Paddy Keenan. No clue what it's called; one of the comments says it's one Keenan wrote for his late brother. Keenan, of course, used to play in the Bothy Band back in the 1970s. Creepy stuff here.
He's pretty good.
...by Amon Düül II. Arguably the coolest band name and song title in the entire history of drug-addled German Marxist hippie prog-rock collectives circa 1970. And beyond!
But not very far beyond. Can't help liking the song, though. I think it was released on the Yeti album. I've got that one around here somewhere. As long as I don't find it, I'll be OK.
I think...
It's not clear to me how many times you need to hear this, but it appears to be an increasingly large number.
UPDATE
I've been trying to Google the lyric to Great Plains' 1986 classic "Letter to a Fanzine", featuring the immortal couplet "Isn't my haircut really intense?/Isn't Nick Cave a genius in a sense?", but it's not out there. I did, however, learn that Dr. Demento latched onto the song. I am pleased, but not surprised.
What a great, great song that was. I could dig out the record, but I'd have to find my turntable too.
"'I like everything that comes out on 4AD
I like everything that comes out on Homestead' --
I like everything that comes in the mail for FREE,
How 'bout THAT?"
The musical question which made the song famous, "Why do punk rock guys go out with New Wave girls?", is too trivial to bother answering.
Homestead. Remember Naked Raygun?
UPDATE II
Great Plains were on Homestead themselves, of course.
But more to the point, one or two of them ended up, in the late 1990s, playing with two guys who'd been in The Reactions (of Cracked Marbles obscurity) around the same time. This outfit called itself Cobra Verde, and they were execrable beyond words. They've since gotten a great deal worse. But the point is, they're the backup band on Mag Earwhig. Which is a masterpiece.
UPDATE III
Maybe that poor clown in Cobra Verda wasn't from Great Plains at all. Maybe he was from Big Dipper. That'd sort of spoil the point there, wouldn't it?
Oh, fuck it...
Prince Nico Mbarga. Nigerian, I believe. Seems to have been hit in the 1970s. Fun song.
