Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Seeds and Stems (Again)

The subject of a Vintage Vinyl post some time back (read it here http://bit.ly/lXNebc), Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen have spent their careers writing rollicking country love songs. Subjects range from cigarettes to booze to lovely ladies, but the Commander and crew love them all. Feeling lovelorn for a bit of greenery is no exception to this, being the subject of his classic tune “Seeds and Stems (Again)” off his ’71 LP Lost in the Ozone. Referred to as “our only slow song”, it isn’t solely about Mary Jane, but rather a laundry list of the narrator’s troubles. Bored on a Saturday, seeing his lady’s new beau, jealousy of a friend’s new squeeze, the death of his dog, and a visit from the repo men all pale in comparison with his lost love. In a lot of ways, your run of the mill country tune, but to top it all off, he’s got the seeds and stems blues. So if you’re in the mood for a bottle of Ripple (or Wild Irish Rose, for you kids) and the saddest song ever written, check out “Seeds and Stems (Again)”, embedded below.