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I love Steely Dan so here's a song from Countdown To Ecstasy released in 1973 called The Boston Rag - This is a live version from a tour in 1974 - scintillating guitar from Jeff Skunk Baxter

Today Elvis Costeelo & The Attractions from the album Trust from 1981 - Song New Lace Sleeves Lyrics Bad lovers face to face in the morning Shy apologies and polite regrets Slow dances that left no warning of Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere Even presidents have newspaper lovers Ministers go crawling under covers She's no angel He's no saint They're all covered up with white washed grease paint And you say...[Chorus:] The teacher never told you anything but white lies But you never see the lies And you believe Oh you know you have been captured You feel so civilized And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves The salty lips of the socialite sisters With their continental fingers that have never seen working blisters Oh I know they've got their problems I wish I was one of them They say daddy's coming home soon With his sergeant stripes and his Empire mug and spoon No more fast buck And when are they gonna learn their lesson When are they gonna stop all of these victory processions All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated. 1. "Clubland" 3:42 2. "Lover's Walk" 2:17 3. "You'll Never Be A Man" 2:56 4. "Pretty Words" 3:11 5. "Strict Time" 2:40 6. "Luxembourg" 2:26 7. "Watch Your Step" 2:57 Side two 1. "New Lace Sleeves" 3:45 2. "From a Whisper to a Scream" 2:54 3. "Different Finger" 1:58 4. "White Knuckles" 3:47 5. "Shot With His Own Gun" 3:30 6. "Fish 'n' Chip Paper" 2:55 7. "Big Sister's Clothes" 2:11

Great song House At Pooh Corner from Loggins & messsina's debut album Sittin In released in 1971 Track listing Side one 1. "Nobody But You" Jim Messina Messina 3:00 2. "Danny's Song" Kenny Loggins Loggins 4:16 3. "Vahevala" Dann LottermoserDan Loggins Loggins 4:47 4. "Trilogy: Lovin' Me To Make a Woman Feel Wanted Peace of Mind" MessinaMurray MacLeod MessinaLoggins messina Messina MessinaLoggins Loggins 11:13 Side two 1. "Back to Georgia" Loggins Loggins 3:19 2. "House at Pooh Corner" Loggins Loggins 4:25 3. "Listen to a Country Song" MessinaAl Garth Messina 2:49 4. "Same Old Wine" Messina Messina 8:17 5. "Rock 'n' Roll Mood" LogginsMichael Omartian Loggins 3:04 Personnel Loggins & Messina Kenny Loggins - vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica Jim Messina - vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar Jon Clarke - oboe, steel drum, flute, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Lester "Al" Garth - violin, recorder, tenor saxophone, viola, alto saxophone, steel drum, backing vocals Larry Sims - bass guitar, backing vocals Merel Bregante - drums, backing vocals Additional musicians Michael Omartian - concertina, keyboards, steel drum Milt Holland - percussion Production Jim Messina - producer John Fiore - engineer Alex Kazanegras - mastering and mixing David Linderman - cover artworkTracklist House at the Pooh Corner" Christopher Robin and I walked along Under branches lit up by the moon Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore As our days disappeared all too soon But I've wandered much further today than I should And I can't seem to find my way back to the wood So help me if you can, I've got to get Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done Count all the bees in the hive Chase all the clouds from the sky Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do Got a honey jar stuck on his nose He came to me asking help and advice And from here no one knows where he goes So I sent him to ask of the owl if he's there How to loosen the jar from the nose of a bear So help me if you can, I've got to get Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done Count all the bees in the hive Chase all the clouds from the sky Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh {Bridge} So help me if you can, I've got to get Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done Count all the bees in the hive Chase all the clouds from the sky Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh... [Verses added in 1994] It's hard to explain how a few precious things Seem to follow throughout all our lives After all's said and done I was watching my son Sleeping there with my bear by his side So I tucked him in, kissed him And as I was going I swear that old bear whispered Boy, welcome home! Believe me if you can, I've got to get Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one What do you know, there's so much to be done Count all the bees in the hive Chase all the clouds from the sky Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh Back to the ways of Christopher Robin and Pooh Back to the ways of Pooh

It's brit Pop and Pulp who released their 2nd album in 1995 This is Common people great song great video

Today my choice is San Francisco Sketches by the British band Blodwyn Pig from their 2nd album Getting To This released in 1970

Today it's bowie, it's Stage, it's Station To Station and David Bowie - Stage Vol.1 (DVD-NTSC) 1978 Pro-Shot - Very Good Quality. DVD Full Color Cover Included. Band: David Bowie: Vocals / Keyboards Adrian Belew: Guitar Carlos Alomar: Guitar George Murray: Bass Simon House: Violin Sean Mayes: Piano Roger Powell: Keyboards Dennis David: Drums SETLIST: Dallas Convention Center Dallas, USA 10th April 1978 1. What In The World 2. Blackout 3. Sense Of Doubt 4. Speed Of Life 5. Hang Onto Yourself 6. Ziggy Stardust The Budokan Arena Tokyo, Japan 12th December 1978 7. Warszawa 8. "Heroes" 9. Fame 10. Beauty And The Beast 11. Five Years 12. Soul Love 13. Star 14. Hang Onto Yourself 15. Ziggy Stardust 16. Suffragette City 17. Station To Station 18. TVC15 Lyrics Station To Station Station To Station" The return of the Thin White Duke Throwing darts in lovers' eyes Here are we, one magical moment Such is the stuff, from where dreams are woven Bending sound, dredging the ocean Lost in my circle Here am I, flashing no color Tall in this room overlooking the ocean Here are we, one magical movement From Kether to Malkuth There are, you drive like a demon From station to station The return of the Thin White Duke Throwing darts in lovers' eyes The return of the Thin White Duke Throwing darts in lovers' eyes The return of the Thin White Duke Making sure white stains Once there were mountains on mountains And once there were sun birds to soar with And once I could never be down Got to keep searching and searching And oh, what will I be believing And who will connect me with love? Wonder who, wonder who, wonder when Have you sought fortune, evasive and shy? Drink to the men who protect you and I Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high It's not the side-effects of the cocaine I'm thinking that it must be love It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European canon is near I must be only one in a million I won't let the day pass without her It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European canon is here Should I believe that I've been stricken? Does my face show some kind of glow? It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European canon is here, yes it's here It's too late, It's too late It's too late, It's too late It's too late The European canon is near It's not the side-effects of the cocaine I'm thinking that it must be love It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European canon is here I must be only one in a million I won't let the day pass without her It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European canon is here, yes it's here Should I believe that I've been stricken? Does my face show some kind of glow? It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European canon is here, yes it's here It's too late, It's too late It's too late, It's too late It's too late The European canon is here

From the album Stand Up by Jethro Tull released in 1969 the song We used To Know Whenever I get to feel this way, try to find new words to say, I think about the bad old days we used to know. Nights of winter turn me cold -- fears of dying, getting old. We ran the race and the race was won by running slowly. Could be soon we'll cease to sound, slowly upstairs, faster down. Then to revisit stony grounds, we used to know. Remembering mornings, shillings spent, made no sense to leave the bed. The bad old days they came and went giving way to fruitful years. Saving up the birds in hand while in the bush the others land. Take what we can before the man says it's time to go. Each to his own way I'll go mine. Best of luck in what you find. But for your own sake remember times we used to know. Side one No. Title Length 1. "A New Day Yesterday" 4:10 2. "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" 2:12 3. "Bourée" (Instrumental; J. S. Bach, arr. by Anderson) 3:46 4. "Back to the Family" 3:48 5. "Look into the Sun" 4:20 Side two No. Title Length 1. "Nothing Is Easy" 4:25 2. "Fat Man" 2:52 3. "We Used to Know" 4:00 4. "Reasons for Waiting" 4:05 5. "For a Thousand Mothers" 4:13 Jethro Tull Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, piano, mandolin, balalaika, mouth organ, production Martin Lancelot Barre - electric guitar, additional flute (on tracks 2 and 9) Glenn Cornick - bass guitar (all tracks but 5 and 7) Clive Bunker - drums, percussion

My choice today Graham Parker & The Rumour their 1977 album Stick To Me and the track Watch The moon Come Down with a live version performed in 2012 Lyric Watch The moon Come Down In this dirty town there's nothing going for me No show's going down that I would want to see Nothing but the midnight train In this shady street on a top floor flat Women take their sheets down to the laundromat And as the night falls on this town I'm going to watch the moon come down Watch the moon come down I'm gonna watch the moon come down Watch it come down As the workmen walk home, reflected in the car chrome Splashing through the gutters and the sand The birds move in the rafters hearing echoes of the laughter From children in a playground close at hand And hands inside my pockets, staring at the light sockets Everyone's been blown out everyone's been thrown out I said, "Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby" I'm going to watch the moon come down Watch the moon come down I'm gonna watch the moon come down Watch it come down If I stay out all night, test the midnight train's headlights Follow the tracks beyond sight to the bend Now who've I got to let down Tell me somebody with their head down Bargin' into solid ground in the end In the end, yeah in the end Waitin' for the end, arrive to the end, hey, hey I said, "Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby" Watch the moon come down x3 Yes, I'm going to watch the moon come down Yeah, I'm going to watch the moon come down Like a midnight train uh huh Uh, uh, I'm going to watch the moon come down Watch it come down Yes, I'm going to watch the moon come down Like a midnight train

Tom Verlaine created Television in the late 70s and their debut album Marquee Moon is one of the great albums - This sog is from Tom's album Cover and its called Swim Cover is the fourth solo album by Tom Verlaine. It was released in 1984. Track listing All songs written and composed by Tom Verlaine; except "Five Miles of You" composed with Jimmy Ripp "Five Miles of You" (4:20) "Travelling" (5:00) "O Foolish Heart" (4:28) "Lindi-Lu" (3:40) "Let Go the Mansion" (3:08) "Dissolve/Reveal" (4:41) "Miss Emily" (4:41) "Rotation" (4:11) "Swim" (4:31) Personnel Tom Verlaine - guitars, solos, vocals, synthesizer; drum machine on "O Foolish Heart", "Let Go the Mansion", "Dissolve/Reveal" and "Swim" Jimmy Ripp - guitars, bass on "Swim" Fred Smith - bass Bill Laswell - bass on "Miss Emily" Jay Dee Daugherty - drums on "Five Miles of You" and "Travelling" Allan Schwartzberg - drums on "Lindi-Lu", "Miss Emily" and "Rotation" Technical Ray Niznik, Michael Ewasko, Dave Jerden, Mario Salvati, Howard Gray, Steve Brown - engineers Jill Furmanovsky - photography

My choice is from Don't Stand Me down by Dexy's Midnight Runners and its the final track The Waltz Don't Stand Me Down is the third studio album by Dexys Midnight Runners, released in September 1985. The album followed their internationally successful second album Too-Rye-Ay and featured a lineup pared down from ten members to just four: vocalist Kevin Rowland, guitarist Billy Adams, violinist Helen O'Hara, and saxophonist Nick Gatfield, the last of whom left the band after the recording sessions. Recording In an interview with HitQuarters saxophonist Nick Gatfield described the recording as a "long drawn out painful process".[1] It marked a telling and troubling shift from Too-Rye-Ay, as unlike that record, which was made very inexpensively and "had an energy about it", "Don't Stand Me Down" cost a huge amount of money and, according to Gatfield, "felt uncomfortable and unnatural".[1] The album was a commercial failure upon release, in part due to frontman Kevin Rowland's refusal to release a single. "This Is What She's Like" was eventually released as a single, backed with part one of "Reminiscence". Some reviewers were highly critical,[2] with Trouser Press characterizing the release as "a torpid snore that denies entertainment on every level", although writing in the Melody Maker, Colin Irwin described it as "quite the most challenging, absorbing, moving, uplifting and ultimately triumphant album of the year".[3] The album is now considered something of a lost treasure: it was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated.[4] Writing for Uncut in 2007, Paul Moody called it a "neglected masterpiece".[ The album was digitally remastered and issued on CD by Creation Records in 1997 (CRECD154). Two of the song titles were changed from the original release: "Knowledge of Beauty" became "My National Pride", and "Listen to This" became "I Love You (Listen to This)". "My National Pride" was the original title of the former song, but Rowland "didn't have the courage to title it that when it came around to the artwork." He contributed two pages of sleeve notes, entitled "Foreword to the Second Edition". Two extra tracks were added: "Reminisce (Part One)", recorded in spring of 1983, and a version of "The Way You Look Tonight". 2002 Director's Cut During the mastering process for the Creation release, a stereo enhancer was used, which, Rowland felt, "ruined the dynamics." As a result, a third version of the album was released in 2002, subtitled The Director's Cut. The tracks were again digitally remastered, and the CD featured new artwork, further notes by Rowland, and the additional track "Kevin Rowland's 13th Time". According to Rowland, the album now sounds to him "as it was intended to sound." "Kevin Rowland's 13th Time" had originally been intended to be the opening song (with the introductory lyric "My name is Kevin Rowland, I'm the leader of the band" and, in a later verse, a "joke" of sorts, to "kick off the proceedings"), but was left off the original issue of the album due to Rowland's perception of a "dodgy drum beat" at one point. Rowland penned two pages of notes relating to the track, as well as a "foreword to The Director's Cut." A limited-edition version of The Director's Cut had a DVD disc included, featuring videos for the songs "This Is What She's Like", "My National Pride", and "I Love You (Listen to This)", directed by Jack Hazan. Rowland penned another page of notes regarding the videos. The booklet shows, in a two-page spread, a photo from the video shoot, with Dexys as an eight-piece band, with Rowland, Adams, and O'Hara in the foreground. All three videos feature footage from this set. While "This Is What She's Like" includes footage of Rowland and Adams walking the streets of New York City, and "My National Pride" shows the band in pastoral scenes evocative of Ireland, "I Love You (Listen to This)" is shot entirely on this set, dark, with a single spotlight on Rowland, no other band member visible, just various angles on Rowland singing the verses and choruses-the majority of the song-until the final instrumental ride-out, when Billy Adams, Helen O'Hara, and the rest of the musicians are finally seen for a few seconds. Track listing Original 1985 version "The Occasional Flicker" (Kevin Rowland) - 5:49 "This Is What She's Like" (Billy Adams, Helen O'Hara, Rowland) - 12:23 "Knowledge of Beauty" (O'Hara, Rowland, Wynne) - 7:01 "One of Those Things" (Rowland) - 6:01 "Reminisce Part Two" (Rowland) - 3:31 "Listen to This" (Adams, Rowland) - 3:19 "The Waltz" (Rowland, Torch) - 8:21 The Director's Cut "Kevin Rowland's 13th Time" (Adams, O'Hara, Rowland) - 5:05 "The Occasional Flicker" (Rowland) - 5:49 "This Is What She's Like" (Adams, O'Hara, Rowland) - 12:23 "My National Pride" (O'Hara, Rowland, Wynne) - 7:01 "One of Those Things"(LeRoy Marinell, Rowland, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon) - 6:01 "Reminisce (Part Two)" (Rowland) - 3:31 "I Love You (Listen to This)" (Adams, Rowland) - 3:19 "The Waltz" (Rowland, Torch) - 8:21 "One of Those Things" has a riff taken from Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London". For the 1997 re-release, Rowland admitted in the liner notes that he had used the riff and consequently Zevon and his cowriters, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel were given writing credits on the song. "Reminisce (Part Two)" includes "I'll Say Forever My Love" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon, Stephen Bowden). Personnel Kevin Rowland - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes Billy Adams - Guitar, Vocals, Producer Helen O'Hara - Violin, Vocals, Producer "Big" Jim Paterson - Trombone Nick Gatfield - Saxophone, Vocals Vincent Crane - Piano Tim Dancy - Drums Julian Littman - Mandolin Tom Evans - Steel Guitar Robert Noble - Organ, Synthesizer John "Rhino" Edwards - Bass Crusher Green - Drums on "Listen to This" Mick Boulton - Piano on "The Waltz" Randy Taylor - Bass on "Knowledge of Beauty" Woody Woodmansey - Drums on "The Waltz" Alan Winstanley - Producer Pete Schwier - Engineer, Mixing John Porter - Mixing on "Kevin Rowland's 13th Time" Peter Barrett - Cover Design Kim Knott - Photography Claire Mueller - Photography Jack Hazan - Director Arun Chakraverty - Engineer (reissue) Nigel Reeve - Project Coordinator (reissue)Original 1985 version "The Occasional Flicker" (Kevin Rowland) - 5:49 "This Is What She's Like" (Billy Adams, Helen O'Hara, Rowland) - 12:23 "Knowledge of Beauty" (O'Hara, Rowland, Wynne) - 7:01 "One of Those Things" (Rowland) - 6:01 "Reminisce Part Two" (Rowland) - 3:31 "Listen to This" (Adams, Rowland) - 3:19 "The Waltz" (Rowland, Torch) - 8:21 Utterly overlooked upon release, condemned and chastised by every reviewer who came within 50 yards of it, Dexy's Midnight Runners' third album arrived in 1985 with the band's once-illuminated fame looking seriously battered, not only by the three years that Kevin Rowland kept listeners waiting, but also by the fact that he'd seemingly thrown away every pop classic blueprint he'd ever laid his hands on. Quite frankly, the album was a mess, with half the songs sounding like extemporized intros, and the rest seemingly trapped within their own middle eights. The fact that the Smiths, to name but one, had long since made a virtue of such intricacies was irrelevant -- the world wanted another "Come on Eileen." Instead they got "The Occasional Flicker," a song-cum-ramble-cum-rant that apparently went out of its way to disrupt those demands. Ah, but it's such a magnificent disruption. Freed (in his own mind at least) from the tiresome dictates of the band's hitmaking past, Rowland conceived an album that drifts past in a blur of haunting and sometimes haunted melodies, with the vocal lines floating almost conversationally over them. Play the album once, then think back on it later, and all you remember is the sheer casual joy of it all, the sense that Dexy's gathered in the studio for fun as much as profit, and if nobody liked what they did -- which they didn't -- then so be it. Listen closer, however, and even the lackadaisical swagger is expertly crafted. "This Is What She's Like," doomed to become the band's first non-charting single since "Liars A to E," is an absolute corker once you give it a chance to sink into your skull and, track by track, Don't Stand Me Down unfolds to become not the ugly duckling of Dexy's Midnight Runners' hit-packed catalog, but the new dawn that could -- should -- have finally exorcised "Eileen" and her buddies. And when it didn't, the band broke up. "The Waltz" Don't stand me down, or around For I'll never stop saying your name I was the one who came rushing to see you believed in your strategy Followed your course Around this time, yes, I came near to remorse I never quite did, of course But then, things were no worse And you were the one I was waiting to see, believed implicitly But I never took tea I was always in doubt About working it out Hence my reasons to shout Were in permanent doubt It's all changed now Now, though it seems I am losing It's not true And though it seems there's confusion It's also not true As if I could not see Believed implicitly In the tales of the British democracy How I swooned to the stories of Royal victories But the books of history were fairy tale stories But, never one to doubt And not first think about I restrained all my doubt Now I'm working it out Your good sister, it seems Is nowhere to be seen They don't talk of Kathleen Things are not how they seem

Forest Fire from Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions released in 1984

Nos 150 to 141 My favourite music albums

This great track A Pair Of Brown Eyes by The Pogies from Rum, Sodomy and the Lesh

Fallen Angel by King Crimson from their 1974 album Red Track listing Side A No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Red" Robert Fripp 6:20 2. "Fallen Angel" Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James 6:00 3. "One More Red Nightmare" Fripp, Wetton 7:07 Side B No. Title Writer(s) Length 4. "Providence" David Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford 8:08 5. "Starless" Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James 12:18 Personnel King Crimson - production, arrangements Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron John Wetton - bass, vocals Bill Bruford - drums, percussion Additional personnel David Cross - violin on "Providence" Mel Collins - soprano saxophone on "Starless" Ian McDonald - alto saxophone on "One More Red Nightmare" and "Starless" Mark Charig - cornet on "Fallen Angel", Robin Miller - oboe on "Fallen Angel" Uncredited musician - cello on "Red" Uncredited musician - cello on "Starless" George Chkiantz - recording, engineering Rod Thear - recording, assistant engineering Chris, Tex, Harvey and Peter Walmsley - equipment John Kosh - cover Gered Mankowitz - photography Fallen Angel" [Verse 1] Tears of joy at the birth of a brother Never alone from that time Sixteen years through knife fights and danger Strangely why his life, not mine? [Refrain] West-side skyline crying Fallen angel dying Risk a life to make a dime [Verse 2] Lifetimes spent on the streets of a city Make us the people we are Switchblade stings in one tenth of a moment Better get back to the car [Chorus] Fallen angel Fallen angel [Instrumental] [Chorus] Fallen angel Fallen angel [Refrain] West-side skyline crying Fallen angel dying Life expiring in the [Verse 3] Snow white side streets of cold New York City Stained with his blood, it all went wrong Sick and tired, blue, wicked and wild God only knows for how long [Chorus] Fallen angel Fallen angel Starless" [Verse 1] Sundown dazzling day Gold through my eyes But my eyes turned within Only see [Chorus] Starless and Bible black [Verse 2] Old friend charity Cruel twisted smile And the smile signals emptiness For me [Chorus] Starless and Bible black [Verse 3] Ice blue silver sky Fades into grey To a grey hope that all yearns To be [Chorus] Starless and Bible black

My choice today On Your Way Down By Little Feat from the album Dixie Chicken - Song written by Allen Toussaint

I Try by Macy Gray from her debut On How Life Is released in 1999

Today's choice Another new artist for me and an album released this year Underdressed At The Symphony by Faye Webster - The song Thainking Of You

A Day Late- Elvis Costello Watching The Detectives from 1977 Appeared on a compilation of B Sides and demos - 10 Bloody Marys and 10 How's Your Fathers Track listing All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated. Side one "Clean Money" (previously unreleased) - 1:57 "Girls Talk" (B-side of "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down", 1980) - 1:56 "Talking in the Dark" (B-side of "Accidents Will Happen", 1979) - 1:56 "Radio Sweetheart" (B-side of "Less Than Zero", 1977) - 2:24 "Big Tears" (B-side of "Pump It Up", 1978) - 3:10 "Crawling to the USA" (from soundtrack to Americathon, 1979) - 2:52 "Just a Memory" (B-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) - 2:14 "Watching the Detectives" (non-album single, 1977) - 3:43 "Stranger in the House" (non-album single, 1978) - 3:01 "Clowntime Is Over" (Version 2, B-side of "High Fidelity", 1980) - 3:44 Side two "Getting Mighty Crowded" (Van McCoy) (B-side of "High Fidelity", 1980) - 2:05 "Hoover Factory" (previously unreleased) - 1:43 "Tiny Steps" (B-side of "Radio, Radio", 1978) - 2:42 "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) - 3:31 "Dr. Luther's Assistant" (B-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) - 3:28 "Radio, Radio" (non-album single, 1978) - 3:04 "Black and White World (No. 2)" (previously unreleased) - 1:51 "Wednesday Week" (B-side of "Accidents Will Happen", 1978) - 2:02 "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (B-side of "Oliver's Army", 1979) - 1:25 "Ghost Train" (B-side of "New Amsterdam", 1980) - 3:05 Lyric "Watching The Detectives" Nice girls not one with a defect Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct Red dogs under illegal legs She looks so good that he gets down and begs She is watching the detectives "Ooh, he's so cute!" She is watching the detectives When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot They beat him up until the teardrops start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Long shot of that jumping sign Visible shivers running down my spine Cut the baby taking off her clothes Close-up of the sign that says,"We never close" You snatch a tune, you match a cigarette She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet I don't know how much more of this I can take She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake She is watching the detectives "Ooh, he's so cute!" She is watching the detectives When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot They beat him up until the teardrops start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart You think you're alone until you realize you're in it Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder who is it? The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay It only took my little fingers to blow you away Just like watching the detectives "Don't get cute!" It's just like watching the detectives I get so angry when the teardrops start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Watching the detectives It's just like watching the detectives Watching the detectives...

1970 - a great year for rock - Deep Purple In Rock - The track Speed king Speed King" Good Golly, said little Miss Molly When she was rockin' in the house of blue light Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty When she was rockin' to the east and west Lucille was oh so real When she didn't do her daddies will Come on baby, drive me crazy--do it, do it I'm a speed king you go to hear me sing I'm a speed king see me fly Saturday night and I just got paid Gonna fool about ain't gonna save Some people gonna rock some people gonna roll Gonna have a party to save my soul Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man They been causing trouble since it all began Take a little rice take a little beans Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans [repeat first two stanzas in inverse order]

My choice is The Asphalt World by Suded from their album Dog Man Star released in 1994 "The Asphalt World" I know a girl, she walks the asphalt world She comes to me, and I supply her with ecstasy Sometimes, we ride in a taxi to the ends of the city Like big stars in the back seat, like skeletons, ever so pretty I know a girl, she walks the asphalt world But where does she go? And what does she do? And how does she feel when she's next to you? And who does she love in her time-honoured fur? Is it me or her? I know a girl, she walks the asphalt world She's got a friend, they share mascara, I pretend Sometimes, they fly from the covers to the winter of the river For these silent stars of the cinema It's in the bloodstream, it's in the liver I know a girl, she walks the arse-felt world But where does she go? And what does she do? And how does she feel when she's next to you? And who does she love in her time-honoured fur? Is it me or her? With ice in her blood And a dove in her head Well, how does she feel when she's in your bed? When you're there in her arms And there in her legs Well, I'll be in her head 'Cause that's where I go And that's what I do And that's how it feels when the sex turns cruel Yes, both of us need her, this is the asphalt world With ice in her blood And a dove in her head Well, how does she feel when she's in your bed? When you're there in her arms And there in her legs Well, I'll be in her head 'Cause that's where I go And that's what I do And that's how it feels when the sex turns cruel Yes, both of us need her, this is the asphalt world Writer(s): Bernard Butler, Brett Anderson

My song for the day = Villiers Terrace by Echo and The Bunnymen from the album Crocodiles released in 1980 Crocodiles Review by Ned Raggett Inspired by psychedelia, sure. Bit of Jim Morrison in the vocals? OK, it's there. But for all the references and connections that can be drawn (and they can), one listen to Echo's brilliant, often harrowing debut album and it's clear when a unique, special band presents itself. Beginning with the dramatic, building climb of "Going Up," Crocodiles at once showcases four individual players sure of their own gifts and their ability to bring it all together to make things more than the sum of their parts. Will Sergeant in particular is a revelation -- resplendently delicate and full of inventive, unexpected melodies. More than many before or since, he plays the electric guitar as just that, electric not acoustic, dedicated to finding out what can be done with it while never using it as an excuse to bend frets. His highlights are legion, whether it's the hooky opening chime of "Rescue" or the exchanges of sound and silence in "Happy Death Men." Meanwhile, the Pattinson/De Freitas rhythm section stakes its own claim for greatness, the former's bass driving yet almost seductive, the latter's percussion constantly shifting rhythms and styles while never leaving the central beat of the song to die. "Pride" is one standout moment of many, Pattinson's high notes and De Freitas' interjections on what sound like chimes or blocks are inspired touches. Then there's McCulloch himself, and while the imagery can be cryptic, the delivery soars, even while his semi-wail conjures up, as on the nervy, edgy picture of addiction "Villiers Terrace," "People rolling round on the carpet/Mixing up the medicine." Brisk, wasting not a note, and burning with barely controlled energy, Crocodiles remains a deserved classic. Crocodiles is the debut album by the English post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 18 July 1980 in the United Kingdom and on 17 December 1980 in the United States. The album reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. "Pictures on My Wall" and "Rescue" had previously been released as singles. Recorded at Eden Studios in London and at Rockfield Studios near Monmouth, Crocodiles was produced by Bill Drummond and David Balfe, while Ian Broudie had already produced the single "Rescue". The album received favourable reviews from the music press, receiving four out of five stars by both Rolling Stone and Blender magazines. Background and recording Echo & the Bunnymen formed in 1978 and originally consisted of Ian McCulloch (vocals and rhythm guitar), Will Sergeant (lead guitar), Les Pattinson (bass) and a drum machine. They released their debut single, "The Pictures on My Wall", in May 1979 on the independent label Zoo Records. The band then signed with WEA subsidiary label Korova and were persuaded to employ a drummer.[4] Pete de Freitas subsequently joined the band, and in early 1980 they recorded their second single, "Rescue". The single was recorded at Eden Studios in London and produced by fellow Liverpudlian and ex-member of Big in Japan Ian Broudie.[5] A British tour followed in June 1980 before the band went to Rockfield Studios to record their debut album. Despite talk of the American singer Del Shannon being asked to produce the album, it was produced by the band's manager Bill Drummond and his business partner and The Teardrop Explodes keyboard player David Balfe.[6] The recording of the album only took three weeks,[6] but Pattinson was surprised by the boring nature of the recording process: "There was a lot of hanging about. I didn't get all the 'drop-ins' and 'edits' bit."[7] Music and lyrics The music on Crocodiles is generally dark and moody: In 1980, the British music magazine NME described McCulloch's lyrics as "scattered with themes of sorrow, horror, and despair, themes that are reinforced by stormy animal/sexual imagery" and American music magazine Creem described Crocodiles as "a moody, mysterious, fascinating record."[8] In 1981, music journalist David Fricke, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, said, "Instead of dope, McCulloch trips out on his worst fears: isolation, death and emotional bankruptcy."[9] In his 2005 book Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978–1984, British music journalist Simon Reynolds describes the sound of the album as "pared and sparse."[10] He goes on to describe Pattinson's "granite basslines" carrying the melody; Sergeant's guitar playing as "jagged-quartz" and avoiding "anything resembling a solo, apart from the odd flinty peal of lead playing"; de Freitas' drumming as minimal and "surging urgency"; and McCulloch's vocals as having "precocious authority." Reynolds describes the songs as being rooted in "doubt, anguish, despair" while the "tightness and brightness of their sound transmits contradictory sensations of confidence, vigour and euphoria."[10] He also describes how the line "Stars are stars and they shine so hard" from the track "Stars Are Stars" showed how the band felt no embarrassment in their wish to be famous.[11] In 1989 McCulloch told Reynolds how, as a teenager, he felt there was "a big movie camera in the sky." McCulloch described the opening line of the track "Going Up" – "Ain't thou watching my film" – as a terrible line, and he went on to say "It was meant to be tongue in cheek, but that was what spurred me on."[11] Cover The cover photograph is one of a series taken by photographer Brian Griffin[5] in the woods near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire at night. The photos show themes of introspection, despair and confusion.[12] Describing the cover photo, music journalist Chris Salewicz said, "[...] the Bunnymen are placed in poses of histrionic despair in a near-neurotically gothic woodland that evokes memories of elfin glades and fabled Arthurian legends."[13] Creem magazine said, "The cover art suggests four boys dazed and confused in a drugged dream, a surreal where-are-we landscape. The Bunnymen's images are of loneliness, disconnection, a world gone awry."[8] Originally the band wanted the pictures to include burning stakes, but given the possible KKK connotations, they settled for moody lighting instead.[12] However, McCulloch was pleased with the cover, saying "the cover [...] is better to look at than the Mona Lisa."[14] Sergeant was less happy, saying that he "was pissed off that there was a solo picture of [McCulloch] on the back cover."[15] In the book The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs, Bill Drummond says that he saw the face of "Echo", an imagined giant rabbit, in the cover design.[16] Releases The album was originally released as an LP in the United Kingdom on 18 July 1980 by Warner Bros. subsidiary label Korova. Two tracks, "Do It Clean" and "Read It in Books", were included on the cassette but were initially omitted from the LP version of the album because the managing director of Warner Bros., Rob Dickins, mistakenly thought that they contained obscenities.[6] After Dickins realised his error, the tracks were included on the American version of the album, which was released by Sire Records on 17 December 1980. The two tracks were included with the UK release as a limited-edition single. The album was first released on CD in May 1989 by WEA in the UK. It was released on CD in the US by Sire Records the following year. The track listings found on these versions were the same as those of the original LP releases for each country. Along with Echo & the Bunnymen's first five albums, Crocodiles was remastered and reissued on CD in 2003, marketed as a 25th-anniversary edition ten bonus tracks on the UK version and eight on the American version. The UK version contained the missing tracks "Do It Clean" and "Read It in Books". The other bonus tracks included "Simple Stuff", which was the B-side to the single "Rescue"; early versions of "Villiers Terrace", "Pride" and "Simple Stuff" from the album's recording sessions; and the four tracks from the Shine So Hard EP, "Crocodiles", "Zimbo", "All That Jazz" and "Over the Wall". The reissued album was produced by music historian Andy Zax and producer Bill Inglot.[5] Two singles were released before the album's release. "Pictures on My Wall" (as "The Pictures on My Wall"), the band's first single, was released on 5 May 1979. The single version was recorded before de Freitas had joined the band, but the song was re-recorded for the album with de Freitas on drums.[17] The band's second single, "Rescue", released on 5 May 1980, became the band's first song to chart when it reached number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.[18] Scottish band Idlewild covered the track "Rescue" on their single "These Wooden Ideas" in June 2000.[19] In late 2001, American singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz released the album Crockodials, a track-by-track cover version of the original Crocodiles album.[20] Writing for NME in 1980, Chris Salewicz described the album as "being probably the best album this year by a British band."[13] In his review of the album for Smash Hits, Ian Cranna said that the album was "proof positive that there's just no substitute for a good song delivered with power and emotion." Cranna added, "[The band] deliver attractive melodies with dark and moody (but not obscure) personal lyrics, all turned into compulsive listening by a driving beat, ringing guitars and a hauntingly emotional voice."[28] Reviewing the album in 1981 for Rolling Stone magazine, David Fricke awarded it four out of five stars and described McCulloch's vocals: "[He] specializes in a sort of apocalyptic brooding, combining Jim Morrison-style psychosexual yells, a flair for David Bowie-like vocal inflections and the nihilistic bark of his punk peers into a disturbing portrait of the singer as a young neurotic."[9] Fricke went on to say, "Behind him, gripping music swells into Doors-style dirges ('Pictures on My Wall'), PiL-like guitar dynamics ('Monkeys'), spookily evocative pop ('Rescue') and Yardbirds-cum-Elevators ravers jacked up in the New Wave manner ('Do It Clean,' 'Crocodiles')." Reviewing the 2003 remastered version for American music magazine Blender's website, reviewer Andrew Harrison also gave the album four out of five stars and said, "[...] the Bunnymen were a pure nihilistic thrill, with Will Sergeant's desperate, mantra-like guitar summoning up a primal night of blinking hallucinations."[22] Crocodiles reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart in July 1980.[18] The album has since sold over 100,000 copies and the band were awarded a gold disc for the album on 5 December 1984 by the British Phonographic Industry.[30] In 1993, the NME listed Crocodiles at number 28 in its list of the 50 greatest albums of the 1980s.[31] In 2006, Uncut magazine listed the album at number 69 on its list of the 100 greatest debut albums.[32] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[33] In 2020, Rolling Stone included Crocodiles in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising "Will Sergeants’ ice-dagger guitar and Les Pattinson’s spelunking bass, making “Rescue” and “Pictures on My Wall” the perfect invitations to crawl down into Ian’s hot pit of despair."[34] Track listing All tracks written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas except where noted. 1980 UK LP version and Canadian Cassette Side one "Going Up" – 3:57 "Stars Are Stars" – 2:45 "Pride" – 2:41 "Monkeys" – 2:49 "Crocodiles" – 2:38 Side two "Rescue" – 4:26 "Villiers Terrace" – 2:44 "Pictures on My Wall" (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson) – 2:52 "All That Jazz" – 2:43 "Happy Death Men" – 4:56 1980 US version and 1980 UK cassette version Side one "Going Up" – 3:57 "Do It Clean" – 2:44 "Stars Are Stars" – 2:45 "Pride" – 2:41 "Monkeys" – 2:49 "Crocodiles" – 2:38 Side two "Rescue" – 4:26 "Villiers Terrace" – 2:44 "Read It in Books" (McCulloch, Julian Cope) – 2:31 "Pictures on My Wall" (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson) – 2:52 "All That Jazz" – 2:43 "Happy Death Men" – 4:56 2003 bonus tracks "Do It Clean"[A] – 2:44 "Read It in Books"[A] (McCulloch, Cope) – 2:31 "Simple Stuff" – 2:38 "Villiers Terrace" (early version) – 3:08 "Pride" (early version) – 2:54 "Simple Stuff" (early version) – 2:37 "Crocodiles"[B] (live) – 5:09 "Zimbo"[B] (live) – 3:36 "All That Jazz"[B] (live) – 2:53 "Over the Wall"[B] (live) – 5:28 Personnel Echo & the Bunnymen Ian McCulloch – vocals, guitar, piano Will Sergeant – lead guitar Les Pattinson – bass Pete de Freitas – drums Technical Bill Drummond[C] – producer (original album and Shine So Hard tracks) David Balfe[C] – producer (original album), keyboards Ian Broudie – producer ("Pride" and "Rescue") The Bunnymen – producer ("Simple Stuff") Pat Moran – producer (early versions) Hugh Jones – producer (Shine So Hard tracks), engineer (original album) Andy Zax – reissue producer Bill Inglot – reissue producer, remastering Rod Houison – engineer ("Pride" and "Rescue") Gary Edwards – engineer (early versions) Dan Hersch – remastering Brian Griffin – cover photography Bill Butt – insert photography Notes A. ^1 2 Originally included on the US release of Crocodiles. B. ^1 2 3 4 From the Shine So Hard EP (Korona ECHO 1, 1981). Recorded live at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, UK, 17 January 1981. C. ^1 2 Credited as The Chameleons.

Joe Jackson from LP Body and Soul - The track The Verdict The verdict Joe Jackson L P Body and Soul 1 Did you do me right? Did I do right by you? When I bared my soul it seems you did not hear Can this be true? Am I fool to fight? I could do just what you say But I'm following my heart and that takes me another way It's not easy when there's no one one giving prizes at the end Waiting in the wings Wishing that the band would start to play As the show begins Wonder what the critics have to say Waiting Waiting For the verdict Some people live so fast They're so scared of getting old Some people keep on working All they do is line their graves with gold We don''t know what happens when we die We only know we die too soon But we have to try or else our world becomes a waiting room Would you testify for me? I think I'd do the same for you Waiting in the dark Waiting for the phone to ring all day My witness disappears Wonder what the jury has to say Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 3

My choice today Lucinda Williams and Lake Charles a track from her album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road from 1998

I was 15 My firtst underground music experience Death of an Electric Citizen bt The Edgar Brougton Band from the LP Wasa Waa released in 1969 Track listing "Death of an Electric Citizen" (Arthur Grant, Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton) - 6:09 "American Boy Soldier" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) - 4:22 "Why Can't Somebody Love Me?" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) - 5:05 "Neptune" (S. Broughton) - 4:20 "Evil" (R.E. Broughton) - 2:36 "Crying" (R.E. Broughton) - 5:14 "Love in the Rain" (R.E. Broughton) - 3:46 "Dawn Crept Away" (R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton)- 14:07 Lyric: Death Of An Electric Citizen Thought I hear a raindrop fall Trickle down beneath And the raindrop was a stream And the stream was a river Ready, ready, ready, ready, to the sea And the sea met the sky And you know, you know, you know The sky had no end, no end, no end, no end, no end There was aurora borealis And it chilled to the bone And it chilled (???????????????) You're not going home I got us up her, up her And her head spin Like a cryin' out for water Like a bony thin And the sky was a city City palace all around wall And the twelve guards Were back as far Aphrodite play with There's a light growing in my hairs Electric big bear, big bear Like I gotta, ooh ooh Try, try, well, moan a bit, cry a bit, sleep a bit, die a bit If you wanna deny it There's a warm tall maiden With a green eye And she says 'this is my Heaven You can make it if you try' And there's a ooh, ooh And a, oh, wide eye There's a ooh, ooh And a ooh, warm night And you hear the promises Blowin' on the wind And the wind is a vehicle For a bad man's sins They burn the city open You gotta take it on the town Stop go, Stop go, Stop go, Stop go You know you can go With a black bone And the pleasance of, and the pleasance of, denial And that's just about the death of a, like I mean Electric citizen

My choice today from 1976 Let It Grow by Eric Clapton from the album 461 Ocean Boulevard