{"id":23264,"date":"2018-11-13T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=23264"},"modified":"2018-11-14T21:30:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T20:30:47","slug":"bottle-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2018\/11\/bottle-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottle Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americana-uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bit-Logic-500x500-250x250.jpg?resize=125%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/>Hard werken en dan die zweetlucht meenemen naar de plaatselijke kroeg, dat is de essentie van <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bottlerocketsmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bottle Rockets<\/a>. Dat waren de slotwaarden van de recensie van het drie jaar geleden verschenen <em>South Broadway Athletic Club<\/em>. Nee, natuurlijk ging het op dat album niet om zweetdruppels die vallen op een handdoekje dat is gedrapeerd over een toestel in de fitnessroom, maar om het zweet dat in de bilnaad staat van de arbeider. Op <strong>Bit Logic<\/strong> (Bloodshot Records\/Bertus) duikt de beste barband van deze planeet in de moderne tijd, ook al gaat dat <!--more-->wederom niet altijd van harte. \u2018All this instant information \/ And virtual reality aren\u2019t clear \/ Vanishes as quick as it appears \/ You best be lookin\u2019 out the windshield not the mirror \/ To figure out the way to go from here\u2019, klinkt het op het titelnummer. Maar ook Brian Henneman is niet helemaal van gisteren natuurlijk. \u2018A jaded waitress told me yesterday \/ Times ain\u2019t what they used to be \/ Now it\u2019s all shallow cell phone selfie vanity \/ I tried to fake a way to disagree \/ Then got interrupted by technology.\u2019 Het mobieltje komt terug in <em>Lo-Fi<\/em>: \u2018Now back when I was younger \/ The way to go \/ Was listenin\u2019 to records on my stereo \/ I was all about the quality \/ I was all about the tone \/ Now I\u2019m happy hearin\u2019 music on my telephone.\u2019 Maar wacht even, de bezieling is er niet minder om. \u2018Al Green in the kitchen \/ On the AM radio \/ Best bad sound that I ever did know \/ Scratchy and it\u2019s muddy \/ But it carries me through \/ Straight on down to Memphis in \u201972.\u2019 Alles gaat om het juiste gevoel en een flinke portie lawaai. \u2018A Fender Telecaster \/ And a Vibro-Champ \/ Sounds like holy hell \/ \u2018Cause that ain\u2019t enough amp \/ To get above the drummer \/ You\u2019ll never reach your goal \/ So just turn it up to 10 and call it rock and roll.\u2019 <em>Bit Logic<\/em> staat weer vol met rock-\u2019n-roll met het juiste gevoel. Dat het niets oplevert kan The Bottle Rockets niets donderen, zo laten ze weten op <em>Bad Time To Be An Outlaw<\/em>. \u2018That Nashville Pop, it\u2019s not my deal \/ Even though that cash flow\u2019s real \/ But these days \u2018What Would Waylon Do?\u2019 \/ Don\u2019t make no money &#8211; sad but true \/ It\u2019s a bad time to be an outlaw \/ It\u2019s a bad time to be an outlaw.\u2019 We moeten ze dankbaar zijn, The Bottle Rockets. Want ze blijven maar gaan. Zo ook op <em>Way Down South<\/em>: \u2018Twenty miles from Texas \/ Five hundred miles from you \/ Saint Christopher protects us \/ In this job I chose to do \/ I\u2019m weary from the travelin\u2019\/ But that\u2019s somethin\u2019 we\u2019re used to \/ Twenty miles from Texas \/ Five hundred miles from you.\u2019 Terwijl ze ook thuis in Missouri hadden kunnen blijven. Want daar hebben ze een geweldige bar: <em>Stovall\u2019s Grove<\/em>. \u2018I know the place to congregate \/ Right here in the show-me state \/ Real honky tonks are hard to find \/ But five miles off of 109 \/ Sits Stovall\u2019s Grove, Stovall\u2019s Grove \/ Ain\u2019t much better than Stovall\u2019s Grove \/ We oughta get together at Stovall\u2019s Grove \/ Been there since 1935 \/ It\u2019s a little ways out but worth the drive \/ The bands play old stuff, jukebox new \/ But country music\u2019s all they do \/ We\u2019ll drink and dance and shoot some pool \/ Bring some cash \u2018cause they\u2019re old school \/ That single toilet ain\u2019t so great \/ There\u2019s woods out back if you can\u2019t wait \/ 2 step 10 step, better stand clear \/ They\u2019ll mow you down, they\u2019ll spill your beer \/ They\u2019re scootin\u2019 boots from 8 \u2019til close \/ Hillbilly heaven, heaven knows.\u2019 Gelukkig hoeven we de grote oversteek niet te maken om ons te bezatten in <em>Stovall\u2019s Grove<\/em>. Met zo\u2019n plaat als deze kan dat ook gewoon thuis. In je eigen hillbilly heaven. Wat kan die Brian Henneman het allemaal treffend zeggen. Ook in een liefdesliedje als <em>Silver Ring<\/em>: \u2018Gave you a silver ring \/ But it doesn\u2019t mean \/ That I love you any less than gold \/ It means that I\u2019m a man \/ Who does the best he can \/ \u2018Cause it\u2019s you I want to have and hold \/ You give me everything \/ When you wear that silver ring.\u2019 Geweldige kerels.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j24h1poU8UE\" width=\"440\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard werken en dan die zweetlucht meenemen naar de plaatselijke kroeg, dat is de essentie van Bottle Rockets. Dat waren de slotwaarden van de recensie van het drie jaar geleden verschenen South Broadway Athletic Club. 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