Saturday 31 July 2021
The Dub Is Coming
Friday 30 July 2021
Years & Years & Years
Nothing clever or sophisticated about today's post, just a mix of 'year' song titles, in chronological order. I've taken a liberal attitude to the song's actual meaning: I mean, 1234 by Feist could be a paean to the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty if you stretch your imagination, couldn't it? I'll also make no apologies for including the bowel-troubling Moby remix of The Smashing Pumpkins' 1979 over the original version for the simple reason that there's less Billy Corgan in it. Some are irreplaceable - The Clash, New Order, Prince - but hopefully a few surprises along the way. No surprise that Julian Cope and Andrew Weatherall have snuck their way into yet another playlist, of course.
2,111 years, 25 songs, 2 hours, done.
1) 1234 (Album Version): Feist (2007)
2) 1300 (12" Version): Putsch '79 (2003)
3) 1517 (Album Version): The Whitest Boy Alive (2009)
4) 1901 (Album Version): Phoenix (2009)
5) 1917: David Bowie (1999)
6) 1959: Patti Smith (1997)
7) 1963 (Single Version): New Order (1987)
8) 1967: The Auteurs (1999)
9) 1969: The Sisters Of Mercy (1983)
10) 1973: The Glimmers (2009)
11) 1977: The Clash (1977)
12) 1979 (Moby Mix): The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
13) 1981: Public Image Ltd. (1984)
14) 1984 (Summer Of Lovefingers Mix): Lovefingers vs. John Martyn (2008)
15) 1987 (Prins Thomas Diskomiks): diskJokke (2010)
16) 1993: Dananananaykroyd (2008)
17) 1995 (Album Version): Julian Cope (1995)
18) 1997 (Doctor Rosen Rosen Remix): Department Of Eagles (2008)
19) 1999 (Edit): Prince (1982)
20) 2000 (Original Version): RPM (1994)
21) 2001 (12" Remix By Donald Ross Skinner & Hugo Nicolson): Melissa Etheridge (1992)
22) 2012: Gossip (2009)
23) 2013 (Andrew Weatherall Remix): Primal Scream (2013)
24) 2080 (Brenmar Remix): Yeasayer (2009)
25) 3345 (GHP Whole Lotta Velvet Mix By Mark Vidler): The Black Velvets (2005)
Thursday 29 July 2021
Say Captain, Say What
Wednesday 28 July 2021
Everything Blows Me Away
Looking back, I was trying a bit too hard: the reviews are rather worthy (& wordy), not particularly well-informed and laughably po-faced in parts. Arguably, I'm still travelling the same well-worn path, though these days it's pretty much all about the music.
Tuesday 27 July 2021
Bad Attitude
Monday 26 July 2021
Cosmic Intervention
Sunday 25 July 2021
Floorshow
Saturday 24 July 2021
The Silence Won't Crack Though We Heave And Hack
Friday 23 July 2021
How Do We Start?
Thursday 22 July 2021
101
Wednesday 21 July 2021
I Recorded Them Once And I've Never Played Them Again
Tuesday 20 July 2021
Freedom Day
Every day you hear one talking about
Love, peace and liberty
Well, can you tell me one thing
Well, I don't know, hmmmm
Well, I don't know (freedom)
A tell me which day, is gonna be a peaceful day
Well, I don't know (freedom)
I'd like to know (freedom)
Monday 19 July 2021
Too Much Trouble And Not Enough Time!
Sunday 18 July 2021
Faye Dunaway
Saturday 17 July 2021
Dirty Discollision!
2) Funky Town: World Domination Enterprises (1988)
5) Love Hangover (Remix By Mark Arthurworrey): Associates (1982)
6) Moskow Diskow: Señor Coconut & His Orchestra (2008)
8) Everybody Dance (Chic Inspirational Mix): Evolution ft. Yvonne Shelton (1993)
9) I’m A Man: Ty Segall (2018)
12) Disco Inferno: Age Of Chance (1986)
2) Funky Town (12" Disco Mix): Lipps, Inc. (1979)
5) Love Hangover (12" Disco Mix): Diana Ross (1976)
6) Moskow Diskow (Disco Mix) (English 12" Version): Telex (1979)
8) Everybody Dance (12" Disco Mix): Chic (1977)
9) I'm A Man (Khayem's So Macho Outrovert Re-Edit): Macho (1978)
12) Disco Inferno (Full Length 12" Disco Mix): Trammps (1976)