Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Kermit sings ‘Hurt’
This is a pretty good cover but also has a really depraved video, I never thought I’d see Kermit giving Rowlf the Dog a blowjob….
Nellie Mckay
I have a feeling I shall be listening to a lot more of this woman. Absolutely class. And any song that has the lines ‘feminists don’t have a sense of humour’ is always good…
Monkey: The Olympics
This BBC advert for the Olympic games was created by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Alburn of ‘Gorillaz’ fame. I really want to see the opera based on this that they created:
Bo Diddley is Dead
BBC article here. I have a few bits and pieces by him on my iTunes. He certainly was one of the blues greats.
I shall be released, covered by Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder and others
Given exams start tomorrow, this song has been keeping me rather sane
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(note, anybody with a copyright on this has a problem with this being up, contact me and it shall be removed)
Most Played
In response to Cian’s list - the top ten off the ‘25 most played’ list on my ipod:
1.Le Disko - Shiny Toys Guns
2.Cherry Lips - Garbage
3.The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
4.Lump - Presidents of the USA
5.Dazed, Beautiful and Bruised - Catatonia
6.La Tristesse Durera - Manic Street Preachers
7.The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count - The Divine Comedy
8.Under the Gun - Kristin Hersh
9.Black, Red, Yellow - Pearl Jam
10.Twitch - Bif Naked
Marylin Manson - The Beautiful People @ the MTV Music Awards 2007
Really good live version of the song:
Battles - ‘Atlas’
I know I haven’t been posting much lately, dissertation and exams keeping me busy. Also, I’ve ended up extending my music collection and came across this great track from ages ago: