Okay, today we're resurrecting a tradition that the geniuses at the old SPY magazine used to refer to as "Log-Rolling In Our Time."
So -- from their 1996 album Hourly, Daily, please enjoy second greatest (after The Easybeats) Australian rock band You Am I, and their power pop masterpiece "Mr. Milk".
The short version: Sometime after that song was originally released, I happened to wander into NYCD, the fabulous record emporium on Manhattan's Upper West Side that I lived a few blocks away from. The above song was playing on the store sound system at the time, and I had no idea what it was or who had done it and it flipped me fucking out. (I mean -- is that 12-string riff the coolest or what?)
Fortunately, friend of PowerPop and proprietor of the invaluable Burning Wood blog Sal Nunziato was behind the counter at the time, and was able to provide me with the track's backstory.
Bottom line: Thanks, Sal!
Ah, those were the days, n'est-ce pas? 😎
P.S.: Oh, and by the way -- the reason I'm bringing this whole thing up?
It's because the other day Sal put up an absolutely fabulous You Am I live cover of an Easybeats song that I was previously unaware of.
So may I just say again -- thanks, Sal!!!
2 comments:
Their first album is much more raw. The four albums from 1995's Hi Fi Way through 2001's Dress Me Slowly are all wonderful rock and pop. That's songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Tim Rogers on the 12-string.
- Paul in DK
Thumbs up. You Am I has balls!
Captain Al
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