THE VINYL VILLAIN (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
In the days of i-phones, blackberrys and all sorts of methods of instant messaging and communications, it must be high odds against ever meeting someone for the first time and having to resort to ink and skin for the oh-so-vital phone number:- mp3 : The Jags - Back Of My Hand Released in September 1979 and hitting the #17 spot, this was it for The Jags in terms of chart success. A classic example of...
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Here’s the latest batch of Music Musings and Miscellany’s unapologetically subjective selection of the twentieth century’s best 1000 singles. This is the first part of eight that deal with the S’s. REM – So. Central Rain / King of the Road (IRS 9927 1984) “So. Central Rain” is one of the best songs of REM’s peak [...]
First Draft (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
...catch a Balloon Boy by the toe, if he hollers let him go on tevee and puke. Heene meenie minie moe. I have a confession to make: I'm enjoying this ridiculous story; particularly because it's making the cable tevee nitwits...
Oreo Cookie Blues (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Hey welcome to mid month October, the air is colder, the leaves are changing colour, the Maple Leafs still suck .. So whats new.. nothing. No time to post, no time to research. History behind " It Ain't Easy ", I'd always thought it was a old blues song , who knew. Enjoy..... David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - It Ain't Easy Dave Edmunds - Rockpile - It Ain't Easy Long John Baldry - It Ain't Easy...
Wizbang Pop! (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
As you might know, I created something of a controversy here with some John Fogerty fans over my scathing album review of his very disappointing new BLUE RIDGE RANGERS RIDES...
THE VINYL VILLAIN (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
C'mon .....you don't think yesterday's little bit of poptastic stuff was a mere coincidence? For Part 33 of this series, I'm moving away from singles to the record that was voted #1 LP by the writers on the NME in 1979. The full list, for your info was:- 1. Fear of music - Talking heads 2. Metal box - Public Image ltd. 3. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division 4. Setting sons - The Jam 5. Entertainment -...
McIlWeb (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
1 - Crowded House 2 - The Monkees 3 - The Moody Blues 4 - Dave Edmunds / Rockpile 5 - Culture Club 6 - Stray Cats 7 - Squeeze 8 - Procol Harum 9 - Blue Cheer 10 - Chris Isaak
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
“Blues Helping” Love Sculpture Rare Earth Records (1967) Love Sculpture was a British band that formed in Cardiff in 1966 out of the remnants of another local band called The Human Beans. The band, featuring lead guitarist Dave Edmunds disbanded in 1970 after two LPs, this is their first. (Edmunds then went on to success [...]
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
I have very recently found out that Bob Marley was really rather good, surely I must be among the last persons on earth to recognise this? I remember when Bob Marley died, I was at primary school and a rather scary teacher (Mr Eade I recall) did an assembly on him. He talked about how brave he was in his battle against cancer, at the end of the 'sermon' he played one of his records. The entire hall...
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
Cliff Richard & The Shadows... Dynamite (1959, EMI Columbia DB 4351 .mp3 audio 01:57). Plus... a whigged out French Version of Dynamite by Rocky Volcano (1961, Philips 432704 .mp3 audio 02:05). Which one did Dave Edmunds cover?
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Our 14-year-old son registered for high school today. Student fees? Pay the man. School yearbook? Pay the man. School photos? Pay the man. Athletics pass? Pay the man. No complaints, though. Evan is looking forward to high school. A great adventure, to be sure. Our old friend Dave Edmunds remembers that adventure in a good tune from a [...]
Seany's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The internet has been infuriatingly slow these last few days and appears to have brought Facebook to a grinding halt. One little gem I did find though (but haven't been able to reply on there yet) was a tag to list 50 bands you have seen live. Cue a trawl through the memory banks after which I was surprised that I managed to count 50, but I did impose a few rules to get there. I included solo artists...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Bang-it-in, bash-it-out types abound in the northern cricket leagues Several decades ago Dave Edmunds from Rockpile described himself to NME as the second best Chuck Berry-style guitarist in the world. Top of the tree, if I recall correctly, was Keith Richards. I can't now remember where Chuck Berry fitted in the scheme of things, though I like to think he'd been narrowly nudged out of the bronze...
Absolute Powerpop (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The Offbeat-To the Rescue EP . The Year of the EP continues as another outstanding one comes down the pike, this time from the Brit popsters The Offbeat, whose self-titled debut last year was a real treat. If you liked that disc, then you'll love this EP as it serves up more of the same Merseyside, early Beatles pop without being too retro. "She Can Make the Sunshine" lives up to its name...
Heavenly Worldliness (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
This was nearly the first a single I ever bought back in the seventies. I bought something else instead in the end. It is again a strange choice in some ways as this is a fifties blues song only later done in the rock and roll style in the seventies. (This even later live version doesn't quite do what the single does but gives the idea. The studio version included a litany of fifties stars - Fats Domino!...
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