Magazine - Rhythm of Cruelty (1979)
"One of my fave Magazine songs "
You’re too good looking for your own damn good
Tanakh - Drink to Sher (2006)
"I stumbled across this fantastic song in my music files recently. Apparently I’d downloaded it when it was released in 2006. Recorded after Jesse Poe moved from Virginia to Florence, this particular song almost sounds like something by Beulah (maybe it’s the trumpet)”
The Gants - I Wonder (1967)
Classic garage rock (sic?) from Greenwood, Miss. I thought I’d posted this but it turns out I’d posted the Outrageous Cherry’s fantastic cover.
well let’s see shall we?
[Outrageous Cherry was an American psychedelic pop / power pop and punk band from Detroit, Michigan, United States.Outrageous Cherry formed in 1991, and soon expanded to a four-piece after performing live in 1993. The group has released 13 albums, including 2014's The Digital Age. Larry Ray, the band's guitarist, died at the age of 63 from lung cancer on October 24, 2017.]
Ultimate Painting - Talking Central Park Blues (2014)
Gotta love that Velvet type strumming. Nothing really original
but the vocalists’ laconic charm shines through.
Ultimate Painting were an English indie group founded
by James Hoare and Jack Cooper
Julian Cope - Me Singing (1984)
From Julian Cope’s 2nd solo LP Fried. His first LP is my fave but there are some great songs on Fried. The LP cover got a lot of attention.
I try my hand at work
Oh work seems to be for an earlier person
Horace Andy - Skylarking (1972)
Classic reggae tune
The Bluebells - Cath (1983)
Exhilarating, perfect Scottish pop. This is the preferred version as it bursts right into the chorus from the beginning.
You’ve spoilt my day for the rest of the night
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and in case you can’t quite [place where you’ve heard them before . . . .
East River Pipe - Kill the Action (1996)
The sound of despair from a small apartment in Queens
C'mon liquor, make it quick
Madeline Bell - Step Inside Love (1968)
Paul McCartney wrote Step Inside Love for Cilla Black as the theme song to her TV series Cilla. While Cilla’s version is very charming, she cannot match the vocal power and feeling of Madeline Bell.
Redd Kross - Mess Around (1997)
"Redd Kross started off back in the late 70s as a punk band led by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald when they were only 14 and 11 years old. Their music has been described as coming from that “sweet spot where punk, metal and bubblegum meet”. Sounds like power pop to me, and this is a great example."
We LOVED Television Personalities . . . . . . .unexpected from Guess I’m Dumb . . . . so guess I’m dumb too!
Television Personalities - Jackanory Stories (1981)
From their wonderful first LP …And Don’t the Kids Just Love It. For us non-Brits, Jackanory was a BBC TV series designed to encourage reading.
But just like life there’s a good beginning but there is no middle
So you may as well skip to the end
P.S I know where Syd Barrett lives . . . . . .
Max Romeo - Ginal Ship (1971)
Superb reggae tune produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry. In Jamaican patois, a ginal is a con man or hustler. Seems sort of appropriate for things in the U.S. today.
Ginalship mash up the country
Ride - Like A Daydream (1990)
"I’m not a big fan of Ride, but they have a couple of songs that I really love (Twisterella as well). Perhaps it sounds a bit like Teenage Fanclub, but I also like to think it’s a bit like the Byrds with a Shoegaze update.” Guess I’m Dumb
I may be a bigger Ride fan and they have oodles of local connections and the bass player [Steve] worked with pals in local record shops here in Oxford Town and everybody liked him although painfully shy seemingly I just thought he hated me (sic!) . . . shoe gazing? OKAY!? And? . . . . . . . . .I love this track [Maybe I’m not so Dumb!?]
I wish that life could be just like a photograph
One moment captured as you laugh your perfect laugh
Well this is very summery! . . . getting warmer again here after a slight lull from the heatwave so this cooled me down!
Marc Benno - Franny (1971)
Wonderful country-soul backed by a veritable all-star cast of musicians (Clarence White, Jim Keltner, Bobby Womack…)
The Green Arrows - Mwana Waenda (1975)
Wonderful stuff from the pioneering Zimbabwean group led by Zexie Manatsa.
I once worked with a load of lovely guys (and gals!) from Zimbabwe that introduced me to music from the area and this peaks right up there with the best of those that I recall and still have tapes of!Wonderful joyous stuff! Something uniquely familiar about the guitar playing style of the area that astonishes and delights
The Bats - Smoking Her Wings (1990)
The fantastically mournful final track on the Bats’ second LP. Barbara Manning also did a great cover.
Without truth it don’t mean nothing
Without hope you won’t get far
Ray Barretto - Love Beads (1968)
This is a breezy and catchy bit of instrumental Latin soul; it sounds like “I just got offa work and it’s a sunny day.“ Guess says
Prefab Sprout - Desire As (1985)
A heartbreaking classic from Paddy McAloon on Prefab Sprout's wonderful 2nd LP.
But there it is, and there we are
O My Soul
From Chan Marshall’s covers album of 2000
Cat Power - Naked If I Want To (2000)
Chan Marshall with her wonderful cover of the Moby Grape chestnut
Can I fly fireworks on the fourth
Of every single July?
