37/13 - Pluck All Your Silly Strings

This week I've queued up some lifesavers from my adolescence days. Not that I'm particularly mopey - quite the opposite in fact - but y'know, for ole times sake:

Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely

An acoustic guitar, some killer visceral lyrics and a few trumpets; that's all you need to make something this bombastic. If you're Jeff Magnum that is.

We know who our enemies aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare

Bright Eyes - Sunrise, Sunset

Let's give in to the emo. Been years since I was into Bright Eyes, but this is still a solid tune.

The Cardigans - Great Divide

Was listening to one of Chris Morris' old music shows, with lots of goodies from the 90s. Reminded me Cardigans had some nuggets on their early albums too. Like this.

Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away

They've released another entry in Bob's Bootleg Series, and on it is a version of I Threw It All Away that completely killed me on my first listen to the album. There was tears.
Unfortunately that version isn't on Spotify yet, but it is a devastating song in its Nashville Skyline guise as well. I threw it all away. Bugger.

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

Thanks goes out to Amalie for introducing me to this sweet clip:



The story goes that the song was written for his wife, Gwen, but when she didn't show up for the session George stepped to the challenge , and well, nailed it.


...Which smoothly leads us over to another singer who nails it. At about 3:40 Ken Turner opens the gates of hell and descends:



And then, two videos sorted under the label "cool effects". I kinda like the tunes as well...