Alright, listening public-- Here are the last two cuts from the 7th-ish Roadkill Buttsteak recordings, from September 2012, a day or so from Torrey Smith and the Baltimore Ravens executing a jaw-dropping Sunday night comeback against the Pats at whatever they call that big purple-y stadium by Camden Yards.
"Still Transmitting" is a hat-tip to "Straightaways"-era Son Volt. Thinking a lot of goldrush/ boomtown '90s Baltimore when I wrote it, it's another song about just keeping at it, whatever "it" is, and generally enjoying the ride. I also figured I'd tack on the demo version, so you could see what, if anything, Roadkill gets in advance by way of song structure, and how much these things evolve as they go. "Are you receiving?", indeed!
We also did us a little David Bowie cover, in the usual slapdash fashion, with too much slathered on, or not enough. But what a fine tune, and fun to play. Back in the "Let's Dance" era, I remember going with my sister into the old music store on White Plains' Post Road, and he asking the guy to get the "Scary Monsters (...and Super Creeps)" cassette from the display case. I sort of got this song at the time, but I preferred his MTV stuff, if any at all, and it took decades for the album to sink in.... Such is life.
jk
"Still Transmitting": https://app.box.com/s/2ndefb66hzfrcm7rqr47
"Ashes to Ashes": https://app.box.com/s/273lqmozxapmuap8p9rm
"Still Transmitting" (demo): https://app.box.com/s/blen8ddldw4kdq4yfev9
No comments:
Post a Comment