Shack Up!

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Banbarra - Shack Up

I was going to post this all ironical like on my wedding anniversary on Tuesday, but then I didn't. "Shack Up" is a tract against marriage which couches the singer's entirely selfish reasons in pseudo-sociological bollox. It is a classic 'Gloria' song in that lots of people will say that the A Certain Ratio version is best, or even - o noes - the BIS version, but this original is the winner for me, ACR's dour funk schtick just can't carry the sly, faux-reasonable lyrics as well as Banbarra do.

Also a YSI of DJ Assault's "Asses Jiglin" seems to have fallen into my inbox, ahem. This reprehensible song can be found here.

6 Days On The Road - Day Four

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John Stewart - "Big Joe"

Because trucks and their drivers remain a feature of American life, the truckin' song never quite dies out, so it serves as a miniature history of country music styles. "Big Joe", dating I'm pretty sure from the 70s, is audibly more modern than the other records I've posted, a mournful (check the manly vocal tremblings!) tale of a trucker who's gone to that big truck stop in the sky, with a definite FUNK AND GOSPEL influence!

A double bill of truckin' action awaits you tomorrow, good buddies, and then check back at the weekend for the final sad instalment.