National Anthems
I was thinking
of building the ultimate playlist with one simple rule. One artist. One song.
Each day will feature a song by an artist whose birthday is that day and then
nine other songs by nine different artists just because people like things to
be in tens.
The playlist
is here - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4exU9MUJMWaouOgnu7zmSl?si=I5fqk7VpQX6aDGec7xvqsQ&pi=e-IfIWXc5GT56R
So, the idea was
that you might want to follow and share and either have the playlist yourself
or do your own or chat about it with me, you could use the hashtag #EHGOGS.
I’m on Twitter X
thing as @fourfoot
Today’s selections
is dedicated to birthday dude Matt Berninger of The National.
Afraid of Everyone - National Didn’t know which to
choose by these, I have several favourites. Initially wanted Gospel, then
Mistaken for Strangers, thought about Turtleneck and Bloodbuzz Ohio. Went for
this. It suits the mood I’m in today, which is the mood I’m in a lot of the
time, fearful and apprehensive. No one soundtracks that mood better.
Insistor – Tapes N Tapes. Gothic rockabilly early
Pixies esque yelping or your money back.
Man Called Aerodynamics – Guided By Voices A band
with songs as short as their set lists are long. Game of Pricks was the first
thing I heard by them on Peel I think sometime late 95. And I was hooked, Robert
Pollard is a genius and this is classic GBV, 2 minutes of where did that melody
come from noisy surrealist pub-indie.
Sam – Boss Hog I think this was a spin off from Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion and Royal Trux or something like that. Anyway, it has the
filthiest bassline you’ll hear today and you need that sometimes.
Babylon’s Burning - Ruts. Every now and then I find
myself humming this and I have to tell myself I’m more punk than I think. Even
sat here as I am in a Marks and Spencer cardigan.
Half-Timer – Young Knives You couldn’t move in 2005
for new “indie” acts whoring their wares out for Zane Lowe to masturbate over.
Most of them are now deservedly forgotten. But this lot were kind of interesting
– somewhere between (British) Sea Power and XTC with their whimsical
melancholy. But I like this as a kind of interlude thing, it contains gentle
bitterness, a winning combo.
A Forest – Nouvelle Vague Every Goth in the land bristled
with dry iced outrage at this cover before hearing it. I just made that up. But
a Latiny bossa nova sexy cover of a Cure song? Who’d have thunk it? It’s brilliant.
Gone With The Wind Is My Love – Rita and the Tiaras
I love this song. I first heard it when I was doing some research for a skateboarding
documentary I was writing subtitles for. Lord knows what I’d misspelt to google
but this You Tube came on and I forgot all about ollies and shit like that and
got lost in a happy soulful reverie.
High on a Rocky Ledge – Moondog You’re either going
to love this or hate this. I’ll leave it there. You will know his Bird’s Lament
and I nearly went with that but this contains oceans of loveliness.
My Mind’s on Leaving, But My Heart Won’t Let Me Go –
Honey Cone It was Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap who mentioned the joy of this
song on one of his much missed middle of the night song tweeting threads.
Disco/soul/heartbreak. The holy trinity…
Thanks for putting up with this shit – tomorrow we celebrate
birthday boy Tim Buckley.
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