This is the second post today where I have mentioned AC/DC's hit single, "Its a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll". I think it is really cool that Louisiana native Lucinda Williams' chose this classic to close out her new release; a 10 track titled "Little Honey".
Unfortunately, I have not gotten my review copy yet. I was promised that it would arrive on Monday however the press release forwarded in advance states that the album will be out October 14th. My real interest, however, is in Lucinda's digital only 8-track EP titled Lu in '08. I am excited about listening to this EP because, I am all into any musician boy or girl who has the balls to write or sing protest songs. Especially in today's world when their middle finger is coming out to face the world through the internets. Her musical forefathers would definitely be be particuliarly proud of her.
Some of our greatest musicians sang protest songs: Peter, Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, John Denver, The Beatles...the list goes on and on. But the names that really stick out in my mind are: Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, The Band, Credence Clearwater Revival, and Dylan. I would even go so far to say on some level, the inimitable Paul Williams. They don't play that stuff on the radio anymore thanks to the folks at the Federal Communications Commission and Corporate owned radio. They shut that music down because it didn't fit demographically anymore. The real reason was because this new generation might be emotionally damaged and incite our children to riot.
We all grew up with these songs and they have not inflicted any emotional damage on us, nor will 40 year old protest songs will incite us to riot. More than likely, these songs will cause marijuana sales to increase, not incite riots. As a greater probability they will increase fast food sales thus helping the stagnating economy by creating minimum wage jobs and circulating our already worthless dollar calming worries about the possibility of a further recession or worse DEPRESSION.
So, if Lucinda Williams wants to get her protest songs out to you, what does she have do do...put them out on the web via 8 song-EP. The press release that I got doesn't say whether or not these songs will be free. However the songstress the Paste magazine listed as #22 on the best living songwriters is going to find some sort of economical way to deliver these songs to her fans. Remember, just because your protesting doesn't mean you aren't a capitalist.
The album was recorded in her home in Studio City, California and includes some interesting choices such as Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” and Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth,” she also recorded a live version of a new song she’s written called “Bone of Contention.” “That’s a pretty angry one,” Williams recently told Paste magazine.
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