Don't Know Much About My History by ofthaltned

ofthaltned

Member Since: 10/4/2006

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Submit Date: 12/20/2006
Format: CD
Category: Pop

Don't Know Much About My History


Artist	Song
The Four Tops	It's the Same Old Song

The Byrds	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

Tim Hardin	You Got a Reputation

Bessie Smith	Gulf Coast Blues

John Cale	Andalucia

Big Star	The Ballad of El Goodo

Elvis Costello	Accidents Will Happen

Phil Ochs	Tape From California

Townes van Zandt	Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel

Woody Guthrie	Grand Culee Dam

Blind Willie McTell	Dying Crapshooter's Blues

Leadbelly	Cotton Fields

Robert Johnson	I Believe I'll Dust My Broom

Arik Brauer	Sein K÷pferl im Sand

John Prine	Illegal Smile

Otis Redding	Wonderful World

Elmore James	Happy Home

Lee Hazlewood	Pray Them Bars Away

Michael Chapman	Kodak Ghosts

Boudewijn de Groot	Testament

John Fahey	Bicycle Built For Two

Nick Drake	Three Hours

Bert Jansch	Needle of Death

Comment:

Recently, when I came over to cook dinner with my mother, I brought in an Elmore James CD, because there's no better cooking music than blues classics. Halfway into the first song, she started making fun of my taste in music. Halfway into the third song, she said, "wow, that's actually really good". When the disc had finished playing, she pressed play again. At the end of the day, she asked if I could leave the CD with her for a day or two.
A few weeks later, I quoted the song "Sein K÷pferl im Sand" (a very quotable song - well, for those of us who are able to decipher Viennese dialect, anyway - about political apathy) in conversation, only to hear my mother ask, "Since when are you quoting Georg Danzer lyrics?" - "Um, I'm not. Never. That's Arik Brauer."
So, I made her this mix. Essentially, it says: "Here's some music that I think you'll enjoy and that, by all means, you should have taught me about, not the other way round, dammit." I'm sure she knows some of it (though there's also a whole lot that I'm certain she really hasn't heard at all, or only because I played it for her), but in any case it includes nothing I ever heard while growing up or found her listening to since. It's all music that was released before she got married and had pesky kids that needed to be fed and all that, so 1979 was the cut-off date.
Title from the Sam Cooke song, covered by Otis Redding here.

Feedback:

Jenergy
Date: 12/20/2006

I'd say you're an uppity youngster, trying to larn your mama some music, but a) any person (mother or no) who mocks Elmore James clearly needs some larnin' and b) this mix kicks ass.

Nomates
Date: 12/20/2006

If your Mum, bless her heart, was not listening to any of these excellent tunes, I cannot imagine what she WAS listening to. Well, I can, but I am unable to bring myself to truly contemplate it. I applaud you in your new role as parental musical saviour. Hang your head, Mum, but don't forget to tap your feet.

anthony lombardi
Date: 12/20/2006

i love the premise of this: teaching our parents about the music we discovered before them; i did something similar for my mother a little bit back. either way, this is really, really good -- i love the nick drake, elvis costello, otis redding & big star songs above all, but there's not a wasted track here & each cut is stellar. thanks, mom