Hello and welcome to Work Tunes.
A rushed entry and list this week as I've barely been near a computer all weekend. That of course is not a bad thing, but it makes it hard to find time to program the week's listening.
What I ended up reaching for is a few favourites and a couple of new ones I wanted to listen to. Here's what I've got:
- VA - Left of the Dial : Dispatches from the 80s Underground (Disc Two)
- Marvelous Mag - Soul City
- REM - Dead Letter Office
- Whiskeytown - Rural Free Delivery
- VA - Spin Magazine September
- Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd
- Duran Duran - Ten Great Songs
- Concrete Blonde - Concrete Blonde
- Shonen Knife - Osaka Ramones : Tribute to the Ramones
- John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Patti Smith
- Dennis Wilson
- Sloan
- The Herd
It wasn't an easy pick to begin with, but given the impending Nirvana Live at the Paramount event in a fortnight (James get a ticket and meet me there! Carousel 7pm Fri September 23) and just for your enjoyment and collection purposes, I chose Patti Smith's cover of Smells Like teen Spirit.
Patti gives the song a bluegrassy funeral march sound and then uses the instrumental break to spout her unique brand of poetry over it. I'm not sure I agree with this sort of self-indulgence all over my generation's holy hymn, but hey, at least she isn't Taylor Swift right? And if anyone has earned the right to reinterpret a magical song from someone else's era, of the two I would say Patti has paid her dues. As far as Patti Smith covers go, this isn't Gloria which we all know she put a massive PS stamp all over, but it sure isn't Madonna doing American Pie either. Enjoy.
Toodles
Thanks for coming. Sorry to love you and leave you. Before you go, if you get a chance, make sure you see Cave of Forgotten Dreams on the big screen in 3D. I saw it today and on more than one occasion was mesmerised in quiet awe. It's an amazing use of the gimmicky 3D technology to be taken through the ripples and jagged edges of the Chauvet caves and stare in wonder at 35,000 year old paintings. Nothing this cool ever stays around for long in cinemas, so get out and see it now.
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