I Went...SI--SI--SIRIUS...All The Way Home (again) #56
(a short jaunt)
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" - Warren Zevon / "Warren Zevon" (1976)
"Well, I met a girl at the Rainbow bar
She asked me if I'd beat her.
She took me back to the Hyatt House...
(I don't want to talk about it.)"
Warren Zevon painted pictures that were darker than most and catchier than many. And through all his tongue-in-cheek frolics and strolls, I don't doubt there was many a truth peeking their excitable head around the rocks and trees. Warren wrote songs that were dead on the mark and straight off the grid. Killer stuff. And man but did Linda Ronstadt feast hearty on a few of the Z-man's compositions. Change the pronouns and off she'd run. Here's one of his songs straight from the horse's mouth. And that's Lindsey Buckingham adding some backup vocals. This was Warren Zevon's second album. (OWN)
"The Wheel" - Jerry Garcia / "Garcia" (1972)
"The wheel is turning and you can't slow down.
You can't let go and you can't hold on.
You can't go back and you can't stand still.
If the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will."
Country-rock psych is way under-appreciated. And on this puppy, the steel guitar floats the head into all kinds of cool places. Good vibes for a long-gone drive. I've not heard the entire album, because I'm waiting to find one first. But if "The Wheel" is any indication, I'll take all of it you got. And the trip-stamped album cover is just bonus. I used to see this album all the time, but not so much anymore. I should've grabbed one when I had the chance. This song was the closing track from Jerry's first solo album. (NEED)
"Numbers" - Kraftwerk / "Computer World" (1981)
"Eins, zwei, drei, vier
Fünf, sechs, sieben, acht.
Eins, zwei, drei, vier.
Fünf, sechs, sieben, acht."
Of course, numbers. It's the world of computers. Tapping. Pecking. Ctrl-Alt-Del. Beats, baby. Ice beats. And many hip-hop friends and neighbors dipped their sticks into the Kraftwerk pool a time or two. Stay cold, pony-boy. Stay cold. This was Kraftwerk's eighth album. (NEED)
"WILMA, I'M HOME!"
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