The repeat of my Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 18 – The Wintry Songs edition by António Cunha & Raquel Pinheiro airs Monday 13, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
Tracklist: 01 – Bobby Womack – California Dreamin'(John Phillips & Michelle Phillips’ song) (Tó) 02 – Belle & Sebastian – The Fox in the Snow (Raquel) 03 – Clinic – I Can’t Stand The Rain (Tó) 04 – Billy Mackenzie – Winter Academy (Tó) 05 – Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky (2011 Remastered Version) (Tó) 06 – John Parish – How Animals Move (Raquel) 07 – Taylor Swift – Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (Tó) 08 – Zeca Afonso – Canção de Embalar (Raquel) 09 – The Decemberists – January Hymn (Raquel) 10 – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow (Raquel) 11 – Finneas – A Little Closer (Finneas’ Version) (Tó) 12 – Manic Street Preachers – Die in the Summertime (Remastered) (Raquel) 13 – Lianne La Havas – Starry Starry Night (Loving Vincent OST) (Tó) 14 – The Doors – Wintertime Love (Tó) 15 – Zoot Woman – Grey Day (Tó) 16 – The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun (2019 mix) (Raquel)
Tracklist: 01 – The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Raquel) 02 – Dillard and Clark – Don’t Let Me Down (Bill) 03 – George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (Raquel) 04 – Junior Parker – Tomorrow Never Knows (2024 remastered version) (Bill) 05 – Bryan Ferry – Jealous Guy (Raquel) 06 – George Harrison – Try Some Buy Some (2024 mix) (Bill) 07 – Suede – A Day In The Life (MTV intro (Raquel) 08 – The Beatles – You Can’t Do That (Bill)l 09 – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth (Bill) 10 – Paul McCartney – Waterfalls (Bill) 11 – George Harrison – Wah-Wah (2014 Remaster) (Raquel) 12 – The Beatles – Octopus Garden (Raquel)p 13 – The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride (Bill) 14 – The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Raquel) 15 – The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (Raquel) 16 – Robert Wyatt – Love (Bill) 17 – Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy (Bill) 18 – Lucinda Williams – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Raquel)
There’s a repeat of my radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights – The It’s a New Year, Let’s Dance edition Monday 30th, 3-4-pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
I wish you all a happy, joy filled, peaceful 2025.
Tracklist: 01 – Império Pacífico – Aftershow feat. Panda Bear 02 – Zirkus Maximus – Jean et Luc 03 – Kai Bosch – Be Right Back 04 – Ladytron – City of Angels 05 – Altered Images – Glitter Ball 06 – Hercules & Love Affair – Painted Eyes (Inflagranti Remix) 07 – WhoMadeWho – Inside World 08 – Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round 09 – Yellow Magic Orchestra – Rydeen 10 – Depeche Mode – Behind The Wheel (Vince Clarke Remix) 11 – Korean Boyfriend – Greedy Happiness 12 – New Order – Round and Round 13 – Dead Method – Femme! 14 – ABBA – Dancing Queen (Club Remix)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 74 – The Beatles edition by Bill Rivers & Raquel Pinheiro airs Monday 16, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 74 – The Beatles edition is, once more a collaborative programme between me and Bill Rivers. We both love The Beatles. As a child, around Christmas tv would show The Beatles films and I would be taken to see Yellow Submarine on the big screen. Bill and I picked Beatles songs, assorted covers , songs from solo fab four. You can see who picked out on the tracklist below the text. I love to do shows with Bill. He always comes up with songs, covers, I either didn’t knew or had forgotten.
The first record my parents to me dance to was a German Beatles compilation. The Beatles were mum and her sisters band. Like me, mum is partial to George (Harrison), having a special place in her heart for the by all, myself included, beloved Ringo. Bill’s favourite Beatle is also George. Paul comes second for Bill. No wonder there’s so much George being played on the show. 🙂 Solo George, Beatles George. While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles opens the show, While My Guitar Gently Weeps covered by Lucinda Williams closes it. I’ve been fascinated by Lucinda’s version since I heard it a few weeks ago.
Interestingly, my favourite Beatles song is Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) that was written by Lennon. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) wasn’t always by favourite Beatles song. As a child it would be any from the mentioned German compilation. Or from the first album. Or a few from Yellow Submarine that, for years, for me was only an animated film. Rubber Soul ended up become by favourite Beatles album. Bill’s favourite Beatles current album is Magical Mystery Tour.Why is George pretty much everyone favourite Beatle? I don’t know. I always loved George and Ringo. I’m the person who plays bass and forgets Paul McCartney plays bass. I see Paul as a songwriter, which he, of course, is.
Back to George. George brought many Innovations to The Beatles. He was always on the look out for new things. It was George’s idea of having Eric Clapton play the guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. George has the best solo album of the four Beatles, All Things Must Pass. There’s a great documentary about George as well, George Harrison: Living In The Material World.
Tracklist: 01 – The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Raquel) 02 – Dillard and Clark – Don’t Let Me Down (Bill) 03 – George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (Raquel) 04 – Junior Parker – Tomorrow Never Knows (2024 remastered version) (Bill) 05 – Bryan Ferry – Jealous Guy (Raquel) 06 – George Harrison – Try Some Buy Some (2024 mix) (Bill) 07 – Suede – A Day In The Life (MTV intro (Raquel) 08 – The Beatles – You Can’t Do That (Bill)l 09 – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth (Bill) 10 – Paul McCartney – Waterfalls (Bill) 11 – George Harrison – Wah-Wah (2014 Remaster) (Raquel) 12 – The Beatles – Octopus Garden (Raquel)p 13 – The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride (Bill) 14 – The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Raquel) 15 – The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (Raquel) 16 – Robert Wyatt – Love (Bill) 17 – Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy (Bill) 18 – Lucinda Williams – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Raquel)
There’s a repeat of my 5th Amazing Songs & Other Delights #5 – The Poetry edition tomorrow, Monday 2nd, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
Tracklist: 01 – Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis – Ode to a Nightingale (Keats poem) 02 – Suede – Heroine (Byron She Walks in beauty 1st lines) 03 – The Cranberries – Yeats Grave 04 – Amália Rodrigues – Barco Negro (David Mourão-Ferreira poem) 05 – Secos Molhados – Não não digas nada (Fernando Pessoa poem) 06 – Annie Lennox – Live With Me And Be My Love (Christopher Marlowe poem) 07 – The Waterboys – Stolen Child (Yeats poem) 08 – Bob Dylan – On the Road Again (Bob Dylan poem) 09 – Radio Bukowski – The Genius of The Crowd (Charles Bukowski poem) 10 – Carla Bruni – If You Were Coming In The Fall (Emily Dickinson poem) 11 – Rufus Wainwright – When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes (William Shakespeare, Sonnet 29th) 12 – Fagner – Fanatismo (Florbela Espanca poem) 13 – Ralph Schuckett and Richard Butler – Alabama song (Bertolt Brecht poem, Kurt Weill music) 14 – Patti Smith – Changing of the Guards (Bob Dylan cover and poem) 15 – Phil Ochs – The Bell (Edgar Allan Poe poem) 16 – Quilapayun – Complainte de Pablo Neruda 17 – The Smiths – Cemetery Gates (Keats, Yeats, Wilde came to play)
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #73 – The New Things edition is now on mixcloud.
Tracklist: 01: Peter Perrett – Mixed Up Confucius 02: Naima Bock – Feed My Release 03: Ritta Tristany – Esquina do Chile 04: Gavin Friday – Stations of the Cross 05: Rossana – Inglaterra 06: Tess Parks – California’s Dreaming 07: Fabiana Palladino – Drunk 08: Velatine – Orange to Black 09: Paul Victor – Passport 10: Tunde Adebimpe – Magnetic 11: Rose City Band – Lights on the Way 12: David J Moriarty & Adam Baranello – Fade 13: Raoul Vignal – Icarus 14: Young Knives – Dissolution 15: Brick Briscoe & Kim Giani – Grands Boulevards 16: The Chefs – I’ll Go To 17: Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – Pretty Paper
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #73 – The New Things edition airs Monday 18th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
This programme features an assortment of new songs.
Tracklist: 01: Peter Perrett – Mixed Up Confucius 02: Naima Bock – Feed My Release 03: Ritta Tristany – Esquina do Chile 04: Gavin Friday – Stations of the Cross 05: Rossana – Inglaterra 06: Tess Parks – California’s Dreaming 07: Fabiana Palladino – Drunk 08: Velatine – Orange to Black 09: Paul Victor – Passport 10: Tunde Adebimpe – Magnetic 11: Rose City Band – Lights on the Way 12: David J Moriarty & Adam Baranello – Fade 13: Raoul Vignal – Icarus 14: Young Knives – Dissolution 15: Brick Briscoe & Kim Giani – Grands Boulevards 16: The Chefs – I’ll Go To 17: Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – Pretty Paper
This time I’ll go with a repeat. My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #32 – The Autumn Is Here edition airs Monday 4th, 3-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
As the name says it’s an Autumn edition. You can read about it here here.
Tracklist: 01 – Arkadia Jazz All-Stars – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (feat. Buster Williams & Carl Allen ) (Duke Ellighton original) 02 – António Vale da Conceição – Love Is The Storm 03 – Billy Childish & The Singing Loins – Pocahontas Was Her Name 04 – Blache – Garbage Picker 05 – Charlie Megira – Fear and Joy 06 – Cream – World of Pain 07 – David Bowie – Breaking Glass 08 – Francie Moon – Everything Goes 09 – Heavenly – I Fell in Love Last Night 10 – Japan – Canton (Live from Hammersmith Odeon, 1983) 11 – Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler – Footnotes On The Map (Live From The Green Note) 12 – Miguel Feraso Cabral – Indo Por Ali Longe 13 – Taylor Kingman – Heaven Ain’t Hiding 14 – The Shins – The Celibate Life 15 – Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody 16 – Wolf Manhattan – Five Years
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #72 – The Ecosystem edition is now on mixcloud.
Of late, I’ve been coming upon the word ecosystem from different sources. Or happen upon lyrics, or otherwise that mention the concept that we’re all one, we’re connected, that we depend on each other.
That concept is part of Body Count’s Comfortably Numb version of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb the song that opens this edition. Ice-T writes and says: “Listen… ’cause I’ve been on both sides of the gun As you stand before me we’re all here as one We gotta come together or our chances are none Maybe I’m just a dreamer, too many obstacles” (full lyrics here)
An ecosystem implies environment and those in it interacting, forging connections, relationships, one thing leading to another. That is how both Mondo and Yé Yé came to be. The longer text about My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #72 – The Ecosystem edition can be read here.
Tracklist: 01: Body Count – Comfortably Numb (feat. David Gilmour) 02: Raveloe – Passing Place 03: 12 Roads – Waiting For JB 04: Rowland S. Howard – Shut Me Down 05: Ned Swarbrick – Somebody, Something, Somewhere Else (live York City FC) 06: Mick Harvey – October Boy 07: Johnny Marr – New Town Velocity 08: The Birthday Party – The Friend Catcher 09: Saint Sappho – Grass is Gold 10: Oh Bobby (Bill Rivers and Simon Hayward) – Are You Still There 11: Sorry Monks – One Rule For Them 12: Paradise Lost – The Last Time 13: Harry Howard And The NDE – Sensitive To The Cold 14: Mark Robin White & Adam Lato – Rabbit Hole (Tranquility mix) 15: The Courettes – Shake! 16: A Resistência – Maré Alta
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #72 The Ecosystem edition airs Monday 21st, 3-4:30pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
Of late, I’ve been coming upon the word ecosystem from different sources. Or happen upon lyrics, or otherwise that mention the concept that we’re all one, we’re connected, that we depend on each other.
That concept is part of Body Count’s Comfortably Numb version of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb the song that opens this edition. Ice-T writes and says: “Listen… ’cause I’ve been on both sides of the gun As you stand before me we’re all here as one We gotta come together or our chances are none Maybe I’m just a dreamer, too many obstacles (full lyrics can be read here.).
An ecosystem implies environment and those in it interacting, forging connections, relationships, one thing leading to another. That is how both Mondo and Yé Yé came to be.
There are a few ecosystems on the programme. Birthday Party that lead to Rowland S. Howard and Mick Harvey. Mick Harvey song October Boy is about Pop Crimes – The Songs of Rowland S. Howard. Harry Howard is Rowland’s brother with whom Mick has played with. Interviewing Mick and Harry (and J.P. Shillo and Genevieve McGuckin) along a group of old friends – an ecosystem – lead to a number of Australian musician starting reaching out and sending their music.
When two weeks ago Bernard Butler was looking for opening acts for his current UK tour the Mild Ones, a Suede fan group, shared the request and so did I, adding I would be listening to Bernard’s choices and pick what I like from those. Raveloe (a Mild One Member herself), Ned Swarbrick, Saint Sappho and Sorry Monks (other Mild One) songs are my choices from Bernard’s selection of opening acts. Meanwhile, Ned and, Tammy Dyson, of Saint Sapho, just joined The Mild Ones. Proof that ecosystems are a real thing and work.
Mark Robin White and 12 roads other Mild Ones. I found them on the group and liked their music. Johnny Marr’s New Town Velocity is from a post by Liza Hadiz, another Mild One. I was mentioning how Johnny Marr solo albums have songs I may select to play, but don’t stay with me long time. Liza asked what I thought of Velocity Girl, her favourite solo Johnny Marr song. I replied it was nice and would one day play it on the show. Johnny Marr influenced Bernard Butler, both have played together.
Oh Bobby are Bill Rivers and Simon Hayward. Bill has been part of my ecosystem for a few year. We did a few song together for my third anniversary show. Bill and Simon created together.
The Courettes are released by Damaged Good, a record label Mondo has been close to for twenty five years. Resistência are a Portuguese supergroup. Although I know some of the musicians, or other musicians from their other bands, I don’t have such a direct connection, but Resistência are an ecosystem themselves.
Resistência means Resistance. Maré Alta (High Tide) is a 1972 song by Fausto Bordalo Dias, José Mário Branco and Sérgio Godinho, three Portugue protest singers, released when Portugal was still a dictatorship. The lyrics mention getting ready because an high tide is arriving and freedom is about to come.
Tracklist: 01: Body Count – Comfortably Numb (feat. David Gilmour) 02: Raveloe – Passing Place 03: 12 Roads – Waiting For JB 04: Rowland S. Howard – Shut Me Down 05: Ned Swarbrick – Somebody, Something, Somewhere Else (live York City FC) 06: Mick Harvey – October Boy 07: Johnny Marr – New Town Velocity 08: The Birthday Party – The Friend Catcher 09: Saint Sappho – Grass is Gold 10: Oh Bobby (Bill Rivers and Simon Hayward) – Are You Still There 11: Sorry Monks – One Rule For Them 12: Paradise Lost – The Last Time 13: Harry Howard And The NDE – Sensitive To The Cold 14: Mark Robin White & Adam Lato – Rabbit Hole (Tranquility mix) 15: The Courettes – Shake! 16: A Resistência – Maré Alta
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