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Ben Folds Comes Alive 2007-06-25 12:00:00 My two and a half regular readers will know that I am quite partial to the genius of Mr Ben Folds. I have never had the opportunity to see the great man live (if you're reading this, Mr Folds, please get your hornrimmed-glassed ass down to the southern tip of Africa, sir, gush gush gush). So his live album, the Ben Folds Five lives album, the few live tracks on the EPs, DVD rips and bootlegs will have to do for me. I have collated some decent-quality live stuff (thanks in part to my friend Mo). And here's sharing with y'all. I've made myself an unofficial live mix-tape (er, CD-R) which includes none of the great live versions below, but other tracks from these concerts (the Perth gig is a DVD-rip from the brilliant concerts with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra). If enough people want it, I'll post it. Place your desperate pleas in a comment.Ben Folds - Army (live in New York, Summerstage 2004) "Bah bah bah, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba etc"Ben Folds with Rufus Wainwright - Careless Read more:Alive
Review: Tim McGraw - Let It Go 2007-06-11 11:27:00 On Let It Go, Tim McGraw
(who is, I must confess, an occasional guilty pleasure, albeit in small doses) does his usually mix of cowboy-hatted shtick and thoughtful, often surprising material.Opener “Last Dollars” is discouragingly aimed at the line-dancing beer-swilling Good Ole’ Boys, and Let It Go ends with a song that cringingly refers to “cowboys” and “shotgun riders” (presumably even a country singer aspiring towards seriousness has to keep the redneck audience happy).So it is a relief that in between things get progressively better with a clever mix of songs that will satisfy McGraw’s various constituencies.One of the surprises is “Suspicions”, a very good cover of ‘70s adult-rock semi-mediocrity Eddie Rabbit (whom one may file under the label Guilty Pleasures as well). “Kristofferson” is an obvious and suitable nod to the country legend of that surname (second perhaps only to Johnny Cash in the genre), while “I Need You” is the obligatory duet with
Review: Maroon 5 2007-06-02 12:13:00 Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007)Take equal portions of '80s funk, pop, New Wave, ska and a dash of soul, chuck it all into your favourite synthethizer, and you too can become Maroon 5.Those familiar with the genres can have virtually minutes of fun playing spot the hook, riff and bassline. For one thing, Maroon 5 have clearly listened to too many Police records (blatantly and without much imagination ripping off on three songs, from "Roxanne" to "Every Breath You Take"), and reference liberally the likes of Prince, Michael Jackson and, er, the Steve Miller Band. It seems as though in their plagiaristic endeavours, Maroon 5 couldn't even bother to go beyond volumes 1 and 2 of their 40 Super Duper Hits Of The Fantastically Brilliant 1980s double CDs. But, hey, at least Maroon 5 don't rip off Toni Basil's "Mickey", as their spiritual cousin Avril Lavigne has done.Happy then are those who need not suffer such distraction, for at times Maroon 5's second album sounds real Read more:Maroon
A decade of Tony... 2007-05-02 08:11:00 Ten years ago Britain woke up to the (predicable) news of Tony Blair having been elected new prime minister. It might be said that his stands as one of history’s regretable events. Still, it kept the assorted nasty gnomes of the Conservative Party out of power for ten years. We might wish to celebrate this today, but let us also remember that this undoubted benefit to Britain has been paid for with the blood of tens of thousands innocent Iraqis.I have neither the time nor the inclination to review how everything went pear-shaped for the warmongering prick Blair. Indeed, his legacy can be summed up in a single mpeg file from 2003. Tony, you shall be judged by your friends. Now quit already!Tony and Dubya sing “Endless Love” Read more:decade
Get funky: Remembering Disco 2007-03-22 03:28:00 In the 1981 Bill Murray comedy Stripes, a character (possibly played by Judge Reinhold) wears a t-shirt bearing a legend which summed up a particular spirit of the time: “DISCO SUCKS”.Of course, our t-shirted friend was spectacularly wrong. He might have had a point, however, had his t-shirt proclaimed: “Certain aspects of Disco Suck, particularly its appropriation, dilution and exploitation by The Man who has no interest whatsoever in maintaining its artistic and, let it be said, joyful integrity.” But those who represented the “Disco Sucks” mindset were already struggling with the two syllables contained in the name of the genre they claimed to despise, never mind applying their mind to what they were really protesting against.Of course, nobody was obliged to like Disco. I don’t hold the artistic talents of Ms Paris Hilton in high regard, but would find it unnecessary to communicate my protest at her lack of talent through sartorial media. The “Disco Sucks” movement Read more:Remembering
Ben Folds live mix 2007-07-01 05:06:00 Here in three packages is my mix of Ben Folds live tracks from:Songs For Goldfish EP, 2005Soundboard recording from gig in Berlin, 4 June 2005DVD Rip of Summerstage gig in New York City, 14 July, 2004DVD Rip of concerts with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth, March 2005)All tracks have been normalised, and packed in three files for safer downloading (nothing as annoying as a 70MB download cutting out at 95%)File 1File 2File 3PASSWORD IN COMMENTSTracklisting1. There's Always Someone Cooler Than You "Make me feel tiny if it makes you feel tall, but there's always someone cooler than you."2. Rockin' the Suburbs "Mom and dad make me so uptight, I'm gonna cuss on the mic tonight"3. One Down "And I hate hearing belly-aching rockstars Whine and sob, cause I could be bussing tables, I could well be pumpin' gas. But I get paid much finer for playin' piano and kissin' ass."4. Zak And Sara "Sara spelled without an 'h' was getting bored on a Peavey amp in 1984 While Z
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