I've Been Listening to Leonard Cohen, Monsters of Folk, and The Rolling Stones
Leonard Cohen - "Passing Through," Live Songs: Cohen strolls through time and encounters historical figures. He's got a question for Jesus, Adam, George Washington, and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Monsters of Folk, "Baby Boomer": This band is Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, and M. Ward. It's a folk-like knee slapper like the Cohen song above. This tune is also about history - or more like who wrote history.
The Rolling Stones, A rare mix of "Gimmie Shelter" The folks at Wax FM posted this beauty. Somebody got a hold of the master reels and posted this version of the tune online. It's fun to hear the song broken down but the message is still heavy - war, murder, it's just a shot away.
3 comment(s)
Jeff Bryant says:
I'm gonna go see Monsters of Folk tonight! What a coincidence!
Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 31 2009 @ 3:16PM
David says:
"I've Been Listening to Leonard Cohen, Monsters of Folk, and The Rolling Stones"
Too funny. Are you familiar with Electric Light Orchestra's "Illusions In G Major?" It's on their Eldorado album.
This is how it opens:
On the seven seas there was a phantom ship acoming,
Shinin' in the dead of night,
I heard the crew a hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen.
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 1 2009 @ 5:54PM
Vince says:
Monsters of Folk just played a show in Louisville and for their encore, they came out dressed as KISS and covered a few tunes...Jim James makes an interesting Gene Simmons!
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 2 2009 @ 11:00PM