Tuesday, March 29, 2011
u heart mekons
i stumbled across a pretty good blog post about the mekons. it's a nice rundown of the mekons recordings and some random youtube clips, including a great lu edmonds 'heaven and back'. i'll disagree a little bit with some of this opinions, though. i got into the mekons with mekons rock 'n roll; i think i bought the cd after the first time i heard 'memphis egypt' on the radio, so i jumped pretty quickly into the back catalog available at the time. so good it hurts is a very strong album, right behind fear and whiskey and curse; to me, it holds up better than honky tonkin'. so good it hurts, rock 'n roll and curse might be the best three albums in a row in the history of the known universe. i'll also stand up for retreat from memphis and natural. retreat is a fantastic rock album. plenty of hooks and rocking songs; i know jon langford has said over the years that he's disappointed with it, but what would he know! i got natural at the show, so i saw the songs live before i heard the record; over the years i've listened to it over and over. great songs there; nice job, lu. lastly, in a better universe, 'only you and your ghost will know' would have been the biggest country single of all time.
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