Day 31 - Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
It’s Queensday in Holland, so let’s celebrate!
God save the queen,
She ain’t no human being.
There is no future,
In Holland’s dreaming.
Day 30 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer
Cortez the Killer is the best song Neil Young had ever written. Droning guitar solo, wonderfull lyrics, like waves breaking on the beach. Not only Cortez was a killer, this song also is. And Neil Young himself of course.
You Tube: Cortez the Killer, live 1996
You Tube: Neiyoun & Sleazy Horse, Japanese live cover
Day 29 - Lohues & The Louisiana Blues Club - Boggel in’t rad
Hoogste tied veur de blues. Dutch blues. All the way from Erica, Drenthe. Daniel Lohues, former member of Dutch band Skik, made two blues records. The first one Ja, Boeh in 2003 was recorded in Louisiana with local musicians. The second album Grip was recorded in 2005. Both very strong albums, sung in Drents. Boggel in’t rad (I’ve got a crooked wheel) is from Grip.
Day 28 - Lonnie “the Cat” - I ain’t drunk
A song from the Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan album. Originaly aired in show #3: “Drink”.
No idea who Lonnie “the Cat” is, or was. The cd booklet of TTRH says I ain’t drunk is an outtake from a 1980 album. Google learns me it is recorded in 1954 by Lonnie “the Cat” with the Bobby Hines band including Ike Turner on piano.
Great lyrics here:
I don’t care what the people are thinking
I ain’t drunk, I’m just drinking
Albert Collins plays a fine cover of this song, but Lonnie “the Cat” has more high notes in his singing (almost screaming like a cat), more madness.
Day 27 - Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
I realy liked Billy Idol back in the early eigthies, and I still can hear what I liked about it then. The raw energy. But older and wiser I also hear now that this was actualy designer energy.
Day 26 - Grace Jones - Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician
Always when I hear this song it reminds me of my uncle Victor. He was a small guy, grey hair, moustache. Working nine to five at some office, typing letters or doing some other unimportant job. But in 1986 Grace Jones was singing that he, my uncle Victor, was a jazz musician. Unbelieveable! Who would have thought that?
You Tube: Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician, videoclip
Day 25 - Bob Dylan - Blood In My eyes
The last day of the Bob Dylan week. I started with the nineties and I end with the nineties. Although I could say I end in the thirties. Blood In My Eyes is from the 1993 album World Gone Wrong, an album full with old folk and blues tunes. The song was originaly recorderd by the Mississippi Sheiks in the ’30s (as was the title song, World Gone Wrong).
Realy like the videoclip that comes with this song, the grainy black and white goes so well with the acoustic guitar.
Day 24 - Bob Dylan - Everything Is Broken
Bob Dylan week, day 6. The other song from the eighties comes from the 1989 album Oh, Mercy. Strong album, with strong songs. My choice is Everything Is Broken.
“Danny [producer Daniel Lanois] didn’t have to swamp it up too much, it was already swamped up pretty good when it came to him. Critics usually didn’t like a song like this coming out of me because it didn’t seem to be autobiographical. Maybe not, but the stuff I write does come from an autobiographical place.”
Everything Is Broken, original recording with LP sleeve
Everything Is Broken, alt. version with LP sleeve
Everything Is Broken, live somewhere in the ’90s
Day 23 - Bob Dylan - In The Summertime
The fifth day of the Bob Dylan week. Today and tomorrow songs from Dylan in the eigthies. I start with a song from the 1981 album Shot Of Love. In The Summertime can be seen as a gospel, but to me it sounds more like a lovesong. Lovely harmonica!
In The Summertime, original recording with LP sleeve
YouTube: In The Summertime, live 1981
Day 22 - Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Bob Dylan week, day 4. Desire is my all-time favorite Dylan album. Hard to pick only one song from this album. There’s Isis, Sara, One More Cup of Coffee and Oh, Sister. But I choose Hurricane. A protestsong about the imprisonment of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. Almost sounds like a movie.
YouTube: Hurricane, fan made videoclip
YouTube: Hurricane, live version
About this/me
About this:
Inspired by Tuuur, who was inspired by Glenn Case, I will be posting some song of the day posts over here. This blog is written in (poor) English, but since I’m from the Netherlands there will be some Dutch songs and/or lyrics passing by.
About me:
I live in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, a short train ride from Amsterdam. I like open source software, open-minded people and bars open all night.
