专辑歌手：Ry Cooder
专辑名称：Election Special
发行日期：2012年8月21日
专辑类型：rock / folk / country
专辑语言：英语
音频格式：320K MP3
专辑介绍：
Cooder has this to say about the songs on the album:
1. Mutt Romney Blues: Reverend Al Sharpton said, “How he treated his dog tells you a lot about him.” Where did Mitt Romney learn that hollow laugh of his? A correspondence course on how to scare your dog shitless? He sure scares me, I don’t mind telling you.
2. Brother Is Gone: The only logical explanation for the Brothers I could come up with is, they made their deal at the crossroads with Satan. Satan will need to get paid, but in the meantime, they are doing everything in their power to hurt you and me. The big hurt.
3. The Wall Street Part of Town: Is there a Wall Street part of town in your town? Start your own, it’s easy. When the police come, remind them that you pay their salary, such as it may be.
4. Guantanamo: There’s a beautiful Cuban song about a country girl from Guantanamo. The lyrics were written over a hundred years ago, and they say something about peace and freedom, so I guess the problem hasn’t been solved yet. Prisons are the new growth industry.
5. Cold Cold Feeling: The president, alone in the dark, walks the Oval Office floor. Before you criticize and accuse, walk a mile in his shoes.
6. Going to Tampa: As a mother, will Sarah Palin lead the Republican convention in a prayer for Treyvon? Will “Stand Your Ground” stand? Don’t forget your bed sheet and keep your money in your shoes.
7. Kool-Aid: A lament for this guy Zimmerman, and all the many Zimmermans. Too late, they find their masters have given them gun rights and new “Stand Your Ground” lynching laws instead of good paying jobs and secure futures. They drank the Kool-Aid, they really drank it down.
8. The 90 and the 9: A possible political discussion between a father and child. Here in Los Angeles, they allow military recruiters in public schools. If you speak against it, they come down hard on you. I don’t even know what name you give to a criminal conspiracy like that.
9. Take Your Hands off It: Woody said, “This land is your land.” There’s a famous photograph of a sign that reads, “Don’t let the big men take it away.” On the other hand, James Baldwin believed the concepts of nationhood such as freedom, equality, and democracy are superstitions, nothing more.
Ry Cooder是摇滚乐的先驱之一。他从孩提时代就开始学吉他，并拜师Rev. Gary Davis研习传统音乐技巧，十七岁即为蓝调歌手Jackie DeShannon伴奏。一九六五年，他和Taj Mahal、Spirit和鼓手Ed Cassidy合组Rising Sons乐团，但这个前途看好的团体却因为专辑被取消发行而解散，这时Cooder跟制作Terry Melcher接头，Melcher雇用他参与几次录音，其中包括Paul Revere and the Raiders等。Cooder非常喜爱和Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band合作的那段短暂但充实的时光，他那首与众不同的作品收录在该团的首张专辑《Safe as Milk》中，但Cooder舍弃了稳固的长期饭票，婉拒了该团的盛邀，反而选择了继续在录音室的客串工作，之后陆续为Randy Newman、Little Feat、Van Dyke Parks、Performance及电影《Candy》伴奏。Cooder也曾参与滚石合唱团的专辑《Let It Bleed》的录制，甚至被认为有可能取代Brian Jones，只是后来跟Keith Richard为了单曲'Honky Tonk Woman'的桥段的著作权发生冲突而作罢。
Cooder的首张专辑令人印象相当深刻，带有Lead Belly,、Sleepy John Estes及Blind Willie Johnson的风格，可说是美国的缩影，已成为他的正字商标。第二张专辑《Into the Purple Valley》则为他树立了更完整的音乐形式，并为大家引见了阵容坚强且相处愉快的长期合作伙伴Jim Keltner 及Jim Dickinson，与之前的作品相形之下，所挑选的部分单曲将编曲方式原始呈现，成为Cooder的最佳专辑之一。
忧伤孤独的《Boomer's Story》是Cooder早期的三部曲之一。一九七四年愉快的《Paradise and Lunch》发行，他的自信在雷鬼风的'It's All Over Now'及柔软的'Ditty Wa Ditty'中表露无疑，自此确立了他在乐坛的重要地位。
深受三○年代热门歌曲的吸引，Cooder往后的创作风格都较为温和。《Chicken Skin Music》由于有Flaco Jiminez及Gabby Pahuini的参与，整张专辑揉合了Tex-Mex及夏威夷音乐形式，搭以Cooder天衣无缝的演奏，构成一张散发悲悯气息的作品。
专辑曲目：
01 Mutt Romney Blues
02 Brother Is Gone
03 The Wall Street Part Of Town
04 Guantanamo
05 Cold Cold Feeling
06 Going To Tampa
07 Kool Aid.
08 The 90 And The 9
09 Take Your Hands Off It
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