Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo)
"Yo La Tengo on themselves:
"Ira Kaplan is credited with changing the face of British pop music in the 90s with Primal Scream and their massive album "Screamadelica" (which won the first Mercury Music prize in 1992). Here are his current top Ace selections."
Jorge at Ace on Yo La Tengo:
"Ira Kaplan is actually a member of the Hoboken, NJ band Yo La Tengo, who have been making consistently brilliant music since the mid-80s, from body-shaking feedback rock to bossa nova-influenced pop. They're a treasure and a joyous act live, with some amazing dance routines onstage. If you're curious and don't know where to start, their recent compilation "Prisoners Of Love" is a good place.""
(ed. note: it was Bobby Gillespie in Primal Scream wasn't it?)
Selected releases
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Eddie Bo 'Check Mr Popeye'
I just got to see Eddie Bo play this at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans.
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Maxine Brown 'All In My Mind'
Hearing Maxine Brown sing 'I don't know, baby' always chokes me up.
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Glen Campbell 'Guess I'm Dumb'
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
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The Fugs 'Group Grope'
Second-best use of all time of the word "cataleptic" in a lyric.
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Isaac Hayes 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix'
This list is a lot heavier on the Glen Campbell than I was expecting.
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By The Time I Get To Phoenix
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Barbara Lynn '(Until Then) I'll Suffer'
Another standout performer at the Ponderosa Stomp, though sadly she didn't do this one.
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(Until Then) I'll Suffer
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Patience & Prudence 'Tonight You Belong To Me'
I always associate this one with NRBQ, whose version I heard before the original.
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Tonight You Belong To Me
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The Shangri-La's 'Wishing Well'
Another song I learned as a cover, in this case by my old neighbors the Pussywillows.
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The Spiders 'Furi Furi'
Is this a different song than "Furi Furi '66"? If so, I've got to hear it.
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The Knickerbockers 'One Track Mind'
Who thought they had another song just as good as "Lies"? Not me.
