Sunday, October 28th, 2012
"I Walked With A Zombie"
R.E.M. cover Roky Erickson
AmazonI was going to make this the first Sunday in almost a decade I didn’t post a cover, but then I remembered that this selection from Where The Pyramid Meets Eye – the 1990 tribute album to Roky Erickson – existed and even though I used it three years ago, I don’t care. Hallowe’en-themed songs are tougher to find than you might think.
And in those three years, a lot has changed. R.E.M., who at that time were coming off their celebrated return to rock form Accelerate and prepping their Live At The Olympia. Now, they no longer exist having retired after one final album together in last year’s Collapse Into Now. Now, Peter Buck has just released his deliberately low-key debut self-titled solo record and Michael Stipe is judging an art exhibition of animated .gifs. Because… yeah.
Erickson, for his part, has continued to re-establish the psych-rock legacy he started with the 13th Floor Elevators, releasing the Okkervil River collaboration True Love Cast Out All Evil in 2010 and touring semi-regularly. In fact, he was coming to town the week I posted this last time, and is going to be at Lee’s Palace again this coming Saturday, November 3. How about that?
MP3: R.E.M. – “I Walked With A Zombie”
Stream: Roky Erickson – “I Walked With A Zombie”
Tags: R.E.M., Roky Erickson
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10/29/12 6:23 am
Your Halloween track of the day – REM cover Roky Erikson’s I Walked with a Zombie. http://t.co/xCy54CqY
10/29/12 6:25 am
RT @frozenwarning: Your Halloween track of the day – REM cover Roky Erikson’s I Walked with a Zombie. http://t.co/xCy54CqY
10/29/12 10:33 am
Any chance you might know who Roky’s backing band will be for this Lee’s Palace show?
10/29/12 10:35 am
Nevermind. If it is the same as the recent Austin show, it is The Hounds of Baskervilles, his son’s band.