Scot drops the needle for Baald

Listen for yourself:

Benoit Baald: ok, go
Scot Hacker: rolling
BB: great bass line, and I love the tremelo on the guitar
SH: Is that 2nd voice female?
BB: seems very summery, lazy
BB: and then the vocals come in!
SH: Beatnik thing.
BB: well, the lyrics rock, the singing is lacking
BB: and the disjointed phrasing…
SH: Lacking in that Dylan / Neil Young kinda way – not about beautiful voice.
BB: but still…
SH: But that also makes it more “real” in a perverse kind of way.
BB: not in the same class as young/dylan
SH: I love the rolling drums, almost timpani.
BB: but its mixed too up front, which doesn’t help
BB: but the lyrics are golden
BB: it’s a beautiful song
SH: How old do you think this is?
BB: damn
BB: um
BB: ‘65?
SH: So close. ‘67.
BB: no
BB: oh
BB: wow
SH: Want spoiler?
BB: and the vocal harmonies take off a bit at the end
BB: no
BB: reminds me of hair for some reason
BB: comin down
SH: Heh – Plenty of hair involved.
BB: ok
BB: lay it on me
SH: Fugs: “Comin’ Down”
BB: reaaaaalllly
BB: damn
BB: how is it that i never listened to the fugs?
SH: That doesn’t fit your picture of them?
BB: that’s not what i expcted
BB: i expected garagier
BB: this was a little jerry’s kids…
SH: They’ve got plenty of that – this is a “pretty” song of theirs.
BB: oh, ok
BB: it was at that
BB: i’m not sure it would get into regular rotation, but i’m damn glad you turned me onto it

Baald drops the needle for Scot

Listen for yourself:

SH: rolling
SH: That Buck Owens twang.
BB: yeah SH: Scallywag! I love anything that uses the word “Scallywag.” 2nd only to “rapscallion.”
SH: That beat is so elemental – the guitar sound so pure. Mellotronic.
BB: y’know, a good song tells a story
SH: What’s that – harmonics?
BB: i think so
SH: Through a buzz filter?
BB: definitely one of the most bizarre guitar tones i’ve ever heard
SH: Yes, papa, well just a minnit!
BB: this was all pre-effects
SH: Totally.
SH: Soothing outro chord.
BB: so you get that the weird voice is the boyfriend mocking the dad, right?
SH: That was hilarious. Songs that incorporate a conversations are too rare.
SH: Ohh… I *didn’t* get that!
BB: they on the porch
BB: etc
SH: Yeah, it all fits now.
BB: ok, you get it now
BB: love that voice
SH: There’s a tradition of songs about boys in love with girls but who have to deal with the dad first.
BB: sounds like the wicked witch from wiz of oz
SH: Something I’ve strangely never had to deal with.
BB: ha!
BB: i once had a gf whose dad was a biker
BB: lived in a motel
SH: OK, I’m dying to know who this was.
BB: she brought me home to him and made me cook him dinner
BB: i’m LMO remembering this
SH: I’m sure that won him over. “Used motor oil slick pasta.”
BB: lmao
BB: i think i was shaking
BB: i kinda broke it off with her after that
BB: STOOPIDEST thing i ever did
SH: Well, I’m shaking now. So give it up. Who’d we hear?
BB: The Carlisles, “Is Zat You Myrtle”
BB: let me get the date
BB: hold on
SH: The Carlisles. I’ll have to add that to the rotation.
BB: 1953
SH: Dang – you beat me by a decade and a half.
BB: it’s from that Boppin Hillbilly, Red Hot Rockabilly box i get
SH: Hillbilly at its Jethro-est.
BB: damn, it loops seamlessly
BB: bizarre
BB: for the past ten minutes i’ve been like “damn, this is the longest 2:17 i’ve EVER heard”
SH: LOL – I’ve been in silence for three minutes.
SH: OK, cut.