3. august 2016 arkiv

Genhør: Pousette-Dart Band

3. august 2016

Fem album blev det til for The Pousette-Dart Band fra Cambridge Massachusetts. Og selv om det blev gradvist mere kommercielle i deres musik udløste det ikke den helt store succes. I 1981 gik bandet formelt set i opløsning, selv om de nu og da siden har spillet sammen. Soft country rock blev det kaldt. Og man skal lede godt efter deres plader på CD.

Amy’s Place

3. august 2016

Medierne kan berette, at Amy Winehouses dødsbo, familien, har besluttet at oprette et hjem for kvinder med misbrugsproblemer. Og så kan man ikke lade være med at tænke over, hvad mon Amy selv ville have sagt, hvis nogen havde tilbudt hende en af lejligheder i det hjem? Måske noget i retning af:

They tried to make me go to rehab
I said, no, no, no
Yes, I been black
But when I come back, you’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time
And if my daddy thinks I’m fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab
I won’t go, go, go

I’d rather be at home with a Ray
I ain’t got seventy days
‘Cause there’s nothing, there’s nothing you can teach me
That I can’t learn from Mr. Hathaway

I didn’t get a lot in class
But I know we don’t come in a shot glass

They tried to make me go to rehab
I said, “no, no, no”
Yes, I been black
But when I come back, you’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time
And if my daddy thinks I’m fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab
I won’t go, go, go

The man said, “why do you think you here?
I said, I got no idea.
I’m gonna, I’m gonna lose my baby
So I always keep a bottle near
He said, I just think you’re depressed
This, me, yeah, baby, and the rest

They tried to make me go to rehab
But I said, no, no, no
Yes, I been black
But when I come back, you’ll know, know, know

I don’t ever want to drink again
I just, oh, I just need a friend
I’m not gonna spend ten weeks
Have everyone think I’m on the mend

And it’s not just my pride
It’s just till these tears have dried

They tried to make me go to rehab
I said, no, no, no
Yes, I been black
But when I come back, you’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time
And if my daddy thinks I’m fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab
I won’t go, go, go