Liverpool Twofer

...and the Beatles are not within sniffing distance.

The Bangles' first LP All Over the Place included "Going Down to Liverpool", a cover of a Katrina and the Waves song.  It has a nice shuffle rhythm to it, and has always been my favorite Bangles song.  Susanna Hoffs got all the play as the cute Bangle, but I would take bass player Michael Steele all day.  She's on the far right in the car.

"In Liverpool" is from Suzanne Vega's fourth album, 99.9 F°.  The record was produced by Mitchell Froom, her then-husband.  The whole album bristles with metallic, brittle arrangements

Do you have a favorite producer?  Stupid as it sounds, I do: Mitchell Froom. Or maybe it's that he has produced so many of my favorite albums.  Chicken or egg?  He produced the first three Crowded House albums, three Ron Sexsmith albums, a bunch of Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Randy Newman, The Bangles (though not the song here).  Consistently interesting, quirky production.

Put It Down

Mike Doughty, from Golden Delicious

This song came up on my iPod over the weekend, and I wound up listening to it three times straight.  Reason enough to share it with my peers.

Doughty is a native Kentuckian (bonus points!).  He was the principal songwriter and singer in Soul Coughing, who had some minor hits.  Doughty continues to make catchy music for small labels.  Highly recommended if you like this one.



What the heck, go for the bonus.  one of Soul Coughing's more popular songs, "Super Bon Bon".