Category: Amazing Sounds & Other Delights

Amazimg Songs&Other Delights #12 is called Dream Baby Dream (Songs for Tânia) and was weaved between Francisco Silva (old Jerusalem) and I in loving memory of our friend Tânia Pereira Mendes who died seven years ago this month. It can be listened to tomorrow 2:20-4pm on Yé Yé Radio.

Tânia was a member of Fórum Sons – an online community for music lovers where either many of us met of got to know each other better – loved the stars, the cosmos, music, to dance, and, of course, to dream. The 21 songs we chose for Dream Baby Dream, including Suicide’s one are Tânia to a T.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #11 – The Kick & Backbeat are 22 songs and one instrumental with druns, and, or percussion, and drummers in mind and can now be found on Yé Yé’s mixcloud – tracklist below. I mixed things a little. Some drummers are not playing with their main band, or the band they become known for ( Simon Gilbert), here with Futon rather than Suede), others are playing a little differently than what is usually thought of them (Dave Grohl). A couple or so aren’t even seen as drummers, or drumming is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of them – Josh Homme, Mick Harvey. All in all I choose songs I like, with drummers I like. A few of those that are important to me are missing, Pete de Freitas, John Convertino, etc. The start of the show is the late Charlie Watts, that has a double appearance. And nothing like a fabulous yellow (my favourite colour) drum kit to make it all brighter and, well, drummy. 🙂 Rui Pimenta & Pedro Tenreiro allowed me to push the envelope and come up with an a hour and a half show. 😃
(the yellow drum kit is a Val di Fiemme made by Andrew Johnston of Repercussion Drums)

Monday, 11th October, 2021, 2:30-4pm
Running Time: 60:25:24
Tracklist:
01 – The Charlie Watts Orchestra – Stomping at the Savoy – live at Fulham Town Hall (Edgar Sampson’s original )
02 – Japan – Visions of China (Steve Jansen)
03 – Futon – Strap it On (Simon Gilbert)
04 – Le Tigre – Tell You Now (J.D. Samson)
05 – Sonic Youth – Stones (Steve Shelley)
06 – Stan Ridgway & Stewart Copeland (Stewart Copeland)
07 – Rowland S. Howard – Dead Radio (Mick Harvey)
08 – Cream – Dance the Night Away (Ginger Baker)
09 – The Other Two – The Greatest Thing (Stephen Morris)
10 – Manic Street Preachers – This is Yesterday (Sean Moore)
11 – Rádio Macau – Acordar (Samuel Palitos)
12 – The Clash – Train in Vain (Stand by Me) (Topper Headon)
13 – Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers (Janet Weiss)
14 – Eagles of Death Metal – I Only Want You (Josh Homme)
15 – The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Ringo Starr)
16 – Sharleen Spitery – Mistery (Mako Sakamoto; Serge Gainsbourg’s cover)
17 – The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning (Maureen Tucker)
18 – Swell Maps – Collision with a Frogman (Epic Soundtracks)
19 – R.E.M. – Maps and Legends (Bill Berry)
20 – Durutti Column – Menina ao Pé de Uma Piscina (Bruce Mitchell)
21 – The Smiths – Nowhere Fast (Mick Joyce)
22 – Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World – MTV Unplugged (Dave Grohl; David Bowie’s cover)
23 – The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb (Charlie Watts)

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Tune in between 2_35-4pm (London time) to listen to Amazing Songs & Other Delights #11 The Kick & Backbeat edition on Yé Yé Radio. It is all about drums, drummers and, of course, songs. Songs in which drums drive or sustain the song. There will be 23 songs to listen to from an assortement of bands/drummers. Previous shows can be found on the radio’s mixcloud.

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #11 is called The Kick & Backbeat edition and it is all about the drums and the men and women behind them. It is longer than usual, at nearly 90 minutes and it airs tomorrow, Monday 11th, 2:35-4pm (London time) @ Yé Yé Radio.

From Charlie Watts to Maureen Tucker, through Samuel Palitos, J.D. Samson, Mick Joyce, Ginger Baker or Janet Weiss there are 23 songs to be listened to.

This show was a long time coming. The possibility of interviewing Simon Gilbert propelled it and Charlie Watts’ death sealed it. Drummers have a special place in my heart. It was a jazz drummer, Lino Oliveira, who taught me pretty much everyting I know music wise – but, for classic music and music theory. A little later, in 1986, it was another drummer, Carlos Moura, who helped me with my bass and a few other things.

There are beloved dummers missing, like Pete de Freitas of Echo & The Bunnymen. The show is not meant to be a “best drummers” one. Rather, a showcase of drums in songs, be it songs driver by drums or with drums more in the background. And a selection of good songs with drums and, or, percussion that I like.

The beautiful yellow drum kit in the photo is Val di Fiemme kit and was made by Andrew Johnston of RePercussion Drums.

Special thanks to Simon Gilbert for introducing me to Andrew’s amazing drums.

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The 10th Amazing Songs & Other Delights was(is) all about new songs and is now available on Yé Yé Radio’s mixcloud. Monday, 27th September 2021, 3-4pmRunning time: 60:01:07
Tracklist: 01 – Helado Negro – Gemini and Leo 02 – 1981 – Mona Lisa 03 – Australian Art Orchestra – Reuben Lewis, Tariro Mavondo & Peter Knight – We Too, Roar 04 – Billy Bragg – Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained 05 – Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth – Stones of Silence 06 – BRNDA – Perfect World 07 – 10000 Russos – Super Inertia08 – Garcon No.1 – Nitelife Music 09 – Jeb Loy – We Gotta Work On It 10 – Obey Cobra – Sophia Can’t Walk 11 – Penfried – Out of the Blue 12 – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine – Olympus 13 – They Might Be Giants – I Lost Thursday 14 – Wanda Jackson – It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’

All previous shows can be found on the Radio’s mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | YéYé can be listened to at: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the free app.

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #10 – The More New Things edition today on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ 3-4pm
Previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/

And here we are at Amazing Songs & Other Delights #10 that will air tomorrow (Monday 27th) on Yé Yé Radio, 3-4pm (London time). This one is called The More New Things edition and it is all mine and just mine! 😉 There will be songs by Helado Negro, 10 000 Russos, Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth , Jeb Loy Nichols, Australian Art Orchestra – Reuben Lewis, Tariro Mavondo & Peter Knight and more. Tune in. If you don’t, some 48 or so hours late it can be found at Yé Yé’s mixcloud.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #09 – The Luckily for Us, We’re in Love with Indie Rock edition by musician Paulo Navarro and Raquel Pinheiro, our Editor-in-chief, can now be streamed.

Monday, 13.09. 2021, 3-4pm
Running time: 61:01:13
Tracklist:
01 – My Bloody Valentine – Don’t Ask Why (Paulo)
02 – Morphine – Take Me With You (Raquel)
03 – Black Mountain – No Satisfaction (Paulo)
04 – Sleater Kinney – You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun (Raquel)
05 – Magik Markers – Find You Ride (Paulo)
06 – The Replacements – Talent Show (Raquel)
07 – Bardo Pond – This Time (So Fucked) (Paulo)
08 – Exploded View – Gimme Something (Paulo)
09 – Cosmic City Blues – Ready to Kill (Raquel)
10 – Swirlies – Upstairs (Paulo)
11 – Trans – Jubilee (Raquel)
12 – Thalia Zedek – Revelation Time (Raquel)
13 – Psychic Ills – I Knew My Name (Paulo)
14 – Hypoluxo – Night Life (Raquel)

All previous shows can be found on the Radio’s mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | Yé Yé can be listened to at: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the free app.

Today Paulo Navarro and I will be picking songs on Amazing Songs & Other Delights #9, 3-4pm on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com or on the app. There are 14 indie rock song from different decades to listen to. Tune in .