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"Stickshifts and Safetybelts" and "Love You Madly" at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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Andy K's picture

The Gourds

Gin And Juice

calgarylady's picture

May I please have another piece of Cake? That was delicious.

chopper's picture

[Deleted. Off topic. This is the Music Club thread. MUSIC CLUB. Site Monitor]

Andy K's picture

Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Thunderstorms And Neon Signs

kablooie's picture
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Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders

Hot Rod Lincoln

dixie's picture

Good Choice. I've always liked Cake's cover of "I Will Survive."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvsI3jc4pPA

Ronin08's picture

Eh? Heard these guys had a sound similar to the Flobots...maybe I'm missing something, sounds very different.

Speaking of which, another great one for the music club would be "Rise" by the aforementioned band. Think it's appropriate, to say the least.

Snowball's picture

I'm waiting for the Bread, Styx, Sugar, and Cake concert. Maybe Meatloaf could open. I'd call that a full course meal.

Andy K's picture

Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats

Rocket 88

Jake Blues's picture

Awesome band. Last I heard they broke up.

ldzppln's picture

Megadeath

Symphony of Destruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67bTpVQfB6U

"you take a mortal man
and put him in control....
watch him become a God
watch people's heads role..."

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ldzppln @ 11:

Megadeath

Symphony of Destruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67bTpVQfB6U

"you take a mortal man
and put him in control....
watch him become a God
watch people's heads role..."

You really like that song, don't you?

calgarylady's picture

Andy, you always come up with these entertaining gems. Gin and Juice is a perfect example.

Great, funny tune!

Andy K's picture

The Wicked, Wicked Wilson Pickett

Mustang Sally

(any time you hear a band play this song at your favorite waterin' hole, give the door guy a buck for having to listen to it once again)

Skinnergy's picture

I love Cake - the band AND the confection.

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And for those of you not from San Francisco, when next you come you gotta go to the Great American Music Hall.

It is truely one of the great music halls in America.

calgarylady's picture

Andy, those cars remind me of the rustbuckets that Fiver's friends used to drive!

Andy K's picture

The Who

Jaguar

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calgarylady @ 21:

Andy, those cars remind me of the rustbuckets that Fiver's friends used to drive!

The Mustangs? Badass ride at one point. Horrible in the late '70's, and I'm not all that impressed by the newer ones- but the first 6 or 8 years of production? Badass.

calgarylady's picture

Ah yes, the good old days. Gone but not forgotten.

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Wilbert Harrison

Kansas City

skippy's picture

good choice. i’ve always liked cake’s cover of “i will survive.”

skippy just recently featured that cover, and has always lurved cake, including their seminal going the distance.

Andy K's picture

Major Lance

Um Um Um Um Um Um

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Andy K @ 15

Yes, I do. Thanks for noticing.

Andy K's picture

Chairmen Of The Board

Give Me Just A Little More Time

calgarylady's picture

Kansas City, a true musical classic. Thanks, A.

kablooie's picture

bittersweet...? the kids seemed to get it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFDd6A6To58&NR=1

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ldzppln @ 29:

Andy K @ 15

Yes, I do. Thanks for noticing.

I admire your fervent passion. :D

David Bowie

Life On Mars?

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Joy Division

Transmission

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The Modern Lovers

Roadrunner

Mike V.'s picture

I've seen Cake a couple times live and they are really awesome.
Super tight band and a fantastic show.

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Hey Andy K old pal, if you'll indulge me with a little shameless self-promotion, here's my band playing some live gigs:

Bomb Threat/Enemy Within
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp0UMSvm7uI

Bad Guy Reaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgCRGA3cJ4&feature=related

Recent reunion
Down on My Luck/ I Was a Punk for the F.B.I.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d9n-FChQMU&feature=related

Rough but ready! It is but Punk Rock after all.

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The Lord Is A Monkey .Butthole Surfers

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Snowball @ 37:

Hey Andy K old pal, if you'll indulge me with a little shameless self-promotion, here's my band playing some live gigs:

Bomb Threat/Enemy Within
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp0UMSvm7uI

Bad Guy Reaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgCRGA3cJ4&feature=related

Recent reunion
Down on My Luck/ I Was a Punk for the F.B.I.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d9n-FChQMU&feature=related

Rough but ready! It is but Punk Rock after all.

Shameless! : D

And muddy beat me to the Butthole Surfers, but I'm gonna post this one anyway!

Sweet Loaf

GNA!

Andy K's picture

Okay, one more.

Bongwater

The Power Of Pussy

calgarylady's picture

Night, Andy. Thanks for the fine tunes :)

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Norman Greenbaum

Spirit in the Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4mtlqIfukc

Snowball's picture

I saw the Butthole Surfers at CBGB's back in the early '80s. Damn, but that was awe inspiring. One of the few shows I actually remember.

mudshark's picture

Funky Monks.
RHCP's

mudshark's picture

Stevie Wonder ~ Superstition

mudshark's picture

Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles Living for the city
Ok gn folks,be well.

athena's picture

Man is Born,
Man Lives,
Man Dies...
And it's all Vanity.
-- Thrills - Cake

calgarylady's picture

mudshark, thanks for your most excellent musical links.

Living For the City is one of the finest tunes ever. Cheers!

Mikee's picture

Cake is awesome live.

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Andy K @ 4:

Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Thunderstorms And Neon Signs

Yes on Wayne the Train, also Hank Williams III.

Thanks for the Cake, had never seen them on video before.

Erin's picture

Natalie Merchant - My skin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPfLyf29v4

Erin's picture

Just thinking about you xoites.Thanks for introducing me to this band.

King Crimson -three of a perfect pair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwu21XKTVk

Erin's picture

I worship these guys. Here's a classic.

Kruder & Dorfmeister Feel the Twin Peakish-ness hangin' on among countless other influences. I worship the Krud & Dorf. Can't ever get enough.
Evah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZPPY6Rp0M&feature=related

Erin's picture

Arrested Development - Tennessee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40c6iAEHpc&feature=related

Now I see the importance of history
Why people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
Without the enlightment of all my folks
He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
And he was there to quench my thirst
But I am still thirsty...
The lord allowed me to drink some more
He said what I am searchin for are
The answers to all which are in front of me
The ultimate truth started to get blurry
For some strange reason it had to be
It was all a dream about Tennessee...

Erin's picture
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No trophy, no flowers, no flash bulbs, no wine.
He's haunted by something he cannot define.
Bowel shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse,
Assail him, impale him with monster truck force.

CAKE - "The Distance" (Official Music Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PU5CVSegg&feature=related

Erin's picture

Winona's Big Brown Beaver - PRIMUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CetPq_pkHc

Erin's picture
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You a city boy, ain'tcha? Let's get old school Housish.

Total Classic. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!(if you don't get snark then don't listen)

Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers, and Queers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42HPsACU2s

(cowboy.)

Erin's picture

I loved Twin Peaks.

Julee Cruise - Falling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBdH6SjBEX8

Also, Kate Bush

Kate Bush-Wuthering Heights

Erin's picture
Erin's picture

must stop posting songs. sorry for being a hog here. Gotta love Orbital and Stanley Kubrick so-

One more:

2001 Space Odyssey - Orbital Halcyon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXN9r6tPgHU

Erin's picture
Erin's picture

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOOs-MqDOI0

Lisa's picture

good choice - one of a kind

MrSquirrel's picture

Someone mentioned their I Will Survive cover which is great
also gotta love Never There and No Phone
plus Wheels is kinda catchy..

"...and the muscular cyborg german dudes dance with sexy french canadians,
while the overweight americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits...."

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Erin @ 63

Julee Cruise - Floating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_am4kIqzvhE

eegriff's picture

stickshifts and safety belts is one of my all time favorites from one of my favorite bands. in fact i was just saying that yesterday to someone who went to a cake concert in ny.

that song drives ralph nader crazy though

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Jamesbb's picture

Thats a brilliant Video & a Right good track.

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