While my eye recovers I've been indulging in a vinyl frenzy with the hi-fi cranked, grateful that I have no adjoining neighbours.
For some time I have been uncomfortably aware that the most played non-classical music on my iPod comes from the murky environs of 1974 and thereabouts, so hitting the ol' vinyl has meant wallowing in wonderful memory soup of Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Lennon, Dylan, Bowie, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Elton, Eno, Zappa, Beefheart, Yes, Genesis, Mike Oldfield (sheesh), the list goes on … Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" (the only listenable album of guitar music ever made) and of course, Robert Wyatt's "Rock Bottom."
I was dredging through YouTube to find a version of my favourite Wyatt song ("Sea Song") with nice graphics when I stumbled upon this, a live version from decades later that actually does the original some justice.
Yes, it's an odd song (about alcoholics in love), but odd is good. Now clear the chairs aside and let's dance. Anybody who can dance to this by themselves and not look a complete dork gets my vote.
8 comments:
Wow, I love nothing more than a slow dance. Lovely.
I find slow dancing by myself very tricky, Mme. It's hard not to look like a bear who's just woken up after hibernation.
Oh now 1974 was my era! This sounds like a slow dance song to me Mme. (Any excuse would work for boys to "cop a feel" back in high school! If I tried "dancing with myself" to this I would probably appear quite "under the influence".
Lots of good music you've listed although I'm not familiar with Robert Wyatt. Interesting song.
(I would look like an intoxicated dork dancing to this by myself :-) Hey, but after some good single malt Scotch, who cares??)
Neetzy, it is definitely a sign of getting old when we find ourselves yearning for the music of 27 years ago. Having said that, it WAS great!
Ms.M: Robert Wyatt was the drummer with Soft Machine in the late 60s, and unless you're a fan of British Psychedelia it's no surprise you've not heard of him.
Good single malt whisky always gets my vote, though it didn't do Robert much good as he fell off a balcony while drunk and has spent the past 30 years singing from his wheelchair. He is one of our great and enduring eccentric musicians.
27 years? THIRTY-SEVEN years! Sheesh! I real AM getting old if I'm skipping whole decades.
Thought perhaps you were using "new math" ;)
Hee hee hee, Ms.M. Unfortunately I am stuck with "old math" these days, which seems to be some kind of random number generator.
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