Music Library

Sadly, this morning, so do I...

Kool Moe Dee - I Go To Work

Heroin is so passé...

The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth

My choice today is a very personal one. In 1953 my old man wrote the theme tune for a 6 part BBC Cold War thriller series. The show was, of course, wiped decades ago (where's Levine when you need him? ) although a film version starring Richard Conte was made in 1955. And courtesy of ebay I've recently even managed to purchase a copy of it for the first time.

Anyway moving back to the "feem toon", with its quirky nature the piece very quickly became popular and, having been released as a single, gained the distinction of being the first ever top ten hit to feature an electronic keyboard. So here are Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths, featuring Jack Jordan - clavioline. Little Red Monkey.

Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca

Some contemporary classical music to celebrate the 100th birthday of the great American Composer Elliott Carter. It's not often you get a composer in their 100th year still working on new material but Carter seems to be unstoppable. Carter's music isn't an easy listen but this astonishing piece composed when he was 98 is a good intro. So here's a radio performance of Caténaires performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Graymalkin wrote:

Lee Carey wrote:With all apologies to any who like them [apology accepted - ed], but here is entry number five thousand, seven hundred and forty nine in my reasons to dislike Radiohead: other, superior groups did the same sort of thing far better over a decade before them...

In fairness, though, you can say that about pretty much everyone apart from Elvis and The Beatles...

I do like Magazine a lot, mind.

Curses! I was going to follow that theme for the rest of the week, but will now bring it to a halt, as I have no wish to offend. However, the punchline was going to be:


Jilted John- Jilted John

And a comment about looking forward to Thom Yorke's cover version of "Pigeons in Flight," and eventual reinvention as a northern comedian.

Oh well. "Yeah! Yeah! It's not fair!"

Lee Carey wrote:And a comment about looking forward to Thom Yorke's cover version of "Pigeons in Flight"...

Oof!

I now cannot imagine anything I want to hear more.

Punch the air!

crap video- but never mind...

jimi Hendix- Crosstown traffic

I'll finish off the Old Schoolweek with my favourite track from the Great American Album...

Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause

Mansun - Wide Open Space. Great song, great band.

I'm just thinking there should be more bands with names like Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths, because it sounds like the sort of name RTD would give a musical outfit from the 1950s. (This, of course, means that the C=O is entirely fictional and the creation of Mr Davies, which explains a lot).

Today's song from me has no real connection to that comment, though it does open up the possibility that Jimmy Carr is actually the illegitimate son of a singer-songwriter who first became famous in the 80s. Check out the resemblance, it's rather scary:

Lloyd Cole - She's A Girl And I'm A Man

And now for something completely different....


Church of the Poison Mind - culture Club

I was very fond of Culture Club, and this is one of my favourites of their songs - particularly because it was a big hit around the time of Longleat and it was on the radio many many times both on the way there and the way back - hence it is forever associated with Longleat in my mind.

it's friday so what the hell...?

Everyone Has AIDS- Team America

Scottish accents are sexy.

The Twilight Sad - That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy

Starfighter Pilot wrote:The Twilight Sad - That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy

Fantastic band...

(And, again, something from my 'to add' pile...)

Nick Barlow wrote:This, of course, means that the C=O is entirely fictional and the creation of Mr Davies, which explains a lot.

It most certainly does.

Gah, I've got so much catching up to do on this thread. It'll probably be Sunday now. Does anyone know who many pages these forums max out on? I'll certainly need to update for page one of Volume 2.

I really want This Town by The Bees for today, but couldn't spot it. So it's a testimony to Ray Davies's songwriting skill from the period when he tried to pretend he had no songwriting skills

The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes

stanmore wrote:Does anyone know who many pages these forums max out on?

No idea, but we'll certainly run *part one* for a while. It's definitely proved one of the most popular, and most interesting, threads since the doors to OW opened!

Safety Dance
- Men Without Hats.

We hadn't, and I had to. So I did.

I hope that's clear.

Since I'm off to see them tonight, I'll post the first song of theirs I ever heard...

iLiKETRAiNS - BEFORETHECURTAiNSCLOSE - PART ii

As it's Saturday, and most people won't be at work, here's a song that's very not safe for work:

Jarvis Cocker - Running The World


WARNING - CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE!

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

There is a chance that before I get the opportunity to go back through the pages that I'll repeat something. If I do, just give me a firm shake and a slap in the ribcage.

I would've loved to have been at Woodstock. Or, more likely, I'd love to be at the fantasy woodstock that has been built up by all the people that have claimed to have been there over the years.

This is my favourite single piece of music in the whole world. Better than Lux Aeterna (the theme from requiem for a dream, which was used for Requiem for a tower (the LOTR film adverts) which I posted early on in this thread). Better than Rhapsody in Blue which I won't be posting as it's too long for Youtube. Better than the Pirates music.

If I could only have one piece of music it would be this one.

All the strange strange creatures - Murray Gold

stanmore wrote:Or, more likely, I'd love to be at the fantasy woodstock that has been built up by all the people that have claimed to have been there over the years.

That would be good. That's the one without all the mud, yeah?

Incidentally, I'm off to see iLiKETRAiNS tonight and am going to participate in a scheme not at all dissimilar to the Wrinkly tape-loop you suggested* - the band are taking a box of home-made compilation CDs 'round Europe with them, and you** put yours in and take one out at random. I've just finished making mine, and cheers go to this thread for suggesting a couple of bands (and, indeed, one actual song - 'Postcards From Italy') that made the final cut.

Nick Barlow wrote:As it's Saturday, and most people won't be at work, here's a song that's very not safe for work:

Jarvis Cocker - Running The World

Indeed - you're missing one or two words at the start of the title I believe Councillor.

Today from me, here's the modern version of a great early 80's song that Marc Almond performs with Jools Holland. Love the orchestration!

Marc Almond - Say Hello Wave Goodbye.