(Editor's Note: I wrote one Halloween post yesterday, then I realized we did this up big last year. So this one is a repost, like many of the other Halloween items you'll see in coming days and weeks.) October is a fun month, because it has Halloween. Adults who are otherwise intelligent and responsible like to dress up in stupid costumes and go to parties, while many others who don't still remember when they used to go trick-or-treating as kids. Churches and other religious types don't much like Halloween, but I always thought that celebrating Halloween [...]
"Playing with the queen of hearts, knowing it ain't really smart..." As I tend to keep my promises, here's part 2 of a royal megamix. Enjoy and buy some albums if you like what you hear ok? Dave Edmunds - Queen Of Hearts MP3 The Birthday Party - King Ink MP3 Sparklehorse - Homecoming Queen MP3 Cannibal & The Headhunters - Zulu King MP3 Palace Songs - Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow MP3 Elvis Costello - King [...]
"I used to be a king and everything around me turned around, but I know all I have to do is sing and I'll lift myself way off the ground..." Presenting part 1 of a royal megamix. Stay tuned for installment #2. Graham Nash - I Used To Be A King MP3 Bob Dylan - Queen Jane Approximately (live Rotterdam '87) MP3 William Bell - A Tribute To A King MP3 Soft Boys - Queen Of Eyes MP3 [...]
Don't know about where you live, but in these parts it's time to get back to school. Not me, of course (hahahaha) but my kids are getting ready to wake up early, do homework, etc. Well, wake up early anyway. When you're packing lunches you may want to throw in a tune or two. MP3: "High School Confidential" by Jerry Lee Lewis MP3: "School" by Nirvana MP3: "Smokin' In The Boys' Room" [...]
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If you're a listener to the Word Magazine's podcast you'll have heard an excellent recent episode featuring Nick Lowe . One of the highlights was Nick recalling his former Rockpile bandmate Dave Edmunds' animosity towards Keith Richards when the Stones' axeman joined them on stage in New York in 1978 . This reminded me that I have a solitary track in my collection featuring Dave Edmunds and it's an absolute corker. MP3: Carlene Carter w/ Dave Edmunds - Baby Ride Easy [...]
I grew up in a household where country radio was a staple of our car rides. And I certainly remember Juice Newton's version of "Queen of Hearts" as a song that got quite a bit of airplay. Enough so that, years later, when combing through the vinyl archives of my college radio station, I did [...]
October is a fun month, because it has Halloween. Adults who are otherwise intelligent and responsible like to dress up in stupid costumes and go to parties, while many others who don't still remember when they used to go trick-or-treating as kids. Churches and other religious types don't much like Halloween, but I always thought that celebrating Halloween is sort of like facing your fears eye to eye, and spitting in the face of death. And there are probably as many songs about Halloween - and related subjects - as there are Christmas tunes. So let's jump right [...]
Hight time for Wild Weekend #14. A special number that, as it´s the dorsal Johan Cruijff got famous with. Pele, Best, Beckenbauer, Maradona, Van Basten, Romario, Zidane and Maldini, to name but a few, were all downright amazing players and young Messi is currently in mouthwatering form, but Johan still gets my vote as the best footy player ever. Wasn´t too bad as a coach either. No wonder he just got appointed as honorary president of FC Barcelona. Anyway, on to the music now. Curious to hear what the iPod´s shuffle thingy has lined [...]
Most years Mrs Mackerel and I end up watching Jools Holland's Hootenanny to see in the New Year. Even though we'd since found out it is pre-recorded and not a live count down at all, it was still no exception this year although (much like the last series of Later With Jools Holland) it was a pretty poor line-up. Boy George was 100% awful, frankly embarrassing and Tom Jones and the midget from
Hey welcome to mid month October, the air is colder, the leaves are changing colour, the Maple Leafs still suck .. So whats new.. nothing. No time to post, no time to research. History behind " It Ain't Easy ", I'd always thought it was a old blues song , who knew. Enjoy..... David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - It Ain't Easy Dave Edmunds - Rockpile - It Ain't Easy Long John Baldry - [...]
Dropped this Stiff Records classic to much abandon at last weekend's Offset Festival. Excellent listening for a sunny afternoon. Nick Lowe - So It Goes
Back in the days of dinosaurs and vinyl LPs, record labels used to put out "samplers," full albums with a track each from their top artists and usually budget priced. In 1976, the pioneering punk/New Wave label Stiff Records came on to the scene and they put out an 11-song sampler LP in early 1977 to promote the first artists they signed. Elvis Costello A Bunch of Stiff Records now sounds prescient, because the Stiff roster included Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Wreckless Eric, Graham Parker, the Tyla [...]
For my money, the Stones' brand of booze-soaked blues and roll was perfected not by a group of British lads, but rather by a kick-ass cult band out of San Francisco called the Flamin' Groovies.
He was already a bit of a journeyman when he made his solo debut with Jesus of Cool in 1978, but Nick Lowe's biting lyrics and roots-flavored rock were a revelation at a time dominated by the twin poles of disco and punk.
Download: "Run Rudolph Run" mp3 by Dave Edmunds, 1982. available on Party Party
"So It Goes," by Nick Lowe/Rockpile, is one of my favorite songs. A friend put it on a mix tape she made me for my 21st birthday, and I've been putting it on mixes ever since. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Patients, we have a shot of rhythm and blues for yer rock 'n roll stethoscopes today. A recording by one-man-band Dave Edmunds that reached #4 in the U.S. and was the XMAS #1 single in the U.K. back in 1970. Dave Edmunds had the spirit of rock 'n roll in his blood-the kind of cat that didn't listen to anything recorded after 1964. Well, at least the doctors and nursemaids like to think so. He was known for carefully capturing the throwback sounds of Sun and Chess records. With "I Hear You Knocking" Welshman Edmunds recorded all [...]
With today's single, I'm kind of cheating. It's not actually performed by the original composer, but the composer's performance isn't too great. It's Girls Talk, written by Elvis Costello, performed in this case by Dave Edmunds. It's an extremely catchy number, and it's not surprising it made #4 (and stayed on the chart for 11 weeks, according to my incredibly helpful book British Hit Singles ). Dave sings in a very Costello-esque manner, which could either be interpreted as displaying influence, or simply being unoriginal. Either way, the slight whinyness of the vocals suits the song right [...]
Great British rocker Dave Edmunds returns on September 22nd, 2008 with a new album 'The Many Sides of Dave Edmunds - The Greatest Hits and More' , released on Universal. Including hits like "The Sabre Dance" and "I Hear You Knocking" , the album chronicles an illustrious career spanning four decades. Drawing on his solo work as well as material recorded with Love Sculpture and Rockpile , 'The Many Sides of Dave Edmunds' includes all Dave's finest moments as well as previously unreleased tracks "Every Time I See Her" [...]
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