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Before forming Sparklehorse, Linkous fronted local bands Johnson Family and Salt Chunk Mary. Only one song, "Someday I Will Treat You Good", survived from these earlier bands to be played by Sparklehorse. Linkous said he chose the name Sparklehorse because the two words sounded good together and could be a loose metaphor for a motorcycle.
Frederick Mark Linkous / ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ə s / (September 9, 1962 – March 6, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse.He was also known for his collaborations with such artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Cracker, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, David Lynch, Fennesz, Danger Mouse, and Sage Francis.
Not wanting to record a guitar solo for the song, Linkous instead discovered what he wanted for the tune's middle section when he called home to check his messages. The lyrics for "Spirit Ditch" include the line "horse-laughter is dragging pianos to the ocean", which was inspired by a scene from the Luis Buñuel film Un chien andalou. [12]
Spiders, birds, cows — there are a lot of animals in Sparklehorse songs. Matt: A lot of that is from living in the areas that he lived in. I remember looking at a tiny grasshopper with Mark one ...
Linkous experimented with songs and sounds on the album; the song "Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man" is notable for its middle section, which consists of nothing but radio static. This was done intentionally by Linkous, who not only wanted the recording to sound like an AM radio station broadcast [ 9 ] but also feared that the song was too catchy ...
Chest Full of Dying Hawks ('95 - '01) is a promotional compilation album of earlier material written by Sparklehorse, released in 2001 by Capitol Records in the United States. [1] The release came in limited edition, and featured songs from the first three studio albums, as well as three tracks from three other Sparklehorse EPs.
Pig (song) Piggies; Pigs on the Wing; S. Song of Pig; T. This Little Piggy; Pigs (Three Different Ones) Three Little Pigs (song) To market, to market; Tom, Tom, the ...
The song's theme made it a huge hit during the second half of 1933. [3] As Neal Gabler wrote in his 2007 biography of Walt Disney, the song "indisputably became the nation's new anthem, its cheerful whoop hurled in the face of hard times." [4] It remains one of the most well-known Disney songs, being covered by numerous artists and musical groups.