Preview an EP coming out August 15th that seriously starts off with a song called "F Word", then goes on to "Materialistic" by a debut SoCal girl Dakota Wade. The article gives her story and makes sense of the F WORD song.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Posted by Eric for DAVE WADE
If you wanta ride a Motorcycle, you've got to know about the old days... What it really meant to be a motorcycle type guy. Nowadays, it's like Ham Radio, anybody can walk into the local dealership and walk off with a Big Red Ducati. For about a mile or so, they will be king of the world. Then they die.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (((CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL POST, Quoted Below)))
created by ideath, Wed Oct 02 2002 at 16:36:38
One sign of a great song is when it is has been successfully performed in multiple musical genres. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is one such song.
Richard Thompson wrote this song, and it he recorded it on Rumor and Sigh in 1991. Thompson is an English singer-songwriter known for his days with the groundbreaking folk-rock band Fairport Convention and for the duo albums he recorded with his then-wife Linda. His recording of "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" falls into that same category and the recording is a prime example of the artistic style that is Richard Thompson.
A couple other singer-songwriter and folkie types covered the song in the mid 1990s, but things changed in 2001 when the premiere bluegrass unit performing today, the Del McCoury Band, put this on their record Del and the Boys. Rob McCoury's banjo kicks off the tune, and Jason Carter's mournful fiddle provides musical contrast, portraying both the celebration and sorrow inherent in the story. Del, who was 62 years of age when he made this recording, sings like he really did used to ride around like James Dean picking up up leather-clad redheads. If folks didn't know any better, the Del McCoury Band could make them believe Thompson wrote this as a bluegrass song.
The McCourys did make one change to the lyrics. Thompson sang about riding to Boxhill which is in Surrey near Dorking. Del replaces that with Knoxville, a city in Tennessee.
Since Del and the Boys came out, the bluegrass community has been clamoring for this song everywhere Del goes. He's performed it on a PBS bluegrass special, on Austin City Limits, and it has been featured in the Down from the Mountain tour. Del has been recording since 1963 when he joined Bill Monroe, and it appears that nearly 40 years later he has finally found a signature song penned by an English folk-rocker. With its newfound audience, I wouldn't be surprised to hear this song performed at every bluegrass festival held over the next few years.
Yet none of this takes away from Thompson's own performance. For the past decade he has sung this at many of his appearances, and it is a quintessential Richard Thompson song. But the way the song is at home in more than one genre shows just how great "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is.
Richard Thompson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning lyrics
Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride
Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride
If you wanta ride a Motorcycle, you've got to know about the old days... What it really meant to be a motorcycle type guy. Nowadays, it's like Ham Radio, anybody can walk into the local dealership and walk off with a Big Red Ducati. For about a mile or so, they will be king of the world. Then they die.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (((CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL POST, Quoted Below)))
created by ideath, Wed Oct 02 2002 at 16:36:38
One sign of a great song is when it is has been successfully performed in multiple musical genres. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is one such song.
Richard Thompson wrote this song, and it he recorded it on Rumor and Sigh in 1991. Thompson is an English singer-songwriter known for his days with the groundbreaking folk-rock band Fairport Convention and for the duo albums he recorded with his then-wife Linda. His recording of "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" falls into that same category and the recording is a prime example of the artistic style that is Richard Thompson.
A couple other singer-songwriter and folkie types covered the song in the mid 1990s, but things changed in 2001 when the premiere bluegrass unit performing today, the Del McCoury Band, put this on their record Del and the Boys. Rob McCoury's banjo kicks off the tune, and Jason Carter's mournful fiddle provides musical contrast, portraying both the celebration and sorrow inherent in the story. Del, who was 62 years of age when he made this recording, sings like he really did used to ride around like James Dean picking up up leather-clad redheads. If folks didn't know any better, the Del McCoury Band could make them believe Thompson wrote this as a bluegrass song.
The McCourys did make one change to the lyrics. Thompson sang about riding to Boxhill which is in Surrey near Dorking. Del replaces that with Knoxville, a city in Tennessee.
Since Del and the Boys came out, the bluegrass community has been clamoring for this song everywhere Del goes. He's performed it on a PBS bluegrass special, on Austin City Limits, and it has been featured in the Down from the Mountain tour. Del has been recording since 1963 when he joined Bill Monroe, and it appears that nearly 40 years later he has finally found a signature song penned by an English folk-rocker. With its newfound audience, I wouldn't be surprised to hear this song performed at every bluegrass festival held over the next few years.
Yet none of this takes away from Thompson's own performance. For the past decade he has sung this at many of his appearances, and it is a quintessential Richard Thompson song. But the way the song is at home in more than one genre shows just how great "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is.
Richard Thompson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning lyrics
Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride
Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The Hype Machine, Free Music, Pandora
I just discovered a new (for me) blog consolidator calle The Hype Machine.
I love music and The Hype Machine scours blogs for music and puts samples and links of stuff you may never hear otherwise. Wow, is there some cool stuff out there that you'll likely not come across anywhere else.
Here's one hot little number called Autumn Love by ELECTRA (link will play an mp3). Alex, you will like the chill sound and it's like a beautiful quilt of samples.
Check it out when you can.
Oh, and if you're not familiar with PANDORA then you're missing something, there, too.
Eric
I love music and The Hype Machine scours blogs for music and puts samples and links of stuff you may never hear otherwise. Wow, is there some cool stuff out there that you'll likely not come across anywhere else.
Here's one hot little number called Autumn Love by ELECTRA (link will play an mp3). Alex, you will like the chill sound and it's like a beautiful quilt of samples.
Check it out when you can.
Oh, and if you're not familiar with PANDORA then you're missing something, there, too.
Eric
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Fame and Fortunes
Ana just found and played some old VHS tapes from our earlier years.
In hers, she's on The Dating Game. Pretty cute in her LA Aztecs cheerleader outfit!
In mine, I'm being interviewed a few times by Channel 7 in ABQ about stock deals and announcements. Kinda funny that I've lived such a rich life that I completely, 100% FORGOT about ever having been on the evening news. Let alone at least three times that we have tape for.
Keep track of how cool you are because really, I had forgotten a cool little memory!
Eric
In hers, she's on The Dating Game. Pretty cute in her LA Aztecs cheerleader outfit!
In mine, I'm being interviewed a few times by Channel 7 in ABQ about stock deals and announcements. Kinda funny that I've lived such a rich life that I completely, 100% FORGOT about ever having been on the evening news. Let alone at least three times that we have tape for.
Keep track of how cool you are because really, I had forgotten a cool little memory!
Eric
Keeping the Harley Thing Going
So I couldn't figure out how to post a picture to the comment section, so I started this article so I could put up this picture.
This is my father in law on the Harley that he won from a high school booster raffle. $100 tickets, and he played once a year for 6 years, so a $600 Harley Softail Fatboy (he's going to paint it once the warrantee runs in a few months). Anyways, I wanted to put that out there to explain why I was at a Harley store this weekend, because he was in town and wanted to go get some gear. while there I actually saw a lot of good looking bikes...
Check out some more here
Anyways, from the video dad posted I couldn't tell which bike he was talking about since there were quite a few models.
Also, don't write off Harley until you take a closer look at the Buells:
Monday, July 7, 2008
"Harmful" Water Bottles???
This isn't exactly the same question as what Megan asked about the baby bottles, but maybe similar.
I try to drink a lot of water. I try to drink it out of my marvelous BRITA whenever I can.
Which means I'm perpetually looking for something to HOLD the water in. Being the cheap bastidge that I am, I like to use plastic water bottles a few times. Not until they're gross, mind you, but maybe twice or three times.
And then someone tells me that there's research that says "Do Not ReUse Water Bottles"
DIRECTLY contradicting the "reduce, reuse, recycle" stuff I'm a big fan of. Something about the plastics can be carcinogenenic once they're used so just recycle them. According to the Plastics Council of Greater Muskogee or something official like that.
Scared me right off reusing those things.
For a while. Now I'm STEAMED. I think I've been had, but I only have logic on my side. If those water bottles are so dangerous, why are we using them at all??? If they're gonna kill me after one use, shouldn't we be considering them weapons?
I'm thinking that this is a bunch of bunk science aimed at keeping water drinkers like myself from shaving 99.999% off the cost of that second bottle of water by reusing a perfectly good container.
(What's really sad in all of this is that I think I've developed a small, nagging habit of questioning Corporate America. Great. Next I'll be getting hemp britches and a compost heap.)
Eric
I try to drink a lot of water. I try to drink it out of my marvelous BRITA whenever I can.
Which means I'm perpetually looking for something to HOLD the water in. Being the cheap bastidge that I am, I like to use plastic water bottles a few times. Not until they're gross, mind you, but maybe twice or three times.
And then someone tells me that there's research that says "Do Not ReUse Water Bottles"
DIRECTLY contradicting the "reduce, reuse, recycle" stuff I'm a big fan of. Something about the plastics can be carcinogenenic once they're used so just recycle them. According to the Plastics Council of Greater Muskogee or something official like that.
Scared me right off reusing those things.
For a while. Now I'm STEAMED. I think I've been had, but I only have logic on my side. If those water bottles are so dangerous, why are we using them at all??? If they're gonna kill me after one use, shouldn't we be considering them weapons?
I'm thinking that this is a bunch of bunk science aimed at keeping water drinkers like myself from shaving 99.999% off the cost of that second bottle of water by reusing a perfectly good container.
(What's really sad in all of this is that I think I've developed a small, nagging habit of questioning Corporate America. Great. Next I'll be getting hemp britches and a compost heap.)
Eric
Something New and Cool
I read a cool blog called "The Stalwart" with an interesting article today.
HERE
So I signed up at identi.ca
And I think you, can, too. I haven't figured out WHY you would, but as soon as I do, I'll let you know. There seems to be a bit of "all of the -1*cool people are doing it" - you know, those cutting edge for cutting edge's sake people. Some kind of microblogging thing like twitter (which I totall missed the cool wave on that one) but identi.ca is open source and, therefore, better than twitter. (or so the -1*cool people say).
What is important about this is that LITERALLY TODAY (I know!) I was thinking to myself, well, looks like I've plum run out of internet. I was sad.
Now I can be amused by identi.ca for an hour or so and try really really hard to find the value proposition.
I'll keep you posted.
In the mean time, what are YOU reading?
Eric
HERE
So I signed up at identi.ca
And I think you, can, too. I haven't figured out WHY you would, but as soon as I do, I'll let you know. There seems to be a bit of "all of the -1*cool people are doing it" - you know, those cutting edge for cutting edge's sake people. Some kind of microblogging thing like twitter (which I totall missed the cool wave on that one) but identi.ca is open source and, therefore, better than twitter. (or so the -1*cool people say).
What is important about this is that LITERALLY TODAY (I know!) I was thinking to myself, well, looks like I've plum run out of internet. I was sad.
Now I can be amused by identi.ca for an hour or so and try really really hard to find the value proposition.
I'll keep you posted.
In the mean time, what are YOU reading?
Eric
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Keeping The Harley Thing Going
(Dad) tried to post this to the Harley thread, but it said that tags are not allowed.
This is the only Harley model that I (Dad) actually think is pretty. (It's a '50s thing...)
When they get going with pictures of "Night Trains" from around the country, I recognized Thunderbird Harley in Albuquerque and Bleu Bayou Harley in Monroe Louisiana, and the place in Stockton, Ca.
This is the only Harley model that I (Dad) actually think is pretty. (It's a '50s thing...)
When they get going with pictures of "Night Trains" from around the country, I recognized Thunderbird Harley in Albuquerque and Bleu Bayou Harley in Monroe Louisiana, and the place in Stockton, Ca.
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