Several years back I went to one of those big summer music festivals. It was very Jam-bandy with Bruce Hornsby, some variation of the Grateful Dead post-Jerry, possibly Arlo Guthrie, maybe Rusted Root and some others. I had gone there with a group of college buddies and we were all laid out on our blankets in the blazing summer sun.
It was an all-day show and we spent it dancing, napping and generally grooving to the tunes. At some point some guy came by selling home made tie-dyes for five bucks and we swooped handfuls of them up. On the edges of the grass field they were calling the floor there were tripped-out hippies twirling, swirling and getting off in the most beautiful of ways.
Behind us were three gorgeous women in short, thin, flowing sun dresses. They too were singing, twirling and inhaling every bit of the moment. My old roommate, the handsomest of us boys tried to strike them up in conversation and they were pleasant and kind, but obviously not interested in anything more than having their own good time. Later, as the setting sun lay gently over the horizon, and we found ourselves lying on our backs too sun-baked and exhausted to stand, the girls moved in front of us and gyrated in the most lovely of ways.
That's a good day right there: good friends, beautiful women, and lots of brilliant music cascading down from the summer sky.
"Rehab" - Amy Winehouse
From 08/03/2007 London
I first heard of Ms. Winehouse from our very own Mark Saleski. He praised her Back to Black album in a "Friday Morning Listen" or a review or something (or maybe it was someone else entirely, I can't find the article of my memory anywhere on the site.) I made a mental note of it at the time, but then paid it no mind. Later, some morning while relaxing before work I flipped the channel to MTV and they played her video for "Rehab." Dang, man, that's a good song. It grooves and moves and those horns freaking blow it out. I quickly bought the album and although the rest of it is really nothing like that song, it is equally fantastic.
Article comments
1 - El Bicho
you are referring to The Cure on MTV Unplugged, which I have seen in its entirety on online.
Amy's backing band on the album are the Dap Kings of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. Check them out.
You need to random more frequently
2 - Mat Brewster
I thought it was MTV Unplugged at first too, but we had MTV back then so it wouldn't have been scrambled. It must have been a pay-per-view special or something.
I do need to random more often. I constantly tell myself to do it, but laziness almost always wins.
3 - El Bicho
Then I don't know what Cure special that could have been. Do you remember the year?
4 - Mat Brewster
Early 90s, but that's as specific as I can get.
5 - Josh Hathaway
You returned with some very... cultural stories, Sir Brewster.
6 - Mat Brewster
You should hear the things I can't publish.