David Lowry, the mastermind behind
and the on again/off again Camper Van Beethoven, defies genres and
labeling. Founder of Pitch-A-Tent
Records, David Lowry masterfully infuses rootsy blues, with country,
punk and rock. What do you call that? HOT DAMN!!!
Cracker's first big hit was "Teen Angst," off their self-titled
Cracker cd in '92. I was living in D.C. at the time that single was
released and the once great
WHFS played that song like it was the cure to cancer. It fucking rocked
yur nuts off and spoke to how people were feeling about the whole music
scene. The 80's hair bands really could have caused the universe to collapse in
on itself, if not for the industry anarchists like Lowry. His tongue-in-cheek lyrics and sex-drenched growling vocals, gave a huge smackdown to the critics and music industry tools blatant ignorance of indie bands.
I don't know what the world may need/but I'm sure as hell that is starts
with me/And that's a wisdom/I've laughed at/I don't know what the world may
want/but a good stiff drink it surely don't/So I think I'll go and fix
myself a tall one/Cause, what the world needs now/is a new kind of
tension/Cause the old one just bores me to death/Cause, what the world needs
now/is another folk singer/like I need a hole in my head/I don't know what
the world may need/
I'd be happy just to get your attention/And, I don't know what the world maywant/but your long, sweet body lying next/to mine could certainly raise my
spirits
Cause what the world needs now/is a new Frank Sinatra/so I can get you in
bed/Cause what the world needs now/is another folk singer/like I need a hole
in my head. .
In '93 Cracker released Kerosene Hat. I listened to that cd EVERY
fucking day for about six months. "Low," "Get Off This," "Take Me Down To
The Infirmary" and "EuroTrash Girl" had grooves worn into them from
excessive play. "Low," was a huge hit for the band and the Kerosene Hat was
by far their best selling album. David Lowry's simple, but cutting lyrics speak to
me, hell they speak to anyone who has a fucking ounce of cool in
their body. Cool like a tall glass of ice tea on a hot Alabama day,
sitting on your back porch with your feet up watching the grass grow and
clouds drift by.
Article comments
1 - Scott Chaffin
Cracker's first two albums were genius, and I was like you about playing them over and over. I never bought their other ones, because I was busy with other things. Now you make me want to hear this new one. Heck, I didn't even *know* they had a new one.