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[Nigeyb]

Great song. Great song title

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Jimmy Reed - Take Out Some Insurance
Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat
Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Dexys Midnight Runners - I Love You (Listen to This)

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/RbmS3tQJ7Os
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

[Mark]

Nigeyb wrote: "This week’s five for Friday…
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter..."

A friend of a very close friend of mine appeared on Australian tv show Rockwiz and performed a staggering cover of Gimme Shelter. Attempting Merry Clayton's vocals on the song must rank as one of the most foolhardy musical pursuits imaginable, but she absolutely nailed it... and then gave it an extra kicking. Never mind Tim Rogers, but it’s impossible to ignore Vika Bull...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJ8j...

[Nigeyb]

She is fantastic


Thanks Mark - really enjoyed her performance

YouTube then directed me to Lisa Fisher with the Stones at Glastonbury in 2013 who is no slouch either....

https://youtu.be/BFg5RkCQ8Xs

[Mark]

Brilliant! There’s not many who could pull that off. Fortunately, not many try.

By the way, Speaking of Talking Heads, as we weren’t, did they name themselves that because it’s an anagram of King's Lead Hat? Only realised that when I saw your post. I’m very, very slow.

[Nigeyb]

I never noticed that before. Kings Lead Hat was recorded after Talking Heads formed. Given Brian’s association with them around the same time it must surely be more than coincidence 💡

[Mark]

Very good to know that I wasn’t the only one to not notice that until today! Having never been a fan of the band, I didn’t know the chronology, so I guess Eno came up with the title as a play on the band’s name.

Have you ever seen the 1974 Dutch tv footage of Eno performing Seven Deadly Finns? One of my favourite non-lp tracks ever, by any artist. Right up there with Virginia Plain. And, for that matter, one of my favourite songs to employ yodelling...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTXYW...

[Nigeyb]

Never seen that clip before Mark - it's superb


Thanks

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Liquid Liquid - Optimo
David Dundas - Jeans On
Martha - Love Keeps Kicking
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Riot Act
James White and the Blacks - Contort Yourself

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/QTS5jXKLGkQ
Liquid Liquid - Optimo

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Julio Iglesias - La Mer
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
The Cortinas - Ask Mr Waverley
The Monochrome Set - Goodbye Joe
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Tokyo Storm Warning

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/zGcp3_OT2-0
Julio Iglesias - La Mer

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
Barrington Levy - Here I Come
Working Men's Club - Cook a Coffee
The Snivelling Shits - Terminal Stupid
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Sweet Water Pools

Have a great weekend

https://youtu.be/kWtuWU1KyFI
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Sweet Water Pools

[David]

A few of us have been playing a game, using Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums list from last year, and a mobile phone random number generator. So, from the first 5/500 randomly selected for me...

My Chemical Romance - Teenagers (from The Black Parade)
Radiohead - Idioteque (Kid A)
Aaliyah - Giving It Up (One In A Million)
Radiohead - No Surprises (OK Computer)
Etta James - Tough Mary (At Last)

Fraternal greetings.

[Nigeyb]

Nice idea David

[David]

It’s certainly given me an opportunity to listen to acts and records that have hitherto been only names to me. A discussion about My Chemical Romance (their name suggested some sort of beats-based electronic act to me) allowed my younger daughter to fill me in on the breadth and compartmentalisation of the various directions of emo, when it just sounded like enjoyable spiky guitar power pop. It was me who brought Rod Hull into this conversation.

[Nigeyb]

Ah Rod Hull

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Andy Scott - Stardust
Harry Nilsson - Coconut
Brett Smiley - Va Va Va Voom
Brian Eno - Seven Deadly Finns
The Upsetters - Return of Django

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/ax5phXqMjCU
The Upsetters - Return of Django

[Mark]

It should be mandatory for all future editions of Here Come The Warm Jets to include Seven Deadly Finns as a bonus track, just as all future editions of the first Roxy album should include Virginia Plain as a bonus track.

Two mind-bogglingly brilliant tracks, even if spellcheck takes issue with “bogglingly.”

[Mark]

Your inclusion of the brilliant Return of Django reminds me -- I recently stumbled upon the dub works of Skin, Flesh & Bones, which have completely lit up my life. If this don't turn you on, you ain't got no switch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb5l2...

[Nigeyb]

Agree about your Eno sentiments


Off to check out Skin, Flesh & Bones which I have no doubt will be life changing

[Nigeyb]

That Third Cut dub is a dub version of The First Cut Is The Deepest as covered by Joy White and produced by Lloyd Campbell


https://youtu.be/7xlbhPSX8lI

[Mark]

Nice find! I'll have to search out more Joy White, now.

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Flowered Up - It’s On
Sweet - The Six Teens
The Fall - Gut of the Quantifier
Love Unlimited - I'll Be Yours Forever More
Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/wvPC7-inuyY
The Fall - Gut of the Quantifier

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Chet Baker - My Buddy
T. Rex - Spaceball Richochet
Pink Grease - The Pink G.R. Ease
Steven Wilson - Personal Shopper
Tom Robinson Band - Winter of ’79

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/R6nrb1qWLI4
Tom Robinson Band - Winter of ’79

[CQM]

Public Places - Russell Simins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1s7G...

Early Roller Machine 4444 - Quiet Melon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI6Ev...

A Rainy Night in Soho - The Pogues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSyL-...

Our Town - Iris DeMent and Emmylou Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZw...

Mystifies Me - Ron Wood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgVBo...

[Nigeyb]

Lovely 🤠

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Iggy Pop - Success
Kevin Rowland - Rag Doll
Brian Eno - King’s Lead Hat
Bark Psychosis - Miss Abuse
Giorgio Moroder - The Chase

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/8y3DAFWbhQ4
Iggy Pop - Success

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


T. Rex - Thunderwing
Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat
Slade - The Bangin’ Man
The Third Rail - Run Run Run
The Charlatans - North Country Boy

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/XxC88z42yM8
T. Rex - Thunderwing

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday (a day late, but who's counting)…


Hello - C'mon Get Together
Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
Chicory Tip - The Future is Bright
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
Laurie Johnson - Jason King Theme

Hope your having a great weekend

https://youtu.be/AxEwh1cGybE
Hello - C'mon Get Together

[Mark]

One song has been soundtracking my weekend, and that’s the lead single off the forthcoming debut album by a new band called The Red Locusts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyo-X...

Top shelf power-pop, which should come as no surprise as their singer is Rick Springfield.

[Nigeyb]

Yes indeed. Not remotely original but who cares.


Quality pop

[Mark]

Nigeyb wrote: "Yes indeed. Not remotely original but who cares.


Quality pop"

Like sonic comfort food!

[Nigeyb]

Aural catnip

[Mark]

It’s definitely a considerable nod in the direction of Big Star, which ain't no bad thing.

[David]

If you’ve not seem it yet, the latest Mojo has a very insightful 8-page feature on Big Star, flawlessly documented by Memphis’s peerless chronicler, Robert Gordon.

It’s the issue with the Joni Mitchell cover trailing an in-depth feature on herself. A good Troggs piece too, and a fond look back at the statue-kicking agit-punk of the Redskins.

[Mark]

It’s on my radar, but haven’t grabbed a copy yet. Really looking forward to the articles you mentioned -- very nice to see that our Reg and his Troggs haven’t been totally forgotten.

[David]

I think it was late 78 or early 79 I got to see Reg and the Andover Anarchists, on a tour of small venues and university union halls. A dozen years on from their few moments in the sun, they were still as energetic and one-beat-away-from-shambling onstage as ever. Fantastic. The Troggs Tapes, then being copied from cassette to cassette, in ever-diminishing sound level quality, were the stuff of legend.

I once had to review a Chip Taylor/Carrie Rodriguez live album, in passing referencing Wild Thing as being “unique in that it was recorded by both Hendrix and Presley (OK, OK, that was Reg)”.

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Paul Weller - Fat Pop
Madness - Michael Caine
Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn
The Buzz - You're Holding Me Down
Earl Brutus - The S.A.S. And The Glam That Goes With It

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/296wS9ome4M
Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn

[David]

Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic https://youtu.be/N1CfSgsvqJE

T Rex - Telegram Sam https://youtu.be/iIuoTo_bgEA

Blind Willie Johnson - The Soul Of A Man https://youtu.be/7MdI2xPHw_k

Hound Dog Taylor - Sadie https://youtu.be/ZCA-ieu74ko

Big Heat -Watch Me Catch Fire https://youtu.be/NoACw723QYc

All hail the weekend. Do it justice, friends.

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Faces - Ooh La La
New Order - Sub-Culture
Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
Fairport Convention - Sir Patrick Spens
The KLF - Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/Tdw7kxD8eUc
Al Green - Tired of Being Alone

[Mark]

Nigeyb wrote:

"Faces - Ooh La La"

Very fitting, as today is 24 years since Ronnie Lane’s passing. I’ll be reaching for his Just For A Moment boxed set today.

[Nigeyb]

A wonderful way of remembering a wonderful musician


Cap doffed

[David]

1997?

Ah no
The years, the years
And down their carvèd names
The raindrop ploughs.

[Nigeyb]

I had to search that quote David


Lovely

[David]

Now….five Hardy poems for Friday? Hmmmmm.

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


The Beat - Rough Rider
Giorgio Moroder - The Chase
David Bowie - Sound & Vision
Gina X Performance - No GDM
Bauhaus - Terror Couple Kill Colonel

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/-sCTxS_B6h4
Bauhaus - Terror Couple Kill Colonel

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Suede - She’s in Fashion
Wolf Alice - Lipstick on the Glass
Bedouin Soundclash - Nothing to Say
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/iNPA68htGxk
Suede - She’s in Fashion

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Electra - Jibaro
The La’s - Feelin’
Teenage Fanclub - The Concept
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/ct-qa6SjRZo
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads

[David]

OK, I’ll use that as a soundtrack later on. Thanks.

In My Room - The Beach Boys
https://youtu.be/l71pbhqnvNM

I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
https://youtu.be/U_KGv7rDWFM

Dear Elaine - Roy Wood
https://youtu.be/7wHLTWGIpGs

I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs - Billy Bragg
https://youtu.be/fhQgpOlsWaU

Chicken Head Man - T Model Ford
https://youtu.be/jn3Pqka90Jk

There’s the weekend chums ——>

Make it count.

[Nigeyb]

Top notch David

[Nigeyb]

This week’s five for Friday…


Au Pairs - It's Obvious
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Bob Dylan - Blind Will McTell
Andrea True Connection - More More More
The Raincoats - Adventures in the Supermarket

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

https://youtu.be/QH3Fx41Jpl4
Nina Simone - Sinnerman