Offtopic: The Flatmates en un anuncio de TV de zapatos
40 Peter Holsapple / Chris Stamey - "Angels"
Bonita canción que ahora se ha visto reeditada.
Mavericks, the 1991 duo album by Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey (members of the dB's in the early '80s), will be reissued on January 15, 2008 on Collectors' Choice Music. The re- mastered new version of the album will contain six previously unreleased tracks. Holsapple and Stamey produced the album themselves and welcomed several guest musicians of note: Jane Scarpantoni, (Tiny Lights, Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M.), Chris Butler (The Waitresses and veteran producer), Gene Holder (The dB's), Dave Schramm (The Schramms), Ilene Markell (7 Deadly 5, Wednesday Week) and Michael Blair (Tom Waits).
“Mavericks is the product of an old friendship having new parameters," says Holsapple. “Chris and I have worked together since we were teenagers, and this album is certainly one of the finest we've ever made. In part due to its comparative placidity (compared to a dB's record, that is) and also its lyrical maturity, Mavericks is rightly considered an acoustic rock treasure by lots of people. I have always loved the buoyant harmonies and intriguing arrangement moves throughout this record. Stripped of the powerhouse rhythm section of the dB's, Chris' and my songs and vocals retain their strength; the album is a quiet gem, not without its rockers, but focusing on the more intimate and peaceful side of our writing."
The core album contains 12 tracks. The two best known are the lead track, “Angels," and the Holsapple song “She Was the One." Eleven of the songs are originals and one ("Here Without You") was penned by Gene Clark and originally recorded by the Byrds. Other tracks of note include Stamey's “Geometry" and “I Want to Break Your Heart," as well as Holsapple's “Anymore."
The Collectors' Choice reissue of Mavericks adds six previously unreleased bonus tracks: the original version of “Angels," plus “Hollywood Waltz" (bringing the album's total number of waltzes to two), a more ornate arrangement of “Close Your Eyes," an acoustic remix of “Here Without You," an electric remix of “Anymore" and an instrumental, “I Knew You Would."
Holsapple and Stamey are at work on a long-awaited “sequel" duo album titled Here & Now, due for release in 2008.
39 Hatcham Social - 'So So Happy Making' (Loog Records - 2008)
38 Correcto - Joni (2008 - Domino Records)
Esto suena como los Buzzcocks, canciones de 2 minutos en plan new wave.
Correcto are Danny Saunders, Richard Wright, Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand) and Patrick Doyle (The Royal We).
37 Terry Hall - Forever J
Maravillosa canción. Dudo mucho que exista un vídeo original, así que pego esto con imágenes de la película “Tienes un email” que alguien ha colgado en youtube Por cierto, llegó al ¡número 67 de las listas en UK! Y la letra tiene menciones a Isabelle Adjani y Mel Gibson
36 The Cardigans - Sick and Tired
Hubo un tiempo en que The Cardigans fueron una banda indiepop...
35 New Order - Blue Monday 1988 (Quincy Jones produce)
34 New Order - Blue Monday 1983
33 Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind
Curiosa historia. “Cruel To Be Kind” originalmente fue una cara B...
On this date in 1978, Nick Lowe released his fifth single, "Little Hitler". It was backed by "Cruel To Be Kind". The A side appeared on his debut U.K. album, Jesus Of Cool, as well as his debut U.S. album, Pure Pop For New People. The B side did not. The single did not chart but the B side was re-released the following year as an A side and reached the #12 spot on the U.K. singles chart. It was included on his second album, Labour Of Lust.
32 Billy Fury - Once Upon A Dream
Pese a ocupar lugar muchas semanas en los charts, Billy Fury nunca
alcanzó un número uno. Sin embargo, Fury tuvo en los 60, más éxitos
en el top 20, que la mayoría de los otros grupos e intérpretes, sólo
superado por los Beatles, Cliff Richard y Elvis Presley.
31 Craig Armstrong feat Liz Fraser - This Love
Doesn't know it is love
This love
This love is a strange love, strange love
I'm gonna fall again love
Doesn't mean a thing
Think I'm gonna fall again
30 Duffy - Mercy
En Marzo Rough Trade editará el primer lp de este galesa producida por Bernard Butler. Canta soul como los ángeles y tiene una voz tan buena como la de Amy Winehouse, aunque afortunadamente su imagen y actitud no tienen nada que ver con la patética ganadora de los últimos Grammys. Cuelgo las dos versiones que he encontrado de “Mercy”. La segunda es en directo en el programa de Jools Holland
29 Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
Cuenta Hal David que la letra de esta canción fue la que más le costó escribir con diferencia. El estribillo lo tenía claro, pero pasaron dos años hasta que encontró el verso "Señor, no necesitamos otra montaña...", y a partir de ahí ya supo por donde tirar. Bacharach la compuso en principio pensando en Gene Pitney, y cuando se la enseñaron a Dionne Warwick tenía un rollo country que a ésta no gustó, y la rechazó. Luego, cuando les pidieron una canción para Jackie DeShannon (que no estaba teniendo mucho éxito en Liberty Records después de pasar del rockabilly al pop), en vez de hacer el arreglo country lo hiceron en plan los arreglos que le hacían a la Warwick (mismas coristas, misma orquesta, mismo estudio) y lo petaron. La Dionne, que trina, claro. Por cierto, es una oración a ritmo de vals, no una canción de amor. Lo aviso para los que no gustan de estas cosas. Lo de "No para algunos, sino para todo el mundo", es lo que yo quise decir con lo de "...Y quiero que todo el mundo se haga rico". Fijaros en el vídeo, que cuando empiezan a mover las plataformas hay una de las del coro de la izquierda que casi se escoña y se les va la luz. Que tampoco os pase inadvertido el verso "Listen Lord, if you want to know". "Escúchanos, por si te interesa". Eso es de grandísimo escritor. Es una de mis canciones favoritas, el cambio de tono del último estribillo hace que se me salten las lágrimas. Ojalá algún día yo pueda escribir algo así. Todos somos muy sofisticados, pero el cinismo nunca ha dado nada a nadie. What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No not just for some but for everyone. Lord, we don't need another mountain, There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb There are oceans and rivers enough to cross, Enough to last till the end of time. What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No, not just for some but for everyone. Lord, we don't need another meadow There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine Oh listen, lord, if you want to know. What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No, not just for some but for everyone. No, not just for some, oh, but just for everyone (Francisco Nixon en su blog)
28 The Go Betweens - Bachelor Kisses
“We came back from Christmas in New York having lost our record company somewhere along the way. I wrote this in inmigration having been refused entry to the United Kingdom. The first person who heard the song was my sister. She said that Marianne Faithful should sing it” (Grant McLennan en las notas interiores de “The Go Betweens 1978-1990”)
27 Robert Forster - Baby Stones
Así empieza Baby Stones (imaginaros como acaba...)
You say you want take a lover
Although you´re satisfied with me
We have to open our horizons my love we can
But you´ll do it without me
Yo can call me old fashioned
You can call me straight of lace
I´m not going to sit here
And let another man take my place
26 The Godfathers - "Love is Dead" "ST VALENTINE´S DAY MASSACRE"
Hoy como todos los años, The Godfathers dan su concierto tradicional del día de San Valentín en el que conmemoran una matanza entre bandas de gansters tal día como hoy y al que se le dio el nombre de St Valentine´s day massacre y a una película con el mismo título. En honor a todo ellos escribieron lo que yo creo que es sus mejor canción: “Love is Dead”
25 Lightspeed Champion - 'Tell Me What It's Worth'
24 The Bodines - Skanking Queens
The Bodines were probably the most exciting of last year's fresh indie crop. They released three great slabs of melodic pop on Creation Records, put meaning back into the fringe haircut, starred on an rm EP... and now prepare to release their first major label single. Will they score heavily in the pop charts, or are they condemned to cultdom?
Story: Andy Strickland (SI, EL MISMO ANDY STRICKLAND QUE FUE MIEMBRO DE THE LOFT Y THE CARETAKER RACE ) entrevista a The Bodines en http://www.btinternet.com/~birdpoo/bodines/rminterv.htm
23 Scott Walker - Loss Of Love (Theme from 'Sunflower')
“Scott Walker could sing “Happy Birthday” and make it seem like the only song in the world” (Marc Almond)
22 Irene - By Your Side
I could never make it alone
I always wanna be by your side
I´ve been lost but I believe in you
...
I wanna thank you
I wanna thank you ´cause you light up my life
“Siempre escribo canciones de amor muy serias, pero a menudo hay un sentimiento soterrado de humor o ironía. Encuentro muy interesante la combinación de lo serio y lo ridículo. Todos mis compositores favoritos hacen eso, más o menos intencionadamente. En Irene todos somos muy sinceros y nos encantan las canciones de amor tontas”