Post Punk

So having said I would post monthly a reflection on the spinning theme. I have slipped by the wayside. In my defence we had a debilitating fire.

I have alway considered post punk to be time specific and happy to stick with 1979- 84 for my selections.

First up - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Couldn't help it if I tried

I have returned to this album a number of times and in the right moment there is something special here. A big brass section and some bold plaintive vocals. Singing about being an irishmen in England. Liked it because it is live. Here is what the Dexy's ended up doing in 2017 .

Second pick - Ceremony - Radiohead cover

Picked because this song is done well by them particularly guitar and vocals - the transition of Joy Division / Warsaw punk to Joy Division / New Order post punk 

Last up in the trio Cure - Forest first ever live performance - Young folk and interesting to see the density of the soundscape. Missed them playing in P North.

That's all folks

So top of my list is faux? folk.

The song is Queen Mary from the Coen brother's film Inside Llewellyn Davis. I love this song: simple and old-school (500 Plus). It is made better at the end when the agent Oscar Isaac is trying to impress isn't!

Track two

Another one from the screen - The Leftovers - was a standout series for me in 2017 for the unpredictability and thought provoking look at religion the afterlife and the here and now.
And the track is Iris Dent - let the mystery be
Here for the voice, lyrics and the enjoyment had listening to it 10 times watching Leftovers.

Track 3 And Lastly Bobby Boy - hard rains going to fall - 1963 .  Like the conversation and the lyrical gauntlet.  Sung by Patti Smith at the Nobel Prize - award - 

Car theme

 
The car theme is about to enter the lounge in which the spinners gather. So it is time to choose and I have.
Straight to the pick.

Short skirt/ long jacket – by Cake (mp3 download)
Chosen because it has a cool velvets riff --- oh yeah got it going on --- and the car lyric has slacker style.
”She wants a car with a cupholder armrest” it is this line that sends it to the top of my list. The follow up line is a brilliant throw away “She wants a car that will get her there”

Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket (Official Music Video) - Free videos are just a click away

 
Close second
Tom Waits – Diamonds on my windshield (mp3 Download)

Was going to choose this but while I love it dearly it didn’t quite have the freshness of cake.The track starts with an on road sample horns and street noise.Tom tells the story about a weeks wages and looking for the heart of Saturday Night. Makes you feel like your in the car with him.
”Stoppin' on the red
You're goin' on the green
'Cause tonight'll be like nothin'
You've ever seen
And you're barrelin' down the boulevard
Lookin' for the heart of Saturday night”

Otherwise I have been tempted by Bongwater –white car rental blues which i suggested to a group of listeners was a track with a great guitar solo and it is a stunner.

also ran
Buzzcocks – fast cars
Squarepusher my red car

Best video with car

Best Driving Ken Block