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26 October 2005

Best song about the working week. ever. From my beloved Bottle Rockets.

post by: jonmc at: 21:52 | 19 comments

I didn't download it, but if it's not "Gotta Get Up," something is very wrong. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a coffee monkey on my back.

posted by keswick 26 October | 22:26

Of course it's "Gotta Get Up." Whaddaya take me for, ya mamaluke?

posted by jonmc 26 October | 22:27

Christ, Jon. Would you get out of my music collection, please?

I thought no one this side of the Mississip listened to them!

posted by Eideteker 26 October | 22:27

Well, coulda been "Sunday Sports." Though that's more about the weekend than the work week.

posted by keswick 26 October | 22:27

Eideteker, I found a promo copy of The Brooklyn Side in the bargain bin at a local indie shop a decade ago and fell in love with the 'Rockets. This song is only the tip of the iceberg. "Welfare Music" "Slo Toms" "Smokin' 100's Alone" and "Indianapolis" are just as great.

And in high school I felt like the only roots-rock/cowpunk fan on the east coast, so I'm with you, there.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 22:33

Ok, but what *is* the "Brooklyn Side"? =D

posted by Eideteker 26 October | 22:33

It's one of their albums. It features "Welfare Music," a great country song with a sneak attack on Rush Limbaugh, and "$100 Car," among other gems.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 22:35

No no no... what is the origin of the phrase "The Brooklyn Side"?

I have a live version of Indianapolis if you want it. It's the one where he says, "We're doing pretty much all the songs off our new album tonight just because, frankly, we need the practice."

I can yousendit if by some measure of the imagination you don't have it.

posted by Eideteker 26 October | 22:36

The 'Rockets are kind of a strange story. Too hairy and rural for MTV, too punk rock for the Nashville Network. They got a major label contract based on underground acclaim, but Atlantic "declined to promote" the album that resulted (one of the best of the last 20 years IMHO, and they were dropped and went back to an indie label. More proof that the media machine is run by twits.

On preview: put it on yousendit and post it, please. I imagine it just means the Brooklyn side of the bridge, but who knows.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 22:38

Indianapolis (live)

Dunno where all the references on the web went, but here's the gist of "the Brooklyn Side". It's the side of the original bowling lanes in Manhattan that faced Brooklyn. I learned it from a site that has apparently evaporated.

posted by Eideteker 26 October | 22:56

sorry, jon, you send it is having a major brain cloud on me. i'll try later.

posted by ethylene 26 October | 22:56

Bottle Rockets are a terrific live band if you ever get a chance to see them. The last time I caught them they played for almost 2.5 hours as the booker kept bringing shots on the stage for them every time they said they were done.

posted by dobbs 26 October | 22:56

thanks for more good music.

posted by Edible Energy 26 October | 23:32

thank you

posted by Marxchivist 26 October | 23:41

I got my partner hooked on the Bottle Rockets with their "$1000 Car," and he's been a major fan ever since. (I also like 'em a lot, but not to the extent that he does.)

And yeah, jon, "24 Hours A Day" is one cool album.

posted by BoringPostcards 26 October | 23:41

I enjoyed this, but it didn't make my scrotum scrunch up and get all wrinkly, which is my indicator of Teh Excellence In Rockin'.

More beer may well be necessary.

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 27 October | 07:44

I like Elvis Costello's Welcome to the Working Week. Used to be my start up music on my PC when I had a 9-to-5.

posted by terrapin 27 October | 08:40

Thanks jonmc. Now I have to listen to my BR for the rest of the day. What a great thing.

posted by green herring 27 October | 11:23

I know this thread is dead, but in case any BR fans come back around, I thought I'd add a couple songs featuring B. Henneman. This is Coffee Creek, the Henneman/Uncle Tupelo side project.

Mendocino and She's About a Mover.

(Bootlegs, so the quality isn't great. But the songs are good.)

posted by kortez 01 November | 20:38

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