We're Not Who You Think We Are
Album: Jewels For Sophia
Year: 1999
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This is my second-favorite song in what is perhaps the all-time smallest category: “Late-90s Songs About Gene Hackman as Sung By 1980’s College Rock Icons.”
The other song is, of course, The Hoodoo Gurus “Gene Hackman,” which we discussed a little over four years ago, back before the world blew apart.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #1981: Robyn Hitchcock – “Don’t Talk To Me About Gene Hackman”
Album: Jewels For Sophia
Year: 1999
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The exact opposite of the jovial “Viva! Sea-Tac,” was the song that followed it on Jewels For Sophia, the all-acoustic, spooky “I Feel Beautiful.”
Like I mentioned yesterday, Jewels For Sophia was recorded in London, Seattle and Los Angeles. “I Feel Beautiful” is from the Los Angeles sessions, which were produced by Jon Brion, who was pretty much everywhere at that time.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #1980: Robyn Hitchcock – “I Feel Beautiful”
Album: Jewels For Sophia
Year: 1999
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Robyn Hitchcock’s final album on a major label, Jewels For Sophia, took three years and three major cities to put together, and featured a lot of guest stars, including Jon Brion, Grant Lee-Phillips, Scott McCaughey, Kurt Block and — of course — Peter Buck.
Some of it was recorded in London, some in Los Angeles, and some in Seattle, and maybe that’s why it felt kind of disjointed to me. That said, it still had a couple of great songs on it, including one of his best songs ever, the jaunty “Viva! Sea-Tac,” which rides on a Young Fresh Fellows rhythm section (whom you might remember I saw open for Robyn way back in 1986) and a Peter Buck guitar riff.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #1979: Robyn Hitchcock – “Viva! Sea-Tac”