Tom Odell - Another Love
Recommended for dinosaurs who like: David Bowie, Elton John, Jeff Buckely, Conor Oberst
Hailing from London, England, Tom Odell’s music defies his innocent, boyish look with lyrics about love lost and not yet found. Also recommended: Can’t Pretend. (Youtube link)
Led Zeppelin - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
Listening to a vinyl rip of Zeppelin I as we prep to break the fast. Bonham rips on this track. Love the crackle.
Love the song. Love the crackle. Miss vinyl.
(via hypem)
Recommended for dinosaurs who like: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Charlie Daniels
I have found country music like some folks find religion. And it’s all because I heard Jason Aldean singing “Dirt Road Anthem” on the radio a couple weeks back. Those rap verses were just enough to get my attention and then, bam, all my other music started gathering dust.
So I dug a little deeper and found out that ole Jason didn’t write “Dirt Road Anthem”, Brantley Gilbert did. And not only that, he wrote “My Kinda Party”, too. And if that wasn’t enough, Aldean also covered Gilbert’s “The Best of Me” on an older LP.
Sounds like ole Jason really likes his fellow Georgian’s songwriting. Can’t say I blame him.
Surprisingly, my least favorite tracks of Gilbert’s are his versions of the two new Aldean covers. Gotta give Jason credit, he does justice to those tunes where Gilbert’s versions sound kind of flat. But what I did discover while I was diggin’ around in Gilbert’s new “Halfway to Heaven” LP was a good old fashioned, hard-driving southern rock tune called “Kick it in the Sticks”. Oh man, here we go again…back to my high school days with the jocks and the bikers and the hippies and the hicks. We were doin’ just that. Awesome song on an awesome album.
Sorry Jason. I’m gonna be hangin’ out with Brantley for awhile. I’ll catch up with you later.
Drive-By Truckers - Lookout Mountain
Recommended for dinosaurs who like: Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Outlaws, Molly Hatchet
My friends and I were on a serious southern rock kick back in the late seventies, listening to all of the above plus the Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band. I was reminded of this listening to the Truckers’ greatest hits compilation Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009.
Lookout Mountain takes me back to hanging out with friends on a hot summer night, tossing back a couple ‘adult beverages’, rocking out without a care in the world while Lynyrd Skynyrd’s One More From the Road played from the open trunk of someone’s car.
