When I heard that three bands who I like very much were playing, it was an obvious decision to get tickets. We arrived at the show just in time to hear Ed Robertson introducing the opening act an opening act when there are three bands! The opening act was a guy named Boothby Graffoe.
Most of his songs are funny. And so were these in the five song set: more…. Read Full Post ». C, May 23, I have been hearing about the Unknown Mortal Orchestra for a little while now The name is intriguing and really could indicate so many different styles of music.
So, here was a track from a recent live show that NPR was sampling for us. The song has an appropriate Sabbathesque quick riff at the end of each verse and a boatload of flange and vibrato tossed on, too. Although Jetpack is a collection of strips, Goliath is a telling of the story of David and Goliath which everyone knows is the great underdog story. In this version, Goliath is a simple man. Despite his size, he would rather do office work than fight.
Indeed, when given the opportunity, he jumps at the chance to do administrative paper work rather than practice with weapons.
But the Philistines are at war and everyone needs to help. I Challenge you: Choose a Man. Let him come to me that we may fight. If he be able to kill me then we shall be your servants. But if I kill him then you shall be our servants.
