Musical Interlude: Little Feat, "Kiss It Off"
also, Allen Toussaint and Mark Knopfler
A trio of tunes. Starting it off with “Kiss It Off”, by Little Feat. From the LP Dixie Chicken. 1973. More of the 99.9% of classic rock music that the corporate “Classic Rock” stations tossed in the trash sometime around 1979, so they could put the same 100 songs on endless repeat.
10/31
Weird thing that I just found out about this tune: every last song lyrics link I can find on the Internet gets the words wrong. https://genius.com/Little-feat-kiss-it-off-lyrics
It’s easy to hear that Lowell George sings something entirely different at the end of the first and last verse. Still wondering how the inaccuracy arose. The song only makes sense the way it’s sung on the record.
The next tune is also found on Dixie Chicken: “On Your Way Down”, by Allen Toussaint. Lowell and the band do a faithful cover, but I’m making room for the original version, from 1972.
11/1
https://genius.com/Allen-toussaint-on-your-way-down-lyrics
The next song makes for a fitting segue: “5:15am”, by Mark Knopfler. 2004.
11/2
https://genius.com/Mark-knopfler-5-15-am-lyrics
These are eloquent songs. They reward repeated listening.
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