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Lee Hazlewood rocks my face, and me being waaaaaay behind the curve I only just found out about him now that he's dead.  He's the one who wrote "These Boots Are Made For Walking" for Nancy Sinatra (and was a groundbreaking producer who influenced the likes of Phil Spector as well), but more importantly he wrote "Some Velvet Morning" the foreboding psychedelic duet which has been covered and referenced by a myriad of ecclectic artists including Thurston Moore and Nick Cave.  Einstürzende Neubauten covered Hazlewood's trippy song "Sand" which is available on Strategies Against Architecture II.  I'm always a little embarrassed to learn that a song I like is actually a cover, and I've loved the Neubauten version for years without knowing its origin.  Hazlewood's stuff sounds a little like simple aww-shucks country/pop ballads until you notice the sinister underpinnings in the lyrics, production and especially his charming-used-car-salesman-from-Tulsa-but-axe-murderer-by-night voice.  Creepy to listen to at night in the car, try it.  I just spent the weekend soaking him up, god I need to be listening to more music. ]]> http://windspun.org/blog/2007/09/art-on-my-mind.html http://windspun.org/blog/2007/09/art-on-my-mind.html art experimental fiction literature music reviews einstürzende neubauten lee hazlewood michael chabon nancy sinatra nick cave thurston moore Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:22:07 -0500
Windspun.org is about vibrance, revival. We're three kids from Rochester, NY and we're tired of being a sleepy town that bands skip over on tours because there's not enough of a definitive youth culture here. We want to make connections; find out what's happening in cities around the world and show you that it happens here too. We want you to get excited about your city.
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