AvidFan Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/15/loudon-wainwright-iii-cd-review Loudon Wainwright III: 10 Songs for the New Depression (Proper) Robin Denselow, guardian.co.uk Thursday 15 July 2010 23.16 BST The best track, House, is a finely constructed song about economics and relationships that tells the story of a couple who plan to get divorced but stay together because they can't sell their house, "so maybe it's a good thing". Elsewhere, he cheerfully matches bleak lyrics against upbeat melodies, as on the opening Times Is Hard, where the man once compared to Dylan announces "you folks need some cheering up ... it ain't me, babe". This is Wainwright at his best. Here it is: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003QZ633O/ref=nosim?tag=guardianreviews-21 CD Description"Some folks are saying things are looking up recession wise and this particular hard time might be ending. Other experts are saying we're in for a 'double-dip' and there's more faeces heading towards the global fans. If that's the case I'd like to cash in. So buddy if you can spare a few bucks, please enjoy 10 Songs for the New Depression!" --Loudon Wainwright III Looks like it's catching on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scepticus Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 cheer up avid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvidFan Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 cheer up avid. Can't help it - I feel the pain of the people, seeing as how I am one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNpgnojMG-4 link removed.....replaced with good cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scepticus Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Can't help it - I feel the pain of the people, seeing as how I am one thats a good line - cameron should use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babesagainstmachines Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Driving on Acid is Easy He's much better than those poncey shitfaces he spawned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Brilliant song but somewhat lacking in predictive power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Driving on Acid is Easy He's much better than those poncey shitfaces he spawned. Driving on acid's a breeze Just keep the car on the highway Dont laugh and dont fart and dont sneeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Cook Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Uriah Heap Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Blimey what an amazing thread. Thanks again to HPC for always coming up with something surprising and interesting. I had no idea Louden Wainright was still going. And Pete Seeger. What a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zngland Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Appologies all round , ear plugs to the ready, not one for the intelligentsia but packs of starving Londoners will be hunting, whistling this, Post austerity London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateerMk2 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Appologies all round , ear plugs to the ready, not one for the intelligentsia but packs of starving Londoners will be hunting, whistling this, Post austerity London. WTF was that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvjtii_WCPk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zngland Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 WTF was that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrabus Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 The importance of being Idle Oasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvidFan Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Posted a few weeks ago: It's L.R.III singing "Krugman Blues" - and it's on his new CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvidFan Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 "Fear Itself" is on the CD too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvidFan Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 And so is "Cash for Clunkers": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvidFan Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Times is hard (also on the CD): 1 minute 15 seconds in: "Who's at fault, who's to blame - string up Bernie what's-his-name.... ask Goldman Sachs to come along... all I can do is play this song" ...followed by the crowd cheering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My best credit crunch record....posted before but so apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmaminhavana Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 'Leaving on a Jet Plane,' by John Denver 'Money, money, money (it's a BTL world). (I'm sorry, I'm not techno enough to do a link!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 So, Mr Cook, who's first interest in in science (in particular the evolutionary basis of behaviour), your starter for ten is this: Why did bankers throw themselves out of windows during the first depression and in this one they didn't, what changed their behaviour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 So, Mr Cook, who's first interest in in science (in particular the evolutionary basis of behaviour), your starter for ten is this: Why did bankers throw themselves out of windows during the first depression and in this one they didn't, what changed their behaviour? Actually, they didn't (throw themselves out of windows in unusual number that is). JK Galbraith's The Great Crash 1929 has some stuff about this in it. There were a few cases which made the papers but they were within the normal rates of suicide before and after the crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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