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While the magpie sings some shiny song
Old corn face row of teeth, she says sweetly to me
In the elevator
Everything seems like a dream
And life's a scream
Here come old Kerosene Hat
With his ear flaps waxed, a courting his girl
Come clattering in here on your old cloven skates
With that devilish spoon
Everything seems like a dream
And life's a scream
When you're submarine
So don't you bother me, death, with your leathery ways
And your old chaise lounge
Wickerman's fence of leathery tires
And the cook's gone mad, started several fires
Everything seems like a dream
When you're submarine
Head like a stream she says softly to me
From the rattling chair
Bring me a steak and my old pair of crows
My medicine lamp
Everything seems like a dream
So life's a scream
David had posted some comments back in 2010 as far as inspiration for this song on his website. More details can be found on https://www.davidlowerymusic.c... but here is an excerpt which might be of interest to some:
Site of the old East Coast Gas Station in Gunsmoke. Cary and Meadow Richmond VA.
In some ways this is part of the inspiration for the song Kerosene Hat. The kerosene hat was the wool hunting cap with earflaps that I would have to wear when I walked to the gas station in the middle of the night to get more kerosene. This was sometimes a scary proposition because if it was too late and the local texaco by VCU was closed, we had to walk to the East Coast station up in the neighborhood known as “Gunsmoke”. Cary and Meadow st. This is still a sketchy area today. It was really quite dangerous in 1990.
The second part of the inspiration for this song was the simple fact that Johnny Hickman and I were older than many of our peers in the alternative and indie rock scene at that time. Also we were one of the few bands that was playing what would later be called Americana. So this is exactly what i’m talking about when I sing:
How can I fly with these old doggy wings
While a magpie sings some shiny song.
Finally the main body of the song is populated by characters that are similar to the broken down houses and people who populated the neighborhood at that time.
Thanks for sharing this!
This whole album is fantastic. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen.
...along with the first Cracker album.
Site of the old East Coast Gas Station in Gunsmoke. Cary and Meadow Richmond VA.
In some ways this is part of the inspiration for the song Kerosene Hat. The kerosene hat was the wool hunting cap with earflaps that I would have to wear when I walked to the gas station in the middle of the night to get more kerosene. This was sometimes a scary proposition because if it was too late and the local texaco by VCU was closed, we had to walk to the East Coast station up in the neighborhood known as “Gunsmoke”. Cary and Meadow st. This is still a sketchy area today. It was really quite dangerous in 1990.
The second part of the inspiration for this song was the simple fact that Johnny Hickman and I were older than many of our peers in the alternative and indie rock scene at that time. Also we were one of the few bands that was playing what would later be called Americana. So this is exactly what i’m talking about when I sing:
How can I fly with these old doggy wings
While a magpie sings some shiny song.
Finally the main body of the song is populated by characters that are similar to the broken down houses and people who populated the neighborhood at that time.
This is a fantastic song. When I first heard it, I thought that it must be inspired by Sparklehorse. Then I saw the date of release, and was blown away.
Right?
i do like cracker. bill does too, obviously. they get played a lot.
i'd like to hear other cuts from them more often.
I wasn't paying attention when this started and I thought "early Pink Floyd".
A consistent thought - his 'Calvary Cross' was my previous comment!
Sound check.
Probably. But they were also the 1st of 4 bands on the bill (Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters) so everyone was probably still out tailgating before the show.
Thanks Bill.
MORE Cracker, Camper Van, Clash!
NO Cougar, Counting Crows, Cranberries!
MORE
Chicago
Crack the Sky
Camel
City Boy
Could do without the creepy whispering near the end.
"mrselfdestruct" wrote
Too much heroin if you ask me.
That's because they have class, style, and respect for quality rock and roll. Very much unlike the Neil detractors to be found on these boards.
I saw them on that tour as well. I miss live music.
Sound check.
Unfortunately the subtitle says "Cracker performing..."
“Dodgy” makes more sense but doesn’t evoke such a surreal image.
Sound check.
The article must have been edited since then, because now there is no picture.
Love Cracker's version of Loser By GD! Slow but... he captivated me.
Hung out with these guys after a show in Winnipeg.
They love Neil Young.
That's because they have class, style, and respect for quality rock and roll. Very much unlike the Neil detractors to be found on these boards.
Hung out with these guys after a show in Winnipeg.
They love Neil Young.
Hung out with these guys after a show in Reno (Sparks).
They love Thai food.
I similarly got echoes of Richard Thompson's Calvary Cross.
Hung out with these guys after a show in Winnipeg.
They love Neil Young.
"Et même à l'autre bout du monde
Branchée sur la même fréquence
Je sais que tu recevras les ondes
Et peu importe la distance..."
Joa
"
Sound check.
MORE Cracker, Camper Van, Clash!
NO Cougar, Counting Crows, Cranberries!
Some Cracker material is available on Spotify and some not. Who decides which songs are OK and which ones not?
google knows all: https://www.billboard.com/arti...
If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that phrase...
Some Cracker material is available on Spotify and some not. Who decides which songs are OK and which ones not?
Summertime baby! Time for live music.
Patty Griffin — Boston (sounds good to me)
Missy Higgins — Secret (hot performance)
Ben Harper — Excuse Me Mister (usually not that big a fan, but I dig this a lot)
...and right now
Cracker — Kerosene Hat (never heard of them, but sounds perfect at the moment)
Moments of pleasure, (as Kate would sing), life feels worth living.
Thanks for this, Bill 8)
And one month later, I feel just like you
This here Cracker band has some depth.
LOL. Tell that to the Cowboy Junkies
Agreed!
It's been a long time since I had Sweet Thistle Pie....
If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that phrase...
You'd have a lovely, lovely cell....
<next to mine!>
..grin..