New funky track from Prince. He Tweeted it last night along with this explanation:
“‘Da Bourgeoisie’ is the title of the new song, not ‘Ray Charles,’ ‘Bearded Lady’ or anything else prejudicial. No mammals were harmed during the recording of this track.”
Thanks Consequence of Sound!
According to Sony’s website for Bruce Springsteen, a new Springsteen single, “High Hopes,” will be released on November 25.
Listen to it at the bottom of this post.
The song was written by Tom Scott McConnell who wrote it in 1987 andrecorded it in 1990 with his band the Havalinas. Springsteen originally released his version in 1995 on the Blood Brothers EP. No oe has yet confirmed if this is that recording, or a new one.
Meanwhile, the demo of “Homestead,” was written by Bruce Springsteen and Joe Grushecky when Springsteen produced Grushecky’s 1995 album, American Babylon.
Talking about the song during an interview, Grushecky said, “I thought the words were great, and I didn’t have a good ending, and I didn’t think the music I had matched up well with the lyrics. So I just gave it casually to Bruce and said, ‘If you can think of something, be my guest.’ And a few days later, he called me back and said he had some music he really liked to it, and we should go and record it. And of course I was thrilled.”
“Homestead”:
Live version of “High Hopes”:
It’s now online. Watch the My Morning Jacket frontman do his thing, plus The Black Angels.
Thanks Stereogum, thanks Consequence of Sound!
This is cool. The fan who shot the footage of Pearl Jam & Co. in Dallas the other night has now put the whole performance online.
Dig it!!
On November 25 the late great jazz pianist Thelonious Monk will have an album released, Paris 1969, which was recorded at the Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris on December 15, 1969.
Listen now at NPR.
At the Classic Grand in Glascow last Sunday (November 10, 2013) Savages covered this classic by Suicide. The recording isn’t the greatest and the video is a bit dark but there’s an excitement in this performance. I love it.
Original “Dream Baby Dream” by Suicide, released in 1979.
On Friday Rolling Stone posted about “Ramblize,” a mashup of Zed Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” and Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize,” which Jimmy Page featured on his members-only website, jimmypage.com that same day.
A bunch of other music sites have been posting about the mashup too.
Only it turns out “Ramblize” is old news. Very old news.
Like two-and-a-half years old news.
“Ramblize” was uploaded to YouTube on May 11, 2011. Check it out.
Then again, I guess it’s news that Page himself digs the track enough to have featured it on his website.
Last night at Webster Hall in New York Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke, once of the Smith’s, had a bit of a reunion performing “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” which Marr and his band played on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Friday night.
Thanks Consequence of Sound and doorsixteen on Instagram!
William Onyeabor is a mystery man, even to the folks at Luaka Bop, who have just released World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who is William Onyeabor?, which collects tracts from the eight albums released by the Nigerian Igbo singer/songwriter between 1977 and 1985.
Onyeabor doesn’t do interviews or tour, and even his record company can’t get any information about him.
Based on the tracks below, William Onyeabor makes a strange, infectious funk and has a compelling voice that doesn’t really remind me of anyone
THere’s a fascinating story about William Onyeabor in today’s New York Times.
And there’s a review of the album at Pitchfork.
William Onyeabor, “Good Name”
William Onyeabor, “Better Change Your Mind”
Cool promo video from Luaka Bop:
Anthemic version of the already anthemic “Rockin’ in the Free World” performed last night in Dallas during Pearl Jam’s concert. Unfortunately the song cuts off after two and a half minutes. Damn.
Here’s a version from Toronto in 2011 with Neil Young joining Pearl Jam about four minutes into the song.
And Pearl Jam and Sleater-Kinney rockin’ it from Mexico City, Mexico, Palacio de los Deportes, July 19, 2003.