Tag: music

cross posted from The Dream Antilles

You know it’s one kind favor, I ask to you

You know it’s one kind favor, I ask to you

See that my grave is kept clean

It’s a simple enough blues.  It was initially sung, I think, by the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1927 under a pseudonym.  It was so popular that he re-recorded and re-released in 1928.

It’s been recorded by BB King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Canned Heat, The Grateful Dead, Mike Bloomfield, Keiji Haino, Diamanda Galás, Meindert Talma & the Negroes, Lou Reed, Furry Lewis, Chrome Cranks, the Dream Syndicate, Thelonious Monster.  And, of course, by numerous, numerous others.

It’s been in my head for two days.  I heard BB King’s latest version of the song yesterday on NPR while I was driving home.  I can’t seem to turn it off.  “One kind favor I ask of you/one kind favor I ask of you…”

Join me in my head.

Bessie Smith, a personal favorite (sorry about the static in the first vid):

The Pony Party is an Open Thread.  Please do not REC the Party!

Because I’m tired of English.

Pony Party is an Open Thread.  Please Do Not Rec the party.

you don’t tell me anything

that’s not a dream

that’s not a big lie

you’re not going anywhere

you don’t care

you think that’s fine

you don’t owe me anything

you’re offering

it’s already mine

your best friend is everywhere

they don’t care

they think you’re slime

you don’t even know

what it means to take your own advice

and then

expect me to look surprised

after awhile you know their style and that’s enough to know they suck

and when you know they’ll stop the show because they know you know

I know it’s sad but don’t feel bad they knew they had it coming

after awhile it hurts to smile and if you laugh it’s just a typical miracle

~Built to Spill, “Stop the Show”

Last Friday, I skipped watching the debate between Obama and McCain to see Built to Spill perform their seminal album “Perfect From Now On” in its entirety at Terminal 5 in Manhattan.  I could hardly have made a better choice.