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HollandTown
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 Posted - 10/03/2007 : 20:12:33
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| I think Frank Black's first recording of the Doug Sahm song "sunday sunny mill valley groove day" is the best one. I actually don't like the second recording of the song he did, for the Honeycomb album. I also love "le cigre volant" and "humboldt county massacre". Those songs are great! |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2007 : 21:47:18
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One of my top five FB songs. I've heard a few versions of him doing this song, and I just don't think he finally got it "right" until Honeycomb. What's truly great, though, is the original by Doug Sahm. Another good version is the one by the Bottle Rockets.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 10/04/2007 : 01:37:40
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nice first post hollandtown, welcome to the forum.
i lik eyour second post also. i never nearly "shit my pants" but that's cool.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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houstonguthrie
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Posted - 10/04/2007 : 09:53:14
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my favorite version is a solo acoustic version from some radio interview - I heard it long before the official versions
At the beginning he says "I'm gonna try to see if I can make it sound good......"
He exclaims at the finish of the song with much enthusiasm - "Doug Sahm!! The King Of Tex Mex!!"
I've never liked the other versions as much cuz I was stuck on this one for so long - played it over and over |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2007 : 12:33:39
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And here is that version if anyone else wants to hear it. I always liked this version too, but I think I do prefer the Honeycomb version overall.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QVCI83U5
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/04/2007 : 15:10:51
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| The Catholics version destroys the Nashville cats version, in my opinion. I think it's gorgeous. It's a mystery to me why Frank wasn't happy enough with it to ever release it. That doesn't matter though as I've added it to my Snake Oil CD-R. In my collection, it's released! |
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Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/04/2007 : 16:13:29
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The Catholics version has this magical dissonance by the end of the track just as "End of Miles". It feels very good.
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2007 : 16:47:31
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Yeah, the SSMVGD version is marvellous. I love the vibe and reverb on that record.
As much as I bore of reading Nashville era bashing, the said version really is pretty weak in comparison. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2007 : 19:59:49
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I'm shocked to hear people prefer the Catholics version/s to the Honeycomb one. For me, the Honeycomb version is completely sublime, surpassed by very few songs ever. I wonder if it's a case of you like the one you heard first.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 10/04/2007 : 20:29:57
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Originally posted by coastline
I'm shocked to hear people prefer the Catholics version/s to the Honeycomb one. For me, the Honeycomb version is completely sublime, surpassed by very few songs ever. I wonder if it's a case of you like the one you heard first.
I think it's a case of the production and delivery of Honeycomb being not as kickass as previous and subsequent Frank.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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tofuescape
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Posted - 10/05/2007 : 01:35:21
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Originally posted by houstonguthrie
my favorite version is a solo acoustic version from some radio interview - I heard it long before the official versions
At the beginning he says "I'm gonna try to see if I can make it sound good......"
He exclaims at the finish of the song with much enthusiasm - "Doug Sahm!! The King Of Tex Mex!!"
I've never liked the other versions as much cuz I was stuck on this one for so long - played it over and over
I was the same. Always thought that version had some magic to it. Listened to it a thousand times through a tiny speaker on my dads computer. |
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Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/05/2007 : 03:02:57
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Originally posted by Ziggy
Yeah, the SSMVGD version is marvellous. I love the vibe and reverb on that record.
As much as I bore of reading Nashville era bashing, the said version really is pretty weak in comparison.
Could we say the same about "The Man who was too Loud" ? The John peel version with Teenage Fanclub and the Catholics one... less exciting IMO.
By the way the first version of SSMVGD I heard was also the radio one, and it loved it!
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 10/05/2007 : 05:44:21
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I prefer the catholics version, but I prefer most SSMVGD-album recordings to other released catholics-songs. Like I will run after you, the SSMVGD-version is better, His Kingly Cave idem dito.
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Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
