Ofege - "It Ain't Easy"This is the correct answer. Although, I believe the name of the song is actually "It's Not Easy."― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Wednesday, May 13, 2020 8:05 AM (twelve minutes ago)
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Wednesday, May 13, 2020 8:05 AM (twelve minutes ago)
hah, whoops... that's what I get for searching youtube for: ofege+easy
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
oh god, i have another one
Kevin Morby - Parade
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
jordan do you use spotify ?
― budo jeru, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:11 PM (yesterday)bookmarkflaglink
made this for you
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ZkT45lBW6JVYTbcOrQHVw?si=t3g7XZicQqepwU0yu-9IRQ
― budo jeru, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:14 PM (yesterday)
i use apple music but i'll cross reference thank u
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 May 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
someone already said "Farewell Transmission" but also "John Henry Split This Heart" imo is more epic.
― Revolutionary Girl Utrenja (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
b.b. king - hummingbird
― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
bernie leadon - glass off
― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
yr welcome xp
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
Berry Sakharov - Sparks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BD7pi77S8w
― The fillyjonk who believed in pandemics (Lily Dale), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
The Posies - Flood of Sunshine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1My1turMY
Some pretty epic guitar soloing from a band not particularly known for it.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
I don't get the connecting line between any of these. How about Fearless, Pink Floyd?
― akm, Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
everything by Swell?
al green - georgia boy
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
van morrison - madame george
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
13th floor elevators - it's all over now baby blue
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
"dust" too
gene clark - polly
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
damn 'dust' sounds a lot like j0hn d
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
crosby, stills & nash - dark star
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
tom petty - you don't know how it feels
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 14 May 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
I was gonna post that Ofege
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 14 May 2020 04:12 (three years ago) link
dillard & clark - out on the sidegene clark - some misunderstanding
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 14 May 2020 04:14 (three years ago) link
gene clark for sure.. there's this overstuffed 80s version of 'mr tambourine man' he does on the 'flying high' compilation that kills me
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 14 May 2020 04:25 (three years ago) link
― akm, Wednesday, May 13, 2020 8:17 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is a great one
gene clark otm too
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 May 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
threads like this remind me that we all hear music in very different way
to me, the defining trait of Oh! Sweet Nuthin' is repetition. it's the same phrase, over and over again, at varying volumes and intensity. the chorus is the same as the verse, with different vocal melodies. everyone else repeats their parts for the entire song.
so i'm the really harsh judge ott that is like "the chorus is slightly different than the verse? no. disqualified."
in a long overdue fulfillment of my missouri upbringing, now i am soviet russia
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Thursday, 14 May 2020 05:47 (three years ago) link
Well you could also say that none of those are asking for prayers for anyone..
How about "Save a prayer" Duran Duran?
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2020 06:09 (three years ago) link
Karl, your definition leaves no allowances for musical similarities, and would eliminate something like “Can’t You See,” which has the same chord progression, the same structure (quiet opening slow burning into rock city before coming down again at the end) and is even a similar length
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 May 2020 12:14 (three years ago) link
I assume I don't get the criteria since no one has posted Donovan's "Atlantis" yet? I suppose it isn't morose. Not so much epic but the Relatively Clean Rivers album might be worth a listen
― dip to dup (rob), Thursday, 14 May 2020 12:30 (three years ago) link
p'haps excepting morose oh sweet nuthin sounds like approx two dozen grateful dead songs imo
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 May 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link
like the tempo is a lil different but row jimmy sounds just like oh! 2 me, repetition included
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 May 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
other possible criteria: major key, but sad; clean guitar sound; vamping chord progression; loose, but not quite jammy feel; intangible sense of "soulfulness"
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 May 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Ofege - "It Ain't Easy"
This record was released in 1973 (3 years after Loaded) by a group of teenaagers in Lagos, Nigeria.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, May 13, 2020 5:24 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I think the lead guitar on taht record was actually overdubbed by the guy from Blo!.Have heard tehre are later lps taht are all by the band who were school age when they recorded taht first one apparentl;y.Got it on cd a few years ago but not the later stuff.Wish somebody would write a book on the psycedelic rock created i sub saharan Africa by indigenous groups and how the various influences washed over the continent. I thgink the first major wave was actually Latin stuff .
But that hasn't much to do with The VU.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 14 May 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
"Wakin on a Pretty Day" by Kurt Vile is rambly, epicish, guitar solos stretching out to space, mumbly and stoney and it has that line about suicide, that's pretty morose I guess
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 14 May 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
The Walkabouts Train to Mercy seems like a good fit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5EHyGBsgg
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 May 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
Headful by King Black Acid - all 18 blissful 18 minutes of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjKCcLDHKtk
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 May 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
Rain on Tin, off Murray Street.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev4n7Bkn5QA
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 May 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
threads like this remind me that we all hear music in very different way haha yeah ... no idea which "oh! sweet nuthin'" most of you are listening to ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 May 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
yeah, my first thought on reading the OP was the BBC version of Smog's "I Break Horses" which can't possibly be what j0rdan is after
― dip to dup (rob), Thursday, 14 May 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
smog @ bbc is a good call !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Zb4djwwoM
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
this was my spotify playlist btw
amanaz - khala my frienddion - your own back yardmoby grape - what's to choose (prev. unreleased)f.j. mcmahon - sister, brotherthe contents are - no chance to choose (1969 version)rainbow ffolly - sun sing (demo)skip spence - all come to meet her nowpink floyd - fearlessmazhar ve fuat -adimiz miskindir bizimrolling stones - winterron elliott - all timeamon düül ii - sleepwalker's timeless bridgefleetwood mac - jewel eyed judy
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
i'm sure there are songs in the world that sound more identical to OSN and maybe are closer thematically
i just kind of went by a vague feeling. i was also very drunk
relatively clean rivers LP is a good call xp
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
stones' "winter" is a good call. you can pretty much sing the end of Hey Jude along to the chorus of Sweet Nuthin.
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
check the wendell stuart track i linked !
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
Mick Ronson - I'd Give Anything To See You
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:46 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
i love this. i didn't realize there was a whole disc of unreleased 1976 material by this guy !
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
xp to tylerw
yeah, that's the I-bVII-IV, big classic rock progression. let it loose (mostly), can't you see, it's not easy, dear mr fantasy, they all have that goin on too
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 May 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
people get really excited about posting something and get loose with the criteria. I did it too
― brimstead, Thursday, 14 May 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link
The song that actually sounds just like "Oh Sweet Nuthin'" is "Lonesome Surprise" by Refrigerator
https://youtu.be/CsLEg0rL_kA
also notably covered by the Mountain Goats
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
I see what people above mean by their Pavement choices, but to me the obvious Pavement track for this is "Summer Babe"
And finally, the song that really hits this vibe for me is Beta Band, "Dry The Rain," but I'm not sure if everyone will agree.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
dry the rain works imo, not just the vibe but the second half (the "i will be your light" bit) uses that I-bVII-IV chord progression
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
Good pick, yes.
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
https://nowagainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pale-shades-of-grey-heavy-psychedelic-ballads-and-dirges-1969-1976
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 22 April 2024 23:39 (one week ago) link