I've been a fan of Carrack since forever (i.e., when he was singing "How Long," with Ace back in 1974), but I must confess I had never encountered the above until last week, when Friend of PowerPop© Sal Nunziato posted a link to it over at his invaluable Burning Wood blog.
So I'm sharing it.
And not out of laziness, damnit, and fuck you for suggesting that! 😎
Seriously, the song itself is one of my all-time faves, and while Carrack's neo-Spectorian approach may not necessarily be the way you guys hear it, for me at least, it -- in Sal's phrase -- pushes all kinds of my buttons.
Hmm...perhaps I should check out the album it's from as well.
Oh, and you should be thankful I didn't make an "ex-squeeze me?" joke in today's title. So there. 😎😎
If you had, that would have been formulaic, mechanical even.
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There's just no pleasing some people. 😎
Delete“Mechanical”.
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Jai Guru Dave
He is quite the soulful, masterly vocalist. He's been around forever, and his voice just amazes. His solo work is sinfully inderrated, whether covers like this, or his collbarations with Nick Lowe. Timeless, seeminly effortless and so very enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteVery good musician, very good songwriter, very good recording, how could it not be anything less than such a very good recording
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Captain Al
Yeah, that's pretty slick. Somehow, it leads to the most unexpected cover ever, IMO: Squeeze doing Lou Reed:
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