Song Of the Day: May 15, 2005
The dBs-Darby Hall
Bearsville Records 45, 1984
The first dBs album without Chris Stamey, Like This, was an unqualified success. Peter Holsapple loaded it up with great songs, and while certain production flourishes make it seem a bit dated, it still stands up just fine. Neither it nor the following The Sound Of Music are currently in print, although I'm sure someone will rectify that eventually. "Darby Hall" would not have been out of place on Like This; perhaps it was felt that it was too similar to the lovely "On the Battlefront." For whatever reason it was relegated to the b-side of the"Love Is For Lovers" 45, and was included as a bonus track on the CD issue of the album, which changes hands on eBay for exhorbitant prices.
4 Comments:
Being a thousand years old, I would like to say that I saw the dBs open for REM at U Hall in Charlottesville in 1985. My college roomate Tom had LIKE THIS and I fondly remember drunkenly singing along to "The girls got souuuuuul, souuuuuu-oooou-oul..." while freaking out seeing them live.
Glory days. They'll pass ya by...
Like This still makes those little hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
Here's hoping another dBs two-fer sees the light of day at some point. I've only heard a handful of post-Stamey cuts, but they've all been - like this one - totally sweet.
fabarooooooooooo to hear this again...yup days gone by
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