I was not paying attention to the first part of the broadcast, so missed the introduction, but when I heard a few lines from Marilyn, I was a changed woman. By the time they played Cure for AIDS I nearly had to pull off to the shoulder of the beltway because I was laughing at some of the lyrics. I don't know what it was about these songs - did I need them on this particular day? Or were they genuinely so good that I was sold on this new singer/songwriter?
I listened carefully at the end of the interview and dangerously wrote down his name on a scrap of paper: Dan Burn.
That weekend I ran out and looked in the record stores for an album by Dan Burn. No luck. I assumed he was not popular enough to have an album in Tower Records or Borders Books and Music. I didn't give up, though and turned to the Internet to find out what I could. Somehow I found out that I'd misspelled his name - it was Bern, not Burn and ran back to Tower Records and found his second album: Dan Bern.
I played it in the car, and nearly peed my pants laughing at some of the songs.
I was hooked. I became a rabid fan, joining email lists, traveling out of state to see him - the day after I saw him locally, buying all of his albums the day they were released, trading blank cds for upwards of 50 bootlegs, downloading mp3's by the gigabyte.
I've tried to interest most of my friends in his music, but so far no one has really taken to him. I've learned that obsessions are not transferable. So I made friends of some already converted folks through the years.
Consider yourself warned. This is not the last you'll see a post on Dan Bern in this blog. Not by a long shot.
Here's a Sony released Marylin YouTube video. It's kind of silly. Don't judge him based on this video. Please. |
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... I read the post but haven't listened yet...in case I hate him. Which I'm praying I won't. Based on what you wrote I want to fall head over heels in love. Just like I did earlier this week with Indigo's Citizen Cope.
BTW, I have a serious obsession with John Hiatt so I totally get this. Most people either don't know who Hiatt is or can't stand him. I have only written one post so far, trying to contain myself, not push him down anyone's throats.
O.K. now it's off to listen to Dan Bern.
That video was great! (Remove the disclaimer) I laughed and laughed esp. about the part that she'd probably died the same way.
Next I read the lyrics to Cure for Aids, very funny and yet not all at the same brilliant time.
So is Marilyn your favorite song by him?
I liked it. Your proselytizing is off to a rousing start.
Glad you didn't hate it!
No, Marilyn is not my favorite song. I like so many it is hard to choose, but I think Walking Through Glass might be my all time favorite. I'll post on it before the year is up.
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