Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #15

Fucking hell, it's been ages since I did one of these. I wonder why.

(mp3) The Lemonheads - Purple parallelogram
Outtake, circa 1996

(mp3) Love Affair - Everlasting love
Released as a single in 1968. Available on The Best of the Good Times (2001).

(mp3) Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Face of love
Available on Dead Man Walking Sountrack (1995)

(mp3) The Hollies - He ain't heavy, he's my brother
Available on Hollies Sing Hollies (U.S. version, 1969)

(mp3) Morrissey - Every day is like sunday
Available on Viva Hate (1988)

Silver&Crimson Vol. 22

__________________

Dying is easy. Rock n' roll is hard


Att fira jul ensam, naken framför granen med ett hagelgäver i handen,
får en på något vis att inse hur farligt

(zip) Silver&Crimson Vol. 22 (36 mb)

An Oasis comparison

I was a big fan of Britpop and Mars Needs Guitars' brilliant exposé of said phenomenon rekindled my love for all things British. A fool of an Anglophile am I.

After downloading all of Merz' Britpop tracks I went ahead and watched the documentary Live Forever for 2,508,173th time and dug out some old records. One of these was a collection of early Oasis demos from 1992, and Rock 'N' Roll Star immediately stood out from the rest.

Mostly because of Liam's highly insecure (yes, insecure!) vocal delivery. He's a young lad (only 20 at the time) who music lovers got to know as a sneering, obnoxious, too cocky for his own good kinda guy. For all we knew he was born that way and here he is only two years before his band's big breakthrough sounding like a little scared school boy terrified of the microphone.

The characteristic raspy voice is there, but there is almost a complete lack of attitude. If anything, he sounds almost apologetic, like he's asking us to do him a favor and listen to his band for a minute.

Who would have thought there was once a human living inside that hard Brummie shell?

(mp3) Oasis - Rock 'n' roll star (1992)

(mp3) Oasis - Rock 'n' roll star (1994)
Available on Definitely Maybe.

In the middle of night (she wakes me up and then we do it one more time)

I left my gal sad and lonely, left her standing in the rain
I went down to the railroad, I caught myself a midnight train
I beat my way into Texas, landed in a gambling town
I got myself into trouble, I shot the county sheriff down

Oh Lord, I shot the county sheriff down

They put the handcuffs on me, tied me with a ball and chain
They took me to El Paso, they tied me with a ball and chain
These prison bars all around me, no-one to call my bail
My heart's sad and so lonely, I want to get out of this jail

Oh Lord, I want to get out of this jail

The jury read the verdict, murder in the first degree
The judge said, take this prisoner to the penitentiary
They put the handcuffs on me, tied me with a ball and chain
I'd left my home forever and I'll never see my gal again

Oh Lord, I'll never see my gal again

(zip) Metal Bastard's Midnight Songs (49 mb)

1. The Steeldrivers - Midnight train to Memphis (2008)
2. The Peepshows - Midnight angels (2003)
3. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight train to Georgia (1973)
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Midnight special (1969)
5. Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour (1965)
6. The Grass Roots - Midnight confessions (1968)
7. Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at midnight (1951)
8. Smokie - I'll meet you at midnight (1976)
9. Lisa Miskovsky - Midnight sun (2003)
10. Weeping Willows - Midnight train (1997)
11. Jimi Hendrix - Midnight (1969)
12. Captain Beyond - Midnight memories (1977)
13. Eagles of Death Metal - Midnight creeper (2004)
14. The Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight (1978)
15. Faith No More - Midnight cowboy (1992)

Lika whatcha hear? Buy em all @ Amazon.com.

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #25

For some reason I didn't post the weekly Friday MP3 Shuffle last Friday. I must have zoned out completely.

On this mix all the bands have something in common! You'll never figure out what it is!!!

(zip) MP3 Shuffle #25 (68 mb)

1. Daemon - What if... (1999)
2. Death Breath - Flabby little things from beyond (2005)
3. Dismember - In death's sleep (1991)
4. Darkane - Bound (1999)
5. Death - Zombie ritual (1987)
6. Dead Horse - Scottish hell (1989)
7. Deathspell Omega - Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lorde (2004)
8. Damnation - Insulter of Jesus Christ! (2004)
9. Danko Jones - Sex change shake (1999)
10. Desert Sessions - Covered in punks blood (2003)
11. Disfear - Deadweight (2008)
12. Dark Angel - Death is certain (life is not) (1986)
13. Darkthrone - Witch ghetto (2008)
14. Defleshed - Speeding the ways (1999)
15. Disrupt - Lack of intelligence (1994)
16. Dropkick Murphys - John Law (1997)
17. Doomriders - Listen up (2005)
18. Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
19. Down - N.O.D. (2007)
20. The Devin Townsend Band - Pixillate (2006)

Lika whatcha hear? Buy em all @ Amazon.com.

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(zip) Silver&Crimson Vol. 21 (35 mb)

Queens of the Stone Age galore (again again)

As promised, the third and last Queens Of The Stone Age rarities collections. Click the "Desert Rock" at the bottom of the post to find the other two.

This one has some of my favorites, like the Brian Eno cover Needle In The Camel's Eye (which elegantly slides into The Velvet Underground's I'm Waiting For My Man), the 2005 version of Infinity (which doesn't beat the 2000 version, but is still very good), the ZZ Top cover Precious And Grace and the excellent live version of A Song For The Dead.

There's also a third version of the fan favorite Born To Hula, and this is probably the best one.

(zip) QOTSA Rarities Collection Vol. 3

1. The real song for the deaf (2002)
2. Needle in the camel's eye (Brian Eno cover, 2007)
3. Avon (live, 2005)
4. The most exalted potentate of love (The Cramps cover, 2003)
5. Gonna leave you (Spanish version, 2002)
6. Ode to Clarissa (2000)
7. Inifinity (Alternate version, 2005)
8. Bloody hammer (Roky Erickson cover, 2002)
9. Covered in punks blood (live, 2005)
10. Back to Dungaree High (Turbonegro cover, 2001)
11. I want you to die (Mondo Generator cover, 2002)
12. Quick and to the pointless (live, 2003)
13. 18 A.D. (1997)
14. Go with the flow (live, 2005)
15. The fun machine took a shit and died (vinyl version, 2005)
16. Make it wit chu (acoustic, 2007)
17. Born to hula (alternate version, 2000)
18. Precious and grace (ZZ Top cover, 2005)
19. A song for the dead (live. 2005)

A salute to my Finnish friends (in particular Tomi The Beardless Love Cow)

Earlier this morning I was leaving a comment on someone's blog when Blogger's random word verification thingy made me type "perse". Evidence provided above. Epic lulz.

If you don't speak Finnish, just take my word for it: This is very funny.

Almost as funny as when Facebook's security check told me to "oil Richard". I most certainly will not! Unless he buys me a drink first.

(mp3) Monty Python - Finland
Available on Contractual Obligation Album (1980)

Weeping Willows x 2 (x4?)

I'm sorry for the lack of updates around here lately but I've been busy with work, the almighty countdown and moving my bazillion records, dvds and books to my new apartment.

But here's two giant zip files of one of my all time favorite bands, Weeping Willows. Click that link for band info. A sadly overlooked band that deserves more attention, and perhaps this post will help at least a little.

The first zip file includes their first two albums, Broken Promise Land (1997) and Endless Night (1999), both total masterpieces. Simply two of the best albums ever made.

The second zip contains their third album Into The Light (2002), and the 2005 rarities compilation Singles Again.

Both of these zips are extremely recommended. They're quite big and might take a while to download, but trust me: it will be worth it.

(zip) Weeping Willows 1 (highly recommended!)
(zip) Weeping Willows 2 (highly recommended!)

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #24

You haven't missed the massive countdown, have you?

It's still going on over at my metal blog, and since I'm still in the process of wrapping that up, I'll post yet another installment of my Friday metal mp3 shuffles on this the softer blog instead.

(zip) MP3 Shuffle #24 (52 mb)

1. Faith No More - From out of nowhere (1989)
2. Ebba Grön - Staten och kapitalet (live, 1981)
3. Totalt Jävla Mörker - Rasist i uniform (2004)
4. Massgrav - Hatfylld och nerpissad (2003)
5. Haystack - What's in it for me? (1998)
6. Final Exit - The beginning (1997)
7. Anthrax - Room for one more (1993)
8. Misery Loves Co. - Kiss your boots (Kiss My Black Sabbathy Ass verion) (1994)
9. Fear Factory - Cyberwaste (2004)
10. Grand Magus - I am the north (2008)
11. Hellfueled - Midnight lady (2004)
12. Midas Touch - Forcibly incarcerated (1989)
13. Corrosion of Conformity - Holier (1985)
14. Voivod - War and pain (1984)
15. Vika Yermolyeva - Fade to black (2009)

Lika what'cha hear? Buy 'em all @ Amazon.com.

Only music cures the blues, part deux

Back in January I posted a Boredom Mix, in other words something I threw together because I was bored and needed something to do to lift my spirits. Feeling the same blues once again, I made another one today.

I'm not sure what, if anything, these songs have in common other than that they fit together and seem to thrive in each other's company.

I suppose they all have certain darkness to them. A melancholy, a feeling of desolation. The good kind of melancholy though, not the one were you depressed as shit and everything sucks and you wish you'd die.

No, I mean the type of melancholy that feels quite comfortable. Ever seen Lost in Translation? That's the mood what I'm talking about. Being gloomy and a little distant but feeling kinda good about. As it happens, Lost in Translation featured one of the songs on this mix. No prizes for guessing which one though.

(zip) Metal Bastard's 2nd Boredom Mix (81 mb)

1. Björk - Enjoy (1996)
2. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes (1991)
3. Spiritualized - Out of sight (2001)
4. he Mars Volta - Televators (live, 2003)
5. Portishead - Over (1997)
6. Radiohead - Climbing up the walls (Zero 7 mix) (1998)
7. Primal Scream - Blood money (2000)
8. The Verve - Gravity grave (radio edit) (1992)
9. Catherine Wheel - Girl stand still (1996)
10. New Order - Ruined in a day (K-Klass remix) (1993)
11. Silverbullit - I promise you (2004)
12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Night of the lotus eaters (2008)
13. Sigur Rós - Ný batterí (1999)
14. The Cooper Temple Clause - Into my arms (2003)

Buy 'em @ Amazon.com.

Silver&Crimson Vol. 20

You are thinking, lots of hard work, much clearer, super progress, I am proud of you, showing your stuff, that's the way, keep studying, almost there, so close, better than ever, I knew you could do it, way to go.

(zip) Silver&Crimson Vol. 20 (38 mb)

Don't give a shit about the temperature in Guatemala

When was the last time you saw Ultravox, The Pogues, Stan Getz and Eminem in the same mix?

That's right - never. Gosh I'm such a renegade.

(zip) Metal Bastard's Capitals Songs (55 mb)

1. Ultravox - Vienna (1981)
2. Mélanie Pain & Julien Doré - Helsinki (2009)
3. The Pogues - Dark streets of London (1984)
4. Classix Nouveaux - Tokyo (1981)
5. Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Midnight in Moscow (1961)
6. Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks - Aloha from Havana (1997)
7. Tom Waits - Paris mood (1991)
8. Claes Eriksson - Under en filt i Madrid (1985)
9. Scott Walker - Copenhagen (1969)
10. Eminem - Bagpipes from Baghdad (2009)
11. Coldplay - Amsterdam (2002)
12. Stan Getz - Dear old Stockholm (1955)
13. The Disciplines - Oslo (live, 2008)
14. Voxtrot - Berlin, without return (2009)
15. David Bowie - Warszawa (1977)

Previous installments:

Metal Bastard's Road Songs (July 28th)
Metal Bastard's Money Songs (July 21st)
Metal Bastard's Blue Songs (July 17th)
Metal Bastard's Eye Songs (July 12th)
Metal Bastard's Death Songs (July 3rd)
Metal Bastard's Summer Songs (June 29th)
Metal Bastard's Life Songs (June 15th)
Metal Bastard's Songs About Fellow Artists (June 7th)
Metal Bastard's Friends Songs (May 31st)
Metal Bastard's Angel Songs (May 25th)
Metal Bastard's Body Parts Songs (May 17th)
Metal Bastard's Street Songs (May 10th)
Metal Bastard's Fire Songs (May 1st)
Metal Bastard's Murder Songs (March 30th)
Metal Bastard's Bird Songs (March 25th)
Metal Bastard's Rain Songs (March 19th)
Metal Bastard's Boy Songs (March 15th)
Metal Bastard's Weekdays Songs (March 6th)
Metal Bastard's Lost Songs (March 1st)
Metal Bastard's Animals Songs (February 23rd)
Metal Bastard's River Songs (February 19th)
Metal Bastard's Hand Songs (February 14th)
Metal Bastard's Time Songs (February 9th)
Metal Bastard's Water Songs (February 9th)
Metal Bastard's Dream Songs (February 1st)
Metal Bastard's Satan Songs (January 28th)
Metal Bastard's House Songs (January 23rd)
Metal Bastard's Gone Songs (January 20th)

Lika what'cha hear? Then go buy it @ Amazon.com.