August 12, 2008
Easier Said Than Done
When I was a boy the first record I ever bought was a 45 single of the song Easier Said Then Done by The Essex. I paid 10 cents for it at a garage sale. I rushed home and put it on the turntable at 33 rpm and it sounded really low and slow like the devil singing to me or something. I got really scared and said a prayer to God and then I realized I needed to change the speed to 45 rpm and it would sound alright. Being that 10 cents was a lot of money to me back then I listened to it over and over and over and probably drove my sister kathy crazy. I LOVED the beat of the song and the smooth sound of Anita Hume's vocals. The background vocals were amazing as well with the deep voices of Marines all breathy and syncopated. Listen here and try not to move along with the beat. The hook will be stuck in your head for days. Stickier than a duct taped stool pigeon being questioned by the mob. Legend has it that the song was recorded in about 20 minutes. These guys were Marines stationed at Camp Lejune, North Carolina after coming home from Okinawa in 1962. They wrote it to the beat of a teletype machine! How cool is that? The copy I bought looked just like the one above and I remember staring at the roulette logo for hours reading every little bit of information again and again. If I ever see one in a record store I'm buying it.
Move on dot org
Steve
Posted by steve at August 12, 2008 2:33 PM
that song is so catchy!
i was sitting there like...okay carli don't dance along.
but I couldn't help it. lovely songg.
<3
Like in Intacto, I prefer my Roulette Russian style, except with only one empty chamber... tee hee hee...
Yeah the song's catchy and was worth every penny of that dime you spent on it!!!
And I notice your smooth slip of the activism move at the end of your post that conservatives will love... move on indeed!!!
THEesSEX ...easier said than done. is this code for phone sex way back when?
Here is the devil version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DAeseXdJ_Y
You were right. It has been stuck in my head. Woke up this am and it was still there.
I have whole box of 45's somewhere around here. You've inspired me to find them. I still remember one of the first ones I got and played endlessly. It was Band On The Run by Wings. I know I drove my whole family crazy.
So today I am driving on from the HEB when what song comes on the ray-dee-o? Band On The Run. I haven't heard that song in ages and I just was talking about it here. Totally coolio.
thanks!!! missed tonight's show in Meaford - I am finally awake - Showed your video clips to my mom and my dog- they were really impressed...took time to check out your site... very cool. tho it's too late now to catch your last set and it will be too long before the next time - I am so spoilt now, for having met up with you. Your Aug. 10 blog was written on my birthday.
