Lead singer Johnette Napolitano previously was in the band Dream 6 with guitarist James Mankey in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. In 1986, they signed with I.R.S. Records and they needed a new name. Their labelmate at the time, Michael Stipe (lead singer of REM) suggested the name "Concrete Blonde". It was his way of describing the mix of their heavy rock sound and their deep, introspective lyr...
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Concrete Blonde's 1990 LP "Bloodletting" contained their breakthrough single "Joey", which other folks have posted about on MOG, but my fave on this album was "Caroline", a haunting, rocking song about a disappeared girl.....the video, rarely seen, is superb. I've attached 2 vids - a link to the the "official" promo video (embedding disable dammit), and another homebrewed vid from YouTube with ...
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oh, how I wish I could literally spend a Sunday under the covers - but my menial, low-paid job as a laundress awaits; I swear, my kids & I should change our surnames to "Bucket"! About Little Wing - I'm not musically knowledgable but to my untrained ear, Johnette's version doesn't dis Jimi's a bit, and I like that thing The Blonde does with guitars. Here we go:
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Lead singer Johnette Napolitano previously was in the band Dream 6 with guitarist James Mankey in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. In 1986, they signed with I.R.S. Records and they needed a new name. Their labelmate at the time, Michael Stipe (lead singer of REM) suggested the name "Concrete Blonde". It was his way of describing the mix of their heavy rock sound and their deep, introspective lyr...
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oh never mind, it's too broad a topic ... but the saga continues, and I'm enjoying the dance. Even back in the days when the lyrics to I Wanna Be Your Friend Again kind of touched a nerve - a couple of hundred moons ago - I couldn't help but find them, and Johnette's delivery, very funny. If we can step back once in a while and laugh at ourselves, well, I think it makes the journey just that...
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Concrete Blonde's 1990 LP "Bloodletting" contained their breakthrough single "Joey", which other folks have posted about on MOG, but my fave on this album was "Caroline", a haunting, rocking song about a disappeared girl.....the video, rarely seen, is superb. I've attached 2 vids - a link to the the "official" promo video (embedding disable dammit), and another homebrewed vid from YouTube with ...
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| 1 Mexican Moon |
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| 2 Still in Hollywood |
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| 3 It'll Chew You Up and Spit You Out |
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| 4 Over Your Shoulder |
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| 5 Rain |
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