The Ruts let the audience finish the last track on ‘The Crack’ – “this number’s called ‘You’re a Human Punk’” Hanoi Rocks let the audience finish their cover of The Stooges ‘I Feel Alright’ from their live album ‘All Those Wasted Years’ – “Get up and dance!”
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Jan 192012
I love White Horses (it was top in My top 6: TV theme songs)… and I love all these versions of it… Claudine Longet Jacky Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike Dean & Britta (maybe Les chevaux blanc?) … also available in English Kitchens of Distinction … see also the Toilets of Destruction Argh! forgot this one [...]
Everyone loves having a shot at Dylan’s finest… here are some faves: Damon & Naomi Richie Havens 13th Floor Elevators The Byrds (Byrds-y version) The Byrds (slide-y version) Joan Baez … and Bob obv
Dec 132011
I love the Internet – it has made my life richer, it has found me friends, it has put me into in-real-life conversations with my heroes… and it has people on YouTube doing covers (I’ve expressed a love of this once before on this blog). Whereas the proper band‘s Galaxie 500 cover of choice seems [...]
Ahh – you know it’s not really a “top” anything – the concept was artists who never surpassed the first track on the first album… a few of these obviously did! So it’s just six great arrivals… Portishead – Mysterons Sparklehorse – Homecoming Queen Joanna Newsom – Bridges and Balloons Love – My Little Red [...]
Nov 252011
A bit of preliminary research showed that most covers of 96 Tears are in fact crap – steaming away at the top of that pile of poo is The Stranglers cover. Here’s the original (and best) followed by some gems and some not that bads… 96 Tears – ? and The Mysterians 96 Tears – [...]
Just finished watching George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Martin Scorcese’s documentary about George, great in parts but on the whole only OK – anyway it got me thinking of these… obviously… Isn’t It A Pity – Galaxie 500 Isn’t It A Pity – The Television Personalities Isn’t It A Pity – Jonathan Donohue, [...]
Nov 102011
Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6Music morning show had a Rainbow “people’s playlist” – here’s what they didn’t play but could/should have… Red Head Walking – Beat Happening Orange Zero – Movietone Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell Green – Throwing Muses (nice video of Tanya doing it in 2007) Blue Thunder – Galaxie 500 (obv) Mood [...]
Nov 102011
Boredom got me wondering how far I could get – I stopped at 24, had to dip into jazz for 19 and 22 was a bit of a stretch (it was a promo piece Dean Wareham recorded for an amp manufacturer). Nina Nastasia – One Way Outballboy – I Need Two Hearts Kathryn Williams – [...]
This has been in my head for three days now – luckily I love it…
