The Comealongs. It’s a song I like.

Apr 27, 2007

Here is a song I like.

The Comealongs - from the solo album of the not-famous Jimmy Smith, a member of the barely-famous Gourds. In solo projects, he refers to himself as “Clocker Redbury/Dusty Slosinger” to distinguish himself from the much more famous jazz musician (I had “reggae musician” here but that was powerfully inaccurate).

The song is slow and twangy and about handcuffs. Read this paragraph out loud and tell me you don’t love the sound of the words (exclamation points are mine):

“Let me tell you about the comealongs! The more you resist, the tighter they get! Around your wrists, the pain will break you! Then for a moment these humbling toughs turn you into baggage whereas before you were cocksure and adulated — the prevailing doom of the high and mighty!”

Bonus track: Collections Gettin’. Whole album: Clocker Redbury/Dusty Slosinger. I recommend it heartily. It sounds like it’s being sung by a wise drunk man in a top hat while he sits on a collapsed refrigerator in a junkyard.

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YLlama
Apr 27th, 2007 at 8:15 pm

My only exposure to the Gourds heretofore has been its delightful “Gin and Juice” cover. This track? Also delightful.
Patbaer
Apr 28th, 2007 at 9:56 pm

Catalongs.

Take THAT, linda!
Linda
May 1st, 2007 at 9:17 am

Said it before, but it baers repeating: Cat Baer.

(Will, I wish you would somehow mark all the imposter posts.)
Will
May 1st, 2007 at 9:19 am

I’m not gonna start policing comments! Too annoying to do so. Plus I think it’s partly you insistence at posting cat comments that’s making my comedians friends want to play the “let’s all be linda” game — so I think there’s some sort of karma at work.
Linda
May 1st, 2007 at 10:19 am

Catma.
Linda
May 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm

I only leave a cat comment when it’s worth leaving. Your comedian friends (at least the ones who post anonymously) need to learn a thing or two about about comedy.

Karma = catma? Not funny.

I would have said “catmedians.”
Billy P
May 1st, 2007 at 12:32 pm

Personally, I was beginning to grow quite weary of the obtreperousness of the whole Linda/cat controversy, until the explanation in the last post that “I only leave a cat comment when it’s worth leaving.” See, it’s mirthy again!
Linda
May 1st, 2007 at 12:39 pm

Catroversy.

It needed to be said!
Billy P
May 1st, 2007 at 1:12 pm

I meant obstreperousness. I’m very sensitive about my spelling.
Garrett
May 1st, 2007 at 1:20 pm

I know catma wasn’t funny…. I…. I don’t get comedy…..
Linda
May 1st, 2007 at 4:04 pm

I had posted “catmedians” in the previous comments thread, but you protested about the difference between the “real” Linda and “fake” Lindas. But today, you offered my “catmedians” line in this thread as your own!

You shouldn’t disparage other Lindas then recycle our material! HypoCrATe!
Linda
May 1st, 2007 at 4:31 pm

I like the term “catmedians” very much. But you’re right, I shouldn’t have stolen it. I’d forgotten it was used in previous post.

I wish I could come up with a good cat pun to end this message, but you already got a good one with hypoCrATe (hypo-cat? hypocriticat?).

This post is a catastrophe. Winner!
CatLindaCatCat
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:38 am

ObstrePURRous indeed.
Will
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm

I’m gonna keep blogging as if this weird comment bit/war isn’t happening.
Linda
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 am

Will Hines, you have the right catitude.
Doibles
May 8th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

I don’t know of any famous reggae singer named Jimmy Smith. There’s an old jazz organ player named Jimmy Smith. Are you sure you didn’t mean Jimmy Cliff?
Will
May 8th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

You’re right! I meant Jimmy Smith the jazz guy but was incorrectly thinking of Jimmy Cliff. Entry edited.

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The Comealongs. It’s a song I like.

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