Episode 28: The Summit
Well, it’s not really Frank, Sammy and Dino at the Sands – The Three Schmucks is probably a more apropos name for it – but it is three friends hanging out and having a good time. Oh yeah, and we also talk about some of our favorite albums. True to form, Keith picked some well-known albums, Mike went for the bizarre and obscure (except Teenage Fanclub, of course), and I was kind of in between.
This one is nearly twice as long as my second-longest episode, but we also went on for another hour on a whole bunch of other topics. I may release those as bonus podcasts next week, so keep an eye out for them. There’s also quite a bit of us goofing around that’s unfit for release. All I can say is that I’ll never be able to think of the Loch Ness Monster the same way again…
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. A LOT.
MUSIC
American Beauty by the Grateful Dead (Friend Of The Devil, Brokedown Palace, Sugar Magnolia)
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks (The Village Green Preservation Society, Picture Book, Big Sky)
Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers (Satan Is Real, The Christian Life, Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea)
The Concert In Central Park by Simon and Garfunkel (America, American Tune, The Boxer)
#1 Record/Radio City by Big Star (The Ballad Of El Goodo, Give Me Another Chance, September Gurls)
Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub (The Concept, Alcoholiday, Sidewinder)
Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains Of Wayne (Hackensack, Halley’s Waitress, Bright Future In Sales)
Marshall Crenshaw by Marshall Crenshaw (Someday Someway, There She Goes Again, Cynical Girl)
Oar by Alexander “Skip” Spence (Little Hands, Dixie Peach Promenade, War In Peace)
Blue by Joni Mitchell (River, Carey, A Case Of You)
Bring The Family by John Hiatt (Have A Little Faith In Me, Your Dad Did, Thing Called Love)
Missa Luba by Missa Luba (Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus)
Closing Music: Forever by Splitsville courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network
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Who ARE these idiots? I mean, I recognize the usual idiot, but these other two…?
They’re South Florida idiots, the worst kind.
Made more idiotic, I imagine, by virtue of being former New Yorkers who somehow choose to remain in S. Florida.
Dave,
Eat me. I’m a popsicle.
Love,
Mike
This was a fantastic episode, I really enjoyed that. Thanks guys!
Quiet, Bill. You’ll only encourage him/us.
I want to hear the rest of the session when Dave releases them. I do agree that the Dead’s studio releases are better than the live stuff I’ve heard over the years. LOL at the Art Garfunkel comments. I’m also like Mike in that I always seem to have music (and sports) on my mind. If a good tune is playing on XM in the car, I don’t turn the car off even after we arrive at our destination. This drives my wife nuts.
Again, nice going guys. I enjoyed that and will sample some of the tunes that were played including Fountains of Wayne.
I don’t need more encouragement. You’ve met my mother, right?
By the way, by virtue of having had its songs featured on three shows (12, 16, and 28), Welcome Interstate Managers is officially the greatest album in the history of Wings For Wheels.
Great show guys.
I never thought I was part of a small group of people who loved Teenage Fanclub. I guess I had the misguided perception of popularity for those guys.
1. I once drank beer next Marshall Crenshaw at a benefit show for Flood Relief here in Baltimore (the show was in Baltimore, the flood was in Iowa). The Greenberry Woods played the same show, and I know the guys were absolutely thrilled to meet Crenshaw. The drummer (Miles Rosen) stepped on Crenshaw’s foot and told that story at least once every time we got together for drinks after that.
2. Have you ever heard the band “FLOP”? They do a nice little cover of “Big Sky” by the Kinks on “Flop and the Revenge of the Mopsqueezer“. Until you played that track, I always presumed it was an original! Embarrassing!
3. I loved hearing Splitsville to close out the show. I know those guys would enjoy this episode.
1. For some reason, Eric, your comment came in through my spam folder, which is why I’m just seeing it now.
2. As Mike said, TFC weren’t popular in South Florida. We only heard of them through Mike, because whenever we’d jam he’d start playing The Concept, and I knew I had to get a record with the lyric “She don’t do drugs but she does the pill.” I forgot to mention that on the show, or maybe I just didn’t want it to become a total Mike lovefest (or even a Mike Love-fest).
3. I’m shocked to hear that The Greenberry Woods are Marshall Crenshaw fans. Oh, Christine and #37 don’t sound anything at all like him. I need to get me some more Splitsville. I only have the stuff I’ve downloaded from the Podsafe Music Network. I still have a few free songs left on my iTunes account from a gift card…
4. Haven’t heard of FLOP, but anybody who covers an obscure Kinks song is cool with me. Actually, that’s not true. I once heard someone butcher Days. No, it wasn’t Elvis Costello. I like his version a lot.
I finally got around to listening to all of this – I can only take Lifton in small doses – and really enjoyed it, even though I will forever connect a naked Keith to Music Choice on my television even though I have never met Keith and rarely listen to Music Choice.
But enough with run-on sentences. Good podcast and thank you guys for limiting Dave’s exposure somewhat.
It all comes back to exposure, as you see.
There is no small enough dose of Dave. believe me, I’ve tried. It’s like hoping that just a tiny bit of bubonic plague might not be so bad.
I rarely listen to Music Choice but am frequently naked. Especially under my clothes. Especially now in Brian’s mind. Lucky you.
[...] Chilton’s story and influence have reached far beyond what his records sold, even the hits he had with the Box Tops, so I’m not going to repeat it here. Still, his work with Big Star defined the sound we know as power pop. Some groups were too powerful, others too poppy. But those first two records are the ultimate blend of guitar crunch and blissful harmonies. It also helped that, as Memphis boys, they also understood soul music. You can listen to my good friends Keith and Mike and I talk about Big Star as part of Episode 28 of Wings For Wheels. [...]