Diario

Here are my weekly top artists for the second quarter of 2011. More than one artist indicates a tie.

10 Apr 2011 Jo Stafford, The Monkees, Steely Dan, Wang Chung, Bad Company, Doris Day
17 Apr 2011 Pink Floyd
1 May 2011 Phoebe Snow
8 May 2011 The O'Jays, Squeeze, Pink, Luther Vandross
15 May 2011 The Walker Brothers, Harry James
22 May 2011 Elvis Presley, Midnight Star, Heatwave, Pat Benatar, Christina Aguilera, The Four Freshmen
29 May 2011 Ernest Tubb, En Vogue, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bryan Adams, Buffalo Springfield, Etta Jones, The Beach Boys, Peter, Paul & Mary, Todd Rundgren, Nelson Riddle, Arthur Fiedler
5 Jun 2011 John Williams, Donna Summer, Jerry Seinfeld, ReBirth Brass Band, Don Henley, Bee Gees, Broadway Musical Cast, The O'Jays, Céline Dion, Van Halen, Train, Muddy Waters, Boston Pops Orchestra, The Stylistics, Def Leppard, The Chiffons, Carl Perkins
12 Jun 2011 Marty Robbins, Wham!, Brian Culbertson, Andrew Gold
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Wolf Parade - semi-precious stone
Reka - life long tragedy
Killing The Dream - blame the architects
The Walker Brothers - the sun ain't gonna shine
Caribou - kaili
All Pigs Must Die - die ignorant
Warpaint - shadows
Castevet - chilsen
Gnaw Their Tongues - l'arivee de la terne mort trimphante
Casual Elvis - dance this way
Sam Cooke - a change is gonna come
Glasses - your pickles taste better than mine
Amenra - le gardien des reves
Medications - we could be others
Tyvek - pricks in a car
James Carr - the dark end of the street
Jason Forrest - ciccone youth
Camera Obscura - theory on sex as an art form
Blindead - my new playground became
Night Birds - killer waves
The Crimson Curse - bloodthirsty lust
Cülo - shock troop
Foxes in Fiction - 8 29 91
Hitch - art noveau!
Loser Life - pathetic existence

This entry original appeared on my weblog on Friday, October 1 2010

Bloody hell… Just finished listening to “Tilt” by Scott Walker. I’ve had this album for ages, after a friend played me some tracks on his car radio, and attempted to listen to it several years ago with headphones on. This was a mistake. “Tilt” is one of the few albums that scared the shit out of me. The second track “The Cockfighter” starts very tranquil but features some extremely sudden noises, which start around 1.30. I first listened to the album in the middle of the night and I almost threw my headphones through the room.

But when listening to the album again today and waiting in fearsome anticipation for the terror that is “The Cockfighter”, it didn’t scare me as much. Sure there are the sudden noises, but they didn’t put me off from listening to the remainder of the album.

“Tilt” is a strange beast. Especially if you know the history of Scott Walker, who started out as the lead singer of The Walker Brothers and a pop idol in the sixties. …

Nick Cave's Jukebox again
Another CD set of songs which have inspired Nick Cave over the years is going on the market. This is the third this year and the fifth overall. The first two were Original Seeds way back in 1998 and the follow up Original Seeds, Volume 2 in 2004. I would rate the first Original Seeds very highly just because there was nothing like it before but now that is very different.

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Original Seeds - Track listing:
1. Tim Rose - Long Time Man
2. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Cat Man
3. Leonard Cohen - Avalanche
4. Karen Dalton - Katie Cruel
5. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Hammer Song
6. Tom Jones - Weeping Annaleah
7. The Loved Ones - Sad Dark Eyes
8. Scott Walker - The Big Hurt
9. John Lee Hooker - Tupelo Blues
10. Lefty Frizzell - The Long Black Veil
11. Johnny Cash - The Folk Singer
12. Odetta - Another Man Done Gone
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So, as has become custom, its April and a year since I sat down and made a list of the 100 greatest records of all time. This year I've decided to expand the list to 200.

200 Rock Steady -No Doubt
199 Cloud Nine - George Harrison
198 Brighten The Corners - Pavement
197 Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
196 Gold - Ryan Adams
195 When I was Born For The Seventh Time - Cornershop
194 Lycanthropy - Patrick Wolf
193 Love.Angel.Music.Baby - Gwen Stefani
192 Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
191 The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
190 A Hard Days Night - The Beatles
189 Falco 3 - Falco
188 Bad - Michael Jackson
187 The "Chirping" Crickets - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
186 Vespertine - Bjork
185 Remember That I Love You - Kimya Dawson
184 Lapalco - Brendan Benson
183 Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam And The Ants
182 Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's - The Sex Pistols
181 Please Please Me - The Beatles
180 Love Travels at Illegal Speeds - Graham Coxon
179 Think Tank - Blur
178 In Utero - Nirvana
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Уже говорила, что к низким мужским голосам неравнодушна...

Я влюбилась в его голос...... Scott Walker ........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10cR4_Xpmzs

Его называли прямым конкурентом Синатры...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eAxCVTMJ-I

И многие современные товарищи певцы говорят о влиянии его творчества...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcRE_XoPT0

У меня нет слов.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meGTtG8aiHM

(Хотя всё это не его сольное творчество, а в составе The Walker Brothers)

1. How did you get into 29?
Jujja och Tomas Wieslander: Jag fick barn 2003, sedan var det kört.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
The Rolling Stones: Omöjligt att säga. Den första jag minns att jag reflekterade över var Jumping Jack Flash som var ledmotiv till en film med samma namn, den gick på TV när jag var lågstadieliten. Dock hade föräldrarna Stonesplattor hemma, så'tt...

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Throbbing Gristle: Hmmm... Texten till Subhuman är ju slående. Jag gillar de där malande spåren; två andra favoriter är Blood on the Floor (vars text bara loopas, om och om igen) samt Zyklon B Zombie.

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Jukon Speakers: Definitvit deras liveplatta A Sect From The Arctic Zone. Där sammanfattas det bästa, under en norrländsk, ockult och psykedielisk standar.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Lee Hazlewood: Två repiga gamla vinlyer, tror jag. Räknas det han gjorde med Nancy Sinatra? Cowboy in Sweden är i a f det vassaste.
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Sat 15 Nov – Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker

It was my first visit to the Barbican Centre, a masterpiece of 1970s Brutalist architecture, with Francis Bacon’s beautiful and grotesque paintings still in my head. On the closed door to the Barbican Theatre, the venue for the this evening’s show, was a sign warning patrons of the disturbing nature of the show. Somewhat late, that door opened and I made my way into the theatre which itself is a sight to behold. Each row has its own door, and for my seat at the side of the circle it was like entering my own private box (with four strange people). The theatre looks like something out of that terrible 1980 adaptation of Aldous Huxely’s ‘Brave New World’... but in a good way.

I was the first person (!) to take my seat and from this excellent vantage point I watched the audience arrive. From some very old and committed punks, to the stylish arty crowd, but mostly a lot of middle-aged people - probably fans of Scott since the days of The Walker Brothers. …