This is a mini song swarm of versions of These Boots Are Made For Walking, whose melody does not really lend itself to great radical reinterpretation in the way previous song-swarmed songs — Light My Fire , Georgia On My Mind , By The Time I Get To Phoenix and Blue Moon – do. Instead of allowing itself to be remoulded, These Boots invites idiosyncratic delivery, partly perhaps because the song is something of a novelty number (and, of course, a great pop song with fantastic lyrics). Most versions retain the quite bizarre saxophone [...]
Anyone cursorily familiar with Crispin Glover would know that he's an...interesting guy. From nearly kicking David Letterman in the face to having the middle name Hellion, from touring with his own super-weird movie and slideshow to covering Charles Manson, it'd be near impossible to pick something boring out of his catalog (except maybe the Charlie's Angels movies). But, The Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution, The Solution Equals Let It Be might be a highlight, a concept album revolving around finding the solution to a problem, then calling Glover [...]
In honor of the late great Lee Hazlewood , here are a few versions of his classic footwear anthem . And no, Jessica Simpson is not included. Nancy Sinatra (YouTube Link) - The original video of the original recording from 1966. Mrs Miller (MP3) - The first cover version, also from 1966. Offbeat in every sense of the word. Gypsy Boots And The Nature Boys (MP3) - Recorded in 1968 by Robert "Gypsy Boots" Bootzin , pioneer [...]
Cool party last night. Great crowd, great selection of booze, and great food. Unfortunately for you, I'm not in the business of writing party retrospectives. You'll just have to envision it all for yourself. Unfortunately for me , I drank and ate a lot , and after running through the park at 2am in order to get home without being assaulted, I felt ill until well after 5am. Note-to-self: Running full-speed with a stomach packed with hard liquor and food--just to ensure arrival safe at home--is not worth hours of intestinal discomfort. Next time, take getting mugged like [...]
Are your brackets busted? This was the first year since I was a wee little one that I neglected to fill out an NCAA tournament bracket in advance. March Madness is only marginally interesting when there are no dramatic storylines or Cinderella teams. Two one-seeds and two two-seeds in the Final Four is about as captivating as the Patriots making the Super Bowl. With all this (one paragraph of) sports talk, I've probably lost my entire Sunday evening audience of sexually ambiguous, mildly anorexic, ironic-shirt-wearing, antisocial music snobs. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With [...]
Hey McFly! Leave it to one of the quirkiest actors to make some of the strangest music you'd ever hear from an accomplished actor. Crispin Glover 's most notable acting roles have been as an oddball, from Back To The Future to Willard. In 1989, during a four-year acting hiatus, he released the album The Big Problem ≠The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be . The instrumental aspect was mostly done by Barnes & Barnes (of Fish Heads), with vocals and lyrics done by Glover, who reveals some lyrical wit in songs [...]
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