The song was of course a massive hit in the winter of 1969, although it might have lasted longer, had radio stations not mistaken the title for Christmas is Over and stopped playing it.Īs the final verse of this hymn, I'll tell you that Kenny Laguna, the Shondells' keyboard player, went on to produce Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - the singer currently being my favourite person, due to her knocking all those dreadful I'll-do-anything-to-be-famous pretenders out of my daughter's affections, and replacing them with her I Love Rock'n'Roll, Crimson and Clover real self. In five and a half minutes, it travels from aching adolescent mating call, to gum-chewing garage punk, to Nashville ballad, and ends in psychedelia - achieved by singing through the guitar amp tremolo input. The production is an immaculate accident, sounding like a budget, restrained Phil Spector with a map of The United States, crossing from the east coast to the west, and calling at all points in between. It's possible to love them both, with no overlap. Perhaps a pop detective could place Tommy James at Max's Kansas City, or prove Lou Reed was hiding in a guitar case, but it's just as likely with rock music barely into its adolescence, that two great minds could pluck the same riff from the ether and bring it down to earth. It has exactly the same three chord-descending riff as the earliest incarnation of Sweet Jane - which was developing in the big apple at exactly the same time. Several sites on the web mistakenly (or perhaps mischievously) attribute it to the Velvet Underground. More likely, they're just nice (and wonderfully inarticulate) words to sing and rhyme to: "Now I don't hardly know her", and "Well if she come walkin' over", etc. It's fantastically vague - perhaps the song's title is a reference to ladies' parts, or some sort of pharmaceutical, but I'm probably being sordid. In the face of much derision and scepticism over just how far his talents might stretch, he and Shondells drummer Peter Lucia Jr descended into the bowels of New York City's Brill building, and Crimson and Clover was the result. However, it was only after his main songwriter, Bo Gentry, went on strike in a dispute with Roulette records, that James had a go at writing himself. Tommy James and the Shondells were one of the big US acts of the mid-60s, scoring massive hits with songs such as I Think We're Alone Now and Monie Monie. There's hardly any flesh on display, but the scene is extraordinarily erotic, due to the tender, otherworldly sweetness of this song.
#Joan jett crimson and clover serial
Hey hey, I gotta find a way Cause road is dark Gotta light my way Gotta fight the fear In my heart Oh, I pray I live to see A brighter day.While watching Monster, the biopic of executed serial killer Aileen Wuornos, Crimson and Clover plays in the background as Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci become sapphically acquainted in a dingy motel room. Im not tryin to tell ya Whats right or wrong Im not trying to be clever You gotta hope things get better Even when they never.hey, hey, hey Now if I could Id turn back time Way back before there was corporate crime Wed fight the wind to plant our seed When the earth was stronger than human greed Hey, hey, I gotta find a way Cause night is dark Gotta light my way Gotta fight the fear In my heart Oh I pray I live to see A brighter day.hey, hey I watch the old folks sit alone They talk to ghosts they used to know Where are the wise men of the tribe Where are the midwives and the newborns cry, yeah I watch my generation die I watch the heads of nations lie I watch the homeless on the streets I stand here helpless just Lookin at my feet I watch the children run away The bullets fly where they should play I watch a junkie fade away I aint got an answer But I sure got things to say Hey, I gotta find a way Cause the road is dark Gotta light my way Gotta fight the fear In my heart Oh, I pray I live to see A brighter day, hey hey
0 kommentar(er)
