Muse Sick (Sick Music)
December 10, 2009
This band is amazing. It was called Doggie Hi! Yippie, (2001 Massacre= great song)
Now it’s called Last Good Tooth.
I think it was Ray Charles (no, it was Kurt Vonnegut) who said music is proof of the existence of God.
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Quite zen but it’s a country music group isn’t it? Weird clip (by the way http://www.ateliermagique.com/julia-stiles.html).
(and sorry for my english)
I don’t know about Ray Charles, but Kurt Vonnegut made several remarks along these lines:
Version 1
“Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference”
Version 2
“If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC”
Interestingly, Vonnegut apparently didn’t believe in God (at least as conventionally understood), so the remarks are probably about music rather than about God (as conventionally understood).
You’re right, it was Kurt Vonnegut. Thanks. Funny, though, that he says, “should I die, God forbid…” ‘cuz that’s inevitable. I’m sure Vonnegut said that deliberately.
I’m with Kurt, I fully intend to live forever. I’m way to spiteful to die anyway.
Hi,
Reminds me of “Dark was the night, cold was the ground” by Blind Willie Johnston.
I think Blind Willie knew a thing or two about music and God.
Here’s a little bit about the band from Penn himself. Not so much country as off beat folk.
Kinda cool, Good for kickin back after a long hard day at work.
Doggie Hi Yippie “Boy meets girl. The setting: Rhode Island School of Design. Enter Penn Sultan and Abigail Noyes, the artists. The duo discovered that, in joining forces, they could create the most folk-tastic music on this side of the Milky Way. Penn’s howling raspy voice perfectly compliments Abi’s beautiful songbird vocals. Combine that with some mean, green, fighting machine, gun slinging, wing dinging, guitar picking and voila! We can’t compare Doggie Hi Yippie to any bands in the scene these days; they’ve got a sound all their own. So if you’re looking for something quirky, different, and downright impressive, Doggie Hi! Yippie is for you!” -Taste Makers Music Magazine. toot’n'mah’horn. Last Good Tooth- Is Doggie hi! Yippie, I little beaten up and a little abandoned. “What’s in a name? Last Good Tooth can’t answer that, but there’s a little Tom Waits in there if you’re interested. I’m full of guesses as to what the name Last Good Tooth could mean. Is it referring to one final intact tooth or is it rather an exclamation pleading a canine to stay put? If the band’s previous name is any indication (Doggie Hi! Yippie) we should probably just leave it alone. In any case, this Providence-based band has been steadily amassing some excellent new tracks including the stellar subdued folk ballad “Take ‘Em.” I recall a Splice reader asking for some more “sounds like Tom Waits,” well sir, let me introduce you to Penn Sultan.” -splicetoday.com more tooten.
I love the animated sketches or paintings in the video. I wonder if someone in the band painted or drew those? The music almost sounds like a soundtrack for the visuals, the atmosphere is very reminiscent of an old 16mm experimental art film.
Muse Sick = Keep warm, don’t catch a cold. NY is coooolllddd these days.
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A little off the music topic, but along the lines staying in fair territory. Kurt also said,
“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.”
Kurt knew that one day it will all come to end, but live everyday as if it were your last and you will live forever. This is an oxymoron, but make sense, right?
This quote could be added into the song…
“You better live every day like your last because one day you’re going to be right.” Ray Charles
Of course I like this one better.
“I was born with music inside me. That’s the only explanation I know of, since none of my relatives could sing or play an instrument. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me — like food or water.” Ray Charles
That song lacked brutality. Here’s a brutal one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGfCWTqR-wc
Okay. Not sure I’m looking for that much brutality.
Here, this one should help mellow you out after that. Sort of like smoking a jay after a fistfight:
Respectfully, this track is derived from hillbilly music. Thus, one would imagine, the “last good tooth” reference.