It's a really good show--Daryl Hall (yes, from Hall and Oates) invites musicians to come to his house in upstate NY to jam with him and his band. So far, the beauty of the show for me has been a re-introduction to H&O songs and getting to hear new music. A lot of the guests are complete unknowns to me. Not their fault; I just don't listen to new music. Remember: this blog is called bibilovesangus, referring to my relatively recent discovery of AC/DC. Although not a metal head or anything like that, mostly I like old school rock n roll.
Anyway, episode 54 of LFDH really, really changed stuff up for me. (what a great sentence! LFDH didn't do much for my ability to express myself verbally) Here it is, just in case you haven't seen it:
Once you've watched, I'm sure you'll react just like I did and watch it over and over. At first, I was just so taken with Daryl and Butch's version of Say It Isn't So--you can just see the joy the two shared in singing together! Truly, incontrovertibly, a gem among versions of this song! From August 28, when I began keeping track of the youtube viewings of this video, to today, it's moved up from 2340 to 2903. And, no, it wasn't just me viewing it repeatedly. It's addictive listening/watching. Butch has such a feel for the song--very close to that sense of regretted, but understood and inevitable love fade in some of his own work. Right now, my current fave of the episode is Sweethearts--just love it!!!!! Sure, Butch is cute and all and of course he can sing his music with an passion and immediacy that's absolutely enthralling AND endearing, but to watch Daryl, getting off to the song, the shared performance--man, it's fantastic!
I had read that Butch no longer did Mixtape in concert and felt sad that I hadn't discovered him early enough to attend a concert where he did sing it, so when he sings it on LFDH, OMG! So heart rending, so close to pretty much everybody's experience with unrequited love, soooooo beautiful. The mix-cd that I've made of Butch's songs begins with Mixtape. Closest Thing, apparently a Butch concert mainstay, is also here--guess it's the closest thing for me to getting to see Butch do it live--and again, Butch gives it his soulful all and Daryl is right up there with him. These two are just great together!
Daryl's band comes through on all the shows, but their strengths as musicians really show up with Butch. You expect them to be good on the ballad-y love songs, but their back up on Bodegas and Blood--killer, total rocker song--is so strong, tight, so UP, makes you want to jump up and dance around! At home, when this song comes on, I do dance around--the cats run and hide as a safety measure. FYI: they LOVE Butch Walker, or at least they've come to accept that they're going to hear at least Say It Isn't So, at least once or twice a day. Wonder if they thinkButch is better/worse than AC/DC???
Finally, during the food portion of the show, Butch and Daryl cook paella with a noted chef and Butch is wearing the LFDH apron--I have one now!!!
So, enjoy episode 54, it's great! Discovering Butch Walker, even greater! Paella anyone?
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