I am crying. That is fucking amazing! I have heard Todd come across my Spotify and always liked it. I'm going deep dive starting trip to work tomorrow morning. Thank you for posting this.
After years and years of listening to the Songs for the Daily Planet album and loving this song, I just got the joke. One of my biggest frustrations was that I thought this song was a hidden track. You had to either wait through about 10 mins of silence to hear the song or fast forward through the track to get to it. Only now do I see the brilliance of it, the dead air leading to Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues is actually a song from Todd’s Seattle Alternative Music days. “Silence, music’s original alternative. Roots grunge.”
Very good. It's a direct adaptation of Bob Dylan's talkin' blues songs....which were themselves a direct adaptation of Woody Guthrie's talkin' blues songs...and others as well before Guthrie (some of the black blues players in the 30's and 40's and maybe even before that). The talkin' blues style has been around longer than most people think. This is a finely done talkin' blues song, a tip of the hat to Bob Dylan, and a damn funny satire on young bands in general and the Grunge scene in Seattle.
not strictly a spoof of Talking New York or any Dylan song, there are many many 'Talkin' Blues' songs, following very closely the music to the original Talkin' Blues song called Talkin' Blues. Phil Ochs has some err.... Woody Guthrie, pretty much every American folk musician.
"We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of those electrical songs that we refused to record in the first place...then we smashed our shit."
@vajraloka1 bob dylan copied it from woody guthrie... but really... if one person owned G, C, D - you could really eliminate about 30% of every song ever made
This song is really more of a critique of bandwagon jumpers. Grunge is just the poetic device. In the studio version the last line of the song is "pack the van. We're going back to Athens." Presumably to be resume being an REM ripoff band.
If you watch some of his other live versions of this song, Todd adds in verse from Dylan and Guthrie and says “I like to add those in so some Old Timers know where I got this song from.”
20 years ago, first time I heard this guy, anyone like it
I am crying. That is fucking amazing! I have heard Todd come across my Spotify and always liked it. I'm going deep dive starting trip to work tomorrow morning. Thank you for posting this.
todd loves everyone, he's combining that thing called humor with art
He is a very talented man.........and I hope he stay's that way.......... talented, and a man.............
I saw this live on pbs, on a an old black & white tv in Auburn Alabama. I was hooked.
One of the best satirical takes on the seattle grunge scene without detracting from it
After years and years of listening to the Songs for the Daily Planet album and loving this song, I just got the joke.
One of my biggest frustrations was that I thought this song was a hidden track. You had to either wait through about 10 mins of silence to hear the song or fast forward through the track to get to it.
Only now do I see the brilliance of it, the dead air leading to Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues is actually a song from Todd’s Seattle Alternative Music days. “Silence, music’s original alternative. Roots grunge.”
i am mad about grunge and this song just rocks..todd snider rocks!!!!!...the harmonica just sounded so awesome
Who else likes the fact that this video is exactly 4:20 in length?
Very good. It's a direct adaptation of Bob Dylan's talkin' blues songs....which were themselves a direct adaptation of Woody Guthrie's talkin' blues songs...and others as well before Guthrie (some of the black blues players in the 30's and 40's and maybe even before that). The talkin' blues style has been around longer than most people think. This is a finely done talkin' blues song, a tip of the hat to Bob Dylan, and a damn funny satire on young bands in general and the Grunge scene in Seattle.
Love this Tune!
Sweet vid. Really like this sort of stuff.
Would like to see more. Keep it up.
not strictly a spoof of Talking New York or any Dylan song, there are many many 'Talkin' Blues' songs, following very closely the music to the original Talkin' Blues song called Talkin' Blues. Phil Ochs has some err.... Woody Guthrie, pretty much every American folk musician.
stuart banks thats the whole point.
Bravo....
That is so awesome :D
"We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of those electrical songs that we refused to record in the first place...then we smashed our shit."
🤣
This is rad!
My top 5 grunge bands:
5. Mudhoney
4. Temple of the Dog
3. Alice in Chains
2. Mother Love Bone
1. Those Guys That Didn't Play
Wow. To think, Ticketmaster was already a nightmare in 1996.
Was gonna subscribe to the channel but it's currently sittin' at 420 subscribers....
Dude!
Irado......
if yall listen to the end , I think he is saying that grunge came from R.E.M.
anyone else notice the songs 4:20? YEE YEE!
This is true. I just listen to dylan a lot, so thats why it makes me think that.
this guy is like a west coast version of ray stevens
Where and when was this? I love this version!
Austin City limits. 199?
...and then we smashed our shit.
Can somebody tell me what concert this is? When it was? Where I can see the rest of it? Thanks!!!
looks like the stage for austin city limits
@@MrLolingoutloud True; saw it on PBS, 1999 or 2000.
@myVIDdump I believe it is from 1996 or 97.
quality
Is there a link on the net to see that complete show???
@vajraloka1 bob dylan copied it from woody guthrie... but really... if one person owned G, C, D - you could really eliminate about 30% of every song ever made
when Todd was a young boy
ha sweeet
Hey mr tambourine man
This song is really more of a critique of bandwagon jumpers. Grunge is just the poetic device. In the studio version the last line of the song is "pack the van. We're going back to Athens." Presumably to be resume being an REM ripoff band.
you mean Bob Dylan. This is a spoof of Talking New York. Take Care!
:)
Sounds like Woody Guthrie was dropped in Seattle in 1992.
If you watch some of his other live versions of this song, Todd adds in verse from Dylan and Guthrie and says “I like to add those in so some Old Timers know where I got this song from.”
Why does he hate grunge so much?
This is pretty much Bob Dylan's Talkin' Bear Mountain Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues/ Talkin' World War III Blues. Just changed the lyrics.
@yootesa1515 and fnxtr
Ur both nerds
he's trying to sound like Neil young playing that harmonica LOL!!!
just a copy of bob dylan--and as a guitar player ,i think curt cobain and aic and pearl jam WERE VERY TALENTED..
Gold
This guy looks like Mark Lanegan