Circle jerk redux

This is a revisited version of this theme mix I posted in June last year. I've never been entirely content with it, which I've expressed in the past, and now I couldn't hold it in any longer. I had to change it and improve it.

As I said in the original post, I'm not entire sure Ozzy, Beach Boys and Isolation Years are really named after Ozzy Osbourne, The Beach Boys and Isolation Years, but I'm pretty sure they are.

New additions are Nick Cave, Josh Rouse, Weezer, The Posies, Ray LaMontagne, David Bowie and Led Zeppelin. How I could overlook those the first time is a mystery.

(zip) Metal Bastard's Songs About Fellow Artists (46 mb)

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Blind Lemon Jefferson (1985)
2. Josh Rouse - Marvin Gaye (2000)
3. The Hellacopters - Paul Stanley (1999)
4. The Supersuckers - Ozzy (1995)
5. Weezer - Buddy Holly (1994)
6. Veruca Salt - With David Bowie (1997)
7. The Posies - Grant Hart (1996)
8. Pere Ubu - Beach Boys (1996)
9. David Bowie - Song for Bob Dylan (1972)
10. Ray LaMontagne - Meg White (2008)
11. Kent - Elvis (1997)
12. Norah Jones - Bessie Smith (2003)
13. Led Zeppelin - Hats off to (Roy) Harper (1970)
14. The Little Willies - Lou Reed (2006)
15. Opeth - Isolation years (2005)

Pay for your music, support the artists.

Some thoughts on Heartworn Highways (1981)

Who knew Steve Earle was such a hunk? I'd do him, hands down. Literally with my hands down. Wink wink.

Gamble Rogers was painfully unfunny. Shut up and sing.

It's a disgrace that Larry Jon Wilson (R.I.P.) didn't become a superstar. Between 1975 and 1979 he released four flawless, funky country/soul albums that top even the mighty Jim Ford. And thirty years later one contemplative comeback album which I can't help but compare to the albums Johnny Cash made right before the end. Only even better. An imposing man with the timbre of god himself.

David Allan Coe is a fucking badass. He doesn't give a shit about you, and he would kick your ass.

The impromptu jam of Silent Night was divine.

Townes Van Zandt was the Johnny Knoxville of country music. Fucking maniac.

That guy who owned the tavern should carry subtitles around with him.

I want Guy Clark's guitar-building skills. Wouldn't mind his wife either.

Some highlights (check out Steve Earle on the left in the second clip - be still, my heart):

(mp3) Guy Clark - That old time feeling
(mp3) David Allen Coe - I still sing the old songs
(mp3) Rodney Crowell - Bluebird wine
(mp3) Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee river bottomland
(mp3) Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Susannah Clark, Steve Young, Steve Earle & Richard Dobson - Silent night

Buy Heartworn Highways.
Buy the soundtrack.

Cover me, I gotcha covered, cover me bad, under the covers

Ten points and mad props if you can name the game from which the above image is taken.

Go!

(mp3) David Hasselhoff - La isla bonita (Madonna)
Available on David Hasselhoff Sings America (2004)

(mp3) Anna Ternheim - Shoreline (Broder Daniel)
Available on Somebody Outside (2004)

(mp3) The Band - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen)
Available on Jericho (1993)

(mp3) Desert Sessions - It (Prince)
Available on Vol. 9 & 10 (2003)

(mp3) Roky Erickson - Heroin (Velvet Underground)
Available on ?

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #44

(mp3) Kent - Berlin
Available on Tillbaka Till Samtiden (2007)

(mp3) Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee river bottomland
Available on V/A - Heartworn Higways Soundtrack (2006)

(mp3) Claes-Göran Hederström - Det börjar verka kärlek banne mig
Single (1968)

(mp3) Astrud Gilberto - Here's that rainy day (Koop remix)
Available on V/A - Verve Remixed 2 (2003)

(mp3) Vetiver - Been so long
Available on To Find Me Gone (2006)

Electric worry

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge.

These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts, such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction.

(zip) Metal Bastard's Electricity Songs (77 mb)

1. Robyn - Electric (1999)
2. Katy Perry - Electric feel (MGMT cover, 2009)
3. Luscious Jackson - Electric (1996)
4. Beastie Boys - Electrify (1998)
5. The Avalanches - Electricity (2000)
6. Five Man Electrical Band - Five man electrical band (1969)
7. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity (1967)
8. The Hellacopters - The electric index eel (1999)
9. Division of Laura Lee - Pretty electric (2002)
10. Masters of Reality - Corpus scorpios electrified (2001)
11. P.J. Harvey - Electric light (1998)
12. J.J. Light - The electric land band (1969)
13. Oasis - She's electric (1995)
14. Spiritualized - Electricity (1997)
15. White Noise - The black mass: An electric storm in hell (1969)

Pay for your music.

Yeah we're like playing the same song and stuff, y'know? (Part 10)

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out is a blues standard, written by Jimmy Cox in 1923. Its lyric, told from the point of view of a one-time millionaire during the Prohibition era, reflects on the fleeting nature of material wealth and the friendships that come and go with it. The song was first recorded and popularized by Bessie Smith, the preeminent female blues singer of the 1920s and '30s. Since then, numerous cover versions have been recorded."

Thank you for that, Wikipedia. The first version I heard was The Spencer Davis Group's on one of my mom's old records, and thought it was awesome.

I still do.

(mp3) Bessie Smith - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
Recorded in 1923. Available on Collection (1989)

(mp3) The Spencer Davis Group - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
Available on Autumn '66 (1966)

(mp3) Derek and the Dominos - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
Available on Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

Robyn Galore (re-post)

Is it just me, or is Robyn dead sexy in that header pic? Wouldn't mind waking up next to that in the mornings. Roar.

I did a little raid in my record collection, and dug out a bunch of lesser known songs and collaborations Robyn has done over the last nine years. There's six songs of Robyn singing in Swedish, as well as the original version of Dream On, recently re-released as a single (sans Ola Salo).

Why that particular Christian Falk song was chosen for re-release and not C.C.C. is unbelievable. C.C.C. is by far one of Robyn's best songs ever. The intro sort of expects me to hear Samantha Fox moaning "Touch me...! Touch me!", but that's cool. While we're on the subject of intros, the first eight seconds of Remember sounds very much like late 80's Depeche Mode. Which is even cooler, albeit in a less kitschy way.

A personal favorite here is En Dejlig Rosa which she performed with Björn Yttling (of Peter Björn & John) at the Tsunami memorial concert in 2005. See the video clip of said performance at the bottom of this post. Stunning. A studio version of that song can be found on her latest album Body Talk Pt. 1 by the way. FYI.

(zip) Robyn galore

1. Christian Falk feat. Robyn - C.C.C. (2006)
2. Robyn & Jojje Wadenius - Världens bästa Carlsson (2003)
3. Robyn feat. Petter - Det gör ont ibland (1999)
4. Petter feat. Robyn - Ondskans tänder (1998)
5. Robyn & KMH Jazz Orchestra - Regntunga skyar (2001)
6. Christian Falk feat. Robyn & Ola Salo - Dream on (2006)
7. Robyn - Aldrig hänt (1998)
8. The Flesh Quartet feat. Robyn - This one's for you (2007)
9. Christian Falk feat. Robyn - Remember (1999)
10. Kleerup feat. Robyn - With every heartbeat (Meat Boys remix)
11. Robyn - Bum like you (remix)
12. Robyn - Cobrastyle (The Bloody Beetroots remix)
13. Robyn - With every heartbeat (piano version)
14. Robyn feat. Björn Yttling - En dejlig rosa
15. Robyn - Uti vår hage

En Dejlig Rosa live in 2005:


The original video for Dream On:

Silver&Crimson Vol. 34

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Bates says:
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Staygold & Robyn, Spank Rock & Damien Adore (Salem al Fakir) performing live with the song. This song is now availible on itunes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9UA3CSnms

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David says:
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Beauty and the Beast (1)
Blood Creek (1)
Cash (1)
Crushed (1)
Dances with Wolves (1)
Fish Tank (1)
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Helen (1)
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Bates says:
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Bates says:
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(zip) Silver&Crimson Vol. 34 (36 mb)