Program #664
NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . Winter . . . . . Goats Head Soup
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS . . . . . Sometimes In Winter . . . . . Blood, Sweat & Tears
THE AMAZING PILOTS . . . . . The Price Of Winter . . . . . Hello My Captor
CAT POWER . . . . . Empty Shell . . . . . The Greatest
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD . . . . . No Easy Way Down . . . . . Dusty in Memphis
TINDERSTICKS . . . . . Hubbard Hill . . . . . Falling Down a Mountain
LOU REED . . . . . Perfect Day . . . . . Transformer
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . I’m In Deep . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
HOLLY MIRANDA . . . . . Sleep On Fire . . . . . Magician's Private Library
JULIAN PLENTI . . . . . Unwind . . . . . Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
THE POSSIBILITIES . . . . . Now And Then You Appear . . . . . Way Out!
THE SIGHTS . . . . . It’d Be Nice (To Have You Around) . . . . . Got What We Want
THE BEATLES . . . . . That Means A Lot . . . . . Anthology 2
GIRLS . . . . . Headache . . . . . Album
SCOTT WALKER . . . . . The World’s Strongest Man . . . . . It's Raining Today: The Scott Walker Story (1967-70)
JARVIS COCKER . . . . . Slush . . . . . Further Complications
NEKO CASE . . . . . Star Witness . . . . . Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Fourth Time Around . . . . . I'm Not There
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Lonesome Day Blues . . . . . "Love and Theft"
SPOON . . . . . I Saw The Light . . . . . Transference
TOM VERLAINE . . . . . Breakin’ In My Heart . . . . . Tom Verlaine
BECK . . . . . Think I’m In Love . . . . . The Information
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG . . . . . Le Chat Du Café Des Artists . . . . . Irm
BERTRAND BURGALAT . . . . . Le Pays Imaginaire . . . . . The Sssound of Mmmusic
THE HIGH LLAMAS . . . . . Leaf And Lime . . . . . Beet Maize & Corn
DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES . . . . . In Ear Park . . . . . In Ear Park
EFTERKLANG . . . . . Mirror Mirror . . . . . Magic Chairs
DAVID BYRNE AND BRIAN ENO . . . . . One Fine Day . . . . . Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
TAKEN BY TREES . . . . . Greyest Love Of All . . . . . East of Eden
DAVID QUALEY . . . . . Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring . . . . . Essential Winter's Solstice
As mentioned in the last wrap-up, I'm sick of Winter, especially after the last major snowstorm that blew through recently—full of heart-attack snow, wet and heavy and not fun to shovel. So the program began this time with a trio of relevant tunes from the Rolling Stones, Blood, Sweat & Tears and the Amazing Pilots. Then we heard a new tune from Graham Parker that used some winter imagry and seemed to flow well into one full of hard-earned knowledge about relationships from Cat Power. She always reminds me of Dusty Springfield, and from there Tindersticks offered an instrumental that perfectly set up the Lou Reed track that left us with a subtly menacing end to this opener. Of course, that part of the song was left out when it was used for a TV commercial during the recent Winter Olympics, but that's OK 'cause it was still fun to hear coming out of the television . . . over and over again.
Another ubiquitous commercial from the Olympics was for cat food; it featured a feline wondering through a very trippy animated landscape on its way to an eventual bowl full of product at the end. Accompanying this ad was music that sounded like an homage to (or should that be ripoff of) the Postmarks; I wonder if any of the band members saw it and had the same reaction. After the Postmarks tune we moved on to Holly Miranda's new disc, which features nicely accenting horns on many tracks, including the one we heard here. The Julian Plenti track that followed featues a rather prominent trumpet, and the dense pop feel of that tune brought on one with a similar approach from the Possibilities. Next we heard the Sights sounding a lot like the early Beatles, who followed with a tune from early 1965 that didn't get an official release until more than 30 years had passed. Girls made their romantic intentions clear with one that brought to mind prime Scott Walker, who was an acknowledged influence on Jarvis Cocker (and, in fact, produced the final Pulp album).
This set began with a Neko Case song that has a rhythmic feel remeniscent of a Bob Dylan tune covered here by Yo La Tengo, which was followed by Dylan with a track of recent vintage that always sounds to me as if it would work well among all the other songs from Blonde on Blonde. Spoon was next with one that continues to unwind until the tempo suddenly picks up and rocks out to the end; it segued nicely into Tom Verlaine offering his special brand of guitar magic, which then brought on Beck in an energetic mood to finish up.
Charlotte Gainsbourg's latest disc was produced by Beck, and after hearing her sing in her dad's native tongue we moved to Bertrand Burgalat for some moody French pop. The scene shifted to the British countryside with the High Llamas, and then it was another bucolic setting from Department of Eagles. A new one from Efterklang maintained the mood, which brought on a tune with a more stately appeal from David Byrne and Brian Eno. Finally, Taken By Trees offered a song that has a guitar running through it that consistently calls to mind the well-known portion of Bach's famous cantata, heard here by David Qualey on acoustic guitar.
Here's another one from Lou Reed
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