Why is it that we are attracted to danger and high risk pay-offs? Why is there an adrenaline rush when we do something exciting and not when we do something safe or eat something easy and nutritious? Are other animals like this?
Benji Cossa’s cover of “Nights on Broadway” is up on Soundcloud.
Benji played this one at our third Serious Business Rock & Roll Revue at Littlefield a week ago — the theme being New York. Benji’s take on this Bee Gee’s classic is remarkable.
TimeOut NY says, “Serious Business, a local label devoted to the dying art of unpretentious guitar pop and other handmade styles, stages a family-style revue featuring mix-and-match personnel, lovingly chosen cover tunes and more. (Look out for wistful, psych-leaning indie-pop crew Higgins, supporting a new SB full-length, Straight A’s.)”
THE SERIOUS BUSINESS ROCK AND ROLL REVUE III: NYC
SAT MAY 26 2012 @ LITTLEFIELD
starring
BENJI COSSA, HIGGINS, ROCKETSHIP PARK, THE UNSACRED HEARTS plus special guests.
Get tickets.
At Littlefield on May 26, 2012, the collective of songwriters and musicians who rally under the proud banner of SERIOUS BUSINESS RECORDS will mount the third in a series of themed rock and roll revues, with this installment billed as celebration of the music of and about our fair metropolis, New York City, from the Brill Building to the Bowery, from the lights on Broadway to Rockaway Beach.
The program of entertainment for will draw from both the vast original catalogs of Benji Cossa, Higgins, Rocketship Park and The Unsacred Hearts and a meticulously curated syllabus of NYC classics spanning a century. Contributing extra spice to the gothamized brew of rock and pop will be a special coterie of musical guests and a post-revue NY dance party. Brooklyn artist Kara Smith will ovesee the visuals.
thanks for the kind words about benji’s “nights on broadway” (bee-gees cover)
Is there a better reason to post about longtime favorite Benji Cossa than the release of a perfect Bee Gees cover song? Don’t think so.
DSS
benji cossa sings THE BEE GEES’ “Nights on Broadway” at the first rehearsals for the serious business rock and roll revue III:NYC. spooky groovin verszh
BENJI COSSA: Annie Delia. 
This song is part of Benji’s forthcoming double album II. We recorded this a pretty long time ago now. It still rocks.
Love Benji Cossa the King of Song here:
BENJI COSSA: FAVORITES 03: DANIEL STRANGE
Daniel Strange is a Los Angeles-based writer-director. In the last few years, he has directed episodes of “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” written a Spider-Man video game for Activision (“Shattered Dimensions”), co-written and directed “The Ballad of G.I. Joe” for Funny Or Die, and been the voice of Gideon Jura in a “Magic: The Gathering” video game. He also helped Benji record some of these songs back in college.
“This is a lo-fi mix; for some reason that’s the stuff of Benji’s that resonates with me. Maybe it’s because he only had this little 4-track to work with when he started out, so that’s how I always think his stuff should sound. Anyway, beneath the rawness of these recordings are songs of incredible craft and power - from the catchy simplicity of ‘Feel Like a Man’ to the minimalistic majesty of ‘Love is Like Lightning’; from the psychological darkness of ‘If I Were U’ to the wordless perfection of ‘Ice Skating.’ Also, this mix starts off with my favorite Cossa composition ever, a song we recorded together called ‘Circus Love.’ I think he’s never released it before out of respect for it as a collaborative effort, but it’s too good not to be shared with the world. Just listen to that chorus…”
yeah benji
Bj Ruben Show Episode #108 “Night at the Met” featuring a song by my Idol Benji Cossa… I love this shit
SSA: Love Is Like Lightning (4-track Slowly Version, Providence 1997) originally appeared on the rollercossa 7”. this version is from favorites 02: eric copeland
ROLY POLY UNHOLY PONIES: a song for benji’s imaginary band of obese men on whose backs he rides to the golden fields of rock glory. http://bit.ly/AniA9J
Serious Business Rock and Roll Revue III with Higgins + Benji Cossa + The Unsacred Hearts + Rocketship Park
