8.02.2008

The Politics of Dancing

8 weeks left until the concerts. In the mood for some bluesy love songs?

The Black Keys - I'll Be Your Man



Check out this standard from Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. Simple and achingly honest, you can't help but hope he gets the girl. This is The Black Keys.

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes (Acoustic Version)



An acoustic, and in my opinion better, recording of the first single from The Raconteurs. They're looser, more comfortable, and you get candid studio comments and a humorous moment from Jack White. The most energy of either version, this should've made it on the album.

Urge Overkill - Emmeline



Urge Overkill frequently balanced atop both straight-up guitar riffs and complex narrative (quintessential raconteurs, if you will). From their album The Supersonic Storybook, this song bridges both styles and defines some of my best feelings about the Chicago band. Urge also happens to be the source of 'National Kato.'

posted by The Man Who Was Too Loud @ 3:26 PM   3 comments

3 Comments:

At 5:57 PM, Blogger Cas Masiak said...

Dan sounds like a 50 something old guy that has been rode hard his whole life. They are incredible.

I'm tellin' ya, I'm gunna cry goddammit.

 
At 6:04 PM, Blogger Cas Masiak said...

Oh yeah, that fuckin Urge song rocks too...

 
At 10:18 AM, Blogger The Man Who Was Too Loud said...

Yeah, Emmeline is one of their best songs. A lot of press on Urge Overkill covered their sometimes-kitschy, medallion-swinging 70s riff rock from the 'Saturation' album...but their earlier albums were pure brilliance.

 

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