Lee Hazlewood is a god among men.

Check out the fancy footwork in this pre-MTV era clips of "Boots". Wow.

I love that song, but whoa, I'd never seen this video clip- spooky!

I don't have it here at work, but maybe somebody's got the Lydia Lunch/Nick Cave version of 'Some Velvet Morning,' released I believe as 'Phaedra' on the Honeymoon in Red album. It's a good time. (And, speaking of Sinatra/Hazelwood cover versions, I also enjoy the Calvin Johnson/Pansy Division version of 'Jackson.')

box, would you YSI that Lunch/Cave track when you get home? Pretty please?

Other versions:
Slowdive
Thin White Rope (two versions)
Firewater

I'd be happy to, BP.

Here's the Lydia Lunch/Birthday Party version of 'Some Velvet Morning,' which, as it turns out, is called 'Some Velvet Morning.'

And here's the Pansy Division (with Calvin Johnson--guess who sings the Lee Hazlewood part?) version of 'Jackson.' They didn't change the lyrics as much as I might've hoped. Specifically, the line 'I'm gonna snowball Jackson'? I want them to change it to 'I'm gonna Stonewall Jackson.' Nice, right?

Also, did you know that Prefab Sprout got their name from a misheard 'Jackson' lyric? Who the hell's even heard of Prefab Sprout these days?

Downloading now- thanks so much, box!! And no, I never knew that about Prefab Sprout.