Carouselambra- Led Zeppelin
Over To You- Black Sabbath
Love Rears Its Ugly Head- Tim Christensen
Hearts Of Stone - Bruce Springsteen
Clues- Paul Weller
Six Man Band- The Association
Famous Last Words- Tears For Fears
Honey- The London Souls
Can't Escape From You- Bob Dylan
Can't Hold Out Much Longer- Little Walter
Vanity Fair- World Party
Entangled- Genesis
My Maria- John Cale
The End Of The End- Paul McCartney
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Carouselambra- Led Zeppelin
This one popped up on shuffle and it made me think two things. The first was, how much I did not like it when it first came out. It was not Led Zeppelin! What the hell are all these keyboards doing here?! The second was, how much I love it now. Mainly written by John Paul Jones, it has three distinct parts, all of which have ridiculously good playing by the band.
Over To You- Black Sabbath
This is another track from "Never Say Die," which I mentioned in Thursday's "Soundtrack To The Bay" post. I don't get why this record is trashed by all involved.
Love Rears Its Ugly Head- Tim Christensen
No back story here. Included because I wanted to hear it.
Hearts Of Stone- Bruce Springsteen
Another shuffle pop-up. Can't decide if I like this version or the Southside Johnny version better.
Clues-Paul Weller
With a new Weller record about to drop, I decided to listen to my faves, which include "22 Dreams" and his solo debut. This one is from the debut, which still holds up as a terrific album.
Six Man Band- The Association
See iPod shuffle.
Famous Last Words- Tears For Fears
I've always thought TFF were an underappreciated band. Sure, they had huge hits and were wildly popular, but it seems wrong that they get lumped in with other 80's acts, thanks to "Shout." They go much deeper. This is a personal fave.
Honey- The London Souls
A band that should have been HUGE! That is a great story for another time. For now, this is from their last long-player, "Here Come The Girls."
Can't Escape From You- Bob Dylan
I said these words to a friend during a pretty heavy discussion that did not end well. It made me think of this Dylan song, which I hadn't heard in some time. This Dylan guy sure knows how to write a song.
Can't Hold Out Much Longer- Little Walter
Was catching up on The Ronnie Wood Show, which is essentially Ronnie and a guest, sitting around, listening to records and dancing and singing. Genius. One episode had the late, great Ian McLagan as a guest and they listened to this Little Walter tune. McLagan said, "Listen to the drummer." Mac then starts air drumming. "He's playing backwards." The drummer is hitting the snare on the downbeat. Sorry, but, "He's playing backwards" cracked me up.
Vanity Fair-World Party
Entangled-Genesis
My Maria-John Cale
These three tunes played one after the other on shuffle, and I thought they worked brilliantly. It made me put together a Spotify playlist called, "I'm U.K., You're U.K."
The End Of The End- Paul McCartney
Why not?
4 comments:
Really enjoy the little comments about the songs of the week. I confess to not paying a lot of attention to them unless something really caught my eye but having your comments included is cool. I often wonder myself when I want to hear something why now and what led me to want to hear a tune now. Like where did the desire to hear Stackridge "Fundamentally Yours" come from? And with Spotify it really is right now. I think I will start my own You're UK etc. playlist. Nice idea.
A bumper SOTW to unzip for the weekend! Good to rediscover a few nearly forgotten tunes & some new stuff like The London Souls. Many thanks for upping them!
Now I'm listening to your Spotify mixes too -- will it never end? :-)
Well done Sal.
Thanks for this. Someday you may want to talk about TFF (and maybe some other underrated bands). I share the same opinion about TFF so it will be great to read about it.
Roy
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