Waffles Staff Picks - November Edition
Welcome to the November edition of the Waffles.fm Staff Picks. Please remember we do not look to balance genres or purposely seek out diversity - these are simply albums by bands that we love, and hope that you find something you enjoy as well. Note that each pick may be an individual track, or an entire album (for the purpose of the theme). In every case, however, the entire album will be FL.
Theme: NovemBEER
icebox
Artist: Lucinda Williams
Album: Lucinda Williams
Tracks: The Night's Too Long; Crescent City
Lucinda's third album was the one that began the rise that culminated in Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. The self titled album was mined by other artists for hits, and the songs here are uniformly excellent. Easily one of the best records of 1988.
The Night's Too Long: The story of a girl from Beaumont who leaves to make her life in the big city (Houston? New Orleans?). The image Lucinda paints at the end of the song of the girl in the bar enjoying herself and meeting the hot guy while out drinking and dancing is masterful:Well the music's playin' fast and they just met
He presses up against her and his shirt's all soaked with sweat
And with her back against the bar she can listen to the band
And she's holdin' a Corona and it's cold against her hand
Crescent City: A love letter to New Orleans. Lucinda's New Orleans memories are alcohol laced.
izmo
Artist: Allison Weiss
Track: You + Me + Alcohol
A happy-sounding sad song about love lost and alcohol. One of the best displays of song writing I've ever experienced.
pogglywoggly
Artist: The La's
Album: The La's
Track: There She Goes
condon313
Artist: Hank III
Album: Rebel Within
Track: Gettin' Drunk & Falling Down
I don't drink. Because I get drunk and fall down. That's what this song is about.
MidniteRockr
Artist: The Meat Purveyors
Album: Sweet in the Pants
Track: Dempsey Nash
If I had a list of songs to hear before you die, this one about the beer-drenched misadventures of one Dempsey Nash would be on it. But that's not all, there is an excellent cover of Merle's Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down. And as an aside, Elvis' Burning Love is also interestingly covered here.
Although Sweet in the Pants is my fave, the other Meat Purveyors albums are all well worth sloshing through, with songs like "Thinking About Drinking" "Tallboy" "Liquor Store" "666 Pack" "Morning After" "How Can I Be So Thirsty Today" and "2:00 A.M"... "So one more shot of whiskey before the room starts to spin, It's 2 AM already again."
Cheers everybody!
Woodenhead
Artist: Butthole Surfers
Album: Independent Worm Saloon
This album is basically the soundtrack for my high school days. From what I'm told, anyway. "Who Was In My Room Last Night" is a historical retelling of a drunken party I went to at my math teacher's daughter's house in '88. "Tongue" is an homage to all the fellow drunken crazies I partied with at a certain nightclub on a certain weekly night during a certain epic but oh-too-short musical era in Toronto. "Dust Devil" is about me riding shotgun with my drunk-driving NASCAR freak friend chauffeur of choice. "The Ballad Of Naked Man" is [censored/classified]. And then there's "The Wooden(head) Song"... I could go on, but I won't because you have some listening to do.
Suggested pairing: Lakeport Pilsner
wozgo
Artist: The Reverend Horton Heat
Album: Liquor In The Front
Track: Liquor, Beer & Wine
The best three friends I ever had.
Lorentz
Artist: Muse
Album: Showbiz
Track: Sober
Muse is a band I was introduced to during my stint at one of earliest jobs of my career, and my boss at the time would often celebrate job well done with drinks all around. As this is Muse's first album, so it was my first time trying half-decent scotch, and so on goes how the band's also changed since their beginnings, just as I have perhaps. Here's to you boss, wherever you are now.
Sowilo
Artist: Ghoultown
Album: Life After Sundown
Track: Drink With the Living Dead
Great alt. country and one of the first bands in the genre I got into. Maybe this would have even worked well doubling as an October pick if not for those pesky VIPs trying to overthrow us...
lostsupper
Artist: N.W.A.
Album: Straight Outta Compton
Track: 8 Ball (Remix)
Eazy-E's ode to malt liquor. "...Olde English 800 'cause that's my brand. Take it in a bottle, 40, quart, or can. Drink it like a madman yes I do--fuck the police and a 5-0 too."
The first time I got drunk I did so on quarts of 8-ball. Because rap music is awesome.
olenpriit
Artist: Ludacris (ft. T-Pain)
Album: Theater of the Mind
Track: One More Drink
I have a soft spot for Ludacris. He doesn't strike me as a particularly serious rapper but then again that's exactly what I like about him. Few rappers I know would be willing to put out albums like "Chicken-n-Beer" with a smile on their face. Ludacris never really seems to stop smiling. So follow the Luda service announcement, have a couple of drinks and quit discriminating, ya hear? Also if you haven't heard T-Pain without autotune you owe it to yourself to go find his NPR concert. Peace
kaishin521
Artist: St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Track: Broken Bones and Pocket Change
One of my favorite drinking activities is to hunt out some live music at a local bar. I happened to catch the last few songs in a set by these guys and was immediately impressed -- definitely one of my favorite acts in so many nights of drunken musical experiences. Soulful, sentimental, but full of energy. Enjoy this with a nice cold IPA https://d17wj6ajhy2qee.cloudfront.ne...ies/smile1.gif
