After a long wait, here's the link to the Abolutely More! Podcast—Episode Five. My sincerest apologies for the delay; it's been a busy semester. I have two or three more episodes planned and hopefully those will get done fairly soon. The podcast:
Girls! Girls! Girls!
She'll Break Yours Too
Circus Girl
Acorn Girl
Hey! Bernadette
Blind Girl
Polka Girl
O Sylvia
Two-Headed Girl
Here's the link:
http://homepage.mac.com/davidmcintire/FileSharing5.html
A few comments:
"She'll Break Yours Too" is one we never played live very much. I really like the squonk at the opening and the sax/trombone melody in the middle. The recording and mix could have been better, though.
"Circus Girl" is one we did fairly often and even recorded at the BBC, though this is from a different live broadcast. Ken Frank thought it extremely erotic. I get what he means, but I'm not sure most other listeners did.
"Acorn Girl" was one of my favorites from Strange Sounds From the Basement. My daughter Rachel wanted to make a music video of it when she was in high school. She had to get the lyrics approved by her technology teacher, whose response was, "Is this a real song?" She had to show him the album before he believed her.
"Hey! Bernadette" is about the great singer and actress Bernadette Peters, who Chuck admired greatly.
"Blind Girl" is a very early CbJ song. We didn't play it out much, but I liked it.
"Polka Girl" was a really popular song. It took me a while to work out my tiny little solo, and it wasn't that easy to play. I played it better on this BBC recording than on the album version. It's the only CbJE thing that my clarinet teacher ever complimented me on.
"O Sylvia" is, in my opinion, just frickin' gorgeous.
And only Chuck would write a song about dating a two-headed girl. "We'd swing on the porch swing on the porch" is a brilliant line, though the song has many others.
Next up: the lost Blind Willie McTell album.
5 comments:
David,
Sorry to get in contact with you here, but I didn't know where else to go.
My name is Francis, co-editor of the concert music site http://www.52shows.com/
The site is dedicated to live music. We do reviews, talk about issues within the industry with a side of idle banter.
But we want to start doing large feature stories, and I think doing something on the CJE would be great. A guy at work turned me on to you guys and I haven't been able to stop listening to the album. And, from what I've read, when you guys hit the stage, it was a killer show.
Let me know if you're interested.
Francis
shoebang@52shows.com
Hey David,
Like francis, i wasnt sure how to get in contact! I went to the stubdaddy website and bought the greatest hits, but the sites a few years old and im not sure if its still being maintained. where can i get a copy of the cd otherwise?
thanks and take care,
ciara
ireland, ciaraclose@gmail.com
Been trying to find a copy of Circus Girls for ages, since hearing it on the Peel session years ago. Thanks a lot for putting together all these podcasts, they are really superb. Girls! Girls! Girls! is a very fine collection of CBJE indeed.
Cheers,
Jake.
The podcasts are now available here:
1,2,3 http://goo.gl/vgNh2d
4,5,6 http://goo.gl/8XVq2x
7,8,9 http://goo.gl/99UPrM
Also check out the Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/colorblindjames/
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