Tagged: old

Phil writes: An unexpected (by me) new single from Bowie. I like it. Had to post it: I didn't expect it to be on YouTube yet. As I was wondering which song to post for his birthday I heard Professor Brian Cox on the radio say, 'Is there life on Mars?' (his exact words). It's hard to pick his best songs but this is one of his biggest and best. Always worth a listen:

Joe writes: Aaron Neville has a really extraordinary voice. His first US pop hit was the wonderful Tell It Like It Is, which reached no. 2 on the Hot 100 in 1966. He also recorded my favourite version of the song Pledging My Love, originally a hit for Johnny Ace, whose version was the first single Paul Simon ever bought according to Wikipedia (if so then it stood Simon in good stead as a primer in songwriting). Paul Simon's song The Late Great [...]

Joe writes: Aaron Neville has a really extraordinary voice. His first US pop hit was the wonderful Tell It Like It Is, which reached no. 2 on the Hot 100 in 1966. He also recorded my favourite version of the song Pledging My Love, originally a hit for Johnny Ace, whose version was the first single Paul Simon every bought according to Wikipedia (if so then it stood Simon in good stead as a primer in songwriting). Paul Simon's song The Late Great Johnny Ace [...]

Joe writes: It can take a long time to break an artist. ie music, who manage Robbie Williams, have been managing Passenger for 11 years and finally things seem to be coming together for him. I tried to see him play at Great Escape earlier in the year, got the stage time wrong so arrived just after he had come off stage, and was amazed to see hundreds of people filing out. And now his excellent song Let Her Go has gone to no. 1 in both Belgium and The Netherlands. His music [...]

Joe writes: A recent discovery for me that is already one of my favourite Christmas songs, not least thanks to the couplet "I dream of her always/ Even when I don't dream/ Her name's on my tongue/ And her blood's in my stream. " The original version isn't on YouTube so I've experimented with embedding from Spotify: There is a later, possibly better, studio take on YouTube . Talking of Christmas songs, here's a wonderful article by Dorian Lynskey about Fairytale [...]

It seems as though everywhere you turn these days a teenage musical prodigy is waiting to great you.  With producers the likes of Madeon, Porter Robinson, and Marty  all finding enormous success and notoriety before the age of 20, it was only fitting that you hear about another one . Being just a sophomore at The University of Vermont hasn't stopped young  Pierce Fulton  from headlining some of the biggest clubs in the United States.  Along with garnering attention from talent the likes of  Tiesto  and Wolfgang Gartner  for his hardhitting electro bangers, the young [...]

Joe writes: Great soulful track on French Express. Does anyone know what the sample is? So Good To Me reminds me of All I Need by Ill Beat Hustlers which went nowhere but should have been huge: Ill Beat Hustlers sampled Don't Know Much by Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt :

• Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me

Joe writes: As a one-time regular prison visitor and Mary Gauthier fan, I was bound to like this. Be warned though - it will not get your Thanksgiving party started.

Phil writes: The Gary Barlow version has reminded me of a lovely song that I had almost forgotten. Not sure what GB adds to it though:

Joe writes: There's an identikit cover version of Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler's One & One floating around which reminded me what a great song it is. It was written by Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels and Marie Claire D'Ubaldo. Billy Steinberg is "just" a lyricist - he doesn't write melody - but he's one of the most successful lyricists of the modern era having written Like A Virgin, True Colors, Eternal Flame, and Alone by Heart, all with Tom Kelly. I heard a story, probably apocryphal, that some time after Like A Virgin had been the [...]

Phil writes: Just caught this on the 'Judy Garland Show' (Sky Arts). A great song, sensationally sung by the 21 year-old Streisand:

Phil writes: Another great duet to go along with Another Day :

Gente, bora recordar os velhos tempos? Hoje, a Quarta Rock recebe, além de mim, também a Cá Cardoso e o Marco Mazzarotto, que somando ao Ale Dantas e Claudinha Bukowski, simplesmente compõe a formação aí de 2005 a 2007, mais ou menos. Bora? Colo, abaixo, um set meu bem no espírito da coisa toda ;) E, sexta, vocês já sabem... IN (OLD) NEW MUSIC WE TRUST(ED) by Denis Pedroso on Mixcloud [...]

Joe writes: Chris Moyles played parts of this several times during his emotional last ever Radio 1 breakfast show. It's my favourite ever classical crossover song and recording, written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). It's so good it's hard to believe it was written during the modern era. It reached no. 2 in the UK charts in 1997.

Phil writes: Meant to post this in tribute to Hal David when he died, a great example of his writing. It's a beautiful song memorably and poignantly recorded by Armstrong (in one take). It was his last recording and he was unable to play trumpet due to his health. It didn't matter, even though he was possibly the greatest trumpet player of all time.

My music taste and listening, has, over the last couple of years, leaned towards more electronic music, house and techno producers.  This has lead me to great music and more often when listening to house or techno it's a given that I will be listening to older stuff found on YouTube. However, at the same time it's meant I've forgotten about the 'alternative' artists and bands I would listen to all the time before. Whilst  finishing university and being unemployed for the last few months I've taken to  using Spotify again. Although I don't agree with the fact that musicians get [...]

• Mice Parade - Fous On The Roller Coaster
• Mice Parade - Nights Wave

Joe writes: Or as the person who posted it on YouTube has called it, Waltzing Matlida.

Are you like me? Are you someone who looks at the crap of the world today and wonders why we can't go back to 'the good old days'. Do you sit and think about how much simpler times were? Back when Sheriff Andy and Opie would go fishin' after school. A time when tv couples had separate beds? A time when the 'good guys' always won? When the milkman left milk at the house? Sharpeners wandered the neighbourhood, ringing the hand-held bell to let you know he was there - ready to sharpen whatever you needed? [...]

Phil writes: There was one of those mini SuBo moments on X-Factor. It reminded me what a great song 'The Rose' is.

Joe writes: Joe South who wrote the amazing song Rose Garden has died. Here's Lynn Anderson's hit version: and here's a fun cover by The Suicide Machines: The original version was by Joe South himself , and the song has been recorded by many other artists including The Three Degrees which gives me an excuse to post one of my all-time favourite hits, When Will I See You Again: