Author Archives: Gold

Walk On By Part 2

By Gold | Published: February 22, 2010

I just can’t get over losin’ you And so if I seem, broken and blue Walk on by, walk on by Foolish pride, that’s all that I have left Thanks to a wonderful teacher in high school, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to the entire Stax singles catalog almost immediately upon becoming interested in 60’s R+B. [...]

Posted in mp3s | Tagged Al Bell, Al Jackson Jr., Arthur Conley, Bar-Kays, Booker T, Carla Thomas, Charles "Skip" Pitts, Eddie Floyd, Harold Beane, Harvey Joe Henderson, Hot Buttered Soul, Jeanne and the Darlings, Johnny Taylor, Macy Skipper, Marvell Thomas, Mel Stuart, Memphis Horns, Michael Toles, Otis Redding, Peter Guralnick, Rufus Thomas, Sam and Dave, Shaft, Staples Singers, Stax Records, Steve Cropper, The Happy Song (Dum Dum), WattStax, William Bell, Willie Hall | 1 Comment

Walk On By

By Gold | Published: February 14, 2010

I’ve been digging into the Stax again lately and am just floored by Steve Cropper’s versatility and style as a guitarist. His stuff on ANY given Otis Redding song would be the high-water mark for any other session musician’s career. Not that he was just a session musician, mind you. Hardly a journeyman, Cropper stuck around [...]

Posted in Videos, mp3s | Tagged Burt Bacharach, Isaac Hayes, Stax, Steve Cropper, Walk On By | 8 Comments

In The Club

By Gold | Published: February 1, 2010

The first months of the year tend to be the most musically fruitful for me. The reason is fairly simple: I read all the bloggers’ best-of lists, I search for those tracks and albums, and I enjoy them. A lot. I don’t pretend to have any individual taste, or the ability to search out new [...]

Posted in mp3s | Leave a comment

House Appropriations

By Gold | Published: March 14, 2009

Why does our music culture tend to be in love with its own reflection? Is there any song that’s going to be left alone without reinterpretation? Not that I mind this. Just an observation. Hip hop, sampling and the never-ending remix pop into one’s mind first. 51 versions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, answer songs, [...]

Posted in Covers, mp3s | Tagged Dr. Dog, Gram Parsons, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds | 1 Comment

Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others

By Gold | Published: March 3, 2009

Really, really excited to hear the studio version of this track, after having spent most of my Summer with the “Morning Becomes Eclectic” version and feeling for the tall guy as he suddenly gets all self-conscious (and who wouldn’t?) while singing his big “WHOA-OH-OOOAHHHH!” live on Conan. Who knows if this version will be the [...]

Posted in mp3s | Tagged Grizzly Bear, mp3s | Leave a comment

Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care

By Gold | Published: February 4, 2009

Aaaaand we’re back! Wow, six months or so is a long while to not post, but after ELK and a new pal maganged to revive me a bit I have returned with a super great album and track to share. Junior Boys are putting out a new album in, well, about seven weeks. Or eight if [...]

Posted in Videos, mp3s | Tagged Junior Boys | 3 Comments

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Alternate Soundtrack

By Gold | Published: June 14, 2008

What’s the use of a digital-only soundtrack if there is only one? Here I’ve re-imagined key moments of the film and paired them up with their proper musical equivalents. Tho’ I do like Charles Trenet quite a bit too. School of Language – Rockist Part 1 Metallica – One Alice In Chains – Man In The Box Death [...]

Posted in Mixes, mp3s | Tagged Alice In Chains, Clarence Carter. Death Cab For Cutie, Metallica, School of Language, Smog, The Magnetic Fields | Leave a comment

Happiest Bloke Around

By Gold | Published: May 27, 2008

This new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album seems to be a much brighter affair, and like Cat Power’s “You Are Free,” will be keeping a lot of people happy throughout the Summer. But the lyrics stay swarthy, as in this little ditty. But then, what kind of exhibitionist would he be [...]