Ok, not The Great Pretender, or something by The Pretenders, but the barnstorming rocket from the fantastic Foo Fighters. Just think – if Kurt hadn’t did what he did we would never have heard this…
Random Acts of Music #8 The Pretender
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Written by Chuck Berry whilst in jail, through movie stardom in Pulp Fiction to a German country-pop band, one of the most covered songs…here is the Texas Lightening version and the Uma Thurman/John Travolta dance:
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From The Kinks in 1968 to Kate Rusby 40 years later, used in the TV series Jam and Jerusalem, The Village Green Preservation Society is an English classic. I have never been a mad keen folk music fan but Kate Rusby has just got the most perfect voice.
Find her work, buy it, love it. Enjoy…and comment please!
Lullabies from the Axis of Evil is a 2004 CD containing traditional lullabies sung by women from Iraq, Iran, and North Korea (the axis of evil), as well as Syria, Libya, and, Cuba (beyond the axis of evil), plus Afghanistan and Palestine, supprted by Western performers. Lullabies connect us to the most basic, childlike parts of ourselves and this CD is beautiful.
Listen to the featured clip “Ya Lel Ma Atwalak (This Never Ending Night)” by Rim Banna (Palestine) and Kari Bremnes (Norway):
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2009 does 1979 in the style of 1943. That's right, a swing version of Blondie's Heart of Glass, by the great Puppini Sisters, listen to this:
Find it, buy it, love it, – can you listen to this and not tap your feet? Enjoy…and comment please!
Early 90's techno meets French ukulele yet it works – try this:
The fabulous Zita and Les Ukulele Girls take on Technotronics' Pump up the jam. Find it, buy it, love it, – can you listen to this and not want more? Enjoy…and comment please!
At a time when we were immersed in punk and post punk, there were a few unusual bands supporting the likes of the Clash and the Pretenders on tour. One such band were the Rockats – listen to this:
I had forgotten this band, but shouldn't have. Find it, buy it, love it, – works great in a car playlist. Enjoy…and comment please!
Random Acts of Music is a new section of the blog dedicated to giving you tasters of a wide scope of music, some new, some old, some original, some covers, some unsigned.
Play this:
If you like it go buy it, hope you enjoyed…
(Tori Amos cover of Lloyd Cole and the Commotion's Rattlesnakes)
Copernican inversions and other engaging nonsense 