Dec 2, 2017
From the Archives: She Stopped Shakin' It Today
ORIGINALLY POSTED JUN 3, 2014
She Stopped Shakin' It Today
Based on this. Kinda NSFW.
"She Stopped Shakin' It Today"
(Parody of George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today")
She said I'll shake it all your life
He told her I like your tan lines
As her butt would slowly grind
He sipped apple pie moonshine
He kept her picture on his dash
Of his lifted chromed-out truck
He loved him that country ass
Twerkin' to "Turn Down For What"
Got her name tatted on his leg
Barbed wire heart in red and blue
And every time she gave him head
He would whisper I love you
I saw him at the gym today
Slamming down weights, stinking of beer
Said his girl had gone away
First time he missed callin' me queer
She stopped shakin' it today
He texted her that she's a whore
And soon he'll cry and smoke a j
She stopped shakin' it today.
[Spoken:]
Ya' know she gave him one last phone call
And she was pissed off about the crabs
Said "we're through" and he punched the wall
Buried his face in his ball cap
[Sang:]
She stopped shakin' it today
He texted her that she's a whore
And soon he'll wreck his Chevrolet
She stopped shakin' it today.
Dec 1, 2017
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JD McPherson: Rockabilly Gold & Maximum Fun
JD McPherson: Rockabilly Gold & Maximum Fun
By Kevin Broughton
Jonathan David McPherson grew up a rural cat, even for an Okie. The son of a farmer and retired Army veteran (mom was a preacher), JD grew up near the town of Talihina, a random spot the railroad decided to drop a turn-of-the century depot in Indian Territory. “Where I grew up,” he told the New Zealand music blog Libel, “was just completely removed from anything resembling a town or a city. It was an hour away from the nearest supermarket.”
Drawn to the guitar in his early teens, the isolation proved a boon. Music became his sole focus, and he’s been in bands of one sort or another from then till now. We can be thankful that in his formative years he was drawn to the work of Buddy Holly and other 1950s icons; his Undivided Heart and Soul positively oozes authentic rockabilly.
If The Flat Duo Jets (or iconic front man Dex Romweber), The V-Roys, Marshall Crenshaw, Robert Gordon and Brian Setzer got together for a twenty-teens hootenanny, they’d hope the could collaborate on something that could rival McPherson’s October release on the New West label.
There’s a brilliant range and diversity: McPherson’s goes from to throbbing, pleading rocker on the opening cut, “Desperate Love,” to sweet, soothing crooner on “Hunting for Sugar.” The bass-driven backbeat and reverb-laden baritone guitar of “Crying’s Just a Thing You Do” are reminiscent of Elvis Costello. And it’s impossible not to hear the Rockpile/Nick Lowe influence of a couple of songs, notably “On The Lips.” (A hint of Squeeze, too.)
The money cut, though, is “Bloodhound Rock.” Fully a third of the 4 ½-minute song is a nifty buildup of standup bass, feint brushes on snare, understated guitar and just enough organ. It burns. You can’t not shimmy and shake.
There’s not a more fun song, or album for that matter, of the year.
Dig it, Daddy-o. It’s okay to shake your hips.
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