[cheemo]

The Jesus and Mary Chain -

Darklands

 

[talleywho]

Pantha du Prince
Black Noise

 

[KBerube80]

 

[whaleyboy]

Jack Johnson - "On and On"

 

[gorb]

Gridlock - Return

 

[Hi-Finthen]

Tumbleweed Connection

Elton John
(Started playing the keyboards at age 4 and by Eleven he had won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Of Music)

/ Recorded in the charmed period between the initial success of ELTON JOHN and superstar extravaganzas like GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION, a loose concept album about the American West, was a strange, sideways move for Elton John and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. A album in the traditional sense, it is best heard as a piece, with songs that pick up and expand on each other's moods and settings. Notice, for example, the progression of characters from the young fighter waving "My Father's Gun," to the retired and forgotten "Talking Old Soldiers," to the protagonist of "Where To Now St. Peter?," shot down by "a sweet young foreign gun" and ready to be judged by his maker.

The mood holds from the sepia-toned LP cover art to John's songwriting, influenced by folk and country music and by The Band's MUSIC FROM BIG PINK. Among the songs it introduced were "Country Comfort," which Rod Stewart covered on GASOLINE ALLEY, and "Come Down In Time," later done by both Judy Collins and Sting. Though the rollicking piano epic "Burn Down The Mission" and "Amoreena" became FM-radio and concert staples, TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION remains the only John studio album without a hit single, a fact that doesn't affect the impact of this excellent country-rock outing.

Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards); Mick Ronson (guitar); Caleb Quaye (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Lesley Duncan (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Mike Egan (acoustic guitar); Les Thatcher (6-string guitar, 12-string guitar); Gordon Huntley (steel guitar); Skaila Kanga (harp); Johnny Van Derek (violin); Ian Duck (harmonica); Karl Jenkins (oboe); Brian Dee (organ); Chris Laurence (acoustic bass guitar); Dee Murray (bass guitar, background vocals); Dave Glover , Herbie Flowers (bass guitar); Roger Pope (drums, percussion); Nigel Olsson (drums, background vocals); Barry Morgan (drums); Robin Jones (congas, tambourine); Dusty Springfield, Madeline Bell, Sunny Leslie, Tony Burrows, Tony Hazzard, Kay Garner, Sue Glover, Tammy Hunt (background vocals).

"Amoreena" Lyrics:

Lately of I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening in the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay, oh like a puppy child

And when it rains the rain falls down washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other

I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening
The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly down the bronze of your body
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay, oh like a puppy child

And when it rains the rain falls down washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other, oh

Oh, if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin
My arms around your shoulders, oh the windows wide and open
While the swallow and the sycamore are playing in the valley
Oh I miss you Amoreena like a king bee misses honey

And when it rains the rain falls down washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other

And when it rains the rain falls down washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other, oh

Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening in the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay, oh like a puppy, like a puppy child, oh

/ Gorgeous Stuff, all ~

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[pimfram]

 

[priest]

 

[gopack87]

The Avett Brothers- I And Love And You

 

[chzplz]

roland GR-20 guitar synth demo (next toy?)

 

[Brando]

Failure - Another space song

 

[Lord Crow]

 

[roker]

My gf turned me onto TV on the Radio

So I'm going to have fun listening to their last two albums.

I should check out the first one too while I'm at it

also, Stylo by the Gorillaz keeps getting played on repeat.

 

[grokit]

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[grokit]

Bedtime lullaby