Hamilton Leithauser. I'd never heard of him before this week, but he ended up in my Spotify Discover Weekly offerings, and I am really enjoying most of his stuff.
Great stuff. I really like Hamilton's work. I first got into him when he was with his band The Walkmen. Saw them a couple of times in Seattle a little over a decade ago. If you don't know The Walkmen, you probably at least recognize this song called We've Been Had:
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Hamilton Leithauser. I'd never heard of him before this week, but he ended up in my Spotify Discover Weekly offerings, and I am really enjoying most of his stuff.
Great stuff. I really like Hamilton's work. I first got into him when he was with his band The Walkmen. Saw them a couple of times in Seattle a little over a decade ago. If you don't know The Walkmen, you probably at least recognize this song called We've Been Had:
Right on - Thank you! I knew he was in a band and I thought I remembered the name .... and I searched for "The Walkman". I was wondering why in the fuck I wasn't coming up with any results!
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I didn't know The Walkmen went on hiatus. I saw them opening for the Black Keys in London in 2010. Decent band. His solo stuff is very Walkmenesque. That's one song I like from their catalogue:
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Here's a fav of mine from the mid 70's Police And Thieves.....Junior Marvin
A remake of the song was later done by The Clash.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
classic hair band! nice find.