Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Down On The Corner"

I'm suspicious of the following things:

  • The man playing the washboard: I'm not convinced he's not a vagrant crashing this performance.
  • The mustached man playing a string. A single string. And he needs a glove to do it.
  • There's no drummer, but I hear drums.

But my suspicions aside, CCR is a dapper-looking group. As they have requested, if i had a nickel, I would lay my money down for them:

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Plain White T's, "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)"

I'm not a huge Plain White T's fan--but I feel like this song can work for a variety of purposes. So here's hoping that you can relate to these lyrics--no matter what the subject is:

R.B. Greaves, "Take A Letter Maria"

Just making sure I've got everything straight here: R.B. asks out his secretary with the same tape recorder on which he divorces his wife. And he does it all in song. And then the tape recorder catches fire.

Well, it's a bit of a stretch--but with the jacket he's wearing, I think he'll find a way to make it all work: