What are you listening to?

[Tonitrus]

George Strait - Wish You Well

[Malthus]

A friend recently introduced me to a Canadian band, Corb Lund.

I told him I generally disliked country music, he said "listen to this":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIWINsaEpnw

I thought it was great stuff - something history obsessed Languishites might like.

[Valmy]

Their 'I want to be in the Cavalry Song' was hilarious and cheesy and I loved it, but then they had to put this little anti-war part at the end, I guess to discourage us from actually going out and joining a pre-20th century cavalry regiment. And then they made a reprise to that song describing a nihilistic war that went so badly for this poor cavalry man that I cannot really find what war Corb Lund is talking about.

So kids, joining the cavalry is not cool. Do not even think of strapping on a curved sabre and riding off to fight for Italian Unification or Greek Independence or whatever other pre-20th century conflict you were thinking of joining. What is the Franco-Prussian War good for? Absolutely nothing!

Anyway yeah I think they are pretty good

[Malthus]

Their 'I want to be in the Cavalry Song' was hilarious and cheesy and I loved it, but then they had to put this little anti-war part at the end, I guess to discourage us from actually going out and joining a pre-20th century cavalry regiment. And then they made a reprise to that song describing a nihilistic war that went so badly for this poor cavalry man that I cannot really find what war Corb Lund is talking about.

So kids, joining the cavalry is not cool. Do not even think of strapping on a curved sabre and riding off to fight for Italian Unification or Greek Independence or whatever other pre-20th century conflict you were thinking of joining. What is the Franco-Prussian War good for? Absolutely nothing!

Anyway yeah I think they are pretty good

I'm just surprised anyone else has heard of them. 

This song at least ends more happily for the cavalry though:

Today I ride with special forces on those wily Afghan horses
Dostum's Northern Alliance give their thanks
And no matter defeat or victory, in battle it occurs to me
That we may see a swelling in our ranks

[The Brain]

Ghost - Witch Image

[frunk]

Brass against the Machine

Cult of Personality

[The Minsky Moment]

Dizzy Gillespie - Verve/Phillips Small Group Sessions

Collection of small group performances from the 50s & 60s.  Dizzy liked the big band format but couldn't always get the economics to work. Significant variation here including some proto hard bop sessions in the early 50s with Hank Mobley, extensive forays into the bossa nova sound at the same time Stan Getz was doing it, some odd vocalese collaborations, and a bunch of scores written for or in homage to Hollywood.  Personal favorites include a 1961 concert at MOMA with Lalo Shifrin at piano (guy who wrote the Mission Impossible theme), the 1963 bossa nova album ("New Wave"), and a 1963 album with James Moody (flute) and Kenny Barron (piano) ("Something Old, Something New").  The latter two are streamable under the indicated names, the MOMA concert can be found under the title "An Electrifying Evening With the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet"

[Barrister]

A friend recently introduced me to a Canadian band, Corb Lund.

I told him I generally disliked country music, he said "listen to this":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIWINsaEpnw

I thought it was great stuff - something history obsessed Languishites might like.

I am contractually obliged to point out that Corb Lund is not just a Canadian band - they are an Albertan band.

I'm not a massive fan, but I like their stuff.  I hadn't heard that one before, and enjoyed it.  Thanks for the link.

But if you liked Calvary Song, I wonder what you'd think of Corb Lund's biggest hit - Truck Got Stuck.

[Valmy]

  Calvary is a very different thing than Cavalry. Though I, of course, have to make that joke whenever I drive past the Calvary Church. 'That is where they worship Joachim Murat, son'

[Malthus]

A friend recently introduced me to a Canadian band, Corb Lund.

I told him I generally disliked country music, he said "listen to this":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIWINsaEpnw

I thought it was great stuff - something history obsessed Languishites might like.

I am contractually obliged to point out that Corb Lund is not just a Canadian band - they are an Albertan band.

I'm not a massive fan, but I like their stuff.  I hadn't heard that one before, and enjoyed it.  Thanks for the link.

But if you liked Calvary Song, I wonder what you'd think of Corb Lund's biggest hit - Truck Got Stuck.

It put a smile on my face, having been in that exact situation once before - or rather, my dad was.

Up at Oro, when I was a kid (and it was still considered okay to have the kids sit in the back of a pick-up truck going down the highway - because your wife wanted to smoke in the cab, and the kids found the smoke irritating!  ). Dad got his Ford pick-up stuck in the mud, called his buddy the local farmer (one of the few left) for a tow, he got stuck too. They had to get a professional tow to escape. 

That Ford was the most basic vehicle I've ever seen - it had zero frills; but it lasted an amazingly long time, until rust finally did it in.

[Eddie Teach]

When did the killjoys make that not ok? 

[garbon]

Tori Amos - Happy Phantom

[Josephus]

In the mood for some power ballads

Metallica: Unforgiven
Nothing Else Matters

Black Sabbath: Changes

[Admiral Yi]

Just learned the original name of The Grateful Dead.

[spoiler]The Warlocks[/spoiler]

[mongers]

'Echo Beach'