Wednesday, March 24, 2010

all that's sacred #45


For weeks I've been talking up and soliciting suggestions for an episode exploring songs about escape - escaping a person, escaping a place, escaping a problem. As one who likes to wander, this recurring theme in Eddie's songwriting has always had a special resonance with me. So on #45, we're hitting the road and exploring new territory on the podcast.

I'm probably not going to ruin any surprises for you by telling you that MFC makes an appearance here. It's a great rendition but Ed has a "perfectly imperfect" moment on the last verse and flubs my favorite lines of the song so I thought it only appropriate to include here.

"They said timing was everything,
Made him want to be everywhere,
There's a lot to be said for nowhere..."


Hope you enjoy the ride.

Cheers! Donny


Gone (demo version) – 2005 Holiday 45
Off He Goes – 7/14/98 Inglewood, CA
Thumbing My Way – 5/30/03 Vancouver, BC
Untitled/MFC – 12/2/05 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hitchhikers – 1999 Rough Mix, Binaural outtake
Of The Girl – 10/4/00 Montreal, QC
Evacuation – 10/28/00 San Bernardino, CA
Rearviewmirror – 8/27/00 Saratoga Springs, NY
Last Exit – 7/22/98 Seattle, WA

Born To Run (acoustic) – Six Degrees of PJ: Bruce Springsteen – 4/27/88 Los Angeles, CA

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

From the car lmfao!

Unknown said...

IN THE YEAR 2000!

Anonymous said...

LOOK OUT!!!

Mike said...

Nice pick on 'Of The Girl' - one of my fav versions,

Steve B said...

Yes Mike, just came here to leave a comment about Mike's shredding on that tune, too.

Anonymous said...

great job, Don. The first four--Gone, Off He Goes, Thumbing My Way, Untitled/MFC-- top my list of PJ escape tunes too..Mike just soars in that "Off the Girl" pick--awesome... and oh, Sandy should host/co-host more often..:-) Peace1

All That's Sacred said...

Thanks y'all. This might have been the most popular episode yet! Sandy will definitely be back.

Glad so many other people thought Mike killed it on Of The Girl -- just a great version. I also loved the Sonic Youth-inspired noise jam on RVM.