July 09, 2008 Earworm

Holding true to the threat of falling fire, Iran issued a long range test missile last night and I am declaring Firefall's "Strange Way" as todays earworm because it may be a sign of some sort...

Not that you ever wondered but Firefall had a pretty good pedigree that touches the family trees of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Stone Ponys, Manassas, CSN&Y, and of course, The Eagles. How they all came together is too long a story for a guy who is late for his morning shower to write so go Wiki it.

I love "Strange Way" although years may go by without me playing it. It's weird in that LA way and arranged to darken the setting and possibly to distract the listener from the fact that the singer is probably a misogynistic ass. It only works some of the time...

July 08, 2008 Earworm

Moving forward(?)from the disco/soul accoutrement of "Z", My Morning Jacket run a muck through the history of country rock, stopping for updates of Allman Brother thrashes, Nashville soul, LA desperado daydreams, Lonestar crossovers, and, oddly enough, the gloss of Firefall. Yep, you read that right - Firefall. And that list doesn't even include the poppier aspects of "Evil Urges"

Fortunately, it's not the bouncing and behaving "You Are The Woman" moments of that practically forgotten band (Right? You know you thought, "Oh my god, Firefall", in disbelief a paragraph ago...) but the darker and, thankfully, better moments like "Cinderella" and "Strange Way".

So, just because My Morning Jacket's "Thank You Too!" is today's earworm, don't be surprised if you don't get an earworm tomorrow babbling about "Strange Way". And if you just wanna cry to somebody, don't cry to me...

Besides, it could just as easily be Little River Band's "Reminiscing". That, my friends, is exactly how a muck My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges" is running.