another disguise. My miracle is
I sleep when I’m tired. The old
man knows just when to retire.
Everything’s hard. We make it so,
but digging in the dirt is all we
need to know.”
Of the two versions, I prefer the
“Nice” one, which says “love”
in the chorus rather than the f-
bomb in the “Naughty” take be-
cause it works better with a mes-
sage that would require a great
deal of love to come to fruition.
In addition to Naughty Clouds’
strong social conscience, the
best about “Everything’s Hard”
is Moon’s sassy, sexy, sultry vo-
cals on the majority of the other
tracks. A veteran of such great
Jersey bands as Motel Shootout,
Mars Needs Women, and True
Love, Kubian is on the road a
lot with Electric Six, Dean Ween
Group and poet Paul Muldoon.
When he is, she has plenty to do
as a great solo act, but I’d love
to see her do a vintage soul and
blues ensemble along the lines
of Shady Street Show Band or
Eryn O’Ree & the Whiskey Dev-
Listen to “Everything’s Hard” by Naughty Clouds
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