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December 06, 2005
MS Daily Pick - Baxter Dury - Fungus Hedge
(The Daily Pick may or may not be very daily. Lets see how this week goes.)
Baxter Dury - Fungus Hedge (mp3)
According to his Rough Trade bio,
"when Baxter was fifteen, his dad went away for a year to do a film with Roman Polanski, leaving his teenage son to be looked after by ex Led Zeppelin roadie and Blockhead minder the 'Sulphate Strangler'."BEST SOPHOMORE YEAR EVER.
Even if it wasn’t a teenage Sodom and Gomorrah, it was surely an interesting job history for this nanny. Imagine the stories for a virgin young mind, "Tell me the one about Zeppelin and the fish uncle Strangler!"
Fungus Hedge sounds like it could live on a b-side version of the White Album. Baxter Dury hangs his vowels adding a smooth psychedelic effect to his singing. The words envelope the music and become fused with the music like an integrated instrument. Only under careful listening does a story concerning Mrs. & Mr. Hedge emerge. Dark and lovely.
//Baxter Dury - Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (2003) - Buy
//Rough Trade site
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Posted by Merry Swankster at December 6, 2005 08:30 AM
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