listen.

covers for friday

boy and girls.

this heat and humidity? sigh.

you know what we need?

COVERS!!!

am i right, or am i RIGHT?

(this may or may not be because i just keep listen.ing to the songs from the melancholia post and all the new amazing barbra that was brought into my life...)

anyway. put your heart on your sleeve and get ready to FEEL.

hearts and bones, jessica molasky
the AMAZING jonathan schwartz brought this AMAZING song into my life on his AMAZING saturday/sunday show on wnyc.  he rocks and so does jessica molasky.  i wish mr. schwartz was my uncle - and we could meet up for lunch - or go see a concert somewhere every once and a while.  i digress: he said, and i agree, that not many people can cover paul simon - for most people can't convey all the emotion needed for his songs  - except ms. molasky and this cover.
tonight: pour a glass of wine, dim the lights and put this song on repeat. 
"why won't you love me for who i am, where i am?
that's not the way the world is baby..."

LIFE!

god only knows, john pizzarelli
coincidentally - ms. molasky's husband (life partner? not sure what their technical definition is) and this past may they were at the OAK ROOM. alas tickets were about $70 with a two drink minimum.... if they ever read this - you guys are amazing and if you feel like doing a show at pete's candy store in williamsburg - it would be packed. and i would be the happiest boy in the world. 

and this song? gorgeous.

hey jude, ella fitzgerald
goddammit. jordan actually threatened to hit ella in the mouth for singing this amazing cover. what a song. let her into your heart jude. do it. for ella.

a case of you, diana krall
i could drink a case of you and still be on my feet. oh joni. my life will not be complete until i give joni (and now diana) a hug.

angel of the morning, nina simone
less of a cover and more of a standard.
i'm old enough to face the dawn.
the most poetic walkin-home-after-a-hook-up song ever. period.

and for good measure - here is the feist video for my moon, my man:

have a good friday!

g

you didn't even know you WANTED a laidback late summer d-d-dance jam

but then Junior Senior charmed you with their new single, Can I Get Get Get, from their new album Hey Hey My My Yo Yo!  (word repetition theirs, exclamation point mine).  If you're skeptical at first, stick around for the glorious shimmery harmonies in the chorus at 0:38. they just might win you over. this song makes me want to throw a burger (local grass-fed beef please) on the barbecue, crack open a Corona™, and start an impromptu patio dance party. too bad i don't have a patio or a barbecue. or even a Corona™, at the moment. One can always dream.

Junior Senior - Can I Get Get Get

For the video, apparently they invited their fans (I don't remember getting the memo, but oh well) to make home-made videos to the song and send them in, and then they edited their favorites together. here 'tis.

Does that guy on the Williamsburg Bridge look familiar to anyone else?

Also, just FYI, the little guy at the very beginning is "Junior" who I think plays most of the instruments, and the guy in the letterman's jacket in the desert is "Senior" who does most of the singing.  And likes dudes.

These two sang about their charming gay-straight pairing on their last album.

Junior Senior - Chicks and Dicks

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Which sort of reminds me of when I was in a lo-fi duo (for about 5 minutes in '03) in Lewiston, Idaho with my friend Shon.  We called ourselves 100m Dash and did mostly covers, but we had a theme song which Shon wrote called Sorry, Ladies.  The chorus, sung by shon, went: "sorry ladies, i've got a girlfriend, and he likes your boyfriend."  we thought that was pretty clever.

Now.  Word on the street is that some people in my social circle aren't CRAZY about Can I Get Get Get, and for you, I offer another dance masterwork from another Scandinavian glorious shimmery pop outfit, also about wanting to explore something a bit further with someone who maybe doesn't seem quite as interested.  I have no idea what that must be like.

Abba - Take A Chance On Me

>ben