Have you heard this kid Willy Moon? Oh brother is right. It got me thinking about how things get watered down, and how some music really should require some degree of authenticity. If you borrow heavily from a particular genre or era, you really ought to think twice before you try to fuck with the formula. This Moon kid reminds me of hearing Blink 182 way back when and thinking, some people think this is punk rock? There's just no fucking pedigree, real or imagined. It's just throwing spaghetti at the wall.
A few posts after the Moon one, I ran into one about Nick Waterhouse, While it didn't exactly cheer me up, it did lessen the "Oh god, this shit is weak" blow. Waterhouse does a respectable job, but he doesn't have me bouncing off the walls. Not like Nick Curran did. (The video below is required viewing.)
By now my early rhythm and blues/rock 'n' roll ADD is kicking in. I started thinking about others that have tried to tackle this sort of music, early rock 'n' roll with horns and/or piano, and who has, not only the pipes, but the authenticity to pull it off. Here's a few that gave it a shot, with varying degrees of success.
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Listen: The Blasters - Marie Marie mp3 at Full Songs (?)
The Blasters - Red Rose mp3 at AM Then FM
The Blasters - Dark Night mp3 at OST For Me
Nick Curran and the Lowlifes - Kill My Baby mp3 at KEXP
Nick Curran and the Lowlifes - Reform School Girl mp3 at Austin Town Hall
JD McPherson - Wolf Teeth mp3 (via Box.com) at The Slow Drag
JD McPherson - Carol (Live in studio) mp3 at MOKB
JD McPherson - Scratching Circles mp3 at Cortesia de la Casa
Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Ace of Spades mp3 at Ryan's Smashing Life
Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Explosion mp3 at Dr. Mooney's 115th Dream
Nick Waterhouse - Some Place mp3 at Augasm
Nick Waterhouse - (If) You Want Trouble mp3 at Augasm
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