I went shopping and arrived home with a bag of new songs and a couple of instrumentals. Therefore, Amazing Songs and Other Delights #22 – The a Bag of New Songs edition. It is now available on Yé Yé Radio’s mixcloud with 19 new delights to be listened to. This show is also the debut of Amazing Songs & Other Delights intro and outro which are quite distinctive, morse code upon an instrumental track.
Monday, 14th March 2022, 3-4pm. Running Time: 58:64 Tracklist: 01 – Bart Davenport – It’s You 02 – Cameron Undy – Magnolia 03 – Corte – Monte 04 – Saint Jordy – Change 05 – The Monochrome Set – Really In The Wrong Town 06 – The Senior Service feat. Rachel Lowrie – Seasons of My Mind 07 – Zebra Libra – Collide 08 – Orange Dots – I Thought I’d Become This Mask 09 – King Garbage – Piper (Single Version) 10 – No Monster Club – Save The Circus 11 – Eve Adams – A Walk In The Park 12 – Lomma – T. Hanks 13 – Los Dangers – González 14 – Simon Love – I Love Everybody In The Whole Wide World (Except You) 15 – Jonathan Richman – This Is One Sad World 16 – Junk Drawer – Tears In Costa 17 – Kamikaze Palm Tree – Flamingo 18 – Metronomy – Things Will Be Fine 19 – Stridulum – Chasm
Flamingo by Kamikaze Palm Tree is one of the songs I picked forAmazing Songs & and Other Delights #22 – The a Bag of New Songs editiont hat airs today, Monday 14th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app. Tune in.
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #22 – The a Bag of New Songs edition airs tomorrow, Monday 14th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app As the name says, this show if filled with 19 new songs, and some new instrumentals or, at least in one case, a old one, recently re-released. Bart Davenport, King Garbage, Corte, Kamikaze Palm Tree or Cameron Undy are among those to be listened to. If all goes as planned, this is also the debut of Amazing Songs & Other Delights intro and outro which quite distinctive.
Monday, February 28th 2022 Running Time: 60:17:07 Tracklist: 01 – Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly) (Raquel) 02 – Artic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor (Alex Turner) (Raquel) 03 – Trans – Thinking About A Friend (Bernard Butler) (Raquel) 04 – Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb (Dave Gilmour) (Carlos) 05 – Mão Morta – Ventos Animais (Carlos Fortes) (Raquel) 06 – Bob Dylan – Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Bob Dylan) (Carlos) 07 – The Shadows – Apache (Hank Marvin) (Carlos & Raquel) 08 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Man Who Built The Moon (Noel Gallager – Nash Strat) (Raquel) 09 – Bonnie Raitt – Burning Down The House (live – Talking Heads’ cover) (Carlos) 10 – Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water (Ritchie Blackmore) (Raquel) 11 – Dexys Midnight Runners – This Is What She’s Like (Kevin Rowland) (Raquel) 12 – Bob Dylan – I Believe In You (Mark Knopfler) (Carlos) 13 – The Gun Club – Yellow Eyes (Jeffrey Lee Pierce) (Carlos) 14 – The Joy Formidable – Whirring (Ritzy Bryan) (Raquel) 15 – Mão Morta – Anjos Marotos (Carlos Fortes) (Carlos) 16 – The Beatles – Nowhere Man (George Harrison & John Lennon – “twin” 1961 Sonic Blue Stratocasters, George’s is Rocky) (Raquel) 17 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix) (Carlos) 18 – The Strokes – New York City Cops (Albert Hammond Jr) (Raquel)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 – The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition air today, Monday 28th, circa 2:40-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo) picked 18 songs played/written with a Startocaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Ventos Animais and Anjos Marotos by Mão Morta – Carlos picked the first, I the second. The Shadow’s Apache, a joint choice, is a superb display of using a Stratocaster.
The Fender American Startocaster Grey with 10-position switch (Bula installation) of the illustrative photo for Amazing Songs & Other Delights #21 The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo – it was previously owned by António Manuel Ribeiro (UHF)). The show airs tomorrow (Monday 28th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:40pm to 4pm (gmt). Carlos and I selected 18 songs played/written with a Strartocaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Ventos Animais and Anjos Marotos by Mão Morta – Carlos picked the first, I the second. The Stratocaster was given its name in 1953 by Don Randall, Fender’s sales chief. The Fender Stratocaster, introduced in 1954, has several differences and innovations from the Telecaster. The two-horned shape was adapted from the Precision Bass by Freddy Tavares, it has three pickups, rounded edges and body contour to make it more comfortable and came in a vibrato and a non-vibrato model. It was also the first time that Fender used a sunburst finish. Back to the songs. There is a joint choice, The Shadow’s Apache with Hank Marvin on the Strat, songs in which the guitarist isn’t usually associated with a Strat – Bernard Butler, Noel Gallagher here with a Nash Strat (like with Telecasters no all Stratocasters are Fender) – and a number of songs with more or less proper Strat men and women. As with its twin Telecaster show of a fortnight ago the songs go through different eras and styles from Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water with its trademark riff from the hand of Ritchie Blackmore to Bonnie Raitt covering Talking Heads’ Burning Down The House. We pretty much broke all the rules, if existing. Along with Carlos’ two songs there are two Bob Dylan songs, one with him as the Strat man another with Mark Knofler as such. Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison appear both on this and the Telecaster edition. And so on. 🙂
The beautiful Telecaster that illustrates this show belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/um zero amarelo). Carlos and I picked 25 songs played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me. Our 25 songs include Prince’s iconic Hohner Madcat Telecaster, Carlos’ own Fender Telecaster with custom build Bula pickup and 5-position switch installation, also from the hands of Bula – a friend of Carlos who custom builds pickups. Telecasters with B-Benders are also represented. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster and created over one and an half hour of songs with a Telecaster and those who play it. See tracklist for more info on players and guitars.
Monday, February 14th, 2022 Running time: 60:35:44
Tracklist: 01 – Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire (Bruce Springsteen) (Carlos) 02 – David Bowie – Be My Wife (David Bowie) (Raquel) 03 – Graham Coxon – No Good Time (Graham Coxon) (Raquel) 04 – Jeff Buckley – Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake – 1993) (Jeff Buckley) (Carlos) 05 – Johnny Cash – New Cut Road (James Burton) (Carlos) 06 – Led Zeppelin -Stairway to Heaven (Jimmy Page – Dragon Telecaster, given by Jeff Beck, originally unpainted) (Raquel) 07 – Mão Morta – Budapeste (Carlos Fortes) (Raquel) 08 – Muddy Waters – Let’s Spend The Night Together (Muddy Waters – Rolling Stones’ cover) (Carlos) 09 – P.J. Harvey – Missed (P.J. Harvey) (Raquel) 10 – Pink Floyd – Astronomy Dominé (Syd Barret) (Carlos) 11 – Prince & The Revolution – Take Me With U (Live 1985) (Prince – Hohner Madcat Telecaster) (Raquel) 12 – Radiohead – Airbag (Jonny Greenwood) (Carlos) 13 – Spoon – The Hardest Cut (Britt Daniel) (Raquel) 14 – The Beatles – Dig A Pony (Remastered 2009) (George Harrison – Rosewood Telecaster) (Carlos) 15 – The Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan’s song) (Clarence White – Modified Telecaster, Stringbender – B-bender) (Carlos) 16 – The Clash – I’m Lost In The Supermarket (Joe Strummer) (Raquel) 17 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) (Raquel) 18 – The Police – Walking On The Moon (Andy Summers) (Carlos) 19 – The Pretenders – Precious (Chrissie Hynde) (Carlos) 20 – The Raconteurs – Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying) (Jack White – Three-Wheel Motion Low Rider Fender Telecaster – built-in B-bender) (Raquel) 21 – The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar (2009 Remaster) (Keith Richards) (Carlos) 22 – The Smiths – This Charming Man (2011 Remaster) (Johnny Marr) (Raquel) 23 – The Stranglers – Princess of the Streets (1996 Remaster) (Hugh Cornwell) (Carlos) 24 – The Yardbirds – Ever Since The World Began (The Mono Album) (Jeff Beck) (Raquel) 25 – Um Zero Amarelo – Sem Perdão (Carlos Fortes) (Carlos)
Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo) and I picked 25 songs for Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition. It airs today (Monday 14th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:20pm to 4pm. The song we’ve chosen were played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one. The show opens with Bruce Springteen’s I’m On Fire one of Carlos’ choices. This is the first of our twin shows – the Stratocaster edition will be aired in a couple of weeks. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster. From Muddy Waters to P.J. Harvey through Graham Coxon, Syd Barret, Johnny Marr, Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Greenwood, Britt Daniel and more there is over one and an half hour of songs with a Telecaster and those who play it. There are also two song played and written by Carlos. Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me. All previous shows: http://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | http://www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/
The beautiful Telecaster that illustrates this posts belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo). For those, like me, more geeky inclined, it’s a Fender American Telecaster Blue with CB5 Bula neck pickup, 5-position switch (Bula installation). For Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition tomorrow (Monday 14th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:20pm to 4pm, Carlos and I picked 25 songs played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me. This is the first of the twin shows – the Stratocaster edition will be aired in a couple of weeks. A while ago I had asked Carlos if he preferred a Telecaster or a Stratocaster, he said he liked both, having no preference for one over the other. Coupled with Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) love of Telecasters – another source of endless conversations and inspiration – the idea for the shows was born.
With its Telecaster name the guitar created by Leo Fender, in his Southern California company, was introduced in 1951. Leo had originally named the guitar 1950 Broadcaster (the Broadcaster was introduced in 1950), but complains from other makers made him change it to Telecaster. The Fender Telecaster turned 70 in 2021. The basic Telecaster guitar remains similar to its 1951 version. Not all Telecasters are Fender. Other makers produce their version of a Telecaster. Some players alter features in their Telecasters, turning them more unique and special. Our 25 songs include Prince’s iconic Hohner Madcat Telecaster, Carlos’ own Fender Telecaster with custom build Bula pickup and 5-position switch installation, also from the hands of Bula – a friend of Carlos who custom builds pickups. Telecasters with B-Benders are also represented in the hands of Clarence White and Jack White. Jeff Beck’s Telecaster from The Yardbirds’ Ever Since The World Began is the one he gave to Jimmy Page (Page named it Dragon) with which Page plays Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster. From Muddy Waters to P.J. Harvey through Graham Coxon, Syd Barret, Johnny Marr, Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Greenwood, Britt Daniel and more there is over one and an half hour of songs with Telecaster and those who play it.
All previous shows: /www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/
Monday, January 31st, 2022 Running Time: 56:12 Tracklist: 01 – Jay-Jay Johanson – She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 02 – The Strollers – Hit The Road Jack (Percy Mayfield’s song) 03 – 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me 04 – David Bowie – Changes (1999 Remaster) 05 – Dorival Caymmi – Canção da Partida 06 – Richard Hawley – Leave Your Body Behind You 07 – Josh Rouse – James 08 – Einstürzende Neubauten – Ich Gehe Jetzt 09 – Queens of The Stone Age – Gonna Leave You 10 – The Escorts – By The Time I Get to Phoenix (Jimmy Webb’s song) 11 – Jello Biafra & D.O.A. – We Gotta Get Out of This Place (The Animals’ cover) 12 – Anita Lane – Bella Ciao 13 – The Smiths – Death At One’s Elbow (2011 Remaster) 14 – Manic Street Preachers – I’m Leaving You for Solitude 15 – Robbie Williams – No Regrets 16 – Jacobites (Nikki Sudden & Dave Kuswort) – It’ll All End Up In Tear (2019 Remaster)
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