And then there's the piece de resistance: Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" was inspired by a chicken and egg dish at a Chinese restaurant. That gives me Six Kinds of Happiness. It's like Rip Torn's name. I can't fully fathom the awesomeness of either of those things, though I've spent a fair chunk of my adult life trying.
Really though, when you boil it all down, inspiration doesn't matter. While those origins illustrate that a song can come from something as insignificant as an antique store poster, and while they make for good stories, what remains is simply the music. To put it another way: it's sad that "Smoke on the Water" really did happen, but, also: duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-DUH-nuh.
I write that as an extended to caveat to what's below: a low-rent hip-hop beat, made on an eighties Yamaha, a mandolin, and a sixteen button drum machine. Like so much art, it was inspired out of nothing but boredom and/or Kurt Russell. And the desire to make David rap at us while we drive around middle America, searching for gas. I hope it gets you through four and a half minutes of your Tuesday.
UPDATE 2: The comments clued me in to another player (I tip my hat to Brett there) so give that a try. I deleted the offending iMeem player, but, if you use that thing, the link can be found here. It might even be downloadable but my budding computer illiteracy keeps me from truly confirming that.
* Speaking of R. Kelly, I would be remiss to not mention Josh Levin's thoroughly entertaining Dispatches From The R. Kelly Trial over at Slate. It's expired, but strangely riveting.
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You could try iJigg
It takes a couple of steps, but you can get a free account at www.box.net and upload the track there. Then you can get an embed link to post the track on the blog.
Brett: I love you
Steve: I tried that, but my computer did not get along with box.net. In fact: big argument. Things were said that could not be unsaid and they aren't seeing each other, except when box.net comes over for its cheetah panties and novelty cowboy hat.
What happened to that beat you produced a couple years back? I remember hearing it in your practice space and finding it surprisingly enjoyable.
So, when does Birdmonster's "Hits you don't know why you like, but you do" album drop? I'd pick that shit up.
No I wouldn't.
This song goes perfectly with the porn I was watching at the time. Was that on purpose, like the Wizard of Oz - Dark Side of the Moon thing?!?!
Webb: I wouldn't buy it either. But I'd give it away. And that beat still lives in my computer, gathering vintage until you lay down some mindbending Colorado-flavored rhymes, preferably about John Elway, Casa Bonita, and New Belgium.
the falcon: Was is "Slutty Nuns 6: In the Habit"? Because if yes, yes.
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