What's your current favorite Campilongo song?

DakotaRedTeleDakotaRedTele
edited March 2014 in Root
For me, it's "The Grass is Greener" from "Table for One". For some reason that song is really resonating with me these days. Indeed, that entire album is speaking to me now.

My second choice, oddly enough, would be Jim's improv playing on the Chet Song lesson. The liveliness reminds me of Chopin, whom I dearly love.

What about you? What's your current favorite?
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  • morrobenmorroben
    I would agree about the improv playing on the Chet Song lesson. I actually started a thread a while back about how much I learned from that section of that lesson. Great song, great lesson.
    My current favorite is probably either Huckleberry or Maceo. They're both such pretty melodies. I think subconsciously I might like them because none of the licks seem too fast for me.
  • awpawp
    My current favourite is the same as always. Wishful Thinking. Why? Because my introduction to Jim was the Fender Princeton promo video and Wishful Thinking is the first music played as Jim enters the Living Room and unpacks. Hauntingly slow version, dripping with depth. Man, that 40 seconds was life altering. Seriously!!

  • SanjSanj
    Hi Everyone,

    My current favorite is called "Last Night This Morning". Not sure it's on any of the albums, but please correct me if wrong :)

    I've seen Jim doing it with Luca a few times now. Just the most lovely interweaving/overlapping/call_and_response phrasing between the two guitars.

    Best wishes.
  • campinoutcampinout
    edited May 2014
    Hard to pick just one as you all know. Jim has so many tunes and constantly performing new tunes that all have his signature licks. My "favorites of the week (or month)" are in regular rotation, but right now I am really enjoying Jim's interpretations of some cover tunes, particularly "She's a Woman" and "Manic Depression."
  • SanjSanj
    Agree with the "Favorites of the week (or month)" concept!

    And thanks for capturing my current favorite in your video in the thread from the show on May 12th. For those interested, it starts at the 4:50 mark on the 1st video posted in the thread.

    Cheers.
  • campinoutcampinout
    edited May 2014
  • jepajepa
    I'd have to say currently it's 'Table For One'. It's a great lonesome telecaster tune. I feel it also embodies Campilongo's 'vibe'----which to me is New York Cool. If you're cool in New York you can still do the country twang stuff.

    The title of the tune---I'd be disappointed if it was done with another type of guitar other than a telecaster. I'm a certified guitar dork - love them all----but am partial to telecasters.

  • SanjSanj
    Thanks for posting the LNTM video Campinout!!

  • campinoutcampinout
    I had to edit down my post above, turns out there is a chance I have some of the song titles mixed up...suffice it to say I do not know the name of all Jim's tunes, but I do know they are all pretty rippin!

    Sanj, you're welcome. happy to share.
  • DakotaRedTeleDakotaRedTele
    Lately, it's been Backburner.
  • clavanclavan
    I'm Helen Keller and You're a Waffle Iron

    It's my favorites Jim Campilongo song
    ;-)
  • DakotaRedTeleDakotaRedTele
    ^^^ I love that song, and it that might be the greatest song title of all time!!!
  • halouishalouis
    there's no wrong answer now is there.

    Rooted Like a Tree is always at the top of my list.

    Cock N Bull Story is a recent favourite.
  • m_Art_in_Bm_Art_in_B
    [Quote=]there's no wrong answer now is there[/Quote]

    Yes - there are so many good tracks, so i cant say that this or that Number i like best.
    Maybe it is "no fun" - that number touches me in a special way.
    What i like is "Helen Keller...." especially the end is extremely cool. And "Finger Puppet" - the Part where Jim is tuning down the E String - ingenious, brilliant!
  • RogerioFerrazRogerioFerraz
    The Past is Looking Brighter and Brighter!
  • LukeGodwinLukeGodwin
    Hi,

    I'm new here, but really pleased to join you guys and thought this might be a good place to start getting involved!

    I'd have to say that I think my favourite JC song is probably Fingerpuppet. Those tones are so grungy and so sweet at the same time. I'm a sucker for the heavier/more raw songs of his. Perhaps one day I'll get some of those out of my Tele/Princeton combo! (doubt it, somehow)
  • BlueCajunBlueCajun
    edited July 2014
    Count me in as far as my favorite song from Jim changing often. Right now it's "Blues for Roy." I love how the song builds from simple chords to single note runs with volume swells and eventually returns to the simple chord structure of the intro. My absolute favorite part is how you can hear Jim switch to the bridge pickup right before the volume swells. Very cool.

    Edit: Stumbled across a video of Jim playing it live. Looks like he's doing tone swells, not volume swells.

  • SilverSilver
    My favorite tends to be "Watching You Drown In a Mud Puddle".
  • Blackguard52Blackguard52
    My baseline, Jim tune is "Monkey in a Movie." I use that one to introduce people to his music.
  • awpawp
    I've really been digging Jim's take on Manic Depression lately. It took a while to get into it. I like the sonic exploration he takes.

    -Warren
  • BubblechunkBubblechunk
    edited July 2014
    "Blues For Roy" - the magical moment when you hear the pickup selector go to the bridge p/u.
  • GoofyGoofy
    Depending on my mood for the day: "Awful pretty, pretty awful" or "Backburner"...

    Looking forward to see and hear Jim perform live at The 55 Bar next Sunday!
  • AdamLopezAdamLopez
    Today it's The Past Is Looking Brighter And Brighter.
  • Yuri_JamesYuri_James
    Tough question, depends on playlist shuffle in my iPod. I recently bought the lesson on "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" so that's on almost continuous replay and always makes me smile... "Cock and Bull Story" is quickly becoming my favourite Dream Dictionary tune.
  • BlueCajunBlueCajun
    I was just watching the live clip of "Blues for Roy" above, and it dawned on me that the neck on Jim's 59 Tele looks different. I'm pretty sure the body is the same. I can see the missing chip on the pickguard. But the neck looks way glossier and cleaner. Jim, if you're reading this, did you retire the neck on your 59? And if so, what did you use to replace it?
  • JimCampilongoJimCampilongo
    It's the same neck as always - maybe it's the lights?
  • halouishalouis
    I remember one YT video Jim was talking about his '59 and how the end of his neck reminded him of a little old lady's bony wrist. :D
  • BlueCajunBlueCajun
    Glad to hear it's just the lighting. And I hope I haven't started a terrible rumor. At least you were around to refute it immediately. :)
  • campinoutcampinout
    edited July 2014
    Sometimes Jim uses his custom shop 59 tele from Fender of recent "reissue." Not sure if I can tell the difference though. Sometimes I wonder myself and that is from just a couple feet away. The lights can def play tricks on your eyes. To tell them apart by sound, for me, would be close to impossible. Both sonically and aesthetically, I would need them both together at the same time to compare. Although, that that is far from necessary.
  • campinoutcampinout
    I just want to clarify my last post, to define "sometimes" by saying, Jim has the real1959 tele most or all of the shows. Every now and then because of the lights, or for whatever reason, I wonder if it is the new one. Id say 95 percent of the time there's no doubt it's the old one. Jim told me he plays the new ones though.
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