
Here's a psych outing that you wouldn't expect from Del Shannon, but that you couldn't hear from anyone else. In case you don't remember, Del broke out in 1961 with "My Little Runaway.. ah run, run, run run runaway." Though, he failed to equal his initial success afterwards, until he turned his sights to this here target audience in 1968. Del used his birth name on the title for this album, which is an erie and rocking mix of great tunes. The opener, Thinkin' It Over, really nailed me the first time I let this baby play. But [...]
HEROIN (WITH VIOLA) Lou Reed and John Cale Paris Rehearsal : January 1972 [Unreleased] HEROIN (WITH ORGAN-FURL) The Velvet Underground Poor Richard's : June 1966 [Unreleased] ANDY SAYS/VENUS IN FURS/HEROIN Andy Warhol/The Velvet Underground WNET : February 1966 [Unreleased] INTERVIEW Lou Reed KVAN, Portland, Oregon : 1969 [Unreleased] INTERVIEW The Velvet Underground Fondation Cartier, Paris : June 1990 [Unreleased] Is Mel Gibson's film a quandry for Oscar voters ? I dunno. [...]
What's the news around town? Pitchfork counted down the top 200 songs of the 1960s . As with all such lists, there's only so much you can say about it. 200 songs for a whole decade (one of the most musically rich decades ever, no less) will leave hundreds, even thousands of well-deserving candidates off. That said, there were a number of interesting decisions. A number of experimental, jazz, etc. tracks made it into the 150-200 range and then completely disappeared. Pitchfork wants us to know that they're [...]