What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[Adelaide Tiger]

Last night I came across the Motörhead song ‘1916’ for the first time.  Why have I never heard this song before?  Young men volunteering to fight for their country and having no idea of the reality of war.  So incredibly moving.

As an aside I am currently working my way through the top 50 Albums of all time - in term of sales - in the UK in reverse order.  Worked my up, or should that be down, to number 11, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.

[Futtocks]

9 hours ago, Adelaide Tiger said:

Last night I came across the Motörhead song ‘1916’ for the first time.  Why have I never heard this song before?  Young men volunteering to fight for their country and having no idea of the reality of war.  So incredibly moving.

As an aside I am currently working my way through the top 50 Albums of all time - in term of sales - in the UK in reverse order.  Worked my up, or should that be down, to number 11, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.

I have the 1916 album. It also includes the riotous Going to Brazil and the tribute song Ramones.

Plenty of other bangers too.

Basically, get the whole album - it's a good'un.

[Adelaide Tiger]

On 14/11/2024 at 06:14, Futtocks said:

I have the 1916 album. It also includes the riotous Going to Brazil and the tribute song Ramones.

Plenty of other bangers too.

Basically, get the whole album - it's a good'un.

Cheers Futtocks.  Played the album today whilst I was driving through the Barossa Valley.  Lovely warm sunny day, windows down, music full blast, what a great way to finish the week ……. I am hoping some of my hearing returns tomorrow

[Ullman]

On 13/11/2024 at 19:44, Futtocks said:

I have the 1916 album. It also includes the riotous Going to Brazil and the tribute song Ramones.

Plenty of other bangers too.

Basically, get the whole album - it's a good'un.

Great album, Going to Brazil was a Motorhead live staple for years and rightly so. Always introduced by Lemmy with "You like rock 'n' roll don't you?". R.A.M.O.N.E.S was usually introduced with "We were going to stop playing this live but they keep dying".

[Father Gascoigne]

After going through Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler's discography, I believe these to be the best five songs written:

1. Where Do You Think You're Going? (1979)
2. Tunnel of Love (1980)
3. Brothers in Arms (1985)
4. Sultans of Swing (1978)
5. What It Is (2000)

Edited November 16, 2024 by Father Gascoigne

[unapologetic pedant]

On 04/11/2024 at 18:56, Futtocks said:

R.I.P. to the great Quincy Jones.

 

My favourite Quincy Jones productions are the Brothers Johnson albums from 1976-80. 

There's an instrumental on Right on Time called Q.

[unapologetic pedant]

On 10/11/2024 at 12:05, EagleEyePie said:

In my opinion one of the greatest songs ever written.

 

In the 90s, I got lots of stuff by mail order from American independents and their distributed labels. The likes of Touch and Go, Alternative Tentacles, Kill Rock Stars.

Bought in bulk due to the cost of the bank cheque. Balanced out economically because CDs over there were about half the price of the UK. Allowed me to take more chances on previously unheard artists.

The first box from Kill Rock Stars in 1995 included the self-titled Elliot Smith album. Still quite lo-fi at that stage. Potential more than fulfilled on later records.

Also in that KRS order were early releases by Sleater-Kinney and Unwound, two of my favourite bands of the decade.

[Leeds Wire]

I can't believe none of you told me about 'Spoon" before. I thought we were friends. 

Just discovering a whole new world of music, they are fantastic. 

 

 

 

[unapologetic pedant]

2 hours ago, Leeds Wire said:

I can't believe none of you told me about 'Spoon" before. I thought we were friends. 

Just discovering a whole new world of music, they are fantastic. 

 

 

 

Re my previous post -

Merge were one of the labels distributed by Touch and Go. An early noughties order from them contained the Spoon album "Girls Can Tell". Instant classic, almost Sgt. Pepper-esque.

[Jeff Stein]

Bit late for Halloween, but never mind

 

 

[Futtocks]

Someone synchronised the official audio with this colour fan-shot footage of The Last Waltz. A new perspective on a legendary gig.

0:00 Berkeley Promenade Orchestra
3:20 Up On Cripple Creek
8:41 The Shape I'm In
12:31 It Makes No Difference
18:02 Life Is a Carnival
22:34 This Wheel's on Fire
25:56 The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
29:08 Georgia On My Mind
32:10 King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
35:29 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
38:48 Stage Fright
42:08 Rag Mama Rag
45:19 Who Do You Love w/ Ronnie Hawkins
48:38 Such a Night w/ Dr. John
51:57 Mannish Boy w/ Paul Butterfield & Muddy Waters
53:29 All Our Past Times w/ Eric Clapton
55:16 Further on up the Road w/ Eric Clapton
56:45 Helpless w/ Neil Young
58:34 Coyote w/ Joni Mitchell & Dr. John
1:01:53 Dry Your Eyes w/ Neil Diamond
1:05:07 Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby) w/ Van Morrison
1:08:27 Acadian Driftwood w/ Neil Young & Joni Mitchell
1:11:38 Chest Fever
1:12:08 The Last Waltz Medley
1:14:59 Baby Let Me Follow You Down w/ Bob Dylan
1:17:47 Hazel w/ Bob Dylan
1:21:11 I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) w/ Bob Dylan
1:25:27 Forever Young w/ Bob Dylan
1:30:32 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) w/ Bob Dylan

 

[Irish Saint]

 

[Irish Saint]

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/0b509e83-c887-4c2c-9e7c-986be91f3e79/episodes/801495ef-4307-4dab-98b0-b35cd00f9475/FRANKIE-BS-REGGAE-SESSIONTHE-DELUXE-SESSION?ref=dm_sh_7irbww0eLczfnRtCYONXN2sWS

[Futtocks]

Guitar Wolf - Jet Generation. I may have to watch their movie Wild Zero again after seeing this.

 

[OriginalMrC]

Looking forward to seeing them in Brum tomorrow night, they are a fantastic live band 

 

[Futtocks]

2024 seems to have been the year of collaborations for Babymetal. This just got released - their appearance in Bloodywood's new single Bekhauf.

 

[graveyard johnny]

 

[Futtocks]

 

[Leeds Wire]

Heard this on 6 Music today and it really blew me away. Looked them up tonight and they seem quite bonkers but brilliant.

 

[Futtocks]

Parastoo Ahmadi, playing live in Iran without a hijab, in defiance of the Morality Police.

 

[Futtocks]

4 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Parastoo Ahmadi, playing live in Iran without a hijab, in defiance of the Morality Police.

 

She has now been arrested. Who knows what they are doing to her now.

[HawkMan]

After the big split in 10cc, when Godley and Creme left, the hits became less frequent and then dried up altogether. Dreadlock Holiday was the last major hit. The last 5 albums no hits, a pity. This is classic 10cc , shame it went unnoticed.

 

[Jeff Stein]

Christmas is the season to make the perpetually angry annoyed on social media

but if this doesn't move you, you must have a hole in your soul

 

[unapologetic pedant]

On 30/06/2021 at 18:16, Futtocks said:

 

Been skimming through some old material. Rather disconcerting to find how often one has repeated oneself.

Question for @Futtocks -

When I mentioned the Judee Sill doc on the radio thread, did you remember posting the above? Because, despite liking and replying, I have no recollection whatsoever. 

Well worth reposting, "The Kiss" is transcendent.

[Jeff Stein]

Elizabeth Cotten was born this day in 1893. Best known for the folk blues standard "Freight Train" written while she was in her early teens, she won a Grammy for a live album at the age of 90. This is her at only 72:

 

Edited January 5 by Jeff Stein