Singers in the Hands of an Angry God - Have Mersey

"My Before and After" - Cotton Mather

Okay that post title is some sort of weird mixed pun.  Anyway, this is the late, great, Austin Texas band, Cotton Mather, sounding uncannily like the "Revolver" era Beatles. I really love this song -- hopefully it is good enough to make up for the lack of visual interest.  

Comments

[Corvus9]

Mixed in the sense that it's based on a Jonathan Edwards sermon, not a Cotton Mather one?

[Sir Charles]

Pree-cisely.

Of course I could have played the song "Sunshine" and made it entirely consistent, but I like this one better.

[Corvus9]

And holy shit, that does sound like Revolver era Beatles. And only Revolver era Beatles. Why has no one else thought to go for that sounds before? It's awesome!

[Sir Charles]

Possibly for fear of being labeled "shamelessly derivative" -- but hey, if it sounds that good, I could live with that.

[big bad wolf]

but the later jonathan edwards doesn't really have a mersey beat.

musicians being shamelessly derivative is not always a bad thing for the listners. it may even, if you are the strokes, be good for the musicians. they are showing up awfully high in some decade recaps. that i don't quite get.

[Sir Charles]

bbw,

'tis hard to be a punning linguist.

The Strokes lost their charm for me pretty rapdily. Don't tell anyone, but they're kind of boring.

Corvus,

In terms of capturing the Beatles sound of this era, I will once again recommend Sam Phillips's "Martinis and Bikinis" with production assistance by her husband, T-Bone Burnett. Although one of our good blog friends assures me that T-Bopne is a bit of an asshole, his work on this record is pretty spectacular. And Sam's songwriting is superb.