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It occurred to me the other day that the whole idea behind Probabilistic Jukebox was to show off my awesome and diverse musical tastes by printing excerpts from my randomized Winamp playlist. Why haven't I been doing that?!?
1. "Leaning on a Cane" by the Delgados
2. "You Wanted Me to Hang Around" by Wednesday Week
3. "Umbrellas" by the Free Design
4. "Imperial Bedroom" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
5. "Collapsing Stars" by the Mountain Goats
6. "Blame the Weather" by XTC
7. "Shaker" by Yo La Tengo
8. "Have a Day Mr. Clay" by Robert Pollard
9. "Nonpartisan" by Optiganally Yours
10. "Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia" by T. Rex
Oh, right. That's why. Because most of my Winamp playlists make me look like a standard-issue indie doofus. But at least that first song is an interesting one.
Taken from the band's first album, 1996's Domestiques, "Leaning on a Cane" is not really a classic, but it contains some of the elements that made the Delgados great soon thereafter. At first, it sounds like a lot of the other songs on Domestiques, with Alun Woodward's colorless vocals buried under generic "90's alternative" guitar. But, when the string come in on the second chorus, along with Emma Pollock's sweet harmonies, "Leaning on a Cane" momentarily takes off in a way that the band would perfect on 2000's The Great Eastern.
"Leaning on a Cane" by the Delgados
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