As always, from Can’t Explain.
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Kid Creole & the Coconuts, “Dear Addy” (1981)
I like just about all the Kid Creole & the Coconuts stuff, particularly through the ’80s悠 saw them live in 1986 and they were way, way better than I had any right to expect. Probably Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is my favorite album, with its whacked-out concept about a sea voyage whose songs borrow rhythms and various stylings from all the ports in which the traveler stops, including elements of Broadway, calypso, cha cha, disco, funk, Latin, reggae, rock, and more, all served up in bite-size pop songs. “Dear Addy” is the the album closer, a very lovely ballad about sailing the world ’round only to find that the one waiting for you at home is the one you love and want. Or you hope she’s waiting for you anyway, the source of the song’s bracing tension.
First foreign place: “Going Places”
More stuff at Can’t Explain.
Bago
I was up all night helping to debug this
http://www.infoworld.com/t/saas/blow-blow-another-microsoft-cloud-outage-172298
Then we just had an earthquake.
Raven (formerly stuckinred)
I can’t stop watching Garfunkel and Oates!
JGabriel
While we’re talking about lovely ballads, see Marion Cotillard on last night’s Daily Show for a visual definition of the phrase ridiculously beautiful.
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Amir Khalid
It’s already September 11 on my side of the International Date Line. This song, from an album that seems to be on a lot of people’s minds as the anniversary comes up, made me weep the first time I heard it. Sometimes it still does.
Raven (formerly stuckinred)
If This is Goodbye is a 9/11 song too.
My famous last words
Could never tell the story
Spinning unheard
In the dark of the sky
But I love you
And this is our glory
If this is good bye
If this is good bye
handy
Wow. Kid Creole and the Coconuts. That’s a name I completely forgot about.
Brachiator
Related music thingie, for Spotify users
The tech writer Andy Ihnatko offered up a little challenge not too long ago:
One of the responders took the songs, about 400 or so, and turned it into a Spotify playlist. If you have the service, you might want to check it out, here.
http://open.spotify.com/user/phidauex/playlist/2yO4TEVNFxRXRMi0GSwIO8
BTW, I got no interest in Spotify other than as a casual user of the free version of the service.
trollhattan
O/T ACLU publishes a summary of photographer and videographer rights. Good stuff to know!
http://www.aclu.org/print/free-speech/know-your-rights-photographers
trollhattan
@Amir Khalid:
You sure about that? Beause if it is, I’m two global spins behind ya.
Amir Khalid
@trollhattan:
Oops. Still only Sept 10 over here. My bad. But the anniversary is coming up, and Into The Fire is an appropriate song; besides, next week’s SOTW post will be after the anniversary.
MikeJ
Didn’t feel the Vancouver quake. Learned of it from William Gibson’s twitter feed.
Datacine
Saw Kid a few times, notably with Winston Grennan on drums and Carol Colman on bass. Coati Mundi and the rest too! Quite a show.
urizon
God, I love this band.
Montysano
@JGabriel:
Boy howdy…
Thanks, DougJ: I hadn’t listened to Kid Creole in years!
Southern Beale
I’m assuming this is an open thread? If not, sue me.
Do you shop at Overstock.com? Don’t! Their CEO is a right wing misogynist asshole who gives money to groups like the Swift Boat Veterans.
trollhattan
@Amir Khalid:
Drat the luck. I was hoping for stock tips. :-)
trollhattan
@Montysano:
My teevee service just added CC to their hi-def lineup, so Win!
trollhattan
@Southern Beale:
Aren’t they HQd in Utah? Always cause for suspicion.
sistermoon
Love me some Kid Creole, especially “Stool Pigeon”.