I Went...SI--SI--SIRIUS...All The Way Home (again) #55
(a short jaunt)
"Eli's Coming" - Laura Nyro / "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession" (1968)
"Eli's comin', better walk, walk.
But you'll never get away. No, you'll never get away
from the burnin' a-heartache.
I walked to Apollo by the bay
Everywhere I go."
Hearing the original version of "Eli's Coming" for the first time after all these years is head-shaking. Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro penned the song, giving it her own personal ride and she makes it feel a little more desperate and ominous. I have to admit it though, I've never heard a song covered and bettered with a more blistering urgency than Three Dog Night's version. My favorite from those TDN guys for sure. Hell, I wanna listen to it right now. But hearing this song coming from the original source...I think I now have a better appreciation of Laura Nyro's songwriting heart. For whatever reason, Laura Nyro's name or music doesn't get much press. Not nearly enough. (Check out Wiki for some of her writing credits.) This was from Nyro's second album. (NEED)
"Sex Type Thing" - Stone Temple Pilots / "Core" (1992)
"I am, I am, I am
I said I wanna get next to you
I said I'm gonna get close to you
You wouldn't want me to have to hurt you too"
I used to hear this song blasting from speakers all the time and everywhere! Aggressive grunge at its best. And one of the best riffs ever and that's not hyperbole. Hearing it again while trying to make some miles on the highway, and dammmmn, but this burner still makes my automobile run. STP's debut album. (NEED)
"Throw Down The Sword" - Wishbone Ash (1972)
"Throw down the sword.
The fight is done and over.
Neither lost, neither won."
"Argus" was the only Wishbone Ash album I ever actively sought out. I was so moved by the majesty of it all. And "Throw Down Your Sword" is a favorite from the band. The way the drumroll foretells the great announcement. And the way two lead guitar solos weave and swirl around each other into the sunset is both beautiful and exhilarating. Complementing, not competing. I don't think this was meant to be a concept album, but the album art surely hints at one. This was the third album from Wishbone Ash. (OWN)
"WILMA, I'M HOME!"
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