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04-22-11 Footnotes
Show 282: The Drive-By Truckers, Review of the Gorillaz, Jim's DIJ Pick
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1 Over the years a number of politicians have butted heads with rockers over the use of music in campaign ads. Not surprisingly most of the squabbles have been with Republican candidates. But this most recent lawsuit between Talking Heads singer David Byrne and former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has a new twist. Not only did Crist have to apologize for using “Road to Nowhere” without permission, but he had to do it on YouTube!
2 The term “Southern rock” brings images of long hair, confederate flags and Lynyrd Skynyrd to mind. But when it comes to the Drive-By Truckers, you have to push that all aside. Patterson Hood, son of Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood, and Mike Cooley formed the group in Athens, GA in 1996, and since then they’ve consistently toured, recorded and pushed the envelope of Southern sound. In 2001 people took notice with Southern Rock Opera. Now three members of the band, Hood, Jay Gonzalez and Shonna Tucker, stop by the studio to perform new tracks from Go-Go Boots, as well as an Eddie Hinton cover.
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3 Gorillaz, the animated act fronted by Damon Albarn of Blur, has a new album out called The Fall. The title is both a reference to the band and also to the fact that this might be their last album. Albarn recorded the songs on his iPad while traveling on the last tour. Therefore, it’s lower-key with fewer guest stars. Jim appreciates this quiet, ambient sound. It’s a little sleepy at points, but he says Buy It. Greg admires the modest, headphone quality of the record, but defines this as a “must-own” only for hardcore fans. For the rest of you, he says, Burn It.
4 Jim noted that 20 years ago on April 23, 1991, Johnny Thunders died. The former New York Doll sadly became as famous for his bad heroin habit as he was for his music. So, Jim uses his turn at the Desert Island Jukebox to remember the music. He plays a song about addiction, “Chinese Rocks,” which was written by fellow punk legends Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Hell, and performed by Thunders and his band The Heartbreakers in 1977.
Songs Featured in Show #282
Talking Heads, “Road To Nowhere,” Little Creatures, Sire, 1985
Drive-By Truckers, “Birmingham,” Southern Rock Opera, Universal Distribution, 2001
Drive-By Truckers, “The Southern Thing,” Southern Rock Opera, Universal Distribution, 2001
Drive-By Truckers, “Ray’s Automatic Weapon” (live on Sound Opinions), Go-Go Boots, Red Distribution, 2011
Drive-By Truckers, “Go-Go Boots,” Go-Go Boots, Red Distribution, 2011
Drive-By Truckers, “Let There Be Rock,” Southern Rock Opera, Universal Distribution, 2001
Drive-By Truckers, “The Thanksgiving Filter” (live on Sound Opinions), Go-Go Boots, Red Distribution, 2011
Bettye Lavette, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, Anti, 2010
Booker T. Jones, “Hey Ya,” Potato Hole, Anti
Patterson Hood, “Rising Son,” Killers And Stars, New West, 2004
Drive-By Truckers, “Everybody Needs Love” (live on Sound Opinions), Go-Go Boots, Red Distribution, 2011
Drive-By Truckers, “Daddy Learned To Fly,” The Big To-Do, ATO, 2010
Gorillaz, “Seattle Yodel,” The Fall, Virgin, 2011
Gorillaz, “Snake In Dallas,” The Fall, Virgin, 2011
Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers, “Chinese Rocks,” L.A.M.F., Track, 1977
The Jealous Guys, “Brainwashed By London,” The Love Mixtape, self-released, 2011
Mothers Of Invention, “You Didn’t Try To Call Me,” Freak Out!, Verve, 1966
Bob Dylan, “Boots Of Spanish Leather,” The Times They Are A-Changin’, Columbia, 1964
Beatles, “Taxman,” Revolver, Capitol, 1966
Camper Van Beethoven, “When I Win The Lottery,” Key Lime Pie, Virgin, 1989
Venetian Snares, “Szamar Madar,” Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett, Planet Mu, 2005
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