The New Pornographers Carl Newman has been very open, if not obsessive, about his influences and here's a great sounding audio example. This is the band Carl sang in before the New Pornos were formed, Zumpano, doing a CBC radio session of all Burt Bacharach covers back on January 26th 1999. These songs will sound familiar to many, even if you don't recognize the song titles, these songs have entered the collective musical consciousness due to the simple fact that Bacharach is a genius.
1 Intro
2 twenty four hours from tulsa
3 Interview
4 anyone who had a heart
5 what the world needs now is love
6 Interview
7 always something there to remind me
8 my little red book
9 Outro
Session Line-Up
Carl Newman (vocals, guitar, hammond B-3)
David Carswell(guitar)
Michael Ledwidge(piano)
Stefan Niemann(bass)
Jason Zumpano (drums)
BONUS MP3s:
a.c. newman come crash
the new pornographers the body says no
a.c. newman drink to me babe, then
the new pornographers the new face of zero and one
sparrow this is how it's done (jason zumpano's new band)
zumpano changes (the zombies)
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Burt Bacharach and Pornographers are two words I wouldn't normally want to hear together, but these covers do it justice. Thanks for the interesting post!
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, great find! Downloading now... also speaking of Jason Zumpano, did u know he just put out a new limited-edition with Catbirdseat/Catbird Records??? I grabbed one up last week.. I think there's still a few copies available, U can check @ the site its http://catbirdrecords.com/csp_003.shtml
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work Alan!!! Sixeyez rulz!!!