The Greatest Non Hits

Episode 100! The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker

Chris & Tim Season 3 Episode 9

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Get ready to strut down memory lane as we crank up the volume on the Black Crowes' timeless debut with "Shake Your Money Maker." Chris and I, along with the comedic genius of “Ben Stiller” and  “Sol Rosenberg”, dance through the hits and uncover the hidden treasures within this rock masterpiece. Feel the nostalgia as we chat about the cultural oddity of an Atlanta band steeped in British blues, and prepare to be entertained by our unexpected musical mashup that’s as fun as it is unlikely.

Step into the shoes of rock royalty with special guest Joe Pesci, who adds a touch of Hollywood's sparkle to our musings on the Black Crowes' legendary tracks. We'll tackle everything from the raw emotion in "She Talks to Angels" to the fiery energy of "Hard to Handle," all while exploring the Robinson brothers' unique creative chemistry. Our laughter echoes through candid discussions about rock video nuances, the intensity of drummers, and the unshakable spirit of the Black Crowes that continue to captivate fans old and new.

Wrap up your rock 'n' roll journey with a lively debate on the great butter conundrum—counter or fridge—and indulge in our personal playlist picks, spotlighting songs like "Stare It Cold" and "Sister Luck." We'll wrap things up by tipping our hats to the authenticity and influence of the Black Crowes' sound that has eternally woven its way into the fabric of rock music. This episode isn't just a podcast; it's a tribute to the enduring allure of rhythm, riffs, and the rebels who make them.

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Speaker 1:

I can't give you what you want, but you got to go home with me. I forgot some good old lovin' and I got this song in store when I get through throwin' it on you. You got to come back for more Boys and things will come by the dozen, but that ain't nothing but first-old lovin'. Pretty little thing livin' like the count called Mama I'm so hard to hell with now and yet surround All right, thank you for listening to the Greatest Nine Hits.

Speaker 3:

I'm Chris and playing twice as hard on the acoustic there is my co-host, tim, and that's from the Black Rose Shaker Moneymaker from 1990, and thank you for listening with us today. We're gonna, as always, listen through all the songs on that album. There's a number of hits that we've all heard a bunch of times, that are awesome songs on this album, and but what we're gonna do is just spend a little bit of time at the end of the show to rank our top three non-hits and there are a few. There's two of them I know are gonna be one and two.

Speaker 3:

I'm not exactly sure what number three is gonna be, Tim probably doesn't know his either, but nevertheless, we're gonna do that with you today and have some fun on the way. We're gonna have some special guests. I think Ben Stiller is gonna be with us. There's gonna be Saul Rosenberg from the Jerky Boys. He's gonna make an appearance here and there. We've got a bunch of other cast and characters. I think the announcer for the LA Angels is gonna join us as well. So we're gonna have a good time. But first let's talk a little.

Speaker 3:

Black Rose. This is a band that this is their debut album and, like I said, 1990 was the year that came out on Deaf American Recordings. This was a record label of Rick Rubens, and there's this Greek guy, steve Drakulius, who signed them to George Drakulius, my apologies. 1988 saw the band when they did a show in New York City, signed them to that record label and they changed their name. They were like Mr Crow or something. I can't remember the name. We'll come up with it later on but they changed their name to the Black Crows at that point in time.

Speaker 3:

They had some recording sessions in the summer of 89 in Atlanta and in LA. I know they were in New York but I guess they did some of the tracks in those two places. Could I have been so blind? And she talks to Angels, where a couple of the first two recordings Rich Robinson, the guitar player, was only 17 years old at the time. He's Chris Robinson's younger brother who was lead singer. The band is from Atlanta and shout out to Walton High School, shout out to my buddy, lance, who went to high school with them. There are a lot of bands coming out of Atlanta at that time. There's Collective Soul, which we did last week. I think the drummer of a couple of the songs is the drummer from Driving and Crying. His name escapes me right now, but I know that there's a lot of ties to a lot of other bands that made it big around that time.

Speaker 3:

With that being the case, they took off from there. Of course, the big singles and hits from this album are hard to handle. Twice is hard Jealous again, she talks to Angels is probably the biggest of the songs. And then Seeing Things was listed as a single. I don't get the popularity of those other four songs did, but okay, fine, we'll call that a non-hit or we'll call it a hit. Let's call Seeing Things a hit and then the rest of them will discuss. We'll talk amongst ourselves. So anyway, with regard to this, in the intro, of course that was Otis Redding. He's the one who wrote Hard to Handle, which is one of their biggest songs.

Speaker 3:

Tim and I were discussing how I actually my opinion was. I thought it was very ironic I think he agrees with this that a band from Atlanta, georgia, where you know, in around this area, is really where the blues sort of took hold and a lot of these songs were written in the deep south. And it's ironic that they moved to or, I guess you know, travel to New York to do shows and are convinced by their record label to write or, I guess, perform an Otis Redding cover. But also, chuck LaVell was the keyboardist who also played with the Rolling Stones Incredible keyboardist was on this album. We found it very ironic that that's where they learned the blues, because they were something other than that prior to the time that they got signed. So I still think it's a great album.

Speaker 3:

I think they're still great performers. I still think that they possess a lot of originality. I think it's a good point to bring up that. Maybe it's a little inauthentic, if you could have a criticism. Yeah, since they are from the south, but they really learned from the Rolling Stones, the Faces these were bands that the record label really wanted to expose them to in emulator and you know, being British bands or something. It's great how they adopted a blues sound from the previous decade or so. But a band from Atlanta getting their chops and learning the blues from the English Well, yeah, tim can weigh it on.

Speaker 3:

Nevertheless, I'm still a huge fan and this was an album that really resonated with me when I was in college and I was went to college not far from where they're from and so I feel like I was kind of there at the time and so it's interesting, even though I was in a band like the Black Rose, when I'm in the deep south it just sounds better, but it's all good, all right. So Tim's going to join me and he's going to give his thoughts. We want to thank all of you for listening. Continue to download us and subscribe, like whenever you download our podcasts. Tim is with me. Tim buddy, how you doing, man?

Speaker 6:

Oh, this chair is hard to handle. What's going on over here? What's going on?

Speaker 3:

Well, it's twice as hard.

Speaker 2:

It is. That's why it's hard to handle.

Speaker 6:

Oh my gosh, we're here, we're doing it. This is, you know, this band I could have sworn hard to handle was their song growing up, which is just like one of those things is why. How come, I don't know that.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, Otis Redding. That was his, that was the open with the original thing. I just thought it might be kind of a way to set the stage, that it went from him to the faces, to the rolling stones and then finally to these guys. It's pretty crazy.

Speaker 6:

It's pretty crazy. I mean we. It's full circle. You just go around and around and around and around, and it's one of those things. It's across the pond, you know, over to the pond. Again and again we cycle through and yeah. It's it music and zest, if you, if you will, I don't know. I mean, these guys are in touch with their feelings. This one song, she walks with angels was written. What a 15. Oh yeah.

Speaker 3:

I think she talks to angels and hard to handle. Should have a baby together. Yeah, yes and then it'll be like strutting blues or something.

Speaker 6:

Yes, it will be, yeah.

Speaker 4:

Oh, we got here, I went to the Empire State Building and I can't see so good.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, yeah, saul, thank you for showing I. He's here, he's here and he's just he's talking out of turn, as always. Yeah, what are you gonna do?

Speaker 6:

But oh.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, that was him.

Speaker 4:

I'll bring all my shoes.

Speaker 3:

All right, yeah, you're not gonna bring your shoes, so I'll get in here, let's hit us.

Speaker 6:

We're hitting you with songs. We're hitting you with.

Speaker 3:

Joe Pesci.

Speaker 6:

Figuring out her sound close, sorry.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, we're gonna do. While we're doing that, what do you say? We play a little of the actual toy shaker money maker.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, is that, is that your took us.

Speaker 3:

Took us as hard? No, it's not my. Took us. That's your money maker, yeah.

Speaker 6:

Oh well, it does power your legs, which move you to go to your job, you know that is true.

Speaker 3:

I Shake my money maker before I make the money. Oh oh, so here we go challenge the germophobes.

Speaker 5:

Who wrote?

Speaker 3:

this, this is really good. Well, actually Chris and Rich wrote all of these, with the exception of like parts and some of the others.

Speaker 6:

That's pretty amazing, brother combo.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, 15 years old, she talks to angels. Pretty good, sisters, I was saying.

Speaker 7:

Because she decided to send the message Wake up sisters.

Speaker 3:

But she's behind Thunder. God, oh, oh, oh.

Speaker 1:

And twice as far. And there was a mistake. I said goodbye and twice as far.

Speaker 7:

There's no such thing as a weaker sex.

Speaker 3:

And I wonder, if I want to know, how do you solve?

Speaker 5:

for that, here we go.

Speaker 7:

I kinda look a little silly.

Speaker 5:

Just saying let it out, give it to me, give it to me. And I wonder if I want to know. And I wonder if I want to know, don't be wrong.

Speaker 6:

Oh, oh, oh. And twice as far there's a boy. The first time I said goodbye. A breakup song, I guess.

Speaker 5:

Twice as far there's a boy the first time I said goodbye Twice as far.

Speaker 3:

There's a good video, dread by Pete Andrews. A lot of Greeks were involved in this. A lot of Greeks Features the band playing the song at night. There's a boy the first time I said goodbye, say bye. Alright, here we go. Alright, that was a good one.

Speaker 1:

Call the fire department. This one's out of control.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, that one was good. That was a good one, yeah.

Speaker 2:

And we're off.

Speaker 6:

Yeah okay, we're blind, we're going in blind here, yeah.

Speaker 1:

What the hell is that?

Speaker 3:

This is so much fun.

Speaker 7:

Hero left him in bam Paranoid City.

Speaker 3:

It's Jels again, little Ross, a little Chandler, more Ross.

Speaker 5:

Oh hoi We'll do it live, damn it, do it live.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, we've all heard this song. I mean, it's a, it's a robust, rotund jam. Yeah.

Speaker 3:

Can hair laval do it on the piano? Oh yeah, it sounds very Rolling Stony.

Speaker 6:

Cover of the Rolling Stony. Yeah, stony Blownie.

Speaker 7:

Hero left him in bam Paranoid City.

Speaker 6:

I don't know what you're talking about. I am not a crazy jealous person.

Speaker 5:

In high school, you weren't jealous at all, even though all your girlfriends were cheating on you.

Speaker 3:

It was like the 92-93 year.

Speaker 7:

He was okay.

Speaker 3:

And then I think it was 94,. Ross kind of went off the reservation there with the jealousy yes, he's having fun, this is so much fun.

Speaker 5:

This is not fun. I ain't afraid of ever losing faith in you, Eddie.

Speaker 2:

Yeah most definitely Eddie.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, lavelle, lavelle is crushing it on this. Yeah, I'm jealous. Paranoid City.

Speaker 3:

Hey, drummers were more aggressive back in the day.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, they turned it up a notch.

Speaker 2:

Great look good drumming. These go to 11.

Speaker 3:

I think there are 10 tracks, 11 if you count the last one.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 5:

You gotta go, just go.

Speaker 3:

It's like a really guitarist Jeff.

Speaker 5:

Seats.

Speaker 3:

And I think he left the band at the sound. So Jeff Sullivan, driving on any plate, drums on the first demo.

Speaker 5:

Subsequent demos featured Steve Martin.

Speaker 6:

Okay, a little roadhouse sound effects.

Speaker 3:

I think so.

Speaker 1:

You're too stupid to have a guitarist.

Speaker 4:

I'll bring all my shoes and my glasses with me.

Speaker 3:

Saul again.

Speaker 4:

You know how much I'm stuck. You give a fuck.

Speaker 3:

Now, all of a sudden, joe Pesci comes into the room.

Speaker 6:

Joe Pesci loves jealous again. He's always jealous.

Speaker 3:

I know exactly.

Speaker 6:

He's jealous of other people's hands what they got, not their actual hands but their card hands, casino casino big gambling.

Speaker 3:

Shout out to Johnny Colt who was playing the bass on that, and what else we got here? Who do we have on drums, on Steve?

Speaker 6:

Gorman, that's right.

Speaker 3:

He goes up to 11. He died, he combusted. They are so annoying Talking about being so annoying. Shout out to Steve.

Speaker 1:

Okay, no.

Speaker 3:

Shout out to all the sisters out there. You can hear a little knocking on heaven's door.

Speaker 7:

Wake up, sisters.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, wow.

Speaker 7:

There's no such thing as a weaker sex.

Speaker 5:

You're dancing outside. Oh my God, what a crystal ball. You never had it before.

Speaker 3:

You know, listen to this.

Speaker 2:

It seems like knocking on heaven's door is going to come up soon or something like that.

Speaker 3:

It kind of turns to that sister luck Chorus, yeah, which is a nice little twist.

Speaker 5:

Eddie Damn man Most definitely.

Speaker 6:

We got a Jesse from the Bachelor From here the Rose Ceremony, where he forgets the girl's name.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, all the sister Rose.

Speaker 2:

Rose sisters, I froze and forgot.

Speaker 3:

I said okay, we gotta do that again.

Speaker 2:

Shout out to Jesse Palmer he gave me the wrong Rose.

Speaker 7:

We're making your weights, not an idiot.

Speaker 5:

I wouldn't eat you today, but we've ended up facing something we've never run into before.

Speaker 6:

Don't do that, so uh.

Speaker 5:

Jesse has something to say too. I'm not crying, you're crying. King you're crying. Thank you, Karen.

Speaker 3:

I said Katie.

Speaker 7:

I froze and forgot.

Speaker 2:

I said Katie, I'm not a spank. We gotta do that again.

Speaker 3:

Sometime we gotta do that again.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, I can't do it again man.

Speaker 5:

We ended up facing something we've never run into before. So uh, Jesse has something to say too.

Speaker 3:

Ladies, I'm sorry for taking that time. I'm very embarrassed to tell you this, katie, I accidentally called out the wrong name. And I'd like to extend to you the option of staying. What do you think she's doing?

Speaker 2:

She's like, okay, yeah, I'll stay and see how things go. Sure. Thank you, I'm not into the girl that I'm in right now.

Speaker 5:

This is not the final rose tonight.

Speaker 6:

Wouldn't you like it? Uncle are laughing. What a shame. Someone else's name I can never ask. Karen, I'm so sorry.

Speaker 4:

No, that's alright.

Speaker 3:

I forgot your name, karen, please accept this rose Absolutely.

Speaker 6:

I will Thank you. You dumbass. I already hold all the roses in this relationship. That's right. I wear the pants now, Jesse.

Speaker 3:

Who's Jesse with?

Speaker 5:

now, let's see Off the road, let's go.

Speaker 3:

Alright, okay.

Speaker 6:

Did we have a pallet cleanser?

Speaker 1:

Yeah, we did. There was a time I could see oh wait, where is?

Speaker 6:

that pallet cleanser? Is it over here? I don't know what you're talking about. I am not.

Speaker 3:

I don't know why I said that. I just said there is a sound of pallet cleanser.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, Ah, badass.

Speaker 6:

Since they're a saloon band, the Black Rose.

Speaker 5:

Yeah, that's true.

Speaker 7:

I always kept things nice and clean, is it?

Speaker 6:

Yeah, that's the Blazing Saddles there. Blazing Saddles, yeah.

Speaker 2:

Action speech loud and burning. Oh, there we go.

Speaker 3:

With joy in your heart. Okay.

Speaker 6:

Okay, little rando-dando there.

Speaker 3:

Getting back into it.

Speaker 1:

Hold the range then.

Speaker 3:

That's right this song is called Could I have Been so Blind? That's probably where we need to bring in our buddy, saul. Saul Rosenberg, how you doing bud.

Speaker 1:

Okay, no.

Speaker 3:

Okay, I thought you Ross.

Speaker 4:

I'm talking about Saul. I can't see, goddammit.

Speaker 3:

Well, you can't be so blind. You know what do you think? Saul shouldn't be so blind. I think I have 2020.

Speaker 6:

Maybe it's getting worse.

Speaker 4:

Can't squint, you know You're too, I'll bring all my shoes and my glasses with me.

Speaker 6:

You know what's wrong? No, what's wrong? I don't know. It just seems a little produced. That's all right here, I don't know.

Speaker 3:

It's too polished.

Speaker 6:

No, yeah, maybe I don't know You're crying. It's just too smooth. Yeah, like it's. At least UE Lewis has saxophones, I don't know. In like I mean, chuckleville is crushing it.

Speaker 3:

I think they've got a good rhythm section in core going. I think it's hard, but I think it's a fair point to say. This is sort of it's like the Rolling Stones that have already done this. Yeah, kind of yeah. Yeah, you can kind of tell if they're sort of coached, they're being coached into this.

Speaker 5:

I'm trying to. Now I can see.

Speaker 2:

What are you?

Speaker 5:

You say Abe Lincoln, no, I say Abe Lincoln.

Speaker 1:

I say the Abe Lincoln.

Speaker 3:

Abe.

Speaker 1:

Lincoln.

Speaker 6:

Shout out to the blind guy Blinken in Robin Hood Men in Tights. You got Saul. Is Saul still on the phone with us?

Speaker 4:

Hey, goddammit, okay, geez.

Speaker 3:

We know you're Saul. You can't see.

Speaker 6:

Saul just dial an operator, okay yeah exactly.

Speaker 4:

I'll bring all my shoes and my Don't bring your shoes.

Speaker 6:

Don't bring your glasses. Please don't bring your shoes.

Speaker 3:

Or no, you gotta bring your glasses. You can't see.

Speaker 7:

Harold left him in bam Paranoid City.

Speaker 6:

Thank you, Phoebe. Phoebe, would you talk to Saul?

Speaker 3:

Oh, that would be an interesting conversation.

Speaker 6:

I'm talking about shoes and glasses.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I'm just getting warmed up. Oh, I'm too tired, I'm too fucking blind.

Speaker 3:

Shout out to Alpha China and the OOAH character from Centival Centival.

Speaker 1:

I'm just getting warmed up. What?

Speaker 3:

is it like a kernel or something? It's like a mear? What?

Speaker 1:

the hell is that I don't know Is that the guitar.

Speaker 5:

Is that?

Speaker 1:

the guitar boy. Ooah, I've been around. You know there was a time I could see and I have seen.

Speaker 3:

Well I mean okay, well, this is what we're going to be seeing things. So Now we said this is going to be a hit.

Speaker 6:

I don't know. Talk amongst yourselves.

Speaker 3:

I'm not a crier, I don't cry. I you know, I work out, I have hobbies. You get a punch in this song. You like this? Oh God, I think that's Chuck Lavelle, too, doing that Oregon, oh it's, it's so touching.

Speaker 6:

It just pains me.

Speaker 2:

Oh man Mmm.

Speaker 3:

These guys could play on a wedding.

Speaker 6:

I know right. Yeah, this is like. This is sad baby music. Don't leave the light on. Turn it off.

Speaker 3:

Can we have the parents of the bridegroom come out and the groom's first wife and her new lover?

Speaker 5:

Baby, baby.

Speaker 7:

I went to the Empire State Building.

Speaker 3:

Sol. It's not the time or place man Sol's like out of control.

Speaker 6:

It starts in your heart.

Speaker 3:

And it goes to your shoes and glasses.

Speaker 6:

This is a I'm gonna lip my love bump.

Speaker 3:

It's a D minor which feels like the saddest of all the keys.

Speaker 6:

Nice, this sounds like.

Speaker 3:

Wonder Years.

Speaker 6:

Sounds like.

Speaker 3:

Fred Savage.

Speaker 6:

No, yeah, Night Moves. What's this? A Bob Seeger kind of Bob Seeger, yeah, a little bit.

Speaker 2:

Seeger.

Speaker 3:

Same backup singers yeah, bob Seeger in the Silver Bullet Band.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, Silver Bullet.

Speaker 1:

Life.

Speaker 5:

And I used to dream oh, a better day than ever came. I'm sorry, ain't nothing to me.

Speaker 3:

I really like to roller skate with Robin to this song. I think that would be sweet.

Speaker 6:

I'm sorry you were gonna say something Just go roller skating, would you?

Speaker 5:

You gotta go, just go.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, we will.

Speaker 6:

Love is such a crime. Maybe sit the next couple plays out.

Speaker 3:

You know what I mean. You know what I mean no, no, no, no, no. Twenty Seconds time now.

Speaker 6:

He's that's actually directed at Saul Backwards baby. Oh yeah baby. What was it a crime?

Speaker 2:

Because I'm seeing the things for the first time. I wasn't crying, you were crying. I'm seeing the things for the first time.

Speaker 3:

What about? What about Tauley? What do you think he'd say?

Speaker 7:

What? When you get out of the water, you need to dry off right away, so avoid catching a cold.

Speaker 5:

Okay, thank you I don't know that feels better.

Speaker 7:

I kind of look a little silly and my feelings are hurt.

Speaker 3:

Alright, saul, thank you. Yeah, it's definitely cool.

Speaker 5:

Thank you.

Speaker 2:

Derek Diggler.

Speaker 3:

Alright, we got Max here After seeing things for the first time we've got. It's hard to handle. You owe this redding a rip off here. Barbershop Raga. This is a lot of barbershop Raga now.

Speaker 6:

I mean he does it justice. It's not a bad version, it's just. I hope Oda's got a good royalty, that's all. Yes, I'm sure he will. Hopefully there wasn't any games Any. You know, they say one of your fucking games.

Speaker 5:

You want my song, don't be afraid.

Speaker 6:

I like that place you're at with me.

Speaker 3:

I'm advertising love for free.

Speaker 6:

Oh, 10 cent lovin' 10 cent lovin'.

Speaker 3:

What is that?

Speaker 6:

It's really not the 60 minute man.

Speaker 3:

That's supposed to be a really old song 10, second man.

Speaker 6:

And then you're like it feels bad.

Speaker 3:

Where's Ron Burgundy when you do him?

Speaker 4:

Maybe sit, the next couple plays out.

Speaker 5:

Zay, here we go.

Speaker 3:

You don't like the guitar solo. This is good, yeah, the guitar solo is good, I'm digging it.

Speaker 6:

I have to call the One of those people called they put out fires. Yeah.

Speaker 1:

Call the fire department.

Speaker 5:

I'm gonna call Little baby, little life you can't call. As a mama, I'm sure to have a little.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, man. This is off on the Lyric department here Zay.

Speaker 3:

That's baby making music right there. Baby, baby, I don't belong here.

Speaker 7:

I got the highest score. Remember when I found my first lighter?

Speaker 3:

Shout out to Venus. No, butthead, I'm a butthead. No, it's Venus. Shout out to Venus.

Speaker 2:

Alright, alright.

Speaker 3:

Alright, thick and thin, here we go. Yeah, okay, ooh-ah.

Speaker 6:

My puppy did not like that. No Part of the song she got very. Why are there cars in the living room, dad? Oh yeah.

Speaker 3:

I'm a shop droga.

Speaker 5:

That's right, hey, hey, you're saying I ain't blinking.

Speaker 3:

Hey, what do you say? I ain't blinking. Uh-oh, I start blinking up, yeah.

Speaker 6:

Chuck, chuckabelle, he's crushing it. Man Sliding the piano Bump the road, he's got it. Got some Benadryl here.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, Chenisellan.

Speaker 6:

Got some scabies, I'm gonna have to bomb the dorm room.

Speaker 3:

Oh no, that, Not that guy. No, Do not do that. Kenbom Kenbom, this is In high school, you weren't jealous at all this is In high school.

Speaker 5:

You weren't jealous at all.

Speaker 3:

Who's slapping the drum bass?

Speaker 6:

Uh, this is a quick little number, isn't?

Speaker 2:

it.

Speaker 6:

This is a good little clap-clap.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 6:

Audience song.

Speaker 5:

Music.

Speaker 6:

Now the black crows. They're, they're wearing on me here. You're not afraid anymore.

Speaker 7:

Who said that? Where are you? Who said so? You feathered villain.

Speaker 3:

Okay, little Clusel, yeah All right Little Ping Pang there. Yeah, Rich Robinson's kicking a crush on you, I think, With the guitar and whatnot in the oh my gosh, chattastic angels writing at age 15.

Speaker 6:

And the drop G tuning or whatever this is? I couldn't figure it out. Yeah, my guitar has great harmonics, but I'd like to play this song. I'll learn it.

Speaker 3:

I'm wondering if it's just like a couple strings. Maybe it's not the whole.

Speaker 6:

It's a lot of open notes. Yeah, it's a little bit of a picking.

Speaker 5:

Music I don't.

Speaker 3:

Hey you're crying. This is a touching song. It's not sad. It's a heroin addict. He wrote this about like a classmate that he knew, kind of.

Speaker 6:

Kind of.

Speaker 5:

Music Are you crying?

Speaker 3:

Music. Shout out to the Anaheim Angels. Are they the Los Angeles Angels? I don't know. They used to be California Angels, anaheim, I don't know. Music what about poo holes? Where's Music? Oh, okay, shout out to Mike Sotia Music. Sorry, a little loud.

Speaker 5:

Music.

Speaker 6:

Baseball players probably did a lot of drugs back then too. Oh yeah, no yeah. I mean Mostly recreational actually, yeah, no, not even performing in Hansing.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, Doc Ellis, he pitched no Hitter on Tripping on Acid. That's awesome. Shout out to Doc. Shout out to Doc. Rest in peace. Music they used to take speed too, I think. I think it was called Greenies or Bennies or whatever Pepsills.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, it does sound very hoody in the blow-fishing in a way at the same time, or even counting crows A little bit I think they were sounding like them.

Speaker 3:

They came out before then, so I think really it all kind of sounds they all come from the same area, it was.

Speaker 4:

Music With joy in your heart. Music.

Speaker 3:

With joy in your heart. Badding number four Clean up, albert Poo-Holes. It's played for the angels, sometimes White Trials.

Speaker 6:

Angels in the outfield. That was a sad movie, sad and happy, you know. Yeah, music, music, music.

Speaker 5:

Music, music, music, music Music.

Speaker 3:

Oh yeah, music. She had like the umpire, call her out Music, music, music, music Music.

Speaker 2:

Music, music, music Music.

Speaker 7:

Music, music.

Speaker 6:

Oh God.

Speaker 3:

The angels are in fifth place and the AL West.

Speaker 6:

Their pitching is atrocious. Talk amongst yourselves. They couldn't even catch a flu.

Speaker 3:

Couldn't even catch an infield fly rule. All right, so is the strutting blues now. Ok, up the road.

Speaker 5:

Next cutting.

Speaker 3:

All right, a lot of spinning going on. This time Getting it, he's cutting it. Shout out to Gravity. Great movie.

Speaker 6:

And the concept, yeah yeah, concept of gravity.

Speaker 5:

Just saying let it out.

Speaker 3:

Give it a little air, I'm gonna do it. You got it, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow, oh Sweet head start Got my head, yeah, that's pretty much it.

Speaker 5:

You got it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, just saying let it out.

Speaker 3:

Well, he is letting it out. Oh man, I'm picking up what he's laying down.

Speaker 5:

Give it some air, man Play with it.

Speaker 6:

He could have played with it a little longer. Yeah, he had time. This is a four minute, yeah. I mean they're kind of all about holding in the pocket a little bit, yeah.

Speaker 3:

I'm not always master of their Joe Mayne.

Speaker 6:

Oh, miss clip opportunity there. I know exactly. Wait just a minute, while I'm there for you.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, they are employing a lot of little cliches here and there, aren't they? I go back and forth.

Speaker 5:

Things that they were thinking back yeah, I've been very selfish.

Speaker 3:

I don't think I really love that ending. You got better as it went on.

Speaker 6:

I don't know what your thoughts are Were you digging it too?

Speaker 3:

There is nothing more to be added to it, that's my. Yeah, okay, that's a good thing.

Speaker 6:

I think oh.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, Alright. What do we got next? There we are Stereo. Oh that was cold.

Speaker 5:

Alone. I'm a sharp rocker.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, so I'll check that.

Speaker 6:

Just put the heat on, maybe, uh.

Speaker 7:

That feels, that feels better what when you get out of the water you need to dry?

Speaker 1:

up right away to avoid catching a cold. That's Ha, ha, ha, ha ha.

Speaker 6:

You gotta get wrapped up. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 3:

Tauley, one of the few in our clip bank that's making any sense, you know.

Speaker 7:

I-I kinda look a little silly Uh.

Speaker 6:

I got them sea legs coming up. This is a simple cut and dry rock and roll here. Hey, don't you wanna feel?

Speaker 3:

it. Don't you wanna stare at us? I don't know. There's just something about listening to this. I just I wanna. I wanna eat shellfish and drink nice cold Budweiser. There's something you know like. Yeah, there's something. This makes a lot more sense when you're actually down south and you're feeling the heat and when you're out near the beach or near the water and. Yeah, you're trying to make the best out of a bad situation, partying with your friends, yeah.

Speaker 6:

The girls hat Stereocold here. Shout out to all the refrigerator techs out there Keeping everybody's old month old yogurt a little below room temperature.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, getting people's probiotics and gut biome just right yeah.

Speaker 6:

Questionable biomes once it hits above room temperature.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, but you make a difference. You guys are slinging.

Speaker 6:

Freon, all over town Slinging Freon. You know I'm not a part of the mayonnaise police. Yeah, we're not here to. I can stay on the counter for a little bit. Yeah, we keep butter on the counter, do you?

Speaker 7:

Are you a?

Speaker 6:

counter-butter Only place for it. All right, not in the summer.

Speaker 3:

It belongs right next to the chamomile Chamomile.

Speaker 6:

No, it doesn't.

Speaker 3:

Chamomile should be in a dark place. The butter could be anywhere.

Speaker 6:

Well, I'm gonna wrap up that butter.

Speaker 3:

Did you want to put a little roasted garlic in it before? Can we mix it up? Oh, like a combo? Yeah, I would just give it a nice little wave, a little parsley, yeah, or slather it onto, or smear it onto French bread and make a little.

Speaker 6:

Oh man, make a little. Yeah, garlic bread. You're getting fancy on me here.

Speaker 3:

Well, that's what the pros do. That's all I'm saying.

Speaker 6:

Well, you gotta get your carry-cow to leave from temperature, can't?

Speaker 3:

believe it's not butter. Yeah, you put a bulb of garlic in the oven for about an hour. When it's nice and bubbly, you put it into the butter, you whip it up, mix it up, you've got garlic butter, you can put it on anything.

Speaker 6:

I like to go over other people's houses and judge and play the game called. I can't believe it's not carry-gold. Yeah, that's, and when it's just regular butter it's worth it. It's not snobbish, it's not carry-gold. What is this? Yes, land-o.

Speaker 3:

Bakes Land-O, land-o, get the fuck out.

Speaker 7:

This ain't one of your fucking games, goddamn it how much chemicals are in this butter.

Speaker 3:

Yeah.

Speaker 6:

And why is it lukewarm? You've got to be honest with me.

Speaker 3:

I'm not even eating butter. I like ketchup cold though.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, a lot of times in restaurants they're room temp and I'm like I get that there's a lot of hydrogenated corn oil in this, but I like it cold. I want to stare at it. I want to be up and make it cold.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, I'm not going to catch up anymore.

Speaker 6:

I'm on Kramer's diet.

Speaker 3:

I'm just doing all the whole foods.

Speaker 6:

It grows up into the ground and I eat it right there. Oh yeah, and you wash vegetables in your shower.

Speaker 3:

I'm not doing that, though.

Speaker 6:

That sounded good, all right.

Speaker 3:

That was it.

Speaker 6:

Wow, we did it what are you thinking, man, the Raga songs got me the new wave 90s Raga. Okay, so we got the hits.

Speaker 3:

Twice as hard. She Alice again Seeing Things and she talks to angels.

Speaker 6:

Man, all right. Number 3, stare at Cold it's got something there. They're just firing on all cylinders and I enjoyed it yeah.

Speaker 3:

You had the piano playing, you had the background singers. There was a lot of, there was a lot of potential there for live. I've seen that live and it's a sight to see, and a great song, my number 3. I'm going to say we're seeing Sister Luck. I'm going to say Sister Luck, I think it's I like how it kind of starts off as what was the name of that song?

Speaker 3:

There's like a knock on Heaven's door and then they come in with that melody and that chorus of Sister Luck and it kind of gives you a little hair standing on top of your arm, kind of a thing. Goosebumps.

Speaker 6:

Goose Willys.

Speaker 3:

The Wilder Beasts.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, I'm going to go. Sister Luck as well. I think that deserves to be on the list it does.

Speaker 3:

I think so yeah, that's right, what else?

Speaker 6:

A little Huckleberry.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, a little Dingleberry.

Speaker 6:

A little chapter of Huckleberry Finn. That's right, and Sister Luck and some Camomile might be in order.

Speaker 3:

There you go. Well, if that's your number 2. My number 2, I think, is I'm going to say Stara Cold. I came around to that. Because, like I said, all those elements of the piano, you had the background singers, you had their harmony, you had a serviceable, really good guitar solo. That's my number 2.

Speaker 6:

Alright, that brings me to my number 1. Strut and Blues, simple chord structure, just sort of a little. You know, tighten the pocket with the drum and bass. You know lots of open notes and they really just rock and roll. They gave it some air. You know, sent me whirling into outer space with that one.

Speaker 3:

That's my number 1 as well. Strut and Blues number 1. It was a great song. I like how it just kind of starts off with a regular melody and you know it kind of rocks steadily throughout but it kind of builds momentum at the end and, like you said, all of the players are all in the pocket and they're all playing in sync and it's increasing in its tempo and it builds to just rocking out towards the end. So I love that song.

Speaker 6:

You know, yes, just like Professor Altman used to say, we all stand on shoulders of giants, and I don't think the black crows are anything different. You know, they're just crows, they're just people.

Speaker 3:

You're going in.

Speaker 6:

Alright, so the next couple plays out.

Speaker 3:

I think I know what you're saying. Yeah Well, I'll let your words stand on their own.

Speaker 6:

They're in the pocket. They fit a notch in the category of great bands, okay.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, even though they're almost kind of, it's really showy and polished, it's sort of too polished in some ways. It seems to you. And I know I think I'm coming around to that as well yeah, they are, but it seems like around that time harder, more up tempo songs were more of a norm and playing loud and playing hard.

Speaker 6:

Yeah.

Speaker 3:

Aggressive was the thing at, particularly at that time, and it's interesting to hear that in blues songs. Yeah, but this is a collection of more up tempo ballads and remakes I could have, or seeing things that was a throwback from the past, that even had more of a positive or more a more optimistic tone to it than the originals, which I think that that kind of speaks to authenticity issues in some people Not for me, because I think that they were really trying their best to give their best for that song to the original artist.

Speaker 2:

I agree.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, but yeah, I see that puts a bell on it.

Speaker 6:

Yeah, oh, I think a little sound clip.

Speaker 3:

And we're off Alright, take care folks. Thanks for watching.

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