Which version do you prefer? Is it sacrilege to even like a cover of a Neil Young song??
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JJ70SBKWeA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0bHCY865xs[/youtube]
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Hard work and science
It’s a love song, after a fashion:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahVxU1lnFQc[/youtube]
Watch this space
I spent the day in Dubai, so there shall be some photo posts to come. In the meantime, I invite you to watch this peculiarity:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnGPIMUnus[/youtube]
Bob Dylan in court
John Roberts Jr, a US Supreme Court judge, has made rock ‘n’ roll legal history by citing Bob Dylan.
“The absence of any right to the substantive recovery means that respondents cannot benefit from the judgment they seek and thus lack Article III standing,” Roberts wrote. “‘When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.’ Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone, on Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia Records 1965).”
Although the lyric is slightly wrong, it’s not the first time the veteran songwriter has been mentioned in court. “Subterranean Homesick Blues” has apparently been cited in 18 court decisions.
Breton music
Yes, this video does feature a Frenchman in a kilt:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7NgxAS-owA[/youtube]
He’s here too, except singing in Breton this time:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3Igp-Zr6Y&feature=related[/youtube]
Bad Religion
I got a hold of the veteran punksters’ New Maps of Hell album the other day, the deluxe edition no less. It’s a good record overall — especially “Honest Goodbye” — but I also liked the acoustic bonus tracks. “Sorrow” works very well, although the solo seems a bit dropped in out of nowhere, and the chorus of “Adam’s Atoms” feels quite haunting for some reason.
I don’t know why the band recorded or included the acoustic set, but can’t help wonder if it is connected to Greg Graffin’s solo album, Cold As The Clay. The obvious difference is that the Hell tracks are reworkings of Bad Religion numbers, whereas Clay is deeply rooted in the folk traditions of Wisconsin. It’s another album I really enjoy, perhaps because I don’t normally listen to that genre of music. Not too keen on the title track, though. It’s at its best when picking through a sombre number.