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Monday, September 22, 2003
This week's offering is another doubleshot, and yet another vinyl-to-digital conversion. It's also something of a novelty, given that it's a couple of all-too-familiar cover songs.
It was late 1992 when I saw what is, to this day, what I often call the best live lineup of all time. Arcwelder, Six Finger Satellite, Jesus Lizard. Club Metronome, Burlington, Vermont. I was obsessed with Jesus Lizard's "Liar", had only heard a couple of pretty cool 6FS songs, and hadn't heard any Arcwelder. I have never, to this day, been as blown away by an unknown opening band as I was that night by those three guys from Minneapolis. The quiet opening guitar line of "Cranberry Sauce" could not have prepared me for the full-on rock-out instrumental it became in front of me. All it took was about 60 seconds to turn me into a huge Arcwelder fan. I've bought every damn thing they've ever put out. Which brings me to this week's mp3s... a long-out-of-print 7'' single that I bought at that very show, which has 'em covering the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" and Prince's "Sign O' The Times". While I don't think either song necessarily betters the original, they're definitely worth a download for curiosity's sake, if nothing else. (Actually, while I'm at it, here's the instrumental that knocked my socks off... "Cranberry Sauce" from their 1993 album "Pull". Buy it. That whole album is amazing.) Labels: livemp3s  |
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