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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Portishead – We Carry On
God, I used to hate Portishead. They were everywhere in the mid-90s, their particular brand of jazz loungey trip-hop finding favour with all manner of Guardian-reading, coffee-tabled, dinner-partied dullards who thought that Dummy was the last word on alternative rock. … Continue reading
Fergie – Clumsy
Produced by the undeniably talented (but undeniably irritating) will.i.am, this is just a great piece of pop music. By harking back to doo-wop and early rock ‘n’ roll (explicitly through its use of Little Richard’s The Girl Can’t Help It), … Continue reading
Fairport Convention – Suzanne
Another fantastic version of Suzanne. Markedly different from the original (and from Nina Simone’s version, below), it has two great things to recommend it: Iain Matthews and Sandy Denny’s shared vocals and Richard Thompson’s chugga chugga guitar. Actually, I’m just … Continue reading
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Nina Simone – Suzanne
Years ago, a friend of mine organised a benefit concert for women (I forget what the actual cause was) that was headlined by Nina Simone. It turned out, much to my friend’s surprise, that Ms Simone behaved throughout like an … Continue reading
Mozart – Piano Concerto In D Minor, K 466; 2nd Movement
Lying in bed the other night, listening to this, I became overwhelmed by its utter loveliness.
The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday
You’d have to be a professional curmudgeon to have not been moved – at least a little bit – by the death of Davy Jones yesterday. Although a very minor talent, and by far the least talented Monkee, Jones was … Continue reading
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Tagged Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, Pleasant Valley Sunday, The Monkees
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