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I was already nearly broke when I went in to this thing, but some expenses are necessary. It'll take me weeks, I'm sure, to get through all this stuff I found:

- The original vinyl pressing of Glenn Branca's The Ascension (!). This now officially takes over as the best thing in my collection, I think.

- The Clash's first album, UK version, in mint condition

- The original pressing of the first New York Dolls album

- The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl

- The Nov. 22/Meet the Creeper 7" single by Destroy All Monsters

- A couple old EPs by Archers of Loaf: The Loaf's Revenge, and the spectacular "South Carolina"

- A surprisingly good EP by Refrigerator that is either called "Songs with a Story" or "Music for Bugs", I'm not sure

- Other singles & EPs: Rites of Spring, Fever Ray, Yoko Ono, 3 by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Elvis Costello and a bunch more

- LPs of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Atomizer, Labour Of Lust (which I got a pretty sidelong glance from this guy for buying), The Dock of the Bay, Electric Ladyland

- A shitload of CDs

Yikes.

A Mixtape CDR, by me. For a friend.

01. The Fall – Spinetrak [3:08]
02. Pere Ubu – Chinese Radiation [3:29]
03. David Bowie – China Girl [5:33]
04. Johnny Thunders – Chinese Rocks [2:54]
05. Au Paris – Kerb Crawler [2:47]
06. Von Südenfed – Fledermaus Can't Get It [3:56]
07. Muslimgauze – The Fly That Constantly Bites [1:05]
08. Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish [3:01]
09. David Sylvian – Orpheus [4:52]
10. Nico – My Heart Is Empty [4:42]
11. Islaja – Pete P [3:30]
12. The Residents – Perfect Love [1:05]
13. Eyeless in Gaza – China Blue Vision [2:51]
14. Chrome – TV as Eyes [2:19]
15. Fad Gadget – Luxury [4:06]
16. Chuck Berry – Downbound Train [2:51]
17. Karen Dalton – Katie Cruel [2:22]
18. Sibylle Baier – I Lost Something in the Hills [3:28]
19. Christina Carter – So Many Stars [3:20]
20. Meredith Monk – Line 1 [1:15]
21. Monte Cazazza – Rabid Rats (Vietnam) [2:10]
22. Coil – I Don't Want to Be the One [5:48]
23. Throbbing Gristle – Almost A Kiss [6:47]
24. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Well [2:08]
[79:28]

(No Axl Rose allowed.)

01. How did you get into #31?

Chuck Berry - I've been hearing him on oldies radio since before I could talk.

02. What was the first song you ever heard by #22?

that's weird, the person I stole this from had Elliott Smith at number 22 also.
the first one I remember hearing was Angeles, but I don't think that's right. I had listened to him before but Angeles was the song that made me love him.

03. What's your favorite lyric by #41 ?
hmmm...I think a lot of them are really good although sometimes a little cheesy.
I've got torn up knees and calloused fingertips
broken vocal chords and busted lips
is a good one though.
Lucero - All Sewn Up


04. What is your favorite album by #49 ?

Make Yourself although I haven't listened to it in ages.


05. How many albums by #13 do you own?

Only three, Green River, and Chronicle Vols. 1 and 2. in my opinion, they didn't have that many good ones. when they were good they were awesome but when they weren't they were terrible.

06. What is your favorite song by #50 ?

I don't know I don't listen to them very much anymore. probably Bastard's Way, for nostalgia's sake.


07. Is there a song by #4 that makes you sad?

not really. I dunno, maybe Grandma Song. I'm even sure if it's supposed to be sad, but it kind of feels that way.


08. What is your least favorite song by #15 ?

I don't know. I think a lot of Iron & Wine's songs don't really sound like much, I think at a certain point you can have music that's TOO soft. some of the songs feel like they don't have any substance to them sometimes. but it does make for music that's really easy to go to sleep to.


09. What is your favorite song by #5

dude too many. in my opinion every single track from From Here To Infirmary, Goddamnit, and Good Mourning are fucking gold.


10. Is there a song by #6 that makes you happy?

Country Roads probably the most, but John Denver is happy music in general.


11. What is your favorite album by #40 ?

Songs From Under The Sink.


12. What is your favorite song by #10 ?

No Children, hands down. but Going to Georgia also has a very special place in my heart.


13. What is a good memory you have involving #33 ?

I grew up listening to The Beach Boys, so there's a lot of nostalgia attached to them. But my ex boyfriend opened my eyes to the brilliance of Pet Sounds, and that's also another really good memory. getting ridiculously baked and lying there listening to it over and over again, only moving to get up and flip the record.


14. What is your favourite song by #37 ?

I don't know probably Free Pizza For Life, but I have a love/hate relationship with Ghost Mice. I can't help but love it sometimes but if they come up on shuffle when I'm not in the mood, I will scrunch up my face and change it as soon as possible because their voices are so incredibly grating sometimes.


15. Is there a song by #19 that makes you happy?

Weezer is just happy music in general man. but particularly anything off the Green Album or the Blue Album. even the ones that are supposed to be angsty, it's like the happiest music on the planet.


16. How many times have you seen #24 live?

none. I almost saw AC/DC last year, but ended up backing out on spending $90 for one concert.


17. What is the first song you heard by #23 ?

Muse. It had to have been something from Origin Of Symmetry.


18. What is your favorite album by #11 ?

Requiem, no contest.


19. Who is your favorite member of #1 ?

Dude I had such a crush on Tom Gabel the entire time I was in high school, until I saw them live and I seriously think if Andrew Seward had asked me to sacrifice my virginity to him on stage that night in front of everyone, I probably would have done it, no questions asked.


20. How many times have you seen #14 live?

High on Fire, just once, but it may be twice very soon.


21. What is a good memory you have involving #45 ?

Neutral Milk Hotel...I can't really think of anything.


22. What is your favorite song by #16 ?

Either Grenades or Healer...or really anything from Meanderthal.


23. What is the first song you heard by #47 ?

I think it was Dick in Dixie, but if not that then definitely something off Straight to Hell.


24. What is your favorite album by #3 ?

I don't know, I don't think it matters much for an all covers band, but probably Love Their Country.


25. What is your favourite song by #18 ?

Baroness? probably Coeur.


26. What is the first song you heard by #38 ?

I have no idea. I'm sure I was totally stoned at the time. (Melvins)

27. What is your favourite lyric that #21 has sung?

I don't know...Green Day? some of them are pretty insightful I guess. (?)


28. What is your favourite song by #2 ?

god picking favorites is so hard. some of The Avett Brothers' songs seriously bring me close to tears. they make some damn beautiful music. but just for the sake of picking one I'll go with The Ballad Of Love And Hate


29. What is the first song you heard by #32 ?

I'm sure it was Blitzkreig Bop.


30. What is your favorite song by #8 ?

Favorite song by The Beatles? I'm going to take that as a rhetorical question.

31. How many times have you seen #17 live?

I've only seen Propagandhi once, a loooong time ago.


32. Is there a song by #44 that makes you happy?

Teardrops on Table 39. don't ask why, I have no idea.


33. What is your favorite album by #12 ?

Loretta Lynn? I don't know, probably Coal Miner's Daughter, to be completely honest.


34. What is the worst song by #29 ?

The Ataris have quite a few terrible songs. I can't pick just one. I also can't believe these guys are my #29? I think this must be due to shuffle because the last time I remember consciously choosing to listen to them was like 4 or 5 years ago.


35. What was the first song you heard by #34 ?

Ten Things. Oh, Paul Baribeau.

36. What is your favorite album by #42 ?

The Attic Tapes, and That Much Further West, but for two completely different reasons and I listen to them when I'm in completely different moods.


37. How many times have you seen #39 live?

I wish I could see Merle Haggard.


38. What is your favorite album by #36 ?

Probably Smile. Boris, not Brian Wilson


39. What is the first song you heard by #28 ?

Whiskey is my Kind of Lullaby. and it remains my favorite.


40. What is your favourite album by #7?

Bridge Over Troubled Water, without question.

god I'm so bored.

Here are 52 tracks (49 currently streamable, mostly 'full track', from 22 artists), from the top of last week's Swing group track chart. They're the tracks, from Swing's 166 connected artists, where four or more of the group's 614 members have listened, during last week.

I've tagged all the tracks swing connected top tracks 18 oct 09 (globaly here, in my library here).

Subscribers can hear them, as a PTT radio: via Flash, on the webpage or on the Last.FM player.

Please over-tag the tracks you like, to improve the global tag and help make that playable. If you'd like to comment on the artist connections, please do so -> here.

Please let me know hoe you like the list and radios, in general.

Amy Winehouse: Back To Black Rehab Some Unholy War
Artie Shaw: Back Bay Shuffle
Benny Goodman: Body And Soul Bugle Call Rag Goodbye King Porter Stomp Let's Dance Moonglow Sing, Sing, Sing Stompin' at the Savoy

Billie Holiday: All Of Me I'll Be Seeing You
Cab Calloway: Minnie The Moocher
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
Dean Martin: Ain't That A Kick In The Head Memories Are Made Of This
Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Elvis Presley: Blue Suede Shoes Don't Be Cruel Jailhouse Rock Little Sister Suspicious Minds

Etta James: At Last
Frank Sinatra: Come Fly With Me Fly Me To The Moon I've Got You Under My Skin New York, New York The Lady Is A Tramp

Glenn Miller: In the Mood Moonlight Serenade
Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
Lionel Hampton: Flying Home
Louis Armstrong: What A Wonderful World
Miles Davis: All Blues Blue In Green Freddie Freeloader Love For Sale So What

Norah Jones: Don't Know Why
Peggy Lee: Fever
Ray Charles: Hit The Road Jack I Got A Woman
The Beatles: Help! Let It Be Ticket to Ride
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie
Thelonious Monk: Evonce Humph Suburban Eyes Thelonious

Chuck Berry completa 83 anos de idade hoje 18/10/2009
LONG LIVE MR. BERRY!

"Hail, hail rock and roll deliver me from the days of old long live rock and roll the beat of the drums, loud and bold Rock, rock, rock and roll the feelin is there, body and soul..." Chuck Berry

Let's get this straight. Elvis Presley was a singer; he never wrote any songs. That said, he did have a lovely baritone: Heartbreak Hotel.

I think that it is true that he just happened to be white singing black music in a racist society (and 1950s America was more racist than today's USA). We know the roots are coming from rhythm and blues eg Little Richard and Chuck Berry. But you cannot deny performances like Return To Sender or Hound Dog

And while he may have been oblivivious to the sexual ambiguity of Jailhouse Rock he certainly knew the meaning of In The Ghetto.

I should also say that I don't think that there is evidence that he was personally racist. So I don't entirely agree with the brilliant Fight The Power.

chuligan-z-lbc's top albums (6 months)
1. Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra:My Way (543) 2. Madness - Divine Madness (229) 3. Madness - One Step Beyond (227) 4. Kinks - The Ultimate Collection (Disc One) (217) 5. The Jam - Greatest Hits (189) 6. The Specials - Too Much Too Young (171) 7. Nancy Sinatra - The Very Best Of - 24 Great Songs (160) 8. Blondie - The Best of Blondie [Capitol] (143) 9. Various Artists - Freaks and Geeks (138) 10. Madness - CD2 - Absolutely (134) 11. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (Deluxe Edition) (132) 12. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (127) 13. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (124) 14. R.E.M. - 2003 - The Best Of R.E.M. (In Time 1988-2003) (115) 15. John Lennon - Lennon Legend The Very Best of John Lennon (115) 16. Elvis Presley - Artist of the Century (disc 1) (115) 17. Chuck Berry - The Definitive Collection (Remastered) (114) 18. Dean Martin - 20 Great Love Songs (112) 19. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This CD2 (110) 20. The Who - The Who Sings My Generation (110) 21. The Beatles - Please Please Me (108) 22. The Who - Who Are You (103) 23. Elvis Presley - Artist of the Century (disc 2) (96) 24. Madness - 7 (93) 25. The Who - Quadrophenia (disc 1) (92)

My Anthology of Chess Records' music is still one of my preferred albums (if a 13 CD boxset can be called an 'album'). I lately watched the movie Cadillac Records. It's Chess Records' story featuring great music of Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, the great songwriter Willie Dixon ("The blues is the roots; everything else is the fruits." - Willie Dixon) and the lovely Beyoncé as Etta James. Well, none of the actors might get an Oscar for that but it's just fun to get the story told and to listen to the awesome music.



I compiled a playlist of the genuine versions of the songs featured on the soundtrack:

1. I'm A Man - Bo Diddley
   
2. Country Blues - Muddy Waters
   
3. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
   
4. Forty Days And Forty Nights - Muddy Waters
   
5. Juke - Little Walter & His Nightcats
   
6. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
   
7. My Babe - Little Walter
   
8. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
   
9. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
   
10. Nadine - Chuck Berry
    
11. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
    
12. Promised Land - Chuck Berry
    
13. Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
    
14. All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James
    
15. Trust In Me - Etta James
    
16. At Last - Etta James
    
17. I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
    
18. Last Night - Little Walter
    
19. Once in a Lifetime - Beyoncé
    
20. Evolution Of A Man - Q-Tip Feat. Al Kapone