Music Library

stanmore wrote:It's taken me ages to go back through this thread and now I need to head outwards, so before you get the opportunity to look at a big list, here's a song to enjoy:-

The Triffids - Wide Open Road

a wonderful song- i was listening to it yesterday. (and japan as well.)

heres a cover version thats better than the original.



Dinosaur Jnr- Just Like Heaven

My favourite REM song:

REM - Half A World Away

Know Your Onion is a wonderful song. But it's not as good as this one.

The Shins - New Slang

Because I think it's been long enough since I last posted a Dylan song, and this is so
much better than what the Byrds did to it:

Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man

stanmore wrote:

Lee Carey wrote:Tony Wilson nce remarked that there were two sort of bands in the world- those that wanted to be the Beatles, and those that wanted to be the Velvet Underground, and that he was always far more interested in those that wanted to be the later. So am I.

Supposedly, everyone who bought the Velvet Underground and Nico on its original release went out and formed a band... that said, not many people bought it. So, while the Beatles sung about love and acid, the Velvets were singing about S&M and heroin. Here's

I think that's true of bands that make it, but I've been to enough student band gigs to know that Velvet-inspiration isn't always a good thing. It can inspire a preening tit thinking how cool he is for singing about S&M and heroin. (The worst band for rubbish inspiration is Sonic Youth... well certainly in quantity...

Oh, very, very true. And about Sonic Youth as well. That said, I do like any cover version released by them (especially their cover version of Superstar... hmm, possibly go looking for that for tomorrow!-), and my favourite period from them must be their Ciccone Youth one!

But yes, simply dressing in black leather, adding droning guitars and writing songs about drug addiction usually lead to incredible boredom, at least in this audience member. The best, though, add that little bit extra!

Lee Carey wrote:
But yes, simply dressing in black leather, adding droning guitars and writing songs about drug addiction usually lead to incredible boredom, at least in this audience member. The best, though, add that little bit extra!

You know, I always thought that you were either a Beatles fan or a stones fan. And the Velvet track Heroin put me off drugs for life. So generally I'm interested in any band that is trying to be neither the Beatles or the Velvet Underground.

Marlene On The Wall

I don't know why, but I was in the mood for some Suzanne Vega.

999 - Emergency
Abba – Summer Night City
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming
Afghan Wings – Debonair
Alabama 3 - Mao Tse Tung Says
Aimee Mann - Wise Up
Alizee - Mademoiselle Juliette
Allman Brothers - Jessica
The Apples In Stereo – Rainfall
Apollo 440 - Pain In Any Language
Arcade Fire & David Bowie – Wake Up
Ash - Shining Light
Associates - Party Fears Two
Aztec Camera - Good Morning Britain
Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter
Barbara Streisland - Happy Days Are Here Again
Barbara Steisland – Life On Mars
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beirut - Postcards From Italy
Benjamin Britten – This Little Babe
Billy Joel – Pianoman
Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life
Black Kids – Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo
Blur - Beetlebum
Blur – This Is A Low
Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom
Bob Dylan – Mr Tambourine Man
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Concrete Jungle
Bonjovi - Living On A Prayer
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Hunting Tigers Out In INDIAH!
Brakes – All Night Disco Party
British Sea Power - Remember Me
Bruce Springsteen - Deportee
Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You more
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Clint Mansell - Requiem For A Dream
Cocteau Twins – Musette and Drums
The Cramps - What's Inside a Girl?
Crazyhead - Medley
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
The Cult - Rain
Culture Club – Church Of The Poisoned Mind
The Cure - Fascination Street
Curtis Mayfield – Keep On Keeping On
The Damned - Noise Noise Noise
The Dandy Warhols – Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
Danijela - Neka Me Ne Svane
David Bowie - My Death
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
David J - This Vicious Cabaret
Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
De La Soul - Roller Skating Jam Saturday
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Doctor Who Original Theme Music
Dinosaur Jr – Just Like Heaven
The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love
Dizzy Gillespie – Manteca
Doctor Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol
Dogs D’Amour – How Come It Never Rains
Donald Fagen – Ruby Baby
The Doves - The Cedar Room
Durutti Column – Sketch For Summer
Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
Edgar Jones and the Joneses - The Way It Is
Eels - Susan's House
Elastica - Line Up
Electronic - Disappointed
Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers - Cobblers Hornpipe
ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Elliott Carter – Catenaires
Faces – Stay With me
Faith No More - The Real Thing
The Fall - A Touch Sensitive
The Fall – Hit The North
Fat Boy Slim – Rockefella Skank
Father Ted – My Lovely Horse
Fatima Mansions - Loyaliser
Fields of Nephilim – And There Will Your Heart Be Also
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
Flogging Molly – Selfish Man
Focus – House Of The King
Frank Chackfield’s Orchestra – Little Red Monkey
Frank Sinatra - I Got You Under My Skin
Frank Zappa - Catholic Girls
Frank Zappa - Trouble Coming Every Day
Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
Gary Newman - Cars
Gary Williams - Song For Ten
George Baker - Little Green Bag
George Harrison – Art Of Dying
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine
Guns N Roses – November Rain
Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Half Man Half Biscuit - 24 Hour Garage People
A Hawk & A Hacksaw + The Hun Hangár Ensemble - Serbian Cocek
Hawkwind – Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Hawkwind - Masters of the Universe
Howard Shore – Concerning Hobbits
The Human League - Being Boiled
Husker Du – Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
I Am Kloot - The Same Deep Water As Me
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - The Passing Show
iLiKETRAiNS - THE BEECHiNG REPORT
iLiKETRAiNS – BEFORETHECURTAiNSCLOSE Part ii
iLiKETRAiNS - TERRA NOVA
I Monster - Daydream In Blue
Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
The Jam - Beat Surrender
Jane Wieldin - Ruse Hour
Japan – Ghosts
Jarvis Cocker - I Will Kill Again
Jarvis Cocker - Running The World
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Jeff Wayne – The Eve of War
Jesus and Mary Chain - Far Gone And Out
Jilton John- Gordon Is A Moron
Jim Moray - All You Pretty Girls
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic
Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted?
Joanna Newsom - Sawdust and Diamonds
John Barrowman – Feeling Good
John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chickentown
Johnny Cash - Further On Up The Road
Jon Pertwee - I Am The Doctor
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Judy Garland - Get Happy
Jurrasic 5 – Improvise
Julian Cope - Beautiful Love
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Killing Joke – Love Like Blood

The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
The KLF - Doctorin' The TARDIS
The KLF – Justified And Ancient
The KLF - It's Grim Up North
kool moe dee – I Go To Work
KPM Allstars - Grandstand
Kyte - Sunlight
Ladyhawke - My Delirium
Ladytron – Runaway
Ladytron - Seventeen
Laibach - Geburt Einer Nation
Lampchop – Up With People
Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks
Les Miserable – One More Day
The Levellers - Burn America Burn
The Levellers - What You Know
Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palms
Lloyd Cole – She’s A Girl And I’m A Man
Lush with Jarvis Cocker - Ciao
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Magazine – Song From Under The Floorboards
Magazine – The Light Pours Out Of Me
Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami
Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Persson - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Mansun – Wide Open Space
Mark Almond – Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
Massive Attack with Tricky - Karmacoma
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil
McFly - Transylvania
MC Lars – Download This Song
Mellow - Another Mellow Winter
Members – Sound of the Suburbs
Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance
Metallica – One
Miss Saigon – Last Night Of The World
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Monty Python – The Galaxy Song
Midlake - Roscoe
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition
Mos Def and Massive Attack – I Against I
Motorhead – Rock n Roll
The Mission – Tower Of Strength
Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
Murrary Gold – All The Strange Creatures
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
My Life Story - Sparkle
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood - Some Velvet Morning
Neil Young – Keep On Rocking In The Free World
Nerf Herder – Mr Spock
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
Nick Cave – There She Goes My Beautiful World
Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
Of Montreal - Id Engager
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
Orbital - Dr Who Theme
Otis Lee Cranshaw – Women Call It Stalking
Paul McCartney – Every Night
Peter Sellers – A Hard Days Night
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
Pixies - Vamos
The Pogues - Sally MacLannane
The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Pop Will Eat Itself - The Fuses Have Been Lit
Portishead – Glory Box
The Prodigy - No Good
Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause
Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time?
Pulp - Sorted For Es and Wizz
Red Priest - Four Seasons: Spring
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset - Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk
Rammstein - Sonne
Regina Spektor - Samson
Reindeer Section - You Are My Joy
REM – Half The World Away
Rich Kids – Ghosts of Princes In The Tower
Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
Robin Hitchcock - Madonna of the Wasps
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Roxy Music - Ladytron
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
RUM DMC – Rum’s House
The Ruttles - Cheese and Onions
Saint Etienne - Heart Failed
Serart - Devil's Wedding
Serge Gainsbourg- L'Initiales B.B.
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Shakespeare’s Sister – I Don’t Care
Sibelius – Symphony No 5
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
Silje Negaard - Be Still My Heart
Silver Jews - Punks In The Beerlight
Simon and Garfunkel - Silent Night/7 0'Clock News
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities of Dust
Sisters of Mercy - Dominion
Skip Spence - Cripple Creek
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Smash Mouth - Why Can't We Be Friends
The Smiths – Panic
Smog - Rock Bottom Riser
Sol Seppy - Slo Fuzz
Sonny Rhodes – Firefly
Sparks - Beat The Clock
The Specials - Do Nothing
The Specials - Ghost Town
Stereolab - French Disko
Statsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz
Sting - When The World Is Running Down
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Suede - Still Life
Sugar – If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Super Furry Animals - The Man Don’t Give A f***
Supergrass - The Sun Hits The Sky
Supertramp – Fool’s Overture
Suzanne Vega – Marlene On The Wall
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place
Team America – Everyone Has Aids
Teenage Fanclub – Ain’t That Enough
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
Thomas Lang - Feels So Right
This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren
Tight Fit - Fantasy Island
Time Zone - World Destruction
Tindersticks - No More Affairs
Tom Waites - God's Away On Business
Tottenham Hotspur FC and Chas and Dave - Ossie's Dream
The Triffids - Wide Open Road
The Twilight Sad – That Summer...
Ugly Duckling - A Little Samba
The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain – The Good The Bad and The Ugly
UK Subs - Stranglehold
Vanessa Paradis - Joe La Taxi
Voice Of The Beehive – I Say Nothing
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
The Wedding Present - Brassneck
Whipping Boy - We Don't Need Anybody Else
XTC - Dear God
Yasmin Levy - Mano Sauve
Zaine Griff - Ashes and Diamonds
ZZ Top - Legs

It's black and white, dont try to hide it. Madness - (Waiting for) The Ghost Train.

A few years ago, a friend and I came up with an idea for a TV series, but we couldn't get anyone to pick it up. Anyway, this is the song I wanted to use for the opening titles, if it ever got that far:

Kosheen - Empty Skies

Following on from my discussion with Stanmore yesterday, here, from the early 90's tribute album "If I Were A Carpenter" is a brilliant cover version:


Sonic Youth- Superstar

With an added link to yesterday's suggestion from me, in that the Velvets and the Carpenters both had lady drummers (hmm, what a good name for a group).

In total contrast:

Steely Dan - Do it again

They look like prats, I know. But I love them to bits. I got into the Dan through my love of Donald Fagen's Nightfly album (I posted Ruby baby from that the other day). I think they are brilliant.

I have very fond memories of Danny Baker talking about the Dan after he replaced DLT (a big Dan fan ) on R1 on Saturday mornings, remarking that if you don't know who Steely Dan are.......you should. DB was supposed to be making the show more hip. In fact, he upped the Dan and Fagen quotient considerably. Result!

I like Steely Dan. Wahey - something to put on when Sheringham comes round!

Odetta - Cotton Fields

I really like folk and blues and the like and I've not posted one dimes worth of the stuff. So here's a legend who we recently lost.