The you-like-THAT-song-by-that-artist game

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:24 am

I've no favourite KOL track. Great live, lame on disc, imo. Being pedantic, my favourite Nick Heyward track is Whistle Down The Wind, a beautiful Geoff Emerick co-production with Nick. Get the the 2001 UK re-issue of North of a Miracle which
has the full 12" version.

Now maybe someone could come up with a Kings Of Leon track.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:33 am

Great song that....but my favourite is Blue Hat for a Blue Day. I love the 'Tangled' album as well....esp 'I love the things.....' and 'London'

....any way...back to KOL?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:02 pm

I recalled that, but remember it as drippy! I certainly thought KOL at Reading seemed more impressive than on record. Great stuff.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:44 am

Being pedantic

there's an awful lot of that going around.

I expected oily slick to run with this, so I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU MR. SLICK.

Kings of Leon: I'm going with The Bucket because it's got a good 'woo!' at the beginning and the chorus is killer (18, balding, star/golden, falling, heart). Off the new one, Black Thumbnail and again because of the chorus (don't leave no smell on me - which is good advice, really) and the bass player (who has bee-you-tiful blue eyes). I don't think they've made a GREAT record yet, but damn, they have a lot of great songs.

Robbie Fulks.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:18 pm

I'm giving Robbie one more day...

Robbie?

Robbie Fulks?

Anybody?

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:07 pm

Barely Human

The Smithereens?

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:08 pm

mood swung wrote:I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU MR. SLICK.

spank me for your birthday

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:38 pm

Behind The Wall Of Sleep

This is probably the first Smithereens song I have ever heard.
It was on MTV Unplugged some 15-16 years ago, and as far as I recall they performed it with Graham Parker.
It instantly took my attention with these great lines :
She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965
She had legs that never ended, I was halfway paralyzed

The Pogues

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:52 pm

There are loads and loads of Pogues songs I adore, but lately I've been really drawn to 'Thousands are Sailing'. The lines in the chorus about the land of opportunity that some of them will never see just capture something amazing.

Dinosaur Jr.

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:56 pm

Great Pogues choice. I well remember seeing Phil singing it with The Pogues at the Point Christmas 1987 when literally thousands were leaving the country. Very moving, I nearly joined them, thankfully I didn't.

Dinosaur Jr? Has to Dont. Always a blissfull endurance listening to it at full volume, 11 all the way.

Jennifer Warnes

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:31 pm

Her version of First We Take Manhattan with Stevie Ray Vaughan.

John Lee Hooker

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:28 pm

He has made so many albums that I don't know but I am enjoying this album from 1974, it's awesome. Lots of cool moments, clearly JLH is in a great mood and they've included some of his casual studio banter. It's not so much that you think "wow these are awesome songs" moreso that you are drawn in by the overall coolness. I hear plenty of New Orleans in there and it gets kind of James Brown funky, super casual drums and bass, a funky very 1974 sounding moog organ, horns, even a flute, and of course his wonderful guitar licks and phrasing.

So, because I'm listening to this album and it doesn't get better than the epic closing track that morphs from one pace and mood to the next -

(You Never Amount to Anything If You Don't Go To) Collage (A ...)

Next artist - The Faces

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:24 am

Debris, Ronnie Lane at his finest.

The Beat Farmers

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:25 am

As 5 days have pased, Martin, how about YOU giving us your favourite Beat Farmers' song ?

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:11 am

Their version of Neil Youngs Powderfinger

Edwyn Collins

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:38 pm

A Heavy Sigh. It's on the latest Word freebie, from his new LP out tomorrow. It's very lovely. Classic Edwyn, with some quite Lloyd-eque aspects. I heard him on the radio today, together with Grace, saying how singing helps him to regain the power of speech, and he can sing A Girl Like You, etc. Will he perform again? The speech is slow and somewhat disjointed, but it's so great to have him around. Everyone comments how amazing it is that the LP was recorded before his brain trouble as a lot of the lyrics seems like a response to it. Eerily prophetic.

Nick Cave

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:14 pm

"Red Right Hand," from Let Love In. I love the spooky organ riff, that clanging bell, and the way Nick really digs into the lyrics with gusto. Terrific stuff.

Steve Earle.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:36 am

Copperhead Road. because he's 'headed down to knoxville with the weekly load...' and the way it just spirals out of control in a redneck manner towards the end.

Sublime.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:26 am

Moody - is Sublime the name of a group or your description of the song? If it is not the name of a group then can you put one up so that we can play. Or is this just another way of padding your posts?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:19 am

Somebody woke up with his funny bone all out of joint, didn't he?

the band. best band with a dalmation, ever.

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:51 pm

The Ballad of Johnny Butt

Never heard the damned song but I imagine the title (fabulous!) says it all.

Rachel Sweet

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:57 am

Pin a medal on Mary.

Rachel Sweet was the original Britney Spears.

The Monkees

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:25 am

Jackson Monk wrote:Pin a medal on Mary.

Rachel Sweet was the original Britney Spears.

That's right - didn't she sing B-A-B-Y Hit Me One More Time?

Jackson Monk wrote:The Monkees

I've never been a massive Monkees fan and only really know the songs that everybody hears at weddings so I'll let this one go...

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:24 am

only really know the songs that everybody hears at weddings...

Last Train to Clarksville?

Stepping Stone?

Hey Hey We're the Marrieds?

but just to be clear, those are bad wedding songs.

back to

THE MONKEES!

Fishfinger king · Post by **Fishfinger king** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:57 pm

Randy Scouse Git

(That's a Monkees song, not a snide comment to a board member)

Catatonia

(That's a band and not a comment on the current state of Chelski fans)