Some of the best live guitar performances I’ve ever heard are collected below. Sheer genius — enjoy!
Sheer genius 1:
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Oct 242007
hrrundivbakshi
Oct 172007
I found this while searching for something else on YouTube, and was absolutely mesmerized. The lyric, the impassioned delivery, the shit-hot backing band (that manages to make a five minute-long, three-chord workout seem too short)… just fucking brilliant. So tell me: where can I find more Dylan like *this*?
Oct 142007
For the coveted RTH No-Prize (redeemable after the show, once the janitorial staff has finished cleaning up), tell us who uttered these words:
In early 1983, XXX complained that you don’t see enough black artists on MTV, “not enough R&B and black music unless it’s the syrupy stuff. Where are Marvin Gaye and the rappers?” He said the best black video he’s seen was “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash, which he described as “a tough, scary, brilliant piece of hip socio-political work.” But it wasn’t shown on MTV, only on a black cable station in Detroit. “That’s not right,” XXX told Timothy White. “I want to see everything on music television from country to MOR to rap music to ethnic.”
Oct 132007
Townsman Mockcarr — I especially seek your commentary on this performance!
Oct 122007
First TownBaller to correctly identify this iconic rock garment wins the coveted RTH No-Prize:
You know me, you love me, you wish you could wear me
Oct 112007
Very briefly: Following is a small collection of songs that are united by one simple theme — noteworthy spoken word introductions. Your job is to determine which of the introductions is the most noteworthy of all. Is it:
a) Stan Ivory (and his Omnificent Orchestra)’s smoove mooves in “Give Me the Real Thang”?
b) Millie Jackson threatening her lover’s wife with “a good A-kickin'” in “Leftovers”?
c) Jerry Washington extolling the virtues of pure, selfless love in “I Come A Long Ways”?
d.) Bobby Dixon making it crystal clear just… how… low… a… man… can… get… in “Woman, You Made Me”?
While you’re ranking these for spoken word excellence, set your mind thinking about other rock oratorical masterworks that strike your fancy. In the meantime, as always,
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
Oct 102007
You’ll just have to imagine what the B-side looks like
Okay, I know I’ve been slow to deliver on the oft-promised Thrifty Music material. This has happened for a numer of reasons: I’ve actually been busy; the amount of high-quality stuff I’ve found has been somewhat overwhelming, making the compilation process difficult, and — most significantly — putting together those giant, themed omnibus editions of Thrifty Music is just plain hard work!
Consequently, I have decided to make things easier on yours truly by re-sizing the Thrifty Music concept a bit. Henceforth, you can expect to see more frequent, smaller selections of stuff to listen to and ponder. Each will still have a theme, and some associated, probing line of questioning, which ought to get us all thinking. But the days of eight- or nine-track comps are gone!
To start the process off, I want to offer the B-side to a single that my vinyl guru, E. Pluribus Gergley, tells me is worth $300 or so (It cost me a buck!). I know nothing at all about the artist in question (one Carl Spencer), but what stopped me in my tracks upon listening to this great tune, “Progress”, was just how much Carl sounded like our very own andyr — better known in some circles as The Velvet Foghorn, or simply “Velv.” I also think the song would be *perfect* cover material for Velv’s band, the redoubtable Nixon’s Head.
This got me thinking about songs we really wish would be covered — by specific artists, I mean. For example, I’d love to hear Supagroup covering “Wang Dang, Sweet Poontang” — though that’s just the first one that popped into my head. I’m sure buried in my cranium somewhere is a longing for a better specific cover that I’m just not remembering right now. But perhaps you can do better. And Velv/Mod/Chickenfrank/Sethro — is “Progress” a song you’d consider covering? I mean, does it pass your sniff test — and if not, why not?
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
