Crazy Horse: Beggar’s Day
Written by Nils Lofgren, the best track from the Horse’s eponymous 1971 album. Nils would go on to recycle it several times, with his band Grin and on solo recordings. … Continue readingCrazy Horse: Beggar’s Day
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Bob Dylan: Positively 4th Street
Recorded in 1965 during the sessions for Highway 61 Revisited. It did not appear on that album but was released as a single, a follow-up to another brilliant putdown, Like … Continue readingBob Dylan: Positively 4th Street
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias: Gobbing on Life
Mancunian jokesmiths caught on Tony Wilson’s late 1970s Granada music show So It Goes.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Canyons of Your Mind
Joyous rock and roll lampoon by Viv Stanshall and the boys, live on TV in 1968, complete with nose picking and burp.
Little Feat: Fat Man in the Bathtub
A 1976 performance from the Fat Man in the Rompersuit. Love the percussion intro.
Tipping the Velvets
THE Velvet Underground received a cursory mention in my profile of Nico published almost a year ago. Obviously, such a historically significant band deserve a column of their own, so here … Continue readingTipping the Velvets
Caravan: Nine Feet Underground
Truly wonderful side two of the 1971 album In The Land of Grey and Pink.
Silver Jews: Punks in the Beerlight
Brilliant video. This is from their 2005 ‘comeback’ album Tanglewood Numbers. RIP David Berman https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/david-berman-silver-jews-and-purple-mountains-rip/595720/ .
Frank Zappa: The Illinois Enema Bandit
The true story of Michael H Kenyon, who would break into women’s rooms at night and give them enforced colonic irrigation. Really. From the 1978 live album Zappa in New … Continue readingFrank Zappa: The Illinois Enema Bandit
Sugar: Changes
From the NME’s 1992 album of the year, Copper Blue.