Holly Golightly – Slowly But Surely
The Taranna Was Hot Series: Part 21/25 (Sonic Boom, $2.99)
Holly Golightly rules. I buy her discs whenever I see them. Equal parts Patsy Cline country, psychedelic 60s a la Petula Clark or Nancy Sinatra, and Nina Simone and Billie Holiday jazzy blues. The sound is incredibly good, roomy tube amp glory that allows these clear-eyed songs of love lost and hearts broken the space to breathe and reveal their true beauty. Even when the whole thing ends with death, as it does for all, you know it’ll be OK.
Posted on 2016-08-31, in posts by aaron and tagged holly golightly. Bookmark the permalink. 21 Comments.
This sounds great! I actually think this is your “best” 80 word review yet. Not that we’re scoring but this one was perfectly pithy.
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Thanks Mike, that’s me – all full of pith and vinegar… I’m really enjoying trying to keep things tight. 200 words is too many, by far!
This is a really good record, just like all the rest of her stuff. Recommended artist!
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Well dude I don’t know what to say but you’re on a roll here. You have a knack! You could have done 80 word reviews in magazines easy.
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Aw shucks, thanks dude. This is fun. As for a knack, I dunno… and magazines? That’s mighty nice of you. I did attend journalism school for a while… Hm. Looking at it through that dusty ol’ lens, I’d have to leave out all of the personal stuff and just write about the record… Bet I could even get it under 80, on average, with 80 as an upper limit. 60? 50, even? I smell another challenge…
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Yup. What Mike says. Sold in 80 words. Boom.
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Aaron’s good at what he does.
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Aw shucks.
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Thanks! I’m always happy to tell people about her records!
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Definitely up my street. Too much awesome there.
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Yup, I’ll always buy her stuff when I see it. So far I have two!
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review the Knack!
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You mean ‘My Sharona’ the Knack?
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Exactly….Mike The Knack
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Mack The Knife?
Haha
I am so confused. What does the Knack have to do with Holly Golightly?
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Having now read Mike’s comment, I now understand your knack comment. Haha man I read these out of order. Talk about confused!
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this bout of confusion made my day!
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I’m here all week, Deke… hahaha oh man. It makes so much more sense now.
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Pithy, dude. I like the odd track, but I couldn’t do a longer haul in her company.
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Yup that’s me, full of pith and vinegar. Interesting, I don’t struggle to get through whole record. Is it too same-y for you, or something else?
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I think it’s her voice, I get numb to it after a while. I’d like to like her more.
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Keep trying! When it clicks, you’ll fall in love! 🙂
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