FD – 3 seconds in and I am hooked. love the flute. First thoughts is this is like Ben Folds Five. I guess there is a genre for that type of music. As soon as I am done with this review, I am going to play some albums. This is very uplifting for some reason. I was riding the MS150 this weekend but due to weather it got cancelled. I’m depressed and in a bit of a slump. This song makes me feel a little bit better.
Primus
Now that I think about it, I might have picked every primus song about fish or fishing in myfive. I remember my friend bought Pork Soda for the hit Mr. Krinkle. he hated it and gave the album. It eventually grew on me.
Francis Dunnery – Riding on the Back
“He was very clean shaven and patient.” Love the meandering bass. Horns are great. “She is a painter and he is a turpentine seller.” “Ba ba boo ba ba” – Oh, yeah – give me another hit of that stuff.
Primus – The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon
Almost sounds Pogues-ish at the start. Man, Mr. Claypool can play some bass. It’s got that great, weird Primus-al energy. Almost trance-inducing – goes a little Eastern. Building something. Pounding, plucking.
Francis- I recall feeling that there was something revelatory the first time I heard this song. This was modern music but that flute, the swing and crispness of the drums and those crazy lyrics (“Riding on the back of a giant bird…) made it sound like something from a 1960’s rumpus party. Beautiful changes and playing in this one. I saw FD a bunch of times in Philly. He used to do concerts and tarot card readings in tandem and for a while did house concerts in the area. Interesting guy.
Primus- Intriguing. I know LEs Claypool mostly through Oysterhead, his collab with Stewart Copeland, It’s weird and I like it.
ps: I have never been to a rumpus party nor do I know if it even exists. If it does I should like to attend one. If it does not, then I shall create one. Oh yes. I shall.
“Riding on the Back” by Francis Dunnery: I have always loved this track. The flute, the “groovy meta lyrics”, the horns …..I would say the word delightful comes to mind and I’m just gonna go with that; I am smiling and all in….yea, yea , yea …oh and the scats at the end for some icing
“The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon” by Primus: So cool sounding. Dug the Vox texture and not sure why. The guitar and bass just captured me.
Catchup round:
“Riding on the Back”/F. Dunnery. A good one from back in the day. The flute and brass and swingin’ rhythm (and the bg vox, and even maybe the production in general) are, to me, very early 70s Van Morrison, though the wry yet encouraging lyrics are very ’90s.
“The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon”/Primus. Have been revisiting some Capt. Beefheart lately and this put me in the mind of that to some degree. Strange rhythms, even odder lyrics sung in a quirky style (though a much more straightforward narrative than Beefheart would normally assay). And yeah, there’s some Middle Eastern sounding rhythms in there at the end. Prim(us) weirdness. I am overdue to check out more by these fellows (though I did see them once live, in 1991 when they toured with Public Enemy and … Anthrax!) (Jesus, 1991.)
FD – 3 seconds in and I am hooked. love the flute. First thoughts is this is like Ben Folds Five. I guess there is a genre for that type of music. As soon as I am done with this review, I am going to play some albums. This is very uplifting for some reason. I was riding the MS150 this weekend but due to weather it got cancelled. I’m depressed and in a bit of a slump. This song makes me feel a little bit better.
Primus
Now that I think about it, I might have picked every primus song about fish or fishing in myfive. I remember my friend bought Pork Soda for the hit Mr. Krinkle. he hated it and gave the album. It eventually grew on me.
Francis Dunnery – Riding on the Back
“He was very clean shaven and patient.” Love the meandering bass. Horns are great. “She is a painter and he is a turpentine seller.” “Ba ba boo ba ba” – Oh, yeah – give me another hit of that stuff.
Primus – The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon
Almost sounds Pogues-ish at the start. Man, Mr. Claypool can play some bass. It’s got that great, weird Primus-al energy. Almost trance-inducing – goes a little Eastern. Building something. Pounding, plucking.
Francis- I recall feeling that there was something revelatory the first time I heard this song. This was modern music but that flute, the swing and crispness of the drums and those crazy lyrics (“Riding on the back of a giant bird…) made it sound like something from a 1960’s rumpus party. Beautiful changes and playing in this one. I saw FD a bunch of times in Philly. He used to do concerts and tarot card readings in tandem and for a while did house concerts in the area. Interesting guy.
Primus- Intriguing. I know LEs Claypool mostly through Oysterhead, his collab with Stewart Copeland, It’s weird and I like it.
ps: I have never been to a rumpus party nor do I know if it even exists. If it does I should like to attend one. If it does not, then I shall create one. Oh yes. I shall.
“Riding on the Back” by Francis Dunnery: I have always loved this track. The flute, the “groovy meta lyrics”, the horns …..I would say the word delightful comes to mind and I’m just gonna go with that; I am smiling and all in….yea, yea , yea …oh and the scats at the end for some icing
“The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon” by Primus: So cool sounding. Dug the Vox texture and not sure why. The guitar and bass just captured me.
Catchup round:
“Riding on the Back”/F. Dunnery. A good one from back in the day. The flute and brass and swingin’ rhythm (and the bg vox, and even maybe the production in general) are, to me, very early 70s Van Morrison, though the wry yet encouraging lyrics are very ’90s.
“The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon”/Primus. Have been revisiting some Capt. Beefheart lately and this put me in the mind of that to some degree. Strange rhythms, even odder lyrics sung in a quirky style (though a much more straightforward narrative than Beefheart would normally assay). And yeah, there’s some Middle Eastern sounding rhythms in there at the end. Prim(us) weirdness. I am overdue to check out more by these fellows (though I did see them once live, in 1991 when they toured with Public Enemy and … Anthrax!) (Jesus, 1991.)