tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post7235197926798952319..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: FairytaleDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-55742050062805138132016-12-09T10:53:36.871-06:002016-12-09T10:53:36.871-06:00"Miss Otis" makes me giggle every time I..."Miss Otis" makes me giggle every time I hear it. I feel you on the " says more about my sense of humor than it should."Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-22780955445422614862016-12-08T12:59:59.066-06:002016-12-08T12:59:59.066-06:00That was the album - Galore. It was a great album...That was the album - Galore. It was a great album.<br /><br />I eventually figured out how to play Miss Otis Regrets on the piano - it's surprisingly simple - and I still drag it out now and then. This probably says more about my sense of humor than it should.<br /><br />I remember hearing about her death when it happened, and being rather taken aback that the universe could be that cold. But it can, alas.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-43195518108530826562016-12-08T12:09:48.390-06:002016-12-08T12:09:48.390-06:00The late, great Kirsty MacColl was luminous, just ...The late, great Kirsty MacColl was luminous, just luminous. I suppose my first exposure was the music video for "Fairytale," when it aired on MTV back in the day. And then a couple of years after that, she reunited with the Pogues for <i>Red Hot + Blue</i>, that AIDS benefit compilation of Cole Porter tunes, for "Miss Otis Regrets" (a fantastic rendition with MacColl on lead vocals) and "Just One of Those Things" (a solid rendition with MacGowan taking the lead). MacColl (you probably know) was married at the time to Steve Lillywhite, who was producing The Pogues in those years; I'm sure he was the one who suggested putting them together.<br /><br />I think the first proper MacColl album I went out and bought was <i>Galore</i>, which may be the same best-of record you treated yourself to back when you were doing your dissertation. In addition to a great set of songs, the liner notes include what is possibly the solitary documented instance of Morrissey saying something nice about anybody (MacColl did a phenomenal cover of The Smiths' "You Just Haven't Earned It, Baby").<br /><br />She was a wonder and a half. Wish she was still with us.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.com