It transports us to a sleazy bar and gives us the guided tour; you’ll enjoy the visit (although you may want to get checked out by the doctor afterwards). “Who’s that haulin’ on a rubber glove/Yakuza girls and their lookin’ for love” so you’d better beware these “chicks of doom”.
Cara de Pescado: "Dirty Magazine" from More B.S. by Bree Sharp
Bree Sharp doesn’t have the world’s most refined voice, but that is what makes “Dirty Magazine” so much fun. She sings “some girls got class and some girls got dreams” but all she wants is to “be in a dirty magazine.” Something about her slight twang and rawness in her voice adds to her embracing her inner white trash with the attitude of a bad girl doing what she wants. The catchy beat and sophisticated yet witty lyrics make “Dirty Magazine” one of my favorite songs. And yes, it makes me want to be in a dirty magazine too.
Glen Boyd: “Future Games” from Future Games by Fleetwood Mac
Before there was Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, there was Bob Welch and Danny Kirwan, and before them there was the real engine which drove the originally blues based boat that was Fleetwood Mac in the form of the great Peter Green. There is a history lesson in there somewhere that I absolutely promise will be the subject of one of my future "Rockologist" columns, but for now, I've found myself grooving to stuff from the era when Welch helmed this band creatively speaking.
There's a ton of great songs from this era which are great — "Hypnotized" to name the single most noteworthy of them. But Welch's haunting vocal on this one, with the great lyrics of "you invent the future that you want to face," just really stick out for me.
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Article comments
1 - Pico
"Future Games", now there's a blast from the past. But not quite that far back.
You see, I picked up Bob Welch's fine, overlooked 1979 solo release The Other One when it came out and he remade that song for this album. I've since heard the original, but I'm still partial to the later rendition. It just sounds a bit more developed to me. But regardless, a good song.
2 - Pico
Oh, and where's that slacker Saleski?? ;&)
3 - DJRadiohead
"Hypnotized" might be my favorite Fleetwood Mac song ever, and it will never be included on any compilation.
4 - Glen Boyd
Future Games and Hypnotized are both amazing songs. I stil prefer the original on Future Games though, though the remake is also good. That whole era gets really overshadowed by the Nicks/Buckingham era (as do the Danny Kirwan and Peter Green eras). Too bad too--lotta great music there thats been mostly undiscovered by most who weren't around to hear it the first time.
-Glen
5 - Holly Hughes
Lisa, I'm with you on "Basher." I came late to Nick Lowe and that was my introduction. I have since bought every album the guy ever made (including all the "unofficial" Rockpile albums released as Dave Edmunds LPs) -- and that has meant hunting for a lot of out-of-print CDs, which I (ahem) was compelled to acquire from some less-than-strictly-legal sources.
I still hang on to "Basher" for sentimental reasons, but I now notice that it selected the more popular, more commercial, safer tracks from his albums. Lowe's range is incredible, everything from folk rock to punk to R&B to alt-country, and as I delved deeper, some of the most obscure tracks have become my favorites, and you won't find them on "Basher." Still, that's the usual "greatest hits" issue -- with some artists it's a useful winnowing of the material, with others it's like a movie trailer that gives away all the best lines.
For somebody who never set himself up as an artiste, the quality of Nick Lowe's output over the years is astounding. The fact that he's not more well-known is just criminal.
6 - DJRadiohead
I had never heard "Hypnotized" until I was working at a classic rock station in college. Great song.
7 - DJRadiohead
I know it's a little off topic, but every time I see the band name Black Flag I think of the Kings' X song of the same name.