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Ron Sexsmith — Jazz At The Bookstore
Album: Time Being
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6.6

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Total ratings: 132









Released: 2006
Length: 3:26
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Leadbelly's in the background
Being drowned out by the grind
He's singing 'bout "Rock Island Line"
Nobody seems to pay him any mind

Bestsellers and bookshelves
Full of self-help printed word
Some faint elegance is heard
Now was that Ellington or Bird?

And has it really come to this?
Can ignorance be bliss?
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
Jazz at the bookstore
And Blues in the coffee shop
Jazz at the bookstore
And Blues in the coffee shop

There's a man standing at the crossroads
With a dark roast in his hand
He's Livin' in white yuppy land
Over by the milk and sugar stand

And have I really come for this
A cup of caffeinated bliss?

So we browse around
All over town
Sipping coffees that we can't pronounce
And meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery
All the coffins commence to bounce...bounce

Leadbelly's in the cold ground
Rolling over in his grave
The hard road where so many slaved
Is now so smooth and paved

And has it really come to this
Can ignorance be bliss?
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
Jazz at the bookstore
And Blues in the coffee shop
Jazz at the bookstore
And Blues in the coffee shop
Jazz at the bookstore
And Blues in the coffee shop
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Geecheeboy wrote:
Evocative of Citizen Cope.
But...? Okay, just because my time machine's in the shop, I guess it doesn't mean that everybody is stuck without a way to subvert the time-space continuum.
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Evocative of Citizen Cope.
Posted 15 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Another great best-kept secret Canadian singer-songwriter. He's playing as I type here tonight in Ottawa at the Bronson Centre. He was once touted as Elvis Costello's protege. 
 
Elton John is pretty pumped up on Ron too!!  https://www.ronsexsmith.com/forums/thread/6741.aspx

Posted 15 years ago by ejsamuel    [ Reply ]
 TJOpootertoot wrote:
Keep voting, then!
It's the only Sexsmith song on RP but I'd like to hear more...
 
How about one from Blue Boy?
Posted 15 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I like this song! Nice to hear Ron Sexsmith on RP.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I love Ron Sexsmith, but I can not in good conscience give this any more than a 7, only because I know of many better Ron songs.

How 'bout "Cheap Hotel"?


Posted 15 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
Another great best-kept secret Canadian singer-songwriter. He's playing as I type here tonight in Ottawa at the Bronson Centre. He was once touted as Elvis Costello's protege. 
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
I like this.


Keep voting, then!
It's the only Sexsmith song on RP but I'd like to hear more...

Posted 16 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:


I had to look this up. The lyric is:
"And have I really come for this
Cup of caffeinated bliss? "

But I like your's better.

 

I used to live one block east of the first combination bookstore and coffee shop in the US.  It was a place called Nickleby's in Grandview (suburban Columbus).  I think Barnes & Noble caught on to the idea shortly afterward.  Nickleby's eventually folded.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
Me too. Kind of got an early Steely Dan sound in there now and then.
I saw him in Winnipeg a few years ago at a small venue. He stood at the back after the show and shook hands and thanked people for coming as they filed out.
Posted 16 years ago by heathenchild    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
I like this.
Me too. Kind of got an early Steely Dan sound in there now and then.
Posted 16 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
I like this.
Posted 16 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Arianrhod wrote:
mwaaahaha did this guy really just say 'did i really pay for this, a cup of caffinate piss?'
I had to look this up. The lyric is: "And have I really come for this Cup of caffeinated bliss? " But I like your's better.
Posted 16 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
I like this song. I seemed to remember another song being promoted as the "hit" (as indy music circles go) of the album. Does RP have anything from 'Cobblestone Runway'? That one's probably my favorite Sexsmith CD.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
TheFriendlyCat wrote:
Dunno how bill did it, but I couldn't introduce this guy without giggling at least a little...
From Wikipedia: Sexsmith has two children, a son (born in 1985) and a daughter (born in 1989). Wow, I bet they don't get any crap in school.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Dunno how bill did it, but I couldn't introduce this guy without giggling at least a little...
Posted 16 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
Not a Sexsmith fan but I like this song a lot.
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Bliss! Arianrhod wrote:
mwaaahaha did this guy really just say 'did i really pay for this, a cup of caffinate piss?' this song needs to be played more 'sexsmith' is a bit over the top though
Posted 16 years ago by sarunader    [ Reply ]
Good song but far from the best one on this album. Ron is at least a generation too late. If he'd surfaced in the late 60's his name would be mentioned in the same breath with all the big boys of that era. A truly amazing talent. All his albums are great.
Posted 16 years ago by sarunader    [ Reply ]
this guy is one of the best songwriters around today
Posted 16 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
Ron Sexsmith opened for Madelaine Peyroux in Fort Lauderdale about six months ago. I had never heard of him, but liked him immediately, more than Peyroux. Great lyrics!
Posted 17 years ago by wisemily    [ Reply ]
Nah
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Arianrhod wrote:
'sexsmith' is a bit over the top though
Haha, yeah - "I'll be back in a couple hours, hon, I have to go stop at the smithy"
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
me too, pretty excited to hear ron on rp!
Posted 17 years ago by NanMac    [ Reply ]
mwaaahaha did this guy really just say 'did i really pay for this, a cup of caffinate piss?' this song needs to be played more 'sexsmith' is a bit over the top though
Posted 17 years ago by Arianrhod    [ Reply ]
Holy cats! I thought it was Ron Sexsmith, but couldn't really believe my ears! The dude is great when he's good.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
OMG - Ron Sexsmith on RP! Awesome - perhaps the topicality of the song is what helped it get through the brutal culling process. Great song from a great (and underplayed) artist. Yay.
Posted 17 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]