I can't be bothered finding the videos, potentially they are removed anyway given a recent official video is involved.
Anyway, I decided to wheel out my Four Flicks Stones DVD boxset while deciding whether an upgrade to Blu Ray visuals and adding four songs to complete the show is worth me spending extra money. In the course of doing so, I watched both the MSG show as originally presented in the box set and then put on the Twickenham stadium show. Never noticed it before how fucked up Ronnie Wood is on the second of those shows. If you watch even parts of the shows back to back, you can see how different his engagement and energy level is.
Anyway, apropos of nothing... just happy Ronnie is still here and seems to be on top of those demons for now.
So, when I was younger I remember staying at my maternal grandparents house. They had a room at the back of their house where at certain times of the year the sun streamed in late in the day. Now, either their house and windows were perfectly aligned and / or their house was rather dusty (or a combination of both) because their were times when suddenly the sunlit air in that room was alive with dust particles you don't normally see. I have a distinct childhood memory of sitting on the floor in that room, well before 10 years of age, and being fascinated by being able to see what looked like the air itself being alive (yet mere centimetres nearby, I couldn't see anything in the shaded parts of the room).
So, when I started exploring the Leonard Cohen catalogue, out of all the amazing music he produced this one absolutely blew my mind. Somehow, this dude turned a treasured childhood memory of mine into words and music that exactly described the wonder I felt way back then. Absolute small fry in the Leonard catalogue, but the direct line to a personal memory and feeling absolutely makes this an amazing piece of art for me.
Couple of beers on a Saturday night (ok, beers and some Wild Turkeys) and I'm watching the Paradiso in Amsterdam disc from the 1995 Rolling Stones Stripped boxset.
Tremendous. 1989 was the big stadium extravaganza, where the Stones really became 'showbiz', but the three DVD's in the Stripped box set are possibly my favourite live video documented Stones material. The largely cleaned up, more professional performance standards of the post 89 era, but with just an edge of the earlier looseness.
I assume I heard this when it came out, five long years ago, but I listened to it again, or for the first time, a few days ago, and I've listened to it maybe two dozen times since.
Last few records have been essential, in my opinion. I’ll admit I was late to the Truckers party, arriving in the company of Jason Isbell, but it’s been interesting catching up. Can’t fully relate to the ‘southern thing’, I guess cos I don’t have any direct experience, but they sure demonstrate an articulate intelligence that chimes with where I am politically.This is a prime example.
@Jerseyfornia My dad would have dug you. I can picture you guys talking around a campfire shooting the breeze late into the night over beers.
As for Johnny, you're welcome. His son Jesse had a baby a few months ago. Made me so sad to think how much Johnny would have doted over that boy and how much he would have loved being a grandpa. The stories he would have told on stage would have been priceless.
Thx for posting, that was fantastic and of course the song is one of his best. He's worried about the time because of radio restrictions on anything over 3 minutes and his comment about diction always applies. Great stuff.
@Jerseyfornia Have you heard this before? This is a bit more obscure. The 'lucky to be an Australian' chorus is double edged in very much the same vein as the Born In The USA chorus is.
I do know it. I have that album, Unknown Country, and two Backsliders albums. Been looking for some Sundown albums for years. I used to frequent an Australian music forum called Midoz Touch where I would trade for Aussie bands. I did pretty well there because I had several Little River Band bootlegs that users were after.
Friday night drunk Bosstralian is trying to understand why this song, by a NZ band that moved over to Oz (because for an NZ band that is the closest bigger market there is), isn't known worldwide by anyone other than @Jerseyfornia. This is still one of the greatest choruses in a more rock orientated pop song (or maybe a pop orientated rock song) I've ever heard.
Interested to hear what @Mario Brega and @Buddhabone may think of it. This was released in 1982 here, so it would be ironic 80's for the former and nostalgic 80's for the latter if either had heard it before. (Apologies if drunk Bosstralian is out of line).
@Mario Brega Oh yeah, never thought of that. This would've been an immense Bruce cover.
As would've this. Tailor made for Bruce. And, again, I just get frustrated that the politics and economics of record companies in the 80's prevented a song like this from being heard worldwide. Even with the supposedly "US friendly" remix (the second clip) which was made especially to try and break Jimmy Barnes into the Bon Jovi / Def Leppard / etc type market
A few years back a Scottish football player called Andy Considine* was getting married.
Andy had been a "journeyman" for Aberdeen, steady player, never quite in the top bracket, quiet guy.....VERY quiet guy.
So, on his stag doo a video emerges......a video made professionally by Andy and his mates........the most un-Andy thing ever....(he's the one with the beard)
Fast forward a number of years and Andy gets a Scotland call up, winds up being part of the squad for Scotland's play off game in Serbia which sees us qualify for our first major tournie since the 98 world cup.
Dressing room celebrations are plentiful.......including "Consi's song"....
So there's now talk of this being Scotland's official Euros song, hence The Fratellis getting in early.
*This makes me so old.....I saw Andy's dad Doug breaking into the Aberdeen team as a young player.......now his son is near retiring..........
Actually, 47 odd minutes of songs. This is the sort of live performance brilliance that was pouring forth off stages in Australia in the early 80's that the rest of the world largely never got to see or hear...
Although I'm firmly in the Tom Johnston camp when it comes to Doobie Brothers vocals, I love this one featuring Tiran Porter from "Taking It To The Streets".
And our hero.. voice not as close as the others, but probably a cleverer satire (and given the throwaway line including Nebraska in it, clearly affectionate and written by a fan)
Love Queen, the original duet between Freddie and Bowie is one of my favourite vocal recordings. This is a refreshingly brilliant and different take on the song. Love it.
In 1986, Dire Straits played some ridiculous amount of shows in Australia. The last one of the tour was 'simulcast' all over Australia i.e. it was shown on TV while being simultaneously played on FM radio around the nation so that you could listen to it in stereo. Think about that, younglings... to get a full stereo (two channel) experience you needed to mute your mono TV telecast and turn on your 'simulcast' FM stereo radio broadcast.
Anyway, we didn't have a VCR back then, so I audio taped the show. It featured an incredible So Far Away with an acoustic (flamenco?... I'm not muso enough to know) intro that I listened to over and over. Well, now in 2020, I can actually see the thing again even if the only video with reasonable sound is in the incorrect aspect ratio. Still, that intro...freakin beautiful...
We used to get simulcast here in the late Eighties. Most good American series were dubbed into Afrikaans, so they would sometimes throw us English a bone by simulcasting the original soundtrack over an FM wavelength.
Always makes me think of The Calvary back on GL, he said this how he either imagined or wished his life would be in an exchange where he'd mentioned Grizzly Adams and I posted this very video
The War And Treaty, an infectious mix of soul, country, gospel and blues. They only have two albums and they’re great. Emmylou sang one the first one and Jason Isbell contributed to the new one.
I heard of this fella a few months ago and I've been giving him a listen.
I don't know if I've eever heard a single song to which I can relate more.
I'm ao simple man... give me a few Coopers Vintage Ales chased with a Makers Mark, and some Dave Edmunds, and life is good.
There is some Bruce content about half way through also (From Small Things...) but I'm too blitzed to work out exactly what time stamp that is...
Title track from this:
Hmm... your (ticket) dream
world is just about to end
I can't be bothered finding the videos, potentially they are removed anyway given a recent official video is involved.
Anyway, I decided to wheel out my Four Flicks Stones DVD boxset while deciding whether an upgrade to Blu Ray visuals and adding four songs to complete the show is worth me spending extra money. In the course of doing so, I watched both the MSG show as originally presented in the box set and then put on the Twickenham stadium show. Never noticed it before how fucked up Ronnie Wood is on the second of those shows. If you watch even parts of the shows back to back, you can see how different his engagement and energy level is.
Anyway, apropos of nothing... just happy Ronnie is still here and seems to be on top of those demons for now.
So, when I was younger I remember staying at my maternal grandparents house. They had a room at the back of their house where at certain times of the year the sun streamed in late in the day. Now, either their house and windows were perfectly aligned and / or their house was rather dusty (or a combination of both) because their were times when suddenly the sunlit air in that room was alive with dust particles you don't normally see. I have a distinct childhood memory of sitting on the floor in that room, well before 10 years of age, and being fascinated by being able to see what looked like the air itself being alive (yet mere centimetres nearby, I couldn't see anything in the shaded parts of the room).
So, when I started exploring the Leonard Cohen catalogue, out of all the amazing music he produced this one absolutely blew my mind. Somehow, this dude turned a treasured childhood memory of mine into words and music that exactly described the wonder I felt way back then. Absolute small fry in the Leonard catalogue, but the direct line to a personal memory and feeling absolutely makes this an amazing piece of art for me.
Shakeyesque.
Couple of beers on a Saturday night (ok, beers and some Wild Turkeys) and I'm watching the Paradiso in Amsterdam disc from the 1995 Rolling Stones Stripped boxset.
Tremendous. 1989 was the big stadium extravaganza, where the Stones really became 'showbiz', but the three DVD's in the Stripped box set are possibly my favourite live video documented Stones material. The largely cleaned up, more professional performance standards of the post 89 era, but with just an edge of the earlier looseness.
I assume I heard this when it came out, five long years ago, but I listened to it again, or for the first time, a few days ago, and I've listened to it maybe two dozen times since.
Angry young men - you've been warned @Louisa !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOV6ywJt7s
New one from Neil.
A song to make you feel better if you need it. I've seen Roger live a few times and always brilliant.
Can't get this out of my head... and I have no problem with that....
So good.
If this isn't one of the most incredible performances by anyone, ever, I don't know anything. Unrehearsed, unscripted and live... Goosebumps.
Two new covers, one of Metallica, one of Johnny Cash. Because, Jason Isbell.....
Today my dad would have been 77, and yesterday, Johnny Clegg would have turned 68.
"Oh it's funny how those once so close and now gone, still so affect our lives..."
A few choice picks from the 12” box……
First heard this last night and have listened numerous times. Soaring and lush. Swooning music.
This is quite magnificent... All of it. That cameras captured Frank recording this is quite something.
I say don't waste time... these are the best years of our lives.
I assume @Jerseyfornia knows him already, @Mario Brega here's another great Aussie songwriter (perhaps not a great singer, but some cracker songs
@Jerseyfornia Have you heard this before? This is a bit more obscure. The 'lucky to be an Australian' chorus is double edged in very much the same vein as the Born In The USA chorus is.
@Mario Brega Another Australia only banger that I think could've created an international stir if only given the chance.
Yes, Friday night drunk Bosstralian has landed.
Friday night drunk Bosstralian is trying to understand why this song, by a NZ band that moved over to Oz (because for an NZ band that is the closest bigger market there is), isn't known worldwide by anyone other than @Jerseyfornia. This is still one of the greatest choruses in a more rock orientated pop song (or maybe a pop orientated rock song) I've ever heard.
Interested to hear what @Mario Brega and @Buddhabone may think of it. This was released in 1982 here, so it would be ironic 80's for the former and nostalgic 80's for the latter if either had heard it before. (Apologies if drunk Bosstralian is out of line).
Now, there's a back story.
A few years back a Scottish football player called Andy Considine* was getting married.
Andy had been a "journeyman" for Aberdeen, steady player, never quite in the top bracket, quiet guy.....VERY quiet guy.
So, on his stag doo a video emerges......a video made professionally by Andy and his mates........the most un-Andy thing ever....(he's the one with the beard)
Fast forward a number of years and Andy gets a Scotland call up, winds up being part of the squad for Scotland's play off game in Serbia which sees us qualify for our first major tournie since the 98 world cup.
Dressing room celebrations are plentiful.......including "Consi's song"....
So there's now talk of this being Scotland's official Euros song, hence The Fratellis getting in early.
*This makes me so old.....I saw Andy's dad Doug breaking into the Aberdeen team as a young player.......now his son is near retiring..........
I just heard this.......
That First-Aid Kit, I've heard bits and pieces of theirs and they're on my check-out-more list.
Talking of Laughing Len covers, this is a decent album, haven't listened in a while.
Just got this - it's a real mixed bag, some great tracks and some which are unlistenable!
Jackson Browne 2021
“Let the music keep our spirits high,
Let the buildings keep our children dry”
Apologies if I've posted this one before, but I discovered this on a recent rewatch of Californication
Crazy dude from LA somehow even mentions my hometown Adelaide in his song...
Not too many better cover artists...
Wow...
One of Australia's finest do a number on Wild Thing
Genius at work.....
Actually, 47 odd minutes of songs. This is the sort of live performance brilliance that was pouring forth off stages in Australia in the early 80's that the rest of the world largely never got to see or hear...
Although I'm firmly in the Tom Johnston camp when it comes to Doobie Brothers vocals, I love this one featuring Tiran Porter from "Taking It To The Streets".
I never tire of this.
He died aged only 26 but Jimmy McCulloch wrote and sang this song and it rocks
for Wings. Not many can say Paul McCartney was the back up singer.
And our hero.. voice not as close as the others, but probably a cleverer satire (and given the throwaway line including Nebraska in it, clearly affectionate and written by a fan)
This even funnier, especially if you know the original artist. Oh my giddy aunt, I am laughing so hard
Ok, I know this is meant for serious non Bruce music. But I've only just discovered the Hee Bee Gee Bees.
Probably old news to many here, but I can't even see from laughing after listening to this
"J.T." out Jan 4
Oops, dunno what happened! It’s embedded in this article, if you’re curious.......
https://americana-uk.com/video-drive-by-truckers-the-new-ok
The new Truckers video:
This is the best thing you’ll hear today.
One of my favourite songs in the world.
This one hits me right in the stomach every time.
I miss my mullet, much less everyone else's
In 1986, Dire Straits played some ridiculous amount of shows in Australia. The last one of the tour was 'simulcast' all over Australia i.e. it was shown on TV while being simultaneously played on FM radio around the nation so that you could listen to it in stereo. Think about that, younglings... to get a full stereo (two channel) experience you needed to mute your mono TV telecast and turn on your 'simulcast' FM stereo radio broadcast.
Anyway, we didn't have a VCR back then, so I audio taped the show. It featured an incredible So Far Away with an acoustic (flamenco?... I'm not muso enough to know) intro that I listened to over and over. Well, now in 2020, I can actually see the thing again even if the only video with reasonable sound is in the incorrect aspect ratio. Still, that intro...freakin beautiful...
My all time favourite TP song.
Purple rain....
But Bruce is singing it
Another from Wildflowers expanded.
Always makes me think of The Calvary back on GL, he said this how he either imagined or wished his life would be in an exchange where he'd mentioned Grizzly Adams and I posted this very video
Yep, someone is enjoying the Wild Turkey Rare Breed their sister bought him and is on a You Tube jag...
The War And Treaty, an infectious mix of soul, country, gospel and blues. They only have two albums and they’re great. Emmylou sang one the first one and Jason Isbell contributed to the new one.
Most of you will probably dislike this. I think they’re one of the most exciting bands around.
I can’t get over how heartbreakingly beautiful this is.
This is rather wonderful IMHO
Cracking version of one of The Stones finest...
Another track from the forthcoming Tom Petty Wildflowers expanded release.
"Those were the days of roses; poetry, and prose"