Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumI would marry this song.
There are songs I love, but this one went beyond that on first listen.
But I don't know the title or the artist, and I have to hear it again.
I was in my treatment late last week when this song got my attention through the headphones. I cranked it up for a brief encounter, having nothing to remember it by except a few snippets of lyrics.
It was a snappy fast paced rock & roll ballad with plenty of electric guitar and a familiar voice.
The lyrics were whimsical and humorous with a chorus referring to 'Rock & roll has been very good to me". That doesn't Google well.
Other words described life on the open road and "getting paid to shake his ass". Something about back stage too. A real feel good song.
I heard it on an internet radio station that eschews commercials and disc jockeys. Since then I'm using a different format that lists the songs played but I haven't heard it again. Does anyone have a suggestion? It wasn't Joe Walsh or Bill Joel and was likely an older song released on vinyl.
https://stlouisclassicrock.com/
kozar
(2,130 posts)Longer than youve been alive,,, First one that popped in this brain
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)And I've fallen for another band. You just helped The Old 97s sell a couple more records.
I found it on YouTube and felt that spark on the first chord. These kids have touched the very soul of garage rock. It's not just the cute words in this song, it's the whole wall from the regimented beat, the lead guitar, and that voice that are just so well orchestrated. It was the overall sound that gave me goosebumps Thanx!!
Now if you'll excuse me, we're going to get a room. haha
I've heard of The Old 97s, but I've never heard The Old 97s.
with the lyrics:
kozar
(2,130 posts)I have a few of my 70s brain cells left!
KozandLilBit
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)Album review from Pitchfork:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19548-old-97s-most-messed-up/
Most Messed Up puts the "old" in Old 97's' bandname. The guys are all now in their 40s, alt-country survivors who have the gumption to admit they cant keep singing about romantic vindictiveness when theyre all married with kids. Bad backs and disillusioned fans are one thing, but finding happiness can be disastrous for a band like this. So Miller tries to spice up his songwriting the way spouses try to spice up their marriages, addressing the difficulties of maintaining a spark with your bandmates as well as your mate. Lets Get Drunk and Get It On opens with him propositioning a woman post-show with a bottle of booze, but it ends with him booking a room with a bottle of chilled champagne so he and the missus can have some time away from the kids.
-snip-
But the Olds were never a songwriter project. As distinctive as his lyrical voice can be, Miller is still blessed beyond measure to have these three guys backing him. Ken Bethea still plays like he still thinks you can surf in Texas, blending the Ventures and the Sir Douglas Quintet into super-melodic, super-concise guitar lines, and the rhythm section of drummer Philip Peeples and bassist Murry Hammond still swing just enough to give these songs some aggression. Sure, the twitchy alienation of their earliest records is long gone, but the Old 97's are still fighting the good fight against respectability.
kozar
(2,130 posts)It was just great fricking music we had then,
Koz