That's pretty much my favorite track on the tribute, and not just because the song being remade is pretty much the best (i.e., most fully finished) thing on Oar. An album which -- if we're being honest about it -- is shall we say wildly uneven (i.e. it becomes increasingly unhinged and chaotic as it goes on).
DPW's remake, however, is ecstatically Byrdsian, and actually improves on the original. Which is to say it sounds like what a carefully worked out version of the song would have been if it had been recorded by Moby Grape themselves.
Now excuse me -- I gotta go listen to the Robyn Hitchcock More Oar cover of "Broken Heart" and cry a little for what might have been if Skippy hadn't ended up completely nuts. 😎
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Years ago I tried to listen to Oar, but gave up pretty quickly. The version of "All Come to Meet Her Now" posted takes a few seconds to get going, but turns out to be very good. “Broken Hearts” is well covered, too, but is a pretty grim song.
- Paul in DK
Diesel Park West is a West Coast band and they are wonderful.
Skip going off the deep end was a great lost for us rock fans and a greater lost for Skippy.
Captain Al
i enjoyed this - i suppose everybody who comes here would already know that the phrase in quotes in your title today is by keith reed, from a procol harum song, with the very memorable line "life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
Uh no, DPW are in fact Brits.
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