You all know the song Baba O'Riley. In case you need a refresher, check out this post over at Star Maker Machine . Much like that guy over at SMM, The Who were the first musical group that really grabbed me by the shirt collar and said "music is important!" (Hank was the artist who put the twang into the mix for me, but that's another story.) So, as a little tribute to Pete and The Who, here is a great demo of a song called Teenage Wasteland. It's pretty much [...]
Only hit up the closing minutes of my old flea market and still made some nice finds. One snag this time tho, I had Elephant Mountain by the Youngbloods in my hand ready to go but somehow lost it on the way back! Win some lose some I guess; all the sweeter when I nab it down the road. Mimi & Richard Fariña "Celebrations For a Grey Day" I knew about this record because of Richie Unterberger's Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers . It came with a CD [...]
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The question came up the other day at some disreputable forum I frequent: What movie, book, and album would you take with you to a deserted island? The very first disk that came to my mind was Who Are You . Who Are You is one of the few albums I can – and have – listened to over and over and just never get tired of hearing. It's hard for me to say exactly what it is that has had such lasting appeal to me. I just find the band sounding extremely [...]
The original "Save It For Later" ( by whom we call The English Beat over in these here parts, but were truly just called "The Beat" ) hit the charts in 1982 and is part of the musical periphery of my childhood. As many times as I've heard it, it still strikes me from those opening notes as such a fantastic song. Save It For Later - The (English) Beat English Beat played Denver a few weeks ago, and while I was not in attendance, I did get updates [...]
The Internet Has More Secrets To Behold by Tess Lynch "Paper Plane" - The Minders ( mp3 ) "Let My Love Open The Door" - Pete Townshend ( mp3 ) If you haven't heard of an " easter egg " - the extra, pointless doo-hickey that gets stuck into programs, CDs, search engines and video games - then you simply aren't spending enough time on the internet. These are reserved for when one has actually reached the end of [...]
THE JOURNEY Mott the Hoople Brain Capers Atlantic : 1971 [Buy It] Once, many years ago, I left my small town to travel to the big city. Before I left, I spent the better part of the evening with the woman I loved, kissing her and running my hands across her shoulders and back. At dawn, I embraced my parents and set out on foot, with nothing in my pack except food, a canteen, and a knife. What else do you need? The city [...]
I'M GETTING 'LONG ALRIGHT Esther Phillips Available on: The Best of Esther Philips 1962-1970 Rhino : 1997 [Buy It] SHE'S ALRIGHT Bo Diddley Available on: Rare & Well Done MCA : 1991 [Buy It] NIGHTIME/ANYTIME (IT'S ALRIGHT) Jim Guthrie Available on: The Believer Music Issue 2005 The Beliwver : June/July 2005 [Buy It] FEELIN' ALRIGHT Lulu New [...]
Von der Demo- bis zur Coverversion ist's nur ein Katzensprung. Außerdem: Social bookmarker aufgepasst! Pete Townshend hat jetzt auch ein(en) Blog. MP3: Beach Boys / Surfin' USA (demo) MP3: JAMC / Surfin' USA Technorati Tags: Beach Boys , Jesus and Mary chain , Pete Townshend , the Who , mp3 download Share This
Pete Townshend has let slip a conversation he had with Mick Jagger recently, in which Jagger seems to be frustrated by his colleagues' declining work rate : ?I asked Mick, ?How?s it going?? He said, ?Well, I?m still doing fucking everything.? Ronnie and Keith?s big decision is whether to get drunk.? To be fair, Mick, most men of Ron and Keith's age are starting to think about buying a small house in the Algarve and giving up work for good. That's the ones who haven't fallen out of trees [...]
100 Years (in Ten Jumps) 1986: Ivor Cutler, Roget. The Mekons, Oblivion. Pete Townshend, Save It For Later. David and David, Swallowed By the Cracks. Big Stick, Drag Racing. John Carter, Moon Waltz. Prince, Girls and Boys. The Judds, Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days). Robert Cray, I Guess I Showed Her. Timex Social Club, Rumors. Megadeth, Peace Sells. Dwight Yoakam, Guitars,
Normally, when a celebrity who's alive and well is marked off as dead and buried, it's down to the internet. The greatly-exaggerated death of Doris Day, though, is a bit more exotic: Pete Townshend included her in a list song of dead celebrities, Mirror Door. (Which is, of course, a bit like Endless Art by A House.) Day gets sandwiched between Dave Van Ronk and Bobby Darin, but is, of course, still alive: "I was absolutely convinced she was dead" [said Pete] Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. music [...]
ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag When I was a kid I totally loved ZZ Top. Looking back, their combination of synth-pop and blues probably served as a gateway drug from 80s pop music to 70s classic rock. This remix of Sleeping Bag is more of the former than the later, but its still fun (and that cover is really something else.) Now if I could just find an extended remix of "Pearl Necklace" I'd be set. New Edition (Muzak) - Funky Town I bought an album [...]
6 Cardinal Colors: Blue George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue. Henry "Red" Allen, (Trouble Ends) Out Where the Blue Begins. Langston Hughes, Too Blue. Louis Armstrong, Blue Again. Bessie Smith, Blue Blue. Men At Work, Blue For You. The Savoy Orpheans, The Blue Room. Jimmy Rowles, Serenade in Blue. Clifford Hayes, Blue Guitar Stomp. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, Blue Bonnet Rag. Sidney Bechet, Blue
All is not peace and light in the reunited Who ranks, as Daltrey and Townshend have a falling-out : "Roger seems to think when I provide bandwidth for The Who website, and for live streaming, he is being exploited in some way and wants a piece of the future 'profit'. Don't think there is much chance of profit when it is all aimed at charity." "Daltrey seems to be unconvinced that the web has any real contribution to make to our career, and I am not going to spend any more time or [...]
Things are shaping up. Top and I grabbed our tickets today. I just grabbed a ticket for the First Lady, and it turns out Callo and The Geaux are going to make it down, as well. It didn't take much to rope Callo's mess into the mix (all I told him was that we were drinking in Baltimore). Well, actually he was sold when I uttered these two words: "The Who." Rock legends, Pearl Jam influences, and all around beasts in the Metro D book. That part in the movie VANILLA SKY (of who's merit we will discuss [...]
Dave at classicrock.about.com and Jeff at imaginechoes.blogspot.com were quick to spread the news...Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend have written new music for a new album, and The Who will tour the world...the official announcement came from a press conference in Berlin last week. www.thewhotour.com has all the official news, tour dates and information The Band: Original members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey , Pete's brother Simon Townshend on guitar, John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keyboards, Pino Palladino on [...]
Two posts in one week!? I'm suddenly prolific! Big Country - Wonderland (Extended Mix) Big Country - Giant I created this blog because of bands like Big Country. Anyone who's only heard their sole American hit 'In A Big Country' and nothing else is really missing out on some of the best music of the '80s. Big Country's 1983 debut The Crossing is one of the defining albums of the New Wave movement - and it still holds up as an amazing record to [...]
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REMIX SUNDAYS- May 27th, 2012
(Re)Covered, Vol. XXVI: New Covers of… The Band, Paul Simon, Bill Withers, Springsteen, Dylan, & more!
