Here's a nice comp of performances from the 1960's on Ready Steady Go! Included are The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Rolling Stones, Cilla Black, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Billy Fury, The Who, The Searchers, The Animals, Them, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Sandie Shaw, and Peter Cook & Dudley Moore.

We've been through one of the busiest weeks we've ever recorded in Sodwee.com's history. And only because we premiered the 'real' version of 'Get Lucky' in France. Long before any official radio or official source. We also produced a translated version of the Track by Track published on French website Nouvel Obs for international readers. And This has been seens by thousands already. We published this before any english source, obviously. We're are proud, of the accomplished work and the subsequent all-nighters we had to go throught to pull off this feat. And we're proud so many of you guys [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List , Television , Music Appreciation Mad Men Facebook After what feels like an eternity, Mad Men is finally coming back to cable. To celebrate, we used Sunday's season six premiere as an excuse to re-watch last season, over-analyze it for potential upcoming spoilers and listen to the soundtrack several times. Clearly, due to awesomeness, this led to us losing our minds. [...]

"When we're young we want to get away. When we're old we want to go back. And we spend our lives replacing all the things we leave behind." -- from "Southern Rain" by Mel Tillis I distinctly remember not being particularly crazy about "Southern Rain" (neither the song nor the weather condition, which ruined many a perfectly lovely summer afternoon in Kissimmee, Florida, when I was growing up in the '70s and '80s) around the time that it became Mel Tillis's sixth and final No. 1 country single in 1981. Perhaps the idea of nostalgia as a [...]

I received a message from Stuarto requesting I cover his show in the late afternoon hours of Friday, March 8. After a minute or two to think about it, I agreed. In all the times I've covered for his show over the past year and a half, I have never done a show that gives a nod to his show, which often features more mainstream music including a handful of tunes from the 60s and 70s. For March 8, I decided this needed to change. I pieced together quite the show for the first two [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List , Music Appreciation Hulton Archive Did you know that Neil Young has only ever won two Grammy Awards ? In 2009 he scored Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package for that Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) box set, then a year later he won Best Rock Song for "Angry World." We'll let that sink in a bit. [...]

Now just do not seem too smart. Not stupid but not too clever. That would be disastrous - and unnecessary. She is young, blond and blue eyed. Your Soul is naive. In these big blue eyes reflect the wonder of our earthly existence. You've already seen more than their peers. Leslie Clio is a traveler, it is the world because they can not be stopped. The one no one believes. One can not overstress the need of the hour. Not seem too smart. Not too thickly. The reality is tight enough. Take, for example, the pop-nation par excellence, UK. Loves the slight hint of a lack [...]

Ka-Ba-BLUHM!! (Anyone else remember the kids book, Drummer Hoff ?) I made the wise decision a few weeks back to buy a ticket to see Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers at Seattle's Triple Door show that took place this past Friday night (and which ended up selling out). I didn't really know a whole lot about Nicki other than what about 2 million other people have discovered on YouTube: she can turn cheesy old songs into something a whole lot better when she sings them acoustically in a van with her band in [...]

It's safe to say that Quentin Tarantino is one of the most respected and controversial directors of our generation, or as Tina Fey so kindly put it, "The star of all my sexual nightmares." This idiosyncratic maestro has skillfully curated musical content that speaks to his high level of taste as well as his audibly adventurous vision. He has consistently done a masterful job in blending music of all genres and decades into solid sequences of gritty on-screen treachery and truly unforgettable moments. From '70s grindhouse to savage acts of hardcore gore, any music that Quentin [...]
Mr B's weekly selection of chill loving. Enjoy the music the best you can. Agnes Obel, Falling, Catching Download here (Right Click, Save As). The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, Don't Stop The Dance Download here (Right Click, Save As). Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Song for Jesse Download here (Right Click, Save As). Dusty Springfield, Spooky Download [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List YouTube These days it's not enough for musicians to simply make music. If you're Jay-Z you buy an ownership stake in a basketball team, if you're Sleater-Kinney 's Carrie Brownstein you make a television show like Portlandia , but if you're a rocker just looking to be shown the money there's one way to go -- advertising. [...]
Spike Priggen (AKA "Cookie" of Bedazzled.tv and Scopitones.com ) will be DeeJaying at Sidecar on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn every other Thursday starting January 10th. I'll be "spinning" everything from Freakbeat to Dub, up to and including Glam, Bubblegum, Pop-Psych , Sunshine Pop , Garage Rock , Girl Groups, British Invasion , Punk, New Wave, Northern Soul , Ska, Funk, Soundtracks & other great musics of the 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond. Also expect to see some obscure Mod Retro Video action, courtesy of Bedazzled.tv on the monitors. [...]

Let's talk about beginnings -- new ones. It's January 1, so we all get to wipe the slate clean and start fresh. I had no problem saying goodbye to 2012 -- a year full of false starts, disappointments, broken promises and another Buenos Aires burglary -- and I enter 2013 cautiously optimistic. How could it not get better? (On the plus side, I did kick Klonopin and nasal decongestants in 2012!) For the first time since 1999 segued into 2000, and I spent the Y2K New Year with Amir in his [...]
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Cor! Eh? You beauty! (Nudge, Nudge). Knowotoimean? (Adopts Sid James cackly wheeze). I mean, 'oo wouldn't? Eh? Eh! Ow's yer father? Eh? Eh ? She'd get it! And no mistake! Let's slip into sumfink more comfortable, shall we? Yeah, let's slip into something more comfortable. Like the honeyed tones of La Cracknell and her backing band of boffins and beard strokers tackling some of the finest moments in thinking man's pop. With mixed results. Saint Etienne annoy me. Not in the way that wasps annoy [...]
Being good isn't always easy, no matter how hard we try. When the 103rd Most Acclaimed Album of All Time started sweet talking to us, well... Can you get away again tonight for a little Dusty Springfield? Klinger: Well, here's a pleasant little surprise for us, Mendelsohn. I'd be willing to bet that when average music fans are asked to consider the most important artists of all time, Dusty Springfield isn't a name that's likely to leap to mind. And yet here we are just out of the Great List's top 100 and here comes her 1969 excursion into [...]

Dusty Springfield - Arrested By You Eternal gratitude to new Viva Radio contributor Wombleton Records for introducing me to this enchanting Rupert Hine cover. This track has inspired me to once again turn to you, dear readers, and ask for suggestions for an all-1990 playlist. This is admittedly a pretty obviously bad idea. (What am I going for here, anyway? Vaguely dated adult contemporary? And if so, why?) In any case, let me know if you have any tips for hot tracks from the MCMXC, and enjoy the Dusty in the [...]
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