He's a clever little so and so that Greg aka @TheJDaddy isn't he? Not only is he our first Session Blogger to make a second appearance on the blog but he's also gone and taken one of the features I started and added something extra to it. He is, as I've always said, a very beautiful man.
Whereas, in a previous post of mine, I thought 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue - what I've been listening to recently' would be a bit challenging (hence why I chopped the 'blue' bit off) he has gone and proved me wrong and here's how, over to you Greg...
He’s only gone & done it again: Top bloke Simon (aka @SessionBlogger) has talked me into doing another guest post on his great music blog. To be honest I didn’t need much encouragement; not even any Twiglets this time. Today has been great day for music, which made this post an easy one!
The theme this time is “Something old, something new, something borrowed – what I've been listening to recently”. So here we go:
Something old I’ve been listening to recently – The Beatles
Something old? Easy. I’m old! Most of the music I listen to belongs to the last Millennium, although I do like to at least try to keep current. And I no longer apologise for it. Dylan was once asked why he played so much old music on his radio shows. His reply? “There’s just more of it”. Kinda hard to argue with.
For my old track I've gone with an obscure little band from northern England that no-one but me will ever have heard of.
OK, it’s possible that others may have heard of The Beatles, & they did achieve a measure of success.
When it comes to sixties British bands I tend to favour rockers like The Stones & The Who. Let’s face it, to start with at least, the Fab Four were the boy-band of their day.
But recently I’ve been playing “Let It Be…Naked”, a stripped-down version of their great album, & I’ve been reminded of just how many great songs they really had. It starts with ‘Get Back’ & ends with ‘Across the Universe’ & ‘Let It Be', with ‘The Long & Winding Road’ along the way. The latter are not only 3 of their greatest ballads, but arguably of anyone’s, ever.
It’s hard to choose but my favourite is probably this one, so, so beautiful, even more so stripped down I think:
Something new I’ve been listening to recently – David Bowie
Yes, just this morning the great man released a new single, with a new album due soon. I already love it, very sad, very beautiful.
2 words: buy it! I have.
Something borrowed I’ve been listening to recently – Suede
This morning on twitter music journalist Pete Paphides said “Poor Suede. Their new tune –free to download from yesterday– has been lost amid all the Bowiemania, but it's splendid”
And it is. And it’s free: how good is that?!
So that’s my lot. But hang on! I’m married; I remember this bit. Isn’t there more? Yes!
Something blue I’ve been listening to recently – The Blues Brothers
I love the blues & don’t need much of an excuse to plug it. I've been listening to 'The Definitive Blues Brothers Collection' recently, & this is 1 of the stand-out tracks. If you’ve seen the film – and if you haven’t, why not?! – it’s the track the band play - and play, and play, and play – at their gig in order to buy time for Jake & Elwood to give the cops the slip. Sort of an updated Sound of Music, really.
“I now pronouce you…”? Hope you enjoyed my choices.
Great post Greg, thanks for contributing again. Oh and from this day forth, this feature will be called 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue - what I've been listening to recently'. Yep, the 'blue' bit is officially restored. You've proved to me that it can be done - without any mention of Deep Blue Something - and what a great song to do it with. Love that film.
Thanks for reading all.
Loads of love
Simon S.
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