H&H – I can get behind a song like this. In the beginning I felt like doing some shit kicking, but then the chorus came on and I no longer felt the need to kick any shit. I might have to dig a little deeper into the collection.
ST – This pretentious, ponderous group of rock psalms prompts the question “On what day did God create Spinal Tap, and couldn’t he have rested on that day too?”
I can sum this song up in two words “Shit Sandwich”
Hoots- Philly boys! Love the hootin’ that they out. This is a simple yet they get all the ingredients perfectly aligned. It’s melodic, its rhythmic, it’s musical wonderful air and space that lets the song breath. There are moments that remind me of the Avetts and a chord change or two that sounds like Spoon. Great stuff. This has inspired me to put a mixed playlist together with them, Hüsker Dü, The Who, The Hu (Mongolian rock band), The Guess Who and Engelbert Humperdink.
Tap- There are so many layers of reference in thus song, it’s hard to even listen with a pure ear. Of course, in the movie, the band recalls the first song they wrote and do a little impromptu a cappella (that version kills this one). That being an homage to The Beatles who in the movie Let it Be run through ine kf their earliest Lennon-McCartney songs, One after 909. The fact that Tap took the time to record this full length, early career studio version is pretty funny.
“Home in a Boxcar” / Hoots & Hellmouth. Part of the new millenium’s neo-Americana wave, slickly rootsy and rootsily slick. The jaunty feel signaled by the main acoustic guitar lick is fairly irrestistible, and the harmonies back up the singalong atmosphere. Lyrics walk a fine line between being literate and being too literate for the feel they’re going for.
“All the Way Home” / Spinal Tap. Like Al, I fondly recalled the version in the film, which had that lovely improvised feel. But it’s a wonderful conceit of the film that they chose to give themselves a Merseybeat (indeed, barely post-skiffle) backstory, even if the singer here (is this McKean?) sounds more like Ray Davies than he does John or Paul. Fun, though for knockoffs of early (or even late Beatles) you can’t beat Neil Innes.
“Home in a Boxcar” by Hoots & Hellmouth: Excellent acoustic textures and soft bass sounds. Your better than average musicians I suspect. Upbeat sounding song and harmonies coming through now as well. Enjoyed this one a bunch. Kind of a country folk with a twist of something modern vibing in the recipe.
All the Way Home” by Spinal Tap: Spinal Tap is funny and surprisingly better sounding than a spoof band is required to be. This is def not glam rock so I suspect it is when they were playing in parking lots and kid amusement parks? Makes me smile thinking of the movie even though I do not know it that well actually.
Hoots & Hellmouth – Home in a Boxcar
Slick. Trilling. Tapping toes and singing along. Quite a ride – I’ll get back in line and do it again.
Spinal Tap – All the Way Home
From the title alone, I did not remember it from the movie.
Showing that Buck Owens influence.Still don’t remember it. A fun romp. Who drummed on this one?
To answer the ‘who drummed on all the way home’ question, I believe it was Mags Flaymore who was borrowed from The Fezzes, recording in the next studio. Sadly, soon after this recording he was struck dead by a lorry, driven–ironically enough– by Reg Bain (younger brother of Conrad who would go on to star in Diff’rent Strokes). Actually, ot really ironic at all.
H&H – I can get behind a song like this. In the beginning I felt like doing some shit kicking, but then the chorus came on and I no longer felt the need to kick any shit. I might have to dig a little deeper into the collection.
ST – This pretentious, ponderous group of rock psalms prompts the question “On what day did God create Spinal Tap, and couldn’t he have rested on that day too?”
I can sum this song up in two words “Shit Sandwich”
Hoots- Philly boys! Love the hootin’ that they out. This is a simple yet they get all the ingredients perfectly aligned. It’s melodic, its rhythmic, it’s musical wonderful air and space that lets the song breath. There are moments that remind me of the Avetts and a chord change or two that sounds like Spoon. Great stuff. This has inspired me to put a mixed playlist together with them, Hüsker Dü, The Who, The Hu (Mongolian rock band), The Guess Who and Engelbert Humperdink.
Tap- There are so many layers of reference in thus song, it’s hard to even listen with a pure ear. Of course, in the movie, the band recalls the first song they wrote and do a little impromptu a cappella (that version kills this one). That being an homage to The Beatles who in the movie Let it Be run through ine kf their earliest Lennon-McCartney songs, One after 909. The fact that Tap took the time to record this full length, early career studio version is pretty funny.
“Home in a Boxcar” / Hoots & Hellmouth. Part of the new millenium’s neo-Americana wave, slickly rootsy and rootsily slick. The jaunty feel signaled by the main acoustic guitar lick is fairly irrestistible, and the harmonies back up the singalong atmosphere. Lyrics walk a fine line between being literate and being too literate for the feel they’re going for.
“All the Way Home” / Spinal Tap. Like Al, I fondly recalled the version in the film, which had that lovely improvised feel. But it’s a wonderful conceit of the film that they chose to give themselves a Merseybeat (indeed, barely post-skiffle) backstory, even if the singer here (is this McKean?) sounds more like Ray Davies than he does John or Paul. Fun, though for knockoffs of early (or even late Beatles) you can’t beat Neil Innes.
“Home in a Boxcar” by Hoots & Hellmouth: Excellent acoustic textures and soft bass sounds. Your better than average musicians I suspect. Upbeat sounding song and harmonies coming through now as well. Enjoyed this one a bunch. Kind of a country folk with a twist of something modern vibing in the recipe.
All the Way Home” by Spinal Tap: Spinal Tap is funny and surprisingly better sounding than a spoof band is required to be. This is def not glam rock so I suspect it is when they were playing in parking lots and kid amusement parks? Makes me smile thinking of the movie even though I do not know it that well actually.
Hoots & Hellmouth – Home in a Boxcar
Slick. Trilling. Tapping toes and singing along. Quite a ride – I’ll get back in line and do it again.
Spinal Tap – All the Way Home
From the title alone, I did not remember it from the movie.
Showing that Buck Owens influence.Still don’t remember it. A fun romp. Who drummed on this one?
To answer the ‘who drummed on all the way home’ question, I believe it was Mags Flaymore who was borrowed from The Fezzes, recording in the next studio. Sadly, soon after this recording he was struck dead by a lorry, driven–ironically enough– by Reg Bain (younger brother of Conrad who would go on to star in Diff’rent Strokes). Actually, ot really ironic at all.