O Withnail, Where Art Thou
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 King Curtis.
A Whiter Shade of Pale – King Curtis As for many a
young man of my generation, Withnail and I was something of a cultural touchstone
and even though I now cringe whenever I hear anyone a bit too fond of
the film quoting it, it’s still very special to me. And this piece of music
really couldn’t have been better deployed in its opening scene. The sixties are
drawing to an end and old Marwood really is drifting into the arena of the
unwell…
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues – Chris Thomas King. More
stuff from films. Drew up a ranking of my own favourite Coen Bros films the
other day and this was way ahead of Big Lebowski, the most overrated of their
efforts.
Bluebird – Jim White I used to have this on one of
the first compilation CDs I ever burnt for my commute. This was in the summer
of 2004? Anyway, things were going much nicer for me then. I could close my
eyes and pretend I wasn’t on a Valleys train going to a call centre but on a
steamboat heading down the Mississippi and maybe drinking a mint julep or
something. Either way, the dude made a weird documentary around this time which
is pretty good too. No, you Google it.
Love Moment (Ulrich Schanuss remix) – Justin Robertson
Beautiful, ambient loveliness that sounds like OMD’s Souvenir on really good
painkillers.
Criticize – Alexander O’Neal. Ha ha. Such a tune. And,
being the cliched fucking Essex wanker my mate Lee is, he fucking dressed like
him when he went out for a bit. What is it with those silly cunts? Pie and mash
sweetheart and shove a bit of Vandross on while you’re there. Fanks dahling.
Off ahm nah to watch a facking Krays movie innit.
If Only – Kojey Radical. Think it was the late Neil
Kulkarni who mentioned this on his blog. Anyway, that’s endorsement enough isn’t
it. The poetry, vision and politics present in all great hip hop all on show.
Not Over Yet - Grace. Because it’s a great pop record and even the
Klaxons couldn’t fuck it up.
Do You Realize – Flaming Lips? Apparently this is now
one of the most popular songs people choose for their funeral. It’s a fucking
beautiful thing certainly and Wayne and the lads will probably never be toppled
from my Most Jaw Dropping Live Act I ever did see. The Flaming Lips in Grangetown,
ah man, that’s up there with Jason Lytle in Pentyrch for how the fuck did this
happen bookings. Do You Realize is Space Oddity x Into My Arms divided by Monty
Python’s Galaxy Song and none of those things at the same time.
Ain’t No Pleasing You – Chas and Dave. One of the
greatest songs ever written. Even if they did support bastard Spurs.
What A Lonely Way to Start the Summertime – Bitter Sweets.
And, to finish, this little slice of post Shangri-La weirdness.
Thanks for putting up with this shit – tomorrow we celebrate
Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo….
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