Dwight Twilley Band - Looking For The Magic

Some music for your Memorial Day car wash, pool party, and/or barbeque. That step down to the minor chord on the chorus keeps segueing into the bridge of Waterloo Sunset in my head. In other words, where Dwight goes "Whoa, oh oh oh I I", I keep ending up at the "Chilly chilly is the evening time" bit of Waterloo. FWIW.

Happy Memorial Day, America.

Neil Young: See the Sky About to Rain

Bad Brains: I & I Survive

This one goes out to one of my sister's old mixes.

The Cure: The Funeral Party

I wonder if Angelo Badalamenti was a Cure fan. Coincidence?

1. Using the word "punk" in 1974: check.
2. pre-Slash top hat: check.
3. Rhythm guitar player tight pants: check.
4. When you're actually from Oklahoma, it's OK to sing like Leon Russell: check.

Still trying to track down the 45 reissued by
Anopheles. Who's holding?

Carol - So Low

My favorite note occurs at 0:43, 1:49, and 2:55.

Islanders - Tirolien Laender

Selections from my favorite youtube channel.

Pretty much all you need to know about American history is contained in this.

new Viva show here

Maceys Window - It's Getting Harder
Sunshine Theatre - Mountain

Two sunbaked 45s from '71, lovingly compiled on this. Maceys Window are English and Sunshine Theatre are Welsh.

Kind of makes you want to throw a styrofoam cooler full of ice-cold Tecate in the trunk and drive westward, doesn't it?

Peter Gabriel: Disturbed (alternate take)

When this soundtrack came out there were many nights I would put this on before bed. For years I had no desire to see The Last Temptation of Christ for fear that it would spoil the music, no matter how great the director.

I wonder how many soundtracks are actually better than the films they represent?

Lesson of the day.

Jacob Miller: Each One Teach One

Townes Van Zandt: I'll Be Here in the Morning

FROM THE ARK HIVE

East Of Eden - Northern Hemisphere

Hearing this again the other day, I was reminded of an article recently linked to by Big B ("The death of mistakes means the death of rock", written by one-time A.D. commenter Douglas Wolk), namely because I love when the bass player fucks up and goes to the chord change too early at 1:20. I'm also quite keen on the one-time modification the guitar player makes to his line at 2:10. Original airdate 4/22/08.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Merry Clayton - Tell All The People

Original air-date: 1/30/2007. Words & music by Robbie Krieger. Paul Humphrey on drums.

FROM THE ARCHIVES


original air-date: 4/15/07

Green Arrows - The Towering Inferno

Inspired by the film. Best flubbed guitar note at 1:02.

Aiight fools, this is going to be on the spring playlist (whenever I finish it) but throwing caution to the wind I've decided to "leak" it today. Dig the melody. The message. The endearingly off-key guys in the background singing "just for me". The heavy-handed imagery in the video. The celesta part (or whatever's making that bell sound). The harpsichord part. The ducks in the pond.

Anyone know who wrote this? Is that Mike d'Abo on lead vocals?

A toast for the great photographer Jim Marshall.

One of many obits here.

FYI

you can hear my March playlist in progress over here

Cass McCombs: The Executioner's Song

I just can't get this out of my head.

Sun Kil Moon: Si, Paloma

Erroll Garner - Fantasy On Frankie And Johnny

Basement Jaxx (featuring Yoko): Day of the Sunflowers (We March On)

Suede - My Insatiable One

Featuring a lead tone from Bernard Butler that had me doing air-guitar on the treadmill earlier today. Ripped from a CD I purchased at the late, great Etherea record store. Apparently Morrissey covered this?

Frederick Knight: I've Been Lonely for So Long

Emmett presents: Winter-Harvest

side one
Zmirneikos Balos - Maria Papagika
The Woman Of Our Day - Svanfridur
Pastels - Keith Cross & Peter Ross
Sidewalk Cafe - Todd Rundgren
Nice Age - Yellow Magic Orchestra

side two
Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement) - Gary Numan
I Can't Leave It Alone - Tony Wilson
Jalousie - Amon Düül II
Da Guadeloop (Prins Thomas edit) - Amon Düül II
Invitation - Earth and Fire

side three
Perspective - Yellow Magic Orchestra
He Needs Me - Shelley Duvall
Song Of A Sinner - Top Drawer
Hedi's Head - Kleenex
Groove On Down - Dunn Pearson, Jr.

side four
El Condor Pasa - Esther Ofarim
Gnostic Serenade - Esther Ofarim
Superlady - Jeff Phelps
You And I, Part II - Fleetwood Mac
Just Visiting - Lynsey de Paul

Get 'em all in one zip file, now with m3u file included!

Led Zeppelin: Going to California (live)

Courtesy of John Peel's BBC Rock Hour @ Paris Studios in London

Say you wanted to rewrite this song in '98. Well, it might sound like this.

FROM THE '07 ARCHIVES:












Boozoo Chavis: Paper in my Shoe

Recorded in Austin, Texas, this 45 launched the King of Zydeco into dance halls in the deep south and beyond. Any takers on deciphering the lyrics? I thought getting properly lit might help, but now I'm the one who needs deciphering...

Roy Ayers: And Don't You Say No

Off of You Send Me.

Michael Nesmith: Joanne

Claude Bolling: Full Speed

Because I couldn't resist after Sheridan's Thursday's post. Here we have Claude in a swingin' mood. This goes out to one psychedelic party Dupre should host. Right?! Anyone interested in attending?

Muddy Waters: Deep Down in Florida

I'm goin' down to Florida
Where the sun shines damn near every day...

Claude Bolling: Sentimentale from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano

That's Jean-Pierre Rampal on flute, Marcel Sabiani on drums, and (who else?) Max Hediguer on bass. The liner notes are a model of restrained professional approval:

One floor in the CBS building (on 6th Avenue in New York City) houses Columbia Records' A&R divisions - pop, jazz and classical. A feeling of camaraderie generally exists among the workers but the sound of a tape or disc reference denoting a new release can, and often does, lead to patient shrugs or tempered verbal exchanges between people of widely differing musical persuasions. A happy exception to this attitude of reluctant laissez-faire occurred recently when pianist Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz piano was played in a producer's office. The universal appeal of this record became immediately apparent when other producers and secretaries from all divisions converged spontaneously in an expression of enthusiastic interest.

So kudos to Bobby Finn, the author of the most corporate, lifeless liner notes I've ever read.

I feel like I've seen this music somewhere, though. You know?

Dave Brubeck: Theme from "Mr Broadway" and Winter Ballad

Two from Jazz Impressions of New York. The first was the theme song to an evidently short lived TV series called "Mr Broadway." Below you can see the opening credits, and you won't want to miss the sponsorship ad.

A croquet set?

And the second, "Winter Ballad," has just the right touch of menthol.

The players:
Dave Brubeck, piano
Paul Desmond, alto sax
Gene Wright, bass
Joe Morello, drums

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
It's all been ground down to molasses.

The Band: Ain't No More Cane

Little wiki on the song here.

Marginal Sound Quality Upgrade!

Brett Smiley - Run For The Sun

Hey gang, I thought the mp3 I posted of this as part of this collection was maybe a little too bright, so here's a new one that possibly sounds slightly better! More importantly, can anyone tell me about the supposed cover version of this by Italian singer Droopi (or is that Drupi)? This is mentioned in the liner notes for Breathlessly Brett, but I can't find anything about it online. Big thanks again to Piper K for the tip on this jammer! Get the whole album here.

COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY


The new Viva show drops today at 2 PM: that's just 26 minutes away if you're in the EST. Today's show features 9 new-to-me jams, 7 gemms from the archives, and 2 commercials (!), including the one above. Those of a certain age who grew up in the Tri-State Area might remember it. Dig the chords behind the announcements.

Listen to the Viva show live here, or after-the-fact here. Comments & emails always appreciated!

Prince Alla: Bucket Bottom

"Every day the bucket a-go to the well
One day the bottom must drop out."

Purchase single here.

IT'S A BRAND NEW DECADE

(so let a man come in and do the popcorn)

Tangled Up In Blue (demo) - Bob Dylan

DJ Emmett presents fin de la décennie spectacular

Good Time Coming - Mustard
Lucy Lu - Bob Summers
I Won't Step On Your Shoes - Barnaby Bye
Asmodaï - Tac Poum Système
Eanie Meany - Jim Noir
I Won't Let You Down - Ph.D.
The EMI Song - Alex Chilton
Gemini - Marcello Giombini
I Need You Tonight - The Punkin Machine
Right Off (excerpt, -8) - Miles Davis
No Train To Stockholm - Lee Hazlewood
Spiralys - Daniela Casa
L'idole des jaunes - Stella
Run For The Sun - Brett Smiley
Il Veliero - Lucio Battisti
My Love Will Shine - Pat Thomas & Marijata
Pyjamarama - Sartre's Lobster
Bilbao Song - Bernie Leighton
Trouble - Lindsey Buckingham
Perpetrator - Stew Lane
Poison Lips - Vitalic
Schwerkraft - Schaltkreis Wassermann
2010 - Andy Summers
Art Decade Chant - Big B

(or, get them all in one zip file)

Dear friends: the new Viva show drops today. A retrospective of musical highlights from 2009, i.e. an assortment of some of the best stuff I "discovered" this year. Enjoy at 2 PM on Viva Radio, or after-the-fact here.

I'll also be posting about 22 songs tomorrow morning - stay tuned!

Auld Lang Syne: Scottish and North English: 1. old times, esp. times fondly remembered. 2. old or long friendship. [lit., old long since, i.e., old long-ago (days)]

The Death of Mistakes Means The Death Of Rock

Bert Jansch: Wayward Child

Anne Murray: Danny's Song

This is a Kenny Loggins joint. Wikipedia can tell me it was written for Kenny Loggins's brother's child, that doesn't stop me from thinking about Dan Fouts.

The Temptations: Smiling Faces Sometimes

That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain...

Fairport Convention: Tried So Hard

The FC doing old GC...