tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post254964322608281968..comments2024-01-27T13:59:05.876+00:00Comments on hissyfit: Chicken Skin 2: Tom Waits: Kentucky AvenueHissyfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-34582041000099350122016-12-06T15:35:49.110+00:002016-12-06T15:35:49.110+00:00Are you paying more than $5 per pack of cigs? I bu...Are you paying <b>more than $5 per pack of cigs?</b> I buy my cigarettes over at <b><a href="http://cigarettes.syntaxlinks.com/r/DutyFreeDepot" rel="nofollow">Duty Free Depot</a></b> and I save over <b>60%</b> on cigs.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-38979323469399873342013-03-05T06:50:41.062+00:002013-03-05T06:50:41.062+00:00The entire song/performance gives me goose bumps &...The entire song/performance gives me goose bumps & leaves me in a puddle. It was only last night that I realized that those "yeahs, yeah's" might be the most emotionally affecting words/vocals I've ever experienced in a song.<br /><br />I found a couple of very low-key live clips of recent PB doing old BN. I wanted to kick the crowd's ass when they had the chance to participate in the "choir" portion of Happiness, and didn't!<br /><br />Happiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGcK_JxjjmA<br />Family Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr3gymE_ASQ<br /><br />TT<br /><br />PS: I've given up the Frankie Howerd quips. Not touching "I'm peeling a root vegetable"...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-58295602604360892972013-03-04T08:21:53.911+00:002013-03-04T08:21:53.911+00:00I give up! You and Seamus are freaking me out!!!!!...I give up! You and Seamus are freaking me out!!!!!!!!!<br />No word of a lie, on my children's eyes etc...<br />This is/was to be 'Chicken Skin 3'.<br />It's here, look, written already...<br />And I was specific, it wasn't just the section, it was the 'yeah's'...<br />So, now TT: I'm peeling a root vegetable...Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-86870095320264786232013-03-04T07:24:52.130+00:002013-03-04T07:24:52.130+00:00Wonderful subject! Took me a few minutes to figure...Wonderful subject! Took me a few minutes to figure out what you were going on about. Reminded me of a Ry Cooder album. We call it "goose bumps", but 'chicken skin' apparently a Hawaiian colloquialism so now I know... <br /> <br />What can you say about the imagery in Kentucky Ave? The bit that breaks me...<br /><br />I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad<br />And cut the braces off your legs<br />And we'll bury them tonight in the cornfield...<br /><br />(And don't get me started on Ruby's Arms!)<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />First 'chicken skin' moment that comes to my mind would have to be be @ 4.00 min mark of this familiar tune. Swelling strings... then PB rips your heart out with a series of simple but absolutely staggering "yeah, yeahs"... <br /> <br />Jesus, you<br />Wipe the tears from her face<br />And the sound of his voice <br />Family life<br /><br />Yeah, yeah<br />Yeah, yeah<br /><br />Jesus, I go to sleep and I pray<br />For my kids <br />For my wife<br />Family life<br />Tim Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089890504560756715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-11807751759572627382013-03-03T22:50:44.146+00:002013-03-03T22:50:44.146+00:00"Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze..."Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, strange fruit hanging... the BULGING eyes and the twisted mouth... the sudden smell of burning flesh... here is a fruit for the crows to pluck..."<br />Jeez, that's raw, visceral... I know what you mean about that 'poplar tree' line; the lifting melody says 'relief' the meaning quite the opposite.Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-4867664016787990692013-03-03T21:59:22.518+00:002013-03-03T21:59:22.518+00:00I was playing St James Infirmary when I thought of...I was playing St James Infirmary when I thought of Blind Willie McTell and then the scent of magnolia took me back to Strange Fruit, one of the most chilling and haunting songs ever recorded.<br />For some reason its the moment when Billie first sings 'poplar trees' that sends that shiver down my spine and turns flesh to goose.<br />Here's a great live clip of Lady Day singing it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zsSéamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-10969778097898465872013-03-03T14:25:00.012+00:002013-03-03T14:25:00.012+00:00Please do.
Now Seamus, I'm peeling a root vege...Please do.<br />Now Seamus, I'm peeling a root vegetable.<br />Parsnip, beetroot or carrot?Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703706690625306888.post-80101198145235489002013-03-03T14:16:50.243+00:002013-03-03T14:16:50.243+00:00Great live version, Trevor. I love the way he just...Great live version, Trevor. I love the way he just seems to stumble into song. I'll consult the Tarot before plucking my next chicken from the coop.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com