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Let the audience finish the song

Andy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:51:30 +0000

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!”

One shot: White Horses

Andy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:25:06 +0000

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 (thanks Murray)…
Trashcan Sinatras

One shot: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Andy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:32:15 +0000

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

One shot: Strange by Galaxie 500

Andy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:31:48 +0000

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 to be Tugboat, the webcam-soloist seems to opt for Strange…

I came across danandkitty’s cover of Strange on YouTube earlier in the week – and it’s one of the most lovably sweet covers I’ve heard – just a man and his ukulele and his (clear) love of music -it is beautiful

I’m also rather partial to this cheesy synthesizer instrumental cover

And here’s Galaxie 500… and a kazoo

My top 6: Album 1 / Side 1 / Track 1

Andy — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:18:00 +0000

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 Book

The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning

Patti Smith – Gloria

One shot: 96 Tears

Andy — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:05:11 +0000

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 – Big Maybelle

96 Tears – Eddie and The Hot Rods

96 Tears – Suicide

96 Tears – Thelma Houston
Actually the instrumentation on this hilariously bad (I blame the 80s) but as it went on I found myself strangely hypnotised by it…

I should really stop there!

One shot: George Harrison’s Isn’t it a pity

Andy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:06:41 +0000

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, Grasshopper, Dean & Britta

Isn’t It A Pity – Dean & Britta

Isn’t It A Pity – Eric Clapton and Billy Preston

Isn’t It A Pity – The Beatles (! – I didn’t know this existed!)

and of course…

Isn’t It A Pity – George Harrison

Bonus:
Long Long Long – Low

While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Damon & Naomi

Quick as rainbows

Andy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:21:51 +0000

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 Indigo – Thelonious Monk

The Violet Hour – The Clientele
Argh! No sign of The Violet Hour (the track) on YouTube so here’s Lamplight (from The Violet Hour (the album))

Playlist – counting upwards

Andy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:28:49 +0000

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 – Three
The American Analog Set – First of Four
The Go-Betweens – Five Words
Lee Hazlewood – Six Feet of Chain
Luna – Seven Steps to Satan
The Beatles – Eight Days a Week
The Bats – Nine Days
Frank Black – Ten Percenter
Jack Frost – Number Eleven
Michio Kurihara – The Wind’s Twelve Quarters
Big Star – ThirteenBeat Happening – Fourteen
Standard Fare – Fifteen
The Decemberists – Sixteen Military Wives
Sex Pistols – Seventeen
The Eighteenth Day of May – Eighteen Days
Andrew Hill – Flight Nineteen
Dr. Feelgood – Twenty Yards Behind
Electrelane – Tram 21
Dean Wareham – 22 Minutes
Luna – 23 Minutes in Brussels
Dusty Springfield – Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa

Earworm: Friends of Mine – The Zombies

Andy — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:55:30 +0000

This has been in my head for three days now – luckily I love it…