J.T. Wrote:
> Not to shift attention from Zevon, but I recall a
thread about hardboiled
> music and digging my shelves for stuff to go with
"Lawyers, Guns and Money"
> I came across the albums John Cale did in the
mid-70s and would heartily
> recommend "Fear" (1974) and Slow Dazzle (1975) in
particular to anybody
> looking for suitable music. Songs like "Guts",
"Gun", "Barracuda", "Fear is
> a Man's Best Friend", and a brilliant spooky version
of "Heartbreak Hotel"
> should appeal to anybody who likes Zevon and
hardboiled fiction. (good
> lyric sample:
>
ttp://huizen.dds.nl/~johanm/cale/lyrics/fear.html#gun)
--Juha.
Not to allow my ignorance to show too vividly, but is the the
same John Cale who played with the Velvet Underground? It's
also not J.J. Cale of "Cocaine" fame, is it (another great
potential hard-boiled mystery song, for my money)?
Another song worth a listen for those who are afficionados of
50s hard-bioled is Charles Mingus' "II B. S." (Two B.S.). I
watched "The Big Heat" on the Mystery Channel last night, and
played "II B. S." right afterward while read- ing "Find a
Victim" by Ross MacDonald. Seemed to fit right into the
mood.
Man, Lee Marvin deserved an Oscar for what he did in "The Big
Heat."
All the Best,
Brian
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