Pussy Cats
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- kingjulien
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"During John Lennon's separation from Yoko Ono in 1974 (the several month long period known as the "lost weekend") Lennon romped around L.A. with his new buddy, Harry Nilsson-drinking brandy, causing trouble and getting thrown out of nightclubs. In the midst of the party Lennon and Nilsson, along with friends Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and a rag-tag gang of others, headed into the studio with Lennon as producer. The result was Pussy Cats - a fascinating and often misunderstood album featuring a mix of classics and originals rearranged by Nilsson and Lennon to suit the wild mood of those most infamous days.
In January 2006, finishing the final mix for their new record A Hundred Miles Off and feeling a great sense of accomplishment, The Walkmen started talking about how it would be fun to try to recreate Pussy Cats. They were half joking at first but with their recording studio a month from closing and touring for the new record a month from beginning it seemed oddly like the right thing to do. They had always loved Pussy Cats - listening to it almost incessantly in their travels together and feeling something mysterious and magical with each listen. In a great, hilarious and rollicking way the album expresses feelings about musical and personal camaraderie that hit very close to the hearts of the Walkmen. After all Pussy Cats is the great "buddy" record of the seventies. Its celebration of rock 'n' roll, good friends, stiff drinks and excessive instrumentation is right up the Walkmen's alley and dammit all to hell if they weren't going take the opportunity to do something about it."
- flavorful0
Yea, I've been waiting for this to the point I forgot they were doing this.
Thanks!
- Soler0
interesting.. now I need to find the original
thx julien
- kingjulien0
John Lennon's whole Lost Weekend period cracks me up. He was given permission by Yoko to date his Asian intern, May Pang, and ended up leaving his wife for her. They then saw a UFO together in New York, and claims he wasn't on drugs at the time:
- spendogg0
hey KJ you should enter the < Writing Contest - you could win a trip to SF.
:)
- flavorful0
KJ didn't write that, but he should enter as I love most of his posts no matter the length, haha.
- kingjulien0
Yeah, that free airfare would really come in handy.....)
- CyBrain0
This seems to be covers of the covers that John and band did that eventually became the Rock and Roll album, his last studio sessions before his temporary retirement of 1975-80.
Back in those days, if you stopped recording that long, it was considered retirement.
Anyway, I don't think this band mathces it's ambitions.
Here's a sample of the real thing: http://www.talesfromthehead.com/…
- flavorful0
Hey it's "Friday."
:D
- Rand0
they were all drunk 24 hours a day
- k0na_an0k0
fuckity fuck