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49. John Cale, Baby You Know
Possibly my favourite live album and Cale at his most blistering. This was around the time he was doing mountains of coke and took to wearing a hockey mask on stage - although I don't think he wore it for this particular show - also a few years after he pissed off his entire band and lost his vegetarian drummer due to hacking the head off a dead chicken with a meat cleaver during a show in London.
Possibly my favourite live album and Cale at his most blistering. This was around the time he was doing mountains of coke and took to wearing a hockey mask on stage - although I don't think he wore it for this particular show - also a few years after he pissed off his entire band and lost his vegetarian drummer due to hacking the head off a dead chicken with a meat cleaver during a show in London.
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50. Morrissey, Jack the Ripper (Live)
I like The Smiths a lot, but I’ve been surprised by my own drifting toward Morrissey’s solo material over the years. Perhaps just a case of being less familiar with the latter and having overplayed the former, but it’s a definite trend in my listening habits. The thing that makes this for me though is the guitar, much like Marr with The Smiths, so maybe what I’m really drawn to is his taste in guitarists.
Obligatory mention of the man himself being a complete arse, particularly nowadays and particularly when he talks politics.
I like The Smiths a lot, but I’ve been surprised by my own drifting toward Morrissey’s solo material over the years. Perhaps just a case of being less familiar with the latter and having overplayed the former, but it’s a definite trend in my listening habits. The thing that makes this for me though is the guitar, much like Marr with The Smiths, so maybe what I’m really drawn to is his taste in guitarists.
Obligatory mention of the man himself being a complete arse, particularly nowadays and particularly when he talks politics.
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51. The Velvet Underground, The Gift (Instrumental)
A long time ago I came to the conclusion The Gift would be their best tune if it weren't for the spoken word vocals. Sometimes the universe smiles on you.
(I do like the original, but the instrumental's too good to be relegated to a backing track.)
A long time ago I came to the conclusion The Gift would be their best tune if it weren't for the spoken word vocals. Sometimes the universe smiles on you.
(I do like the original, but the instrumental's too good to be relegated to a backing track.)
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i saw a lot of woops that year. i was running a coffee cart on chiswell st and he was sleeping in the basement of Royal London House on Finsbury Square, just round the corner. I'd have rinse on the radio. It was the end of my coffee career. I was in my mid 30s and although I didn't mind the work it just wasn't socially acceptable to do it any longer.
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Is anyone else intrigued as to which particular tune?
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54. Johnny Jungle, Johnny '94 (Origin Unknown Remix)
I’ve seen it said there are better remixes of this, but there aren’t. This is the one. Absolute monster. A perfect example of what @shiels was talking about re: the drums being the catchiest/most memorable part of a tune. Also features samples from a 90s film with a Jamaican gang that isn’t Predator 2!
I’ve seen it said there are better remixes of this, but there aren’t. This is the one. Absolute monster. A perfect example of what @shiels was talking about re: the drums being the catchiest/most memorable part of a tune. Also features samples from a 90s film with a Jamaican gang that isn’t Predator 2!
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Remember that crack house mix he did around this period? Cheap and nasty and addictive