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Bill played a Lyle Lovett song at the end of his set at SONH. I forgot to write down the title though.. Anyone have any idea what it was?

How did it go? Some Lyle Lovett songs that get played sometimes down here.

"You've Been So Good Up To Now"
"Peel Me A Grape" with Blossom Dearie
"Church"

"Record Lady"?

"I just had to go"?

It was "Church"
I first heard it played at the Denver exchange by Deb Cotherman and it rocked the house. I've been playing it ever since.

Have to check that one out ... personal fave of mine that I've heard by Lyle is "She's No Lady."

LindyChef wrote:Have to check that one out ... personal fave of mine that I've heard by Lyle is "She's No Lady."

"Church" is on Joshua Judges Ruth, which also has

"She Makes Me Feel Good" and "You've Been So Good Up To Now"

That is a good Lyle Lovett album to have.

BillBee wrote:It was "Church"
I first heard it played at the Denver exchange by Deb Cotherman and it rocked the house. I've been playing it ever since.

Just ordered the CD. Thanks

I just listened to this track on the All Music Guide.

From the 1 minute sample, it strikes me much more like a gospel-rockish song. At least the performance I heard.

Not being a dancer, do people lindy or jitterbug to this? That seems like a big stretch to my uneducated swing feet.

Help me to understand the swing portion of this.

Thanks,

"Gospel-rockish?"

Sounds like something the Westies would dig.

Jerry_Jelinek wrote:I just listened to this track on the All Music Guide.

From the 1 minute sample, it strikes me much more like a gospel-rockish song. At least the performance I heard.

Not being a dancer, do people lindy or jitterbug to this? That seems like a big stretch to my uneducated swing feet.

Help me to understand the swing portion of this.

Thanks,

No, it is not really a lindy song, certainly not a jitterbug song. I don't think anybody every said it was a swing song. Probably should have been posted in other music.

I have mostly heard in blues rooms or similar environments. Also, it works well for Sunday Lindy In the Park, especially earlier shifts. It has been played at ALX a few times in that context.

The song is about a preacher who talks too long while his congregation gets restless and hungry. Everybody wants to go have lunch. It has funny lyrics, very much a novelty song.

I don't know if Westies would dig it or not.

To be honest, this westie doesn't dig it (Church). At least not from the clip on AMG.

The tracks Nate mentioned are decent old-school wesite. "You've Been So Good Up To Now" is one of the songs used by a local ballroom club for teaching and is horribly overplayed around here.

Changed my mind, I listened to the live version and thought it was okay. Sounded more like a slow-ish two-step (country), but might also work for nightclub.
Certainly not Lindy or Jitterbug IMHO.

A friend of mine who was at the Denver Exchange told me she had the best dance of the weekend to "Church". Since she told me that I've been meaning to dig out Joshua Judges Ruth from my non-swing collection since I really like Lyle Lovett.

Kristin - I promise not to cut you with it next Tuesday

It's blues-rock Lyle Lovett style. not quite country, not quite rock and roll.

Jerry - it doesn't swing, but we have quite the blues dance crossover now at some venues, so this song would be welcome in the proper context.

p.s. just listened to the song --- now I know why it's a money song - it's the clapping - lol

GuruReuben wrote:"Gospel-rockish?"

I invent short musical combinations for myself.

I write them on my notes inside my CD cases. Then I know what the song style is.

This track isn't gospel, but has very much a gospel feel. It isn't rock and roll, but has a harder 'rock' like edge to it. Thus the phrase 'gospel-rockish'.

Nate Dogg wrote:No, it is not really a lindy song, certainly not a jitterbug song. I don't think anybody every said it was a swing song. Probably should have been posted in other music...

That is probably the case. I was assuming that this was been presented as a swing track.