Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Genius is Pain. Or Something

And speaking as we were downstairs of T-Bone Burnett's genius as a producer, here's the very first hit he produced -- from 1968, it's the legendary Legendary Stardust Cowboy and "Paralyzed."





Be warned -- if you hit the play button and listen, you may never come back; there may be a part of you that's gone forever.

Incidentally, that's T-Bone on drums. Talk about multi-talented.

For more info on The Ledge, as he's mostly known, go HERE if you dare.
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11 comments:

  1. The Phantom Creep6/09/2009 2:02 PM

    I'm not sure if that's the original version or not, but then again I've heard so many versions at this point that I'm not sure I remember what the original sounds like. The distorted drums make me suspect it is...

    In any case, it's certainly terrifying.
    :-)

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  2. Bruce from Missouri6/09/2009 6:13 PM

    That is possibly the worst song I have ever heard. Wow.

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  3. steve simels6/09/2009 7:15 PM

    The Ledge's performance of it, sort of, on "Laugh-In" is also legendary.
    :-)

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  4. Anonymous6/09/2009 7:20 PM

    Don't need to click, I remember! (shudders...) Was not your BFF David Bowie an early partisan of Ole Alvin? :)
    -bill buckner

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  5. steve simels6/09/2009 7:23 PM

    Apparently Dave could relate to the whole stardust cowboy concept. For obvious reasons.
    :-)

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  6. billy b6/09/2009 7:32 PM

    heh...heh...heh...

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  7. Anonymous6/09/2009 8:05 PM

    I am not amused!

    ROTP(lumber)

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  8. The Kenosha Kid6/09/2009 11:26 PM

    I saw the Ledge play on a double bill with Buck Naked & The Bare Bottom Boys.

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  9. MJConroy6/09/2009 11:58 PM

    I think this song gives real meaning to:
    "WTF?"

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  10. Wendy6/10/2009 12:33 AM

    Oy gevalt.

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  11. Mike6/10/2009 12:18 PM

    The only thing I've heard that comes close to that -- and it's not even in the same state -- is Hasil Adkins' She Said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sinwRBa8ros

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