Rodriguez: Cold Fact (1970) This is quite the find. Recently reissued bringing it the attention it deserves. I had read about Rodriguez in MOJO and Uncut, and he sounded like he was right up my musical alley. A week or two later, I found out that my digital music trading buddy had this [aside: thanks Brant], so I quickly threw in a request, and lo and behold...I WAS right. It is right up my musical alley! Awesome find! Review on AllMusic. A little like angry Dylan on the street corner singing to the wind that is blowing through the trees....
sometimes you love a musician / band right away...then it fizzles....
sometimes the love returns a second time...then it fizzles once again...
then comes Pussy Galore
I had underestimated them until "Live in the Red" blared through small headphones connected to my mp3 player...
and rocked my ears like a motherfucker & I wondered
"why did it take me so long?"
I had loved Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion immediately...then it fizzled...now this has brought back the love...
ya know...it makes ya think...nothings permanent...
oh yeh, now where was I?
The Guru and I had friends over the other night and we did the youtube thing of watching videos seeing who could get more absurd in their selections (Bay City Rollers anyone?), but when someone requested Mr. Roboto by Styx, I think the line was drawn between kitsch and cheesy, and just plain BAD. [aside: I'm not a Styx hater - but, Mr. Roboto??? I mean - they really couldn't have been serious???? Could they?????????????????]
ok whatever...guess there's worse...
then I realized that not everybody is a freak when it comes to music and may not dedicate their spare time unearthing obscure shit that maybe a handful of freaks would care about --
What is their fucking problem????
At this moment in time, I am listening to Status Quo's: Picturesque Matchstickable Messages (1968) and it's sounding suitably dated, psychedelic and a whole lotta fun. I just finished listening to a boot of a 1992 show of New Funkadelic featuring Eddie Hazel. It sounded good, but the lead voice / ceremonies guy was only so-so. It ain't as easy as you would think. Eddie's guitar sounded very nice.
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OK...wrapping this baby up...this was written a week or more ago...I'm so fucking behind on "everything"! I thought I already published this silly little post!!!
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2 comments:
I think there was such a high demand for videos in the early 80s that stuff like Mr. Roboto got through...I remember people liking it!! That, and stuff like Meatloaf videos made me throw up in my mouth a bit... Better off watching wrestling in those days since they broadcast bouts in Brantford, Hamilton and Toronto. Good times.
Roger Dude!!!
Yeh, with muchmusic and mtv starting up at the time, videos seemed to be the way to go, and there was a demand for them. Hey! I can't even remember the vid for Mr. Roboto!? Must be my old selective memory kicking in.
What do you have against Mr. Loaf? :) Yeh - I remember his vids and they were pretty bombastic. Fun, if you see them once every 2-3 years as nostalgia.
I agree - wrestling was great in those days! There's still the odd good thing, and some primo wrestlers, but monopolies are never very good for any business - and TNA, unfortunately, seems to be WWE-lite - even though I enjoyed Mick's / Cactus' interview with Sting this past week. 10 years too late, though?
good times good times
pass another bottle
get me to the bar
tell me what I did -
tomorrow.
Harv
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