Wednesday 18 January 2012

Plan B 76: Sha Na Na requests and talking to David Bowie



Not many newbies in the two lengthy sets from Plan B 76 but plenty of tunes getting a dusting down for the first time in a long time. I have grown particularly fond of Sailor's 'Glass of champagne' which surprises me after the 'orrid 'Girls, girls, girls' that I was exposed to last year. Can you tell the difference between their singer and XTC's??? Same vocal nuances 5 years before Andy Partridge?! (it's the way he sings 'shampayane'). It was inevitable there would be a smattering of the 'white album' after my recent posts but this was coupled with many Beatles requests and a question from someone who looked like they'd stumbled out of Height- Ashburyy circa 1968 of 'What are you trying to say through your music'? Which was responded with 'What do you think I'm trying to say through my music?'

Follow the links for the current ear worms!

Early Set

Mud- Rocket
Iggy Pop- China girl
Elvis Costello- My mood swings*
Dave Clarke Five- Maze of love
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Lucretia McEvil
The Beatles- Glass onion*
Blues Magoos- Gotta get away
Sailor- A glass of champagne*
XTC- Respectable Street
The Rolling Stones- Undercover of the night*
The Fall- I'm Frank*
The Go Go's- Head over heels
Magazine- Thank you (forlettinmebemyselfagen)
Tom Waits- Union Square
Kiss- Rock 'n' roll all night*

Late Set

The Beatles- Back in the U.S.S.R
The Sonics- Have love will travel
The Clash- London calling
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Pump it up
Talking Heads- Life during wartime*
David Bowie- Modern love
The Beatles- She's a woman
The Strangeloves- Night time
Junior Walker & The All Stars- Shotgun
Otis Redding- Love man
Gloria Jones- Tainted love
The Standells- Dirty water
Eddie Cochran- Summertime blues
The Surfaris- Wipe out
Mike Pedicin- Burnt toast and black coffee
The Rolling Stones- Get off my cloud
Bob Seger System- Ramblin' gamblin' man
Chuck Berry- Club nitty gritty
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels- Jenny take a ride!
Small Faces- Almost grown
Elvis Presley- What'd I say
Aretha Franklin- Satisfaction

Monday 2 January 2012

The Beatles 1968 Side 1 in covers

I told you I was gonna hit you folks up out there and after hearing a cover of 'Savoy Truffle' today on a CD done by my big bro my mind raced at all the covers of stuff from the 'White album'. It seems I was walking in to that one a lot of late. I examined a Russian copy the other day that had the photos on the inner cover done in a horrid 'sketch' style like them things you get in photo booths...I swallowed the album whole in Autumn '94 as a 15 year old but would frequently skip 'Ob la di' and 'Revolution 9' but that said it's still my fave Beatles LP!

You can't beat the twist king singing about Communist Russia! You should hear the one about the political prisoners in the Ural salt mines...

Chubby Checker- Back in the U.S.S.R

Always had a soft spot for this one but other than a version by Alanis M******e this is the only cover I'm aware of...Think this one was hawled in from a Dinnington car boot back in the late '90's...

Siouxsie and The Banshees- Dear Prudence

Tricky track 3 that I have begun to warm to as I age like a kipper under the settee. There is certainly not a better version of this out there than Macca in codreggaecmoonliveandletdieragga mode so here it is...

The Beatles- Ob la di ob la da Take 5

Argh! Mother-banger it's the Pixies! I didn't know this one existed until now...'Trompe le Monde' also getting some heavy action Chez Den at the mo...

Pixies- Wild honey pie

I kinda like this one as I'm assuming that Poopy is doing a nod to Yoko's backing vox on this by taking over the whole track...not easy on the ears peeps!

Poopy Lungstuffings- The continuing story of bungalow Bill

A panic came over me when I knew George was next. Too many lame-ass tributes from lame-ass rockers. This is the best cover version out there- go Floyd! Why he's doing it Christ only knows!!

The Muppets- While my guitar gently weeps

This is probably the only song on the album that I knew as a cover before gorging on the album in 1994. Great take that dispenses with a fair few of the lyrics...


The Breeders- Happiness is a warm gun