While I was driving today, I took the opportunity to listen to Tom Barlow’s eponymous album.
I’ve mentioned the album here a couple of time before, embedding the song Billion Dollar Rockets in a previous post, and also discussing How Low Can You Get and Married By Elvis in some other posts.
So I did a little YouTube digging when I got here to see what videos might be available. I found one I hadn’t seen before, for another of the great songs on that album. Allow me to present Walk Away:
He’s borrowing a bit from Oscar, eh? There’s really not a bad song on that album, and I haven’t got tired of it yet. It’s kind of tragic that it didn’t make more of a mark. Especially since I’m not really thrilled with his new project.
You can also see videos for Married By Elvis (in the running for my favourite video) and Perfect Wave.
And now, just for fun, a few more Canadian tunes I was listening to on the drive.
In the “windows down, driving fast, play it loud” category, we have Atlantic Canadian rockers, The Trews, with “Not Ready To Go“:
(A possible alternate choice would be “So She’s Leaving“, but the YouTube encode is very quiet, and it’s very much a “play it loud” song.)
In the “pretty damn great animated video” category, we’ve got Halifax hiphop crew Universal Soul with their old school paen “Way Back In The Day”:
In the “Uncategorizable, but awesome song” category, we’ve got Blackie and the Rodeo Kings with what’s apparently a (justifiably) shelved video for “Stoned“:
And finally, I couldn’t pick some Canadians without including Danny, so here’s his surreal luchadore tune “14 Masks Of Danger“, in a live performance:
