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Five for Friday
Susan, 'Jealous Guy' is out the window no matter who sings it.
Lol Greg. Well, Bryan Ferry just looks so annoying, then he opens his mouth and it goes really downhill...
Today I was playing a vinyl of Knopfler's soundtrack to Local Hero, which then made me play Steve Miller Band's Sailor album which starts with that fog horn intro of the first track Song For Our Ancestors released 1968 which sounds like Pink Floyd, particularly Wish You Were Here, released 1975.Also played Van Morrison's 1972 Saint Dominic's Preview. I love Listen To The Lion & I Will Be There
Susan, Bryan Ferry can do no wrong. Listen to what he did with A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall and The Midnight Hour and Eight Miles High.
For me he can do no right, but we can agree to differ :)
Bryan ferry is the real deal. Read Michael Bracewell's book on Roxy Music. Great book!
Mod
Ferry is indeed the "real deal". A great interpreter of songs, as well as a key member in one of the most innovative and influential groups of the seventies.
Must be me then - can't stand him, sight or sound.
Mod
It's Friiiiday. Hurrah.
Here in the UK it's a four day holiday weekend. Hurrah.
And the sun in shining.
All we need now is some music...
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Keep on Chooglin'
Sex Pistols - Submission
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever
Edwyn Collins - Ghost Of A Chance
Here's the whys and wherefores...
http://nigeyb.tumblr.com/post/8307884...
Nigeyb wrote: " Here in the UK it's a four day holiday weekend. Hurrah.
And the sun in shining"
No 4-day weekend in heathen Scotland where Easter doesn't merit a holiday, but I do hope that everyone enjoys theirs. We do have sunshine though!
Hey Girl - The Small Faces (came up on iPod shuffle yesterday)
You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings) - The Faces (for the title, and it's a fab song too)
Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (since it's Easter)
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (just came into my head)
The Faith Brothers - Easter Parade apart from Shipbuilding, the best song written about the Falklands folly?
Enjoy the weekend, however long it lasts.
If It Feels Good Do It.
Mod
I never realised Scotland didn't have the four day weekend - and that despite living in Glasgow for a year.
At least you've got Sunshine On Leith, and Aberdeen. I imagine the granite is a-glinting and a-glistening.
Greetings from the other side of the world Nigeyb, a beautiful sunny day here also.Great choices Nigeyb, especially Edwyn Collins. I saw him in Sydney in January at the Sydney Festival. Inspirational. It was wonderful seeing him, his sense of humour and personality shone along with his music.
My Five…..
Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple
Lotta Love To Give - Daniel Lanois
I Need To Wake Up - Pickin' On Series
Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry
Cool World - Mondo Rock
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I had no idea Edwyn had made it to Sydney, or that we shared a liking of the great man. Double hurrah.
Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins is a humbling read.
It is still Friday somewhere in the world, so here is a quick tour:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0k8...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqkx...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdiWb...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt1e6...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzdEc...
Friday again already, have a good weekend everyone.Val, that is a great mix. Tiken Jah Fakoly's Franafrique, and Celtas Cortos's Sin papeles are great, really like them.
Here are some old favourites of mine.
50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain - Ten Years After.
Barabajagal - Donovan (with The Jeff Beck Group & Leslie and Madelaine)
Chinatown - Thin Lizzy
Frownland - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Caress Me Baby - The Blues Project
Thank you Greg.I like your list too. I will even allow the Donovan track.
It was St. George's Day earlier this week, so I will stick to English this time.
Some under-rated '70s prog rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDJpi...
This needs no excuse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v4a6...
I just like these two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-...
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYgf...
There is always the wonderful countryside to cheer you up again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzONN...
An 'extra' featuring a Scotsman and a heavy metal vocalist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTgZa...
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Here are my selections..
http://nigeyb.tumblr.com/post/8380418...
Dirtmusic - Red Dust
Ian Dury and the Blockheads – There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards
The New Radicals – You Get What You Give
The Meditations – Life Is Not Easy
Status Quo - Paper Plane
Happy Friday Hamiltonians
Mod
Let's kick start the weekend in the only way we know how...
http://nigeyb.tumblr.com/post/8450220...
The Killjoys - Johnny Won’t Get To Heaven
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Sweet - Fox On The Run
Hello - New York Groove
The Ruts - In a Rut
Here's to a wonderful weekend. May all your Whiskeys be doubles.
Cheers, Nigeyb. Four of you selection are new to me. Fox On The Run I haven't heard for a good while.Here are five I have been listening to this week.
Mama You Been On My Mind (demo) - George Harrison.
You Wreck Me - Tom Petty.
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - The Beatles. A fave Beatles song.
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Wilbury Twist - The Travelling Wilburys.
The Wilbury Twist
'Put your hand on your head
Put your foot in the air
Then you hop around in the room
In your underwear
Ain't ever bin nothin' quite like this
Come on baby do the Wilbury Twist
Lift your other foot up, fall on your ass
Get back up, put your teeth in a glass
Ain't ever bin nothin' quite like this
It's a magical thing called the Wilbury Twist'.
I'm teetotaller. I raise my cup to wish all a top weekend.
Well, we had some radio interference today so I'll take a pass, but thanks for your selections, guys. Will take a closer look tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend!
Mod
Interesting to see Greg go for George H's version of "Mama, You Been on My Mind". A song written by Bob Dylan after his breakup with Suze Rotolo. It's also a re-examination of the disintegration of monogamy in secular society. Set against a background where suburban housing developments had already begun their slow but inexorable consumption of what is now rather wistfully viewed in retrospect as a kind of lost rurality -an ersatz Elsyium if we must - the denouement of "Mama, You Been on My Mind", for the tragic couple holds a poignancy-in-suspension so unbearable tenuously that it borders, almost upon pathos. It is a masterpiece with its 'golden section' so well concealed that when it is finally revealed to the unsuspecting listener, the effect is akin to being whacked in the face with one of those strange gauntlets, which the elderly drivers of mid 1970s mopeds used for some reason to wear. Perhaps.
Ha - good to know, Nigeyb...I might have to shoot for a Manic Monday...
Some mellow music for your Monday morning coming up.Summertime - The Sundays
This world over - XTC
So it goes - Nick Lowe
Georgia - Boz Scaggs
And a hat tip for Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
Nigeyb, thanks for that on 'Mama, You Been On My Mind'. I am intrigued with the 'golden section' reference, I hadn't considered it regarding it in a song. Could the 'golden section' be the 'bridge' in a song, or is that different?.The George Harrison version maybe even better than Rod Stewart's version.
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Thank for your mellow Monday music Miss M - some lovely tunes there, and it's a beautiful Summer day here in southern England.
Last week I bought the five CD album box set of RORY GALLAGHER. The 'Original Album Classics' series.The albums are DEUCE, CALLING CARD, TOP PRIORITY, JINX, and FRESH EVIDENCE.
I've been working my way through them. Every album is fantastic. Great guitar playing. I never got to see him play live. I feel, from listening to these albums, he would have been incredible to see live in concert.
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On a completely different musical tip, i have been enjoying the lo-fi albums released by Martin Newell as DIY cassettes in the 1980s under his "Cleaners From Venus" moniker. Many of which have been lovingly re-released by NYC's Captured Tracks label. Charming, ramshackle and lovely. There's just so much of it.
And, this very day there's a new Cleaners album "Return To Bohemia" out now....
Return To Bohemia
Released online in May 2014
Recorded on a Tascam Pocketstudio using real musical instruments. Twelve new high quality songs.
Please email Martin to tell him you bought it and donate Six Pounds (GBP) via Paypal and Martin will send you the download link. If you don't hear back in a few hours then email Paul....
http://www.stevedix.de/newell/stock1.htm
Been listening to Scott Walker's 
"THE DRIFT"
while I read.
Where did the week go……Five for Friday.
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) - Harry Belafonte with Julie Andrews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBW-51...
Rocky Raccoon - Richie Havens
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend - T-Bone Burnett
The Third Man Theme - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Big Yellow Taxi - Bob Dylan
T. A., Scott Walker looks different. Or is that Willem Defoe?
Scott Walker, such a great voice. I haven't heard any of his later albums.
Mod
^^ "The Drift" TA? I've never got on with modern era Scott despite loving the Walker Brothers and his sixties solo albums. He seems to have drifted into a world where experimentation takes precedence over any kind of listenability. That said, the film, "Scott Walker: 30th Century Man" which charts Scott's journey is absolutely fantastic.
Ok, Hamiltonians, let's celebrate Friday in the only way we know how....
http://nigeyb.tumblr.com/post/8520886...
Fini Tribe - De Testimony (Collapsing Edit)
Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer
Bill Callahan - Diamond Dancer
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
Fujiya & Miyagi - Uh
Have a wonderful weekend.
Thanks to Greg's choices last week, I have been listening to The Travelling Wilburys, individually and collectively.In Dreams - Roy Orbison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdPO...
and some other stuff loosely connected
The Dark is Rising - Mercury Rev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgVoY...
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yBnI...
Dream On - Depeche Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUEx0...
After Midnight - JJ Cale and Eric Clapton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WUeO...
(includes bonus track)
Nigeyb wrote: "^ Splendid selections Greg^^ "The Drift" TA? I've never got on with modern era Scott despite loving the Walker Brothers and his sixties solo albums. He seems to have drifted into a world wher..."
Oh yeah, he's out there, but I listen to things like that when I'm reading and just want a little atmosphere in the background.
I have been listening to Frampton Live this week, after watching him on The Night That Changed America: a Grammy Salute to the Beatles. Most (all?!) of the other acts were terrible, but the end part was good and it was nice to see Peter Frampton playing a guitar which looked bigger than he did...
I discovered an extremely obscure album this week which may have pushed "Pet Sounds" out of my favorite-album-of-all-time slot.
Whether this becomes your favorite album I can't predict, but it certainly would not surprise me. The musical approach is split into thirds, with 33% having an orchestral backing, 33% an acoustic backing, and the final portion having a Rock backing. The theme of the lyrics and the emotional dynamic plant this long player strictly in the tradition of the break-up album. And yes it has more emotional grist for it's mill than any other. "Blood on The Tracks", masterpiece that it is, seems a joke next to the bare bone hysterics of these recriminations. Give the record a listen. If the operatic dynamism of "Time Heals" or the being buried alive cathartic desperation of "Betrayed" fail to elicit a response... check your pulse, you may be dead.
TIME HEALS
http://youtu.be/ZwLWaKug3rg
(rock backing)
BETRAYED
http://youtu.be/fN0wxPeWWAg
(acoustic)
LOST AND FOUND
http://youtu.be/RLwnqXqylYk
(rock backing)
ALICE(LETTING GO)
http://youtu.be/yXKql-ELhms
(acoustic)
THIS SIDE OF THE LOOKING GLASS
http://youtu.be/Fv91WoqYcMs
(orchestral backing)
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I've always loved...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKoP19...
Nadir's Big Chance
Nigeyb wrote: "^ Peter Hammil is a great favourite of John Lydon / Rotten.I've always loved...
Interesting choice. Sounds like Robyn Hitchcock cutting a glam single. I like it, but it doesn't have (nor was it meant to have) the gravity of the material on "Over".
It really doesn't even sound like the same performer, which only illustrates his range, without even taking his band (Van Der Graaf Generator) into account.
Mod
Peter Hammill sorts the men from the boys. Like Dylan, or even more so, you either love or hate his unique voice which veers on the operatic in its tone and dynamism. His unique compositions surpass those of more artistically and commercially renowned names in their structure and innovation. Only the obsessive fan could begin to dig everything he’s put out under the name of his former band and himself. But in a vast back catalogue, ‘Over’ stands out, and I’d recommend it to anyone with a soul and an emotional history. Listen to ‘Over’ and you know you are not alone.
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/...
Mod
First things first, let's shake some action...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcmk...
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
You want more good rocking? Here's one of the best..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufzRV...
Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Perfection. Does it get any better? Well, no, but we've got to try though. Here's the late great Mr Bolan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAw7F...
T. Rex - Chariot Choogle
Here's a band that should have been massive and here's one of my favourite songs that few people know, say hello to Glasgow's finest. Inexplicably this song peaked at number 86 in the UK singles chart...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh4Y3...
1990s - You're Supposed To Be My Friend
There's a new album out by Fujiya & Miyagi. It's good but there's nothing as good as my favourite song by them...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTWix...
Fujiya & Miyagi - Uh
Have a great weekend
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Val wrote: "Thanks to Greg's choices last week, I have been listening to The Travelling Wilburys, individually and collectively.Val, that's great. I think of the 'Wilbury Twist' dance moves and imagine John Travolta doing the Wilbury Twist in Saturday Night Fever or in Pulp Fiction in the dance contest.
Five For Friday.
Borrowed Tune - Neil Young (from Tonight's The Night live album)
Gone At Last - Paul Simon (from Still Crazy After All These Years)
Roll It Over - Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert
When The Whip Comes Down - The Rolling Stones (from Some Girls)
Before The Deluge - Jackson Browne (from Late For The Sky)
^I have tried so many times to get "Late for The Sky" to connect with me. I just can't seem to get there. Too ephemeral, no immediacy. I wish it came with an owner's manual. It doesn't matter how respected some works are, if they just don't click on a personal level. "Selling England by The Pound" by Genesis is another prime example for me.
Mod
Muscle Shoals
...then you really should put that right at the earliest available opportunity.
It'll make you laugh and make you cry, it's brilliant.
http://www.magpictures.com/muscleshoals/
I've recently finished watching it.
Wonderful - and I know Hamiltonians everywhere will love it.
One of the many, many amazing songs recorded there...
http://youtu.be/0y8Q2PATVyI
Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
(with Duane Allman's seriously good guitar solo)
Nigeyb wrote: "Now then, if you've never seen the film...Muscle Shoals
...then you really should put that right at the earliest available opportunity.
It'll make you laugh and make you cry, it's brilliant.
..."
A very entertaining and informative movie, along with the recent film about Big Star, it would argue that a lot of "untold stories" in modern music are finally being brought to light.
Mod
I watched a brilliant film about Gene Clark a couple of weeks back.
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First up, and from that brief post-Teardrops period when the great Julian Cope was signed to Island Records and he'd set the controls for the heart of the charts. World shut your mouth, shut your mouth, Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJbz...
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
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You want pure unadulterated rock n roll? Look no further that "Action Time Vision". If this one doesn't get you leaping about then you should check your pulse....ATV...A equals action, T equals time, V equals vision and the four boys crack, In ATV, V, V, V, V...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysPSq...
Alternative TV - Action Time Vision
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I've located my vinyl copy and am dusting it off in readiness for a spin in June 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9rP...
Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
* * * * *
According to the vinyl single, this song is a mere 2 minutes and 3 seconds, but can you think of a better way to spend 2 minutes and 3 seconds?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MYBl...
The Specials - Too Much Too Young
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Last on, and another punk classic. You better leave town if you only want to knock us, nothing stands the pressure of the Clash city rockers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzmNz...
The Clash - Clash City Rockers
...and the videos are all at the World Of Joy too....
http://nigeyb.tumblr.com/post/8657904...
Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend Hamiltonians.
I have been listening to:Benjamin Britten - War Requiem
Radio Mondiale - Riaz
Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo
Sisters of Mercy - A Slight Case of Overbombing
and something or other my daughter was playing upstairs which sounds vaguely Middle Eastern
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Was wondering which songs would be everyone's least favourite. I am undecided between "Rotterdam" by the Beautiful South (the most annoying song I have ever heard - I have to leave the room if it plays) or Roxy Music's horrible version of "Jealous Guy". I once threw my radio out of the window when it came on I was so incensed. Any thoughts?