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the pogues- A Rainy Night In Soho


you have to feel a bit sorry for the woman snogging shane though....

Today I'm thankful for very few things as I've been ill most of the week and still feel like crap. Still nothing restores the spirits better than a collaboration between Sweden and Wales:

Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

Once again, I was tempted to post the Manics this week, especially in light of tragic Richie finally being declared officially deceased. An event that I find incredibly upsetting, despite my belief that, after so long, there's little or no chance of him not having thrown himself into the River Severn fourteen years ago.

Still, continuing my seemingly neverending obsession with Gallic pop, howsabout some

Stereolab- French Disko

Lee Carey wrote:Still, continuing my seemingly neverending obsession with Gallic pop, howsabout some

Stereolab- French Disko

Back of le pop net, sir!

Patrick wrote:Here's one everyone can appreciate...

Nickelback - Rockstar

You have no idea how much I loathe that record.

Patrick wrote:Yes, I know, I'm breaking the rules by posting more than one song in a day. So sue me.

David Tennant has a certain Rockabilly look to him- the cut of the suit, the hair... it's slightly 1950's retro. When I think of Rockabilly, no one does it better than Brian Setzer. So I give you one of my Setzer favorites, recorded live in Tokyo in 2001:

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Stray Cat Strut/Theme from the Pink Panther

That's better. The BSO are immense. The Dirty Boogie album is the one record that I can guarantee will alwys cheer me up, whatever the circumstances. Have you seen the Live In Japan DVD?

I was supposed to see the Stray Cats earlier this year; wanted to see them for twenty-five years, and had tickets for the Manchester gig of the farewell tour. So what happened? Slim Jim Phantom fell off the stage in Brixton the night before and broke his damn wrist. Tour cancelled, not to be rescheduled. Bastards.

LeeRatbag wrote:

Patrick wrote:Yes, I know, I'm breaking the rules by posting more than one song in a day. So sue me.

David Tennant has a certain Rockabilly look to him- the cut of the suit, the hair... it's slightly 1950's retro. When I think of Rockabilly, no one does it better than Brian Setzer. So I give you one of my Setzer favorites, recorded live in Tokyo in 2001:

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Stray Cat Strut/Theme from the Pink Panther

That's better. The BSO are immense. The Dirty Boogie album is the one record that I can guarantee will alwys cheer me up, whatever the circumstances. Have you seen the Live In Japan DVD?

I was supposed to see the Stray Cats earlier this year; wanted to see them for twenty-five years, and had tickets for the Manchester gig of the farewell tour. So what happened? Slim Jim Phantom fell off the stage in Brixton the night before and broke his damn wrist. Tour cancelled, not to be rescheduled. Bastards.

I haven't seen the Live in Japan DVD myself, but a YouTube search seems to include an awful lot of it. Sorry to hear of your cancelled Stray Cats concert- that would be a big treat to see them live. I hope they reschedule sooner rather than later.

Patrick wrote:

LeeRatbag wrote:

Patrick wrote:Yes, I know, I'm breaking the rules by posting more than one song in a day. So sue me.

David Tennant has a certain Rockabilly look to him- the cut of the suit, the hair... it's slightly 1950's retro. When I think of Rockabilly, no one does it better than Brian Setzer. So I give you one of my Setzer favorites, recorded live in Tokyo in 2001:

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Stray Cat Strut/Theme from the Pink Panther

That's better. The BSO are immense. The Dirty Boogie album is the one record that I can guarantee will alwys cheer me up, whatever the circumstances. Have you seen the Live In Japan DVD?

I was supposed to see the Stray Cats earlier this year; wanted to see them for twenty-five years, and had tickets for the Manchester gig of the farewell tour. So what happened? Slim Jim Phantom fell off the stage in Brixton the night before and broke his damn wrist. Tour cancelled, not to be rescheduled. Bastards.

I haven't seen the Live in Japan DVD myself, but a YouTube search seems to include an awful lot of it. Sorry to hear of your cancelled Stray Cats concert- that would be a big treat to see them live. I hope they reschedule sooner rather than later.

From what I hear, they're not coming back at all. Not happy about that.

Anyone for some lovely Eastern European instrumental folk?

A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangár Ensemble - Serbian Cŏcek

Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

Ossie's Dream

Judy Garland - Get Happy

Last post for my French Pop week, and I've decided to go for

Mellow- Another Mellow Winter

Which also has a brilliant video, where all the disparate elements introduced in the first half are woven together to form an narrative for the second.

Enjoy, and I'm already thinking of a new theme for next week...

Since it's Friday, here's something very lovely...

Sol Seppy - Slo Fuzz

In honour of Ms C=O's 18th birthday, here's the band she saw last night at Wembley, complete with her favourite song of theirs.

McFly - Transylvania

Alabama 3 - Mao Tse Tung Says
Alizee - Mademoiselle Juliette
Allman Brothers - Jessica
Apollo 440 - Pain In Any Language
Ash - Shining Light
Barbara Streisland - Happy Days Are Here Again
Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beirut - Postcards From Italy
Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life
Blur - Beetlebum
Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom
Bonjovi - Living On A Prayer
British Sea Power - Remember Me
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Clint Mansell - Requiem For A Dream
Crazyhead - Medley
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
The Cult - Rain
The Damned - Noise Noise Noise
Danijela - Neka Me Ne Svane
David Bowie - My Death
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
David J - This Vicious Cabaret
Doctor Who Original Theme Music
The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love
Doctor Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol
The Doves - The Cedar Room
Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
Eels - Susan's House
Elastica - Line Up
Electronic - Disappointed
Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers - Cobblers Hornpipe
The Fall - A Touch Sensitive
Fatima Mansions - Loyaliser
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
Frank Sinatra - I Got You Under My Skin
Frank Zappa - Trouble Coming Every Day
Gary Williams - Song For Ten
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
A Hawk & A Hacksaw + The Hun Hangár Ensemble - Serbian Cocek
Hawkwind - Masters of the Universe
I Am Kloot - The Same Deep Water As Me
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - The Passing Show
iLiKETRAiNS - THE BEECHiNG REPORT
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
The Jam - Beat Surrender
Jim Moray - All You Pretty Girls
Johnny Cash - Further On Up The Road
Jon Pertwee - I Am The Doctor
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Judy Garland - Get Happy
Julian Cope - Beautiful Love
The KLF - Doctorin' The TARDIS
The KLF - It's Grim Up North
Kyte - Sunlight
Ladyhawke - My Delirium
Ladytron - Seventeen
Laibach - Geburt Einer Nation
Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palms
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami
Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil
McFly - Transylvania
Mellow - Another Mellow Winter
Metallica – One
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Midlake - Roscoe
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
New Order - Blue Monday
New Order - Crystal
New Order - Perfect Kiss
The New Pornographers - Letter From An Occupant
Nickelback - Rockstar
Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
Orbital - Dr Who Theme
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
The Pogues - Sally MacLannane
The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho
Pop Will Eat Itself - The Fuses Have Been Lit
The Prodigy - No Good
Pulp - Sorted Out For Es and Whizz
Red Priest - Four Seasons: Spring
Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
Robin Hitchcock - Madonna of the Wasps
Roxy Music - Ladytron
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Serart - Devil's Wedding
Serge Gainsbourg- L'Initiales B.B.
Skip Spence - Cripple Creek
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
Silje Negaard - Be Still My Heart
The Silver Jews - Punks In The Beerlight
Sisters of Mercy - Dominion
Sol Seppy - Slo Fuzz
Sparks - Beat The Clock
The Specials - Do Nothing
The Specials - Ghost Town
Stereolab - French Disko
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Suede - Still Life
Supergrass - The Sun Hits The Sky
Thomas Lang - Feels So Right
Tight Fit - Fantasy Island
Tom Waites - God's Away On Business
Tottenham Hotspur FC and Chas and Dave - Ossie's Dream
Ugly Duckling - A Little Samba
UK Subs - Stranglehold
Vanessa Paradis - Joe La Taxi
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
XTC - Dear God
ZZ Top - Legs

what no talking heads?

Talking Heads- This Must Be The Place

That reads like the track listing to Now That's What I Call An Eclectic Taste In Music, but it's interesting to notice who's not made it to the playlist yet. So, in a killing two birds with one stone moment, here's The Boss covering a Woody Guthrie song:

Bruce Springsteen - Deportee

It's taken me two hours to catch up this morning. Ossie's dream was a bit of a shock - it went round and round in my head when I was finishing my GCSE final exams but it's the first time I've come across it since. Every morning I would trying to think of any other song to set up in there, but no such luck. Bloody Spurs. I went to see Chas and Dave a few months ago (where I went up to Chas Hodges and claimed to be a funk organist... ) but they didn't play it.

More Manchester from me...

John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chickentown

It's nearly 30 years since I saw John Cooper Clarke and Richard Hell & the Voidoids support Elvis Costello and the Attractions at The Hammersmith Palais. Just looked it up: 30th January 1979. Man, where have those decades gone?

I quite enjoyed the clip linked to by the John Cooper Clarke song of Christopher Eccleston reciting a ruder version!

Just so we can get a bit nearer to getting every letter of the alphabet started, and given we're going with first names (), let's have some Ladino music.

Yasmin Levy - Mano Suave

Super-camp pop from Bowie casualty Zaine. Oh, he was marvellous. I was sporting this look around 1980. Had shares in Boots make up counter at the time.
Zaine Griff - Ashes And Diamonds

I think I missed a couple of days, so this should make up for it:

Where the Wild Roses Grow

Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue.

Dave Webb wrote:I think I missed a couple of days, so this should make up for it...Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue.

A fine, fine, choice sir. I think Kylie has only ever sounded sexier the once*. Love that song, and that album.

As for me, before I toddle off to Granadaland, there's just time for me to show that, unlike Lawrence, I'm not totally against the Eighties...

Associates - Party Fears Two

PS - Stan, I don't mean to be Mr A Tediouspedant, but it's 'Silver Jews', not 'The Silver Jews'. God, I feel petty-dirty now...

Aaah, that was on the 'to do'list in my head Gray!

So today we'll have 999 - Emergency

Bonzo Dog Band - Hunting Tigers Out In INDIAH

I was going to put more Bowie on - I thought we'd've had a third of his back catalogue by now - but here's something that I should have put on days ago. My mum always likes to point out that her autistic pupils adore The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.