5mtclwloEQ

Yes Divine was taken too early but also lived a pretty insane lifestyle . We lost a lot of performers back in that era very young.

HB that was awesome!

Review by Jim Testa of JerseyBeat:
"I've been told the members of Chiba Neko remain anonymous because of their day jobs, so while I can't tell you much, I can report that they're from somewhere in NJ, the lead singer's name is Jenny, and while they call themselves "lo-fi" and "garage-rock," I'd say they're perfectly Hi-Fi (in the 60's sense of the term) and draw much of their inspiration from the female teen idols of the Fifties and Sixties, from Lesley Gore and Nancy Sinatra to the Shangri-La's . Lots of reverb on Jenny's inviting, kittenish vocals, with analog warmth on the guitar and organ tones".

This has been my Spotify playlist out in the garage lately. Lots of Third Wave Ska mixed with punk, but also everything from Western Swing to New Wave and Austrian Hellbilly.

New version from the Girl from ipanema:

I'm looking through the thread for some new ideas. Usually I just listen to the same music I've been listening to since I was a teenager, with some variations.

During the pandemic, for some reason, I've really been enjoying Bob Dylan's demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" on Another Self Portrait. If someone could just explain to me the line "Newspaperman eating candy, had to be held down by a big police" I would appreciate it.

I've been listening to Suzanne Vega's album of Love Songs.

I have an album of Maria Callas singing famous arias I've been listening to on the old turntable, along with some old Lou Reed and Velvet Underground albums.

At work, I've been switching around streaming Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus for jazz.

I've been experimenting a little with Paul Weller's various projects. I've owned a copy of The Jam's "All Mod Cons," and I like that. I have The Style Council playing in the background right now - it seems good as background music. That's leading me in to rethinking some of the other music that was popular in my youth, that I didn't really like much at the time - Dexy's Midnight Runners for instance, or David Bowie.

I just don't seem to really find music I love in my mid-fifties like I did in my teens, when I was rebelling against the mid-eighties pop by listening to the Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters, and the Beatles.

Maybe that's the way of things.

Not inaccurate...

my guess would be the paper boy was eating weed candy

Given the era, I'd have guessed LSD. Variations on a theme, either way.

I've been listening to a lot of Dropkick Murphy's of late, and just found out they're on tour and will be in Nashville in September with Rancid, so I'll be hitting that show.

This is off their new album. Good stuff.

ah yeah that'd make more sense!

Was going to drop this in the "Lyrics" thread, because Adam Duritz is a lyrical magician, but I thought I'd drop it here. Lyrics aside, this is my favorite country song ever.

Waiting for the moon to come and light me up inside
And I am waiting for the telephone to tell me I'm alive
Well I heard you let somebody get their fingers into you
It's getting cold in California
I guess I'll be leaving soon
Daylight fading
Come and waste another year
All the anger and the eloquence are bleeding into fear
Moonlight creeping around the corners of our lawn
When we see the early signs that daylight's fading
We leave just before it's gone
She said "Everybody loves you, "
She says, "Everybody cares"
But all the things I keep inside myself
They vanish in the air
If you tell me that you'll wait for me
I'll say I won't be here
I want to say goodbye to you
Goodbye to all my friends
Goodbye to everyone I know
Daylight fading
Come and waste another year
All the anger and the eloquence are bleeding into fear
Moonlight creeping around the corners of our lawn
When we see the early signs that daylight's fading
We leave just before it's gone

I saw Kate open for Ben Folds in Hershey and became an instant fan.

Oh won't you let me take a ride on your motor scooter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-IDiV91U4

She has a similar sound to Butterfly Boucher, whom I saw open for Ben Folds more than once in about that same era, back before he got bored with playing his stuff for fans and started doing all sorts of concept tours.

I am HIV poz and gay. This song always brings to tears.

Shivers through my spine. I feel like I am 20 all over again

Went to the Punk Rawk Show last night with my daughter, of all people. She's way cooler than I am, but she went because she likes pretty much all music.

We saw The Bombpops and Hawthorne Heights, but had to roll out because she was double-booked, so we missed Senses Fail and Bayside. It was still a hell of a good time. First concert I've been to since I-don't-know-how-long.

Of course, my whole body hurts today between being out in the workshop all day, then standing on cement for a couple of hours, but it was totally worth it.


Selfie!

Epic!!!

"Oh, Vangelis!" I thought. "I haven't listened to any of that in years!"

(I was always a big fan of the Blade Runner soundtrack)

So I fired it up to give it a listen, but by the time I woke up, it was over.

Johnny Cash - Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart

O.S.

LOL! Funny you should say that. That disc (Opera Sauvage) back in school used to be played on my headboard regularly at night. I rarely made it through Reve before I was asleep. Twelve and a half minutes of doodling on a Rhodes is a great sedative.

This whole record is great, but this song is delicious.

Props for no ear plugs though. The last concert I went to I wore them...David Bowie in Montréal. I really don't get out much anymore.

I'm convinced I have some hearing damage from a Stranglers concert in the 80's. It was a small venue and I was right in front of a massive amp.

I actually tried to wear earplugs, but they made the sound so bad that I took them out and figured I'd live with the tinnitus.

I have plenty of hearing damage from small arms, loud music, motors, and an adult ear infection that was, according to the doctor who treated me, the worst he'd ever seen in an adult. It burst my eardrum, left me completely deaf in my left ear for months, and I've never fully recovered.

Didn't anyone ever tell you not to get old?

It never occurred to me that was option until it was too late.

Music history, kiddos.

Just wow.

took a detour somewhere betwixt GWAR and dayglo abortions, skirted past voodoo glow skulls and some how wound up here:

you'll hate it. you're welcome.

This is repurposed from the Yugoslav Civil War, but Pink Floyd are old skool anti-war and anti-fascist (c.f. Wall, The).

On the more upbeat side, I've been listening to a lot of Bite Me Bambi, Half Past Two, and DHC. I need all the upbeat I can get as a literal Trained Expert on Russia/The Soviet Union/Eastern Europe.

Such a classic...

Quality.


I've been playing these mobsters alot. My current theme song as I have been sidelined these last few weeks:

I fucking love it!
Was listening to one of my most favorite underrated post punk anthems last night:

Yes, Pink Floyd for sure for old school anti-war, anti-fascist and a profound sense of empathy.

For ska, this is still my favorite:

The Clash, Sandinista from start to finish but often loop a few times on Lose This Skin

somehow the sad songs from my youth lift my spirit in a way.