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31 January 2009 @ 08:27 pm
Because I'm quite obsessed  
The incomparable Etta James.

And of all the different versions out there, this is the one I want to somehow simply embed into my brain:

 
 
Location: finally home
Mood: tired
What I'm listening to:: See above, on repeat
 
 
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Zak Jarvis: Lizard head[info]voidmonster on February 1st, 2009 06:25 am (UTC)
This is probably a dumb question...

Are you familiar with Neko Case?
mac_stone[info]mac_stone on February 1st, 2009 06:49 am (UTC)
Actually, no - but I'm off to Google and purchase MP3s and thanks for the pointer. :)

Zak Jarvis[info]voidmonster on February 1st, 2009 06:55 am (UTC)
This is one of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeQi_6kAkG4

Both of hers, and of all songs ever.
mac_stone[info]mac_stone on February 1st, 2009 07:05 am (UTC)
Okay - listening to it now, and Yum.

I'm curious, though, about the connection your brain made - can you identify what took you from there to here?
Zak Jarvis[info]voidmonster on February 1st, 2009 07:26 am (UTC)
That's a really good question, it is!

Different genre, very different sound, different era.

The Etta James song you linked to had, for me, a similar ability to command my attention, a kind of charisma and strength. It's not as evident on the track I linked to as it is elsewhere.

Plus she's from the from the north west. Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yYRwUiNmy0
mac_stone[info]mac_stone on February 1st, 2009 07:55 am (UTC)
The NW rocks.

Here's another one like that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXhoMOn90Q
Zak Jarvis: Rah-Rah[info]voidmonster on February 1st, 2009 08:51 am (UTC)
Hmm. She doesn't quite grab me, but I'm a notoriously difficult person to recommend music to.
Lisa L. Spangenberg[info]medievalist on February 1st, 2009 08:03 am (UTC)
I like Neko Case and the New Pornographers quite a lot. I'm surprised I never sent any to Mac.

Here's the sort of thing I mostly subject her to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_isZZyWx2I
Zak Jarvis: Rah-Rah[info]voidmonster on February 1st, 2009 08:55 am (UTC)
I tend to like her solo stuff better than the New Pornographers stuff, but it's a subtle bias, largely because I gravitate slightly more to parsable lyrics, and NP are intentionally nonsense. It limits my ability to like They Might Be Giants too.

On the other hand, that link was awesome.