Sunday, March 20, 2022

Songs Of The Week, 2022: 3/12-3/18


 

Surrender- Terence Trent D'arby
I've Done It Again- Grace Jones
The Witch- The Cult
Sheraton Gibson- Pete Townshend
I Think It's That Girl- Dwight Twilley
What Love Is- Dead Boys
Archie- Ernest Ranglin

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Surrender- Terence Trent D'Arby
TTD's best song. Period.

I've Done It Again- Grace Jones
Grace Jones' "Nightclubbing" gets played as often as any one of my obvious favorites. If you haven't listened to it recently, do yourself a favor and give it a spin. It is sublime record making.

The Witch- The Cult
A little swapping--like "Automatic Blues" instead of "Edie (Ciao Baby)" and "Zap City" instead of "Resurrection Joe" and "Pure Cult" is a close to perfect 2 LP collection. (And maybe restore the intro to "Sun King." but that's it!)

Sheraton Gibson- Pete Townshend
"Who Came First" was released in 1972. "Rough Mix" was released in 1977. But Townshend refers to 1980's "Empty Glass" as his first proper solo album. I guess that is technically true, but ""Who Came First" is still first to me. Our friend Bill and I had a fun exchange regarding this record: 

Bill: Who Came First was one of my first "white whale" albums--I'd always look for it in any record store I would visit. For many years I never was able to find a copy. Finally, I ordered it as an import from Second Coming Records in NYC, from an ad I saw in Trouser Press. I had been looking for so long! While I don't think it comes close to Empty Glass or Rough Mix (or even Chinese Eyes), there are some good songs on it. 

Me: I have a similar story. It took me a long time to find a copy that included the poster. Once I did find it for $25, it seemed that I couldn't stop finding it for $10. I think it really holds up. But yeah, it's no "Rough Mix."

I Think It's That Girl- Dwight Twilley
That first album "Sincerely" gets all the kudos and it is hard to beat, but "Scuba Divers" is right there behind it.

What Love Is- Dead Boys
Fast and hard! You need it, whether you know it or not.

Archie- Ernest Ranglin
Are they really singing "Archie f**ked them up" on this blissful slice of island magic? 

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Depending on the mood, I might think of This Side of Love but let’s agree on Surrender.

And The Witch is a killer. Great mix, thanks!

Roy

A Walk In The Woods said...

A couple of things. Emmitt Rhodes has been elevated, at least among aficianados, in recent years, to his rightful status as a power pop king, after nobody buying his records when they came out. But I never hear anyone mention his brothers in power pop obscurity, Dwight Twilley - or Tommy Keene for that matter. I wonder why?

Second - not sure if I should put these comments here, on the current post, or back on the post they relate to (will they get seen if I do the latter?). But I'm listening to your "recent favorites" mix and it's stacked with jewels. That Lollipops song is a minor revelation and a new addition to many mixes for me, I am sure. That Bowie from '93 is fantastic - I had given up on him during that time period. And the Carlton & The Shoes song (great band name) is righteous.

A Walk In The Woods said...

Hit enter too soon. Meant to also say I saw William Bell in an Atlanta show about 15 years ago, and out of the 650+ shows I've seen since my first in 1977, that one ranks right up near the top.

Anonymous said...

I initially fell in love with Who Came First on 8-track many moons ago. It is my favorite Townshend album and it is probably fighting with Live at Leeds as the most played album in my lifetime... so far.

Randy

kevin m said...

Terence Trent D'Arby - I can't even remember the last time I thought about him much less listened to his music (mainly his debut album).

Anonymous said...

what, no love for Twilley Don't Mind?

Sal Nunziato said...

Twilley Don't Mind is #3.