Friday's Playlist #27 (For real this time . . . )

That's hilarious. Turns out I'd had an earlier notion to revive the Friday Playlist on the blog. The post below has been hiding in drafts since 2011! Half the bands listed I don't have a scooby about. I don't even know where I might have stumbled over them. By 2011 MySpace was long gone as an online space for finding new music, and the wonderful  PBS/WNET 13 New York Noise had been cancelled fours years before. Maybe I was sniffing around Pitchfork 11 years ago, and just 'liking' what was in fashion. I'm being a bit harsh on myself; the Holy Ghost and The Suicide Commandos' tracks are both top notch, and I love Ivy's cover of the Steely Dan classic.  The only track on the playlist that I couldn't find on Spotify was The Polyamorous Affair track. Click on the link below to find it on YouTube.

. . . And there's only 9 tracks listed. Maybe back in 2011 the door bell rang and I never got back to the post. Think of the missing 10th track as a John Cage tribute.

From Sep 30, 2011

Only a three and a half year gap between numbers 26 & 27, but when you've got as few readers as I have, who's counting?

Please don't let me be misunderstood. The revival of the Friday Playlist isn't a late attempt to revive the flagging fortunes of the blog's sitemeter . . . or even to dredge up that old notion of turning the blog into a music blog. Just me taking advantage of Spotify recently launching in the US.

What was once 'ongoing series'

Holy Ghost!, 'Do It Again' (Holy Ghost!)

The Suicide Commandos, 'She' (Make A Record)

LCD Soundsystem, 'Drunk Girls' (This Is Happening)

Dr. Feelgood, 'Roxette' (Down By The Jetty)

Thunderclap Newman, 'Look Around' (Hollywood Dream)

The Bitter Springs, 'Big Sweaty Dad' (Poor Trace)

Ivy, 'Only A Fool Would Say That' (Guestroom)

The Polyamorous Affair, 'White Hot Magic' (Bolshevik Disco)

The Ark, 'Patchouli' (We Are The Ark)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #27.5

Update.

What was Friday's Playlist #27 is now Friday's Playlist #27.5. See the following link for why an added 0.5 was necessary. Scrub December 2007 and replace it with September 2011.

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Where was I? Oh yeah, December 2007. Back when people still had (and updated) blogs and when Elon Musk still had his original hairline. What was once an ongoing series . . . well, we will just see. 

One thing for certain, though: looking back at the old Friday Playlists just reminds me what a great resource MySpace was for discovering new music. Maybe if Twitter bites the dust, people will rediscover the joy of MySpace. Here's hoping . . . 

• Gene Loves Jezebel, 'Suspicion' (The House of Dolls)
• The Beatles, 'Doctor Robert' (Revolver)
• Amy Rigby, 'The Summer Of My Wasted Youth' (18 Again - An Anthology)
• Gil Scott- Heron, ' Lady Day and John Coltrane' (Pieces of a Man)
• Elbow, 'Scattered Black and Whites' (Asleep in the Back)
• Shelagh Mcdonald, 'Let No Man Steal Your Thyme' (Album)
• Paul McCartney, 'Jenny Wren' (Chaos and Creation in the Backyard)
• Los Lobos - 'Will the Wolf Survive?' (How Will the Wolf Survive?)
• Summer Fiction - 'She's Bound To Get Hurt' (Summer Fiction)
• Charlie Rich - 'The Most Beautiful' (Behind Closed Doors)

Spotify Playlist Link.

Friday's Playlist #26

An ongoing series:

(59) Soft Cell, 'What?' (Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing)

(34) Duran Duran, 'Save A Prayer' (Rio)

(22) Depeche Mode, 'Leave In Silence' (A Broken Frame)

(21) Ultravox, 'Reap The Wild Wind' (Quartet)

(17) ABC, 'All Of My Heart' (Lexicon Of Love)

(16) Simple Minds, 'Glittering Prize' (New Gold Dream, 81,82,83,84)

(13) Carly Simon, 'Why'

(8) Mari Wilson, 'Just What I Always Wanted' (Show People)

(7) Evelyn Champagne King, ''Love Come Down' (Get Loose)

(6) Shalamar, 'There It Is' (Friends)

I wasn't going to do a playlist this week. Too much listening to Fad Gadget, Diesel Park West and Billy Childish adds up to a limited choice for a playlist, but what with Steve Coleman's 10/10/82 talk falling into my lap late last night, I thought I would conjure up a playlist from the charts from that particular week.

I can't say with any authority that SPGB members back in '82 were listening to the songs selected, but I know that I was.

If you fiddle about with the boombox at the top of the post, you can listen to them today. Cheers.

Spotify Playlist Link.

Friday's Playlist #25

An ongoing series:

Hub Moore and the Great Outdoors, 'Walk Away' (True Fiction Pictures: Music From The Films Of Hal Hartley)

Norman Blake and John Burnside, 'Girl' (Ballads of the Book)

The Detroit Cobras, 'Slipping Around' (Baby)

The Waterboys, 'This Is The Sea' (This Is The Sea)

King Creosote, 'Cowardly Custard' (Bombshell)

Gene Clark, 'For A Spanish Guitar' (White Light)

The Headboys, 'The Shape Of Things To Come' (The Headboys)

The Bluebells, 'The Patriot Game' (Sisters)

MGMT, ''Time To Pretend' (Oracular Spectacular)

Alan Gill, 'Letter To Brezhnev Theme' (Letter To Brezhnev Soundtrack)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #24.5 (Mini Playlist)

Apparently, if you hit play on the cassette you can hear a few of the tracks from this week's playlist. By accident, the tracks selected seem to have a sixties theme. That just happens to be the sort of music that I've been listening to this week.

And hat tip to Mine For Life for the heads up on setting up a mini playlist for the Friday Playlist. (Nice selection of eighties tracks, btw.)

With this new toy, I suspect that I will be revisiting some old playlists.

Friday's Playlist #24

An ongoing series:

Fontella Bass, 'Don't Jump' (Rescued)

Long Ryders, 'Looking For Lewis And Clark' mp3 (The State of the Union)

Duran Duran, 'Dirty Great Monster' (Red Carpet Massacre)

The Pretty Things, 'Photographer' (Emotions)

Duran Duran, 'Red Carpet Massacre (Red Carpet Massacre)

Graham Gouldman, 'Stop Stop Stop' (UK Freakbeat)

The Poets, 'Wooden Spoon' mp3 (UK Freakbeat)

Sid Presley Experience, 'Public Enemy Number One' (Are You Experienced)

The B-52's, 'Dance This Mess Around' (The B-52's)

Bright Eyes, 'Hot Knives' (Cassadaga)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #23

An ongoing series:

Diesel Park West, 'Opportunity Crazy' (Shakespeare Alabama)

The Outnumbered, 'Accidental Color' (Why Are All The Good People Going Crazy)

Au Pairs, 'Inconvenience' (Stepping Out of Line: The Anthology)

The Bangles 'Getting Out of Hand'

Martha and the Muffins, 'Saigon' mp3 (Far Away In Time)

The Redskins, 'Go Get Organised' mp3 (Neither Washington nor Moscow)

Pony Pony Run Run, 'First Date Mullet'

Duran Duran, 'Anyone Out There' (Duran Duran)

The Nips, 'Gabrielle'

Nervus Rex, 'Don't Look' (Nervus Rex)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #22

An ongoing series:

The Frantic Elevators, 'You Know What You Told Me' (The Indie Scene 80)

David Rovics, 'After The Revolution' (For The Moment)

The Undertones, 'You're Welcome' (Positive Touch)

TV 21 'Attention Span' (A Thin Red Line)

The Prisoners, 'Reaching My Head'

Gene Clark, 'So You Say You Lost Your Baby' (Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers)

Thomas Leer, 'All About You' (Pillows & Prayers)

Attila the Stockbroker, 'A bang and a Wimpey' (Pillows & Prayers)

Scars, 'All About You' (Author! Author!)

Matt Johnson, 'Another Boy Drowning' (Burning Blue Soul)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

From The West Coast With Love

Looking for a jpeg for The Jam album, Sound Affects*, allowed me to stumble across this excellent early eighties mixtape selection from somebody working or interning or squatting (I don't know) at a Seattle based FM station called KEXP Radio.

Don't know if it's some sort of college radio station. If they're playing stuff like this, I'll have to check it out online sometime.

Of the 21 tracks listed, I have 12 of them and wouldn't mind adding at another 4 of them. One quibble I might have is that the original demo of The Jam's 'That's Entertainment' is better than the version that ended up on Sound Affects. But it's a minor point; it's like saying Charlie Nicholas was better than Lubo Moravcik. They were both brilliant for Celtic,so it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

So much easier snaffling someone else's playlist/mixtape than coming up with your own.

*Arguably one of my favourite album covers of all time. I think it's the contrasting colours.

Friday's Playlist #21

. . . once again on a Saturday morning. An ongoing series:

Ejectorseat, 'To Die For'

redcarsgofaster , 'Demagogues'

The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, 'Stick Around'

Bobb Trimble 'One Mile From Heaven' (Iron Curtain Innocence)

Hurrah!, 'Sweet Sanity' (Tell God I'm Here)

Stephen Duffy, 'London Girls' (Duffy)

All The Kings Men, 'Peterloo'

New Young Pony Club, 'Ice Cream' (Fantastic Playroom)

Sweet Electra, 'Shadow'

Pistolera, 'Cazador' (Siempre Hay Salida)

Friday's Playlist #20

. . . on a Saturday morning. An ongoing series:

The Mekons, 'Millionaire' (I Love Mekons)

Win, 'Shampoo Tears' (Uh! Tears Baby - A Trash Icon)

Of Montreal, 'Raspberry Beret' (Live version)

The Bourgeios Four 'Fool Pt 2'

Girl In A Coma, 'Say' (Both Before I'm Gone)

Art Brut, 'St Pauli' (It's a Bit Complicated)

Popup, 'Chinese Burn'

Colourbox, 'Manic' (Colourbox)

Pete Wylie, 'Stay Free' (White Riot Vol. Two A Tribute To The Clash)

Cassette Kids, 'Acrobats'

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #19

An ongoing series:

Aztec Camera, 'Spanish Horses' (Dreamland)

Judy Mowatt, 'She Kept On Talking' (Trojan Reggae Sisters)

AC Acoustics, '16.04.2010' (Peel Session)

U2 'Out of Control' (Boy)

Prefab Sprout, 'The Ice Maiden' (Jordan The Comeback)

The Sound, 'Winning' (From The Lions Mouth)

Al Green, 'L-O-V-E (Love)' (Al Green Is Love)

Manic Street Preachers, 'To Repel Ghosts' (Lifeblood)

The Upsetters, 'A Taste of Killings' (Trojan Skinhead Reggae)

Suicide, 'Ghost Rider' (Suicide - the first album)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #18 - It's a G-Thing

An ongoing series:

Paris, 'Guerrilla Funk' (Guerrilla Funk)

Kristen Vigard, 'God Give Me Strength' mp3 (Grace Of My Heart Soundtrack)

Cher, 'Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves' (Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves)

The Stranglers, 'Golden Brown' (La Folie)

Japan, 'Ghosts' (Tin Drum)

Liberty X, 'Got To Have Your Love' (Thinking It Over)

Robert Wyatt & Cristina Dona, 'Goccia'

Violent Femmes, 'Gone Daddy Gone' (Violent Femmes)

Electronic, 'Getting Away with It' (Get the Message - The Best of Electronic)

Microdisney, 'Give Me All Your Clothes' mp3 (Crooked Mile)

As you might have guessed, there's a theme - or rather a meme - to this week's playlist. The alphabetised meme was found via here, and hat tip to Will for pointing me in the direction of that particular blog. Even if I did get off at the wrong stop. Apologies Will.

A couple of the songs are available as mp3s for a limited time. Both class tracks, and after hearing them you'll be compelled to go out and buy the back catalogues. The finders fee can be determined at a later date.

Next Tagees?

The usual suspects: Vic Davidson; Patrik Fitzgerald; Sarah Silverman; Mooey and Tegan . . . Sara Nicole Atkins.

Friday's Playlist #17

An ongoing series:

The Associates, 'Gloomy Sunday' (Sulk)

Cilla Black, 'It's For You' (The Best of Cilla Black)

Pete Shelley, 'Qu'est-Ce Que C'est Que Ca' (Homosapien)

Paul Haig, 'Heaven Help You Now' (The Warp of Pure Fun)

Bethnal, 'Nothing New' (Crash Landing)

A House, 'More Endless Art'

Madness, 'NW5 (I Would Give U Everything)'

S Club, 'Love Aint Gonna Wait For You'

The 1990s, 'Pollockshields' (Cookies)

Simple Minds, 'Film Theme Dub' (Flexi Disc)

Friday's 2032 Playlist

A One-Off List:

From Black Sea 'Generals and Majors' (1980)

From Oranges and Lemons,'One of the Millions' (1989)

From The Big Express 'Washaway' (1984)

From Drums and Wires, 'Making Plans For Nigel' (1979)

From Psonic Psunspot, 'Vanishing Girl' (1987)

Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers, 'The World is Full of Angry Young Men' (1990)

From English Settlement 'Ball and Chain' (1982)

From Skylarking, 'Grass' (1986)

From 25 O'Clock, 'What In The World?' (1985)

from Skylarking, 'The Meeting Place' (1986)

Friday's Playlist #16

An ongoing series:

My Brightest Diamond, 'Golden Star' (Bring Me the Workhorse)

The Mary Onettes, 'Void' (Labrador Summer Sampler 2007)

Chas & Dave, 'There Ain't No Pleasing You'

Future Of The Left, 'Manchasm' (Curses)

National Skyline, 'The Last Day' (The Last Day EP)

Alistair Griffin, 'Mark Viduka'

The Legends, 'Call It Ours' (Up Against The Legends)

Abba, 'Head Over Heels' (The Visitors)

Amy Rigby, 'Dancing With Joey Ramone' (Little Fugitive)

The Tom Morton Two, 'Learning To Hate The Beatles' ('A Complete and Utter History of Rock'n'Roll')

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #15.5 Stranger Than Fiction

An ongoing series:

The Proclaimers, 'Whole Wide World' (Life With You)

Wreckless Eric, 'Whole Wide World' (Wreckless Eric)

Pardon the pun, but it was wreckless of me to inadvertently leave two songs on permanent repeat on iTunes overnight whilst the volume was down. I mean, I love both versions of the song, but the play count is now lying to me about how much I love the song.

Sadly, this wee entry doesn't even have a happy ending. Another 30 minutes of not discovering the musical mistake would have finally displaced Cheap Trick's 'Surrender' from the Top 25 Most Played folder, but it wasn't to be. Maybe next time.

Friday's Playlist #15

An ongoing series:

Microdisney, 'Genius' (The Clock Came Down The Stairs)

Ghosts, 'Stay The Night' (The World Is Outside)

Ian Brown, 'Illegal Attacks' (The World Is Yours)

King Creosote, 'You've No Clue Do You' (Bombshell)

The Proclaimers, 'Blood Lying On Snow' (Life With You)

Camera Obscura, 'Tears For Affairs' (Let's Get Out Of This Country)

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, 'Falling Slowly' (The Swell Season)

Air Traffic, 'No More Running Away' (Fractured Life)

The Questions, 'Tuesday Sunshine'

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, 'Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)' ('The Best Years of Our Lives')

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #14

An ongoing series:

Richard Hawley, 'Something is . . . !' (Late Night Final)

Super Furry Animals, 'Run! Christian Run!' (Rings Around the World)

Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 'The Long Honeymoon' (Imperial Bedroom)

Rose Royce, 'Magic Touch'

Elvis Costello, 'Baby Plays Around' (Spike)

Delta 5, 'Mind Your Own Business'

Scott Walker, 'The Ballad of Sacco & Vanzetti' (The Moviegoer)

Patsy Cline, 'Why Can't He Be You'

Kirsty MacColl, 'Treachery' (Tropical Brainstorm)

Phil Ochs, 'Ringing of the Revolution' (Phil Ochs in Concert)

Spotify Playlist Link. 

Friday's Playlist #13

An ongoing series:

Heaven 17, 'This is Mine' (How Men Are)

The Sound Team, 'Back in Town' (Movie Monster)

Le Tigre, 'Les and Ray' (Le Tigre)

Propaganda, 'P-Machinery' (A Secret Wish)

Heaven 17, 'Soul Warfare' (Penthouse and Pavement)

Malcolm Middleton, 'No Modest Bear' (Into The Woods)

Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 'I Wanna Be Loved' (Goodbye Cruel World)

Japan, 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids' (Gentlemen Take Polaroids)

Human League, 'Brute' (Secrets)

The Chameleons, 'Singing Rule Britannia' (What Does Anything Mean? Basic)