A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
One of the key components of The Feelies' sound from their humble 70s beginnings was the patient slow-build. What sounded like extra dead air between album tracks was just the band taking their sweet time getting going, some stray jangles eventually coalescing into a song, building up to frenetic overdrive. By the time of their third album, 1988's underrated Only Life, they had this honed to an art form, but "Away" still felt dynamic and novel. A little over a minute of gentle, pastoral chiming guitars along the lines of their prior release, 1986's perfect The Good Earth--but then they're off, with a double-time dueling-guitar Velvet Underground-infused rocker, and a sequel of sorts to the prior record's showpiece "Slipping (Into Something)." Not surprisingly, it also makes for a great live workout.
The video (edited single):
Full-length album track:Live on MTV (!):Live 2013:
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