Amazing Songs & Other Delights – #29 – The Summer Is Here, Lets Dance edition as the name says is about Summer and Dancing. It is also on time to celebrate the Solstice. It airs tomorrow on Yé Yé Radio, 3-4pm (gmt+1): yeyeradio.com or on the app.
There are several songs from the early.mid 00s, TV On The Radio, Hercules & Love Affair , Klaxons, New Order, a bit of 90s, Happy Mondays, The Farm, LX-90, something from the 80s, D.A.F. one from the 70s Gemini and couple more recent ones, Oblivz, Moullinex. Madonna also turns up and the party is swell, on the beach with colourful balls, cocktails, and lots of fun. Madonna also turns up and the party is swell, on the beach with colourful balls, cocktails and lots of fun.
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #28 is The I’m Looking For… edition and airs tomorrow, Monday 6th, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app). I had no idea what I was looking for, but ended up with 16 songs about looking, searching for, not looking for, maybe it is found, maybe not and whatnot. The songs choice is very ecletic, from The Chi-lites to Iggy And The Stooges throught The Cramps, Belle and Sebastian, Eminem, Rádio Macau, Fat White Family. And, of course, that 80s every-indie-kid-and-radio-dj-hit Looking for Lewis and Clark by The Long Ryders. The show starts smooth, goes by a 80s-90s cult bands phase, with a twist, and a drop of 00s, says hi to the big names, yes, there is hip-hop toos, tags along rock’and’roll and dance music and ends with a big blast. Everything a proper June show must have. 🙂
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #27 – The Anniversary edition by Raquel & The Astro Travelers is now listenable at @ Yé Yé Radio’s mixcloud. Tracklist below the text.
The Anniversary edition is comprised of songs and instrumentals symbolizing both parts of the programme’s name: songs & other delights (instrumentals and everything else that is not a song, song). The songs are either premieres When Joe Came By written by Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) and I, Santa Eulália by The Lone Ranger (João Diogo Zagalo’s – of Silver&Scout – solo project), It’s a Feeling You Can’t ide by Bill Rivers plus a handfull of songs chosen by the show guest over the year and a few other friends that they either though I would like or match me.
The instrumentals are a trove of wonders. Purpose created ones, from the vaulst ,still unrealed, reWorks, premieres and a jazz classic. Alex FX, Francisco Silva & Paulo Miranda, João Diogo Zagalo, Paulo Navarro, Sci Fi Industries, Hidden Horse, digei de bairro (Pedro Tenreiro), Carlos Fortes, myself and Donald Byrd provide those.
(here the Astro Travelers are: Alex FX, Amândio Barbosa, António Cunha, Bill Rivers, Carlos Fortes, Dana Detrick, Daniel Blaufuks, Francisco Silva, Fred Somsen, João Diogo Zagalo, João Kyron Branco, Julian Hayr, Luís van Seixas, Paulo Miranda, Paulo Navarro, Pedro Mesquita, Pedro Tenreiro, Rui Pimenta)
Monday, May 23rd 2022 Running Time: 60:18:04 Tracklist: 01 – Alex FX – Spirits to Enforce 02 – Bill Rivers – It’s a Feeling You Can’t Hide 03 – Francisco Silva & Paulo Miranda – Belvedere Fragment #1 04 – Francisco Silva & Raquel Pinheiro – When Joe Came By (mixed by Paulo Miranda) 05 – João Diogo Zagalo – Delay Blues 06 – Raquel Pinheiro – Imaginary Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (from the work in progress The Imaginary Series) 07 – The Lone Ranger – Santa Eulália 08 – Orange Juice – Rip It Up (Pedro Mesquita) 09 – Paulo Navarro – Ghost 10 – The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow (2017 Remaster – Stereo) (António Cunha) 11 – Hidden Horse – Baelam Wakes reWork 12 – The Folk Implosion – Natural One (Rui Pimenta) 13 – Sci Fi Industries – The Line R38 14 – Emmaline Twist – Desperate Measures (Dana Detrick) 15 – Donald Byrd – Cristo Redentor (Remastered) (Amândio Barbosa) 16 – Swans Way – Soul Train (Julian Hayr) 17 – digei de bairro – ferramentas nº2 18 – Bill Callahan – Riding For The Feeling (Fred Somsen) 19 – Carlos Fortes – Talvez Vá 20 – The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Daniel Blaufuks)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #27 is The Anniversary edition by Raquel & The Astro Travelers, so to speak my band for this very special show that airs tomorrow Monday 23rd, afternoon, 2:40-4pm (gmt+1), on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app. Tracklist bellow the text. The painting that illustrates this post, Sunflowers, is by my late friend Richard Alton Carter.
The Anniversary edition is comprised of songs and instrumentals symbolizing both parts of the programme’s name: songs & other delights (instrumentals and everything else that is not a song, song). The songs are either premieres When Joe Came By written by Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) and I, Santa Eulália by The Lone Ranger (João Diogo Zagalo’s – of Silver&Scout – solo project), It’s a Feeling You Can’t Hide by Bill Rivers plus a handfull of songs chosen by the show guest over the year and a few other friends that they either though I would like or match me.
The instrumentals are a trove of wonders. Purpose created ones, from the vaulst ,still unrealed, reWorks, premieres and a jazz classic. Alex FX, Francisco Silva & Paulo Miranda, João Diogo Zagalo, Paulo Navarro, Sci Fi Industries, Hidden Horse, digei de bairro (Pedro Tenreiro), Carlos Fortes, myself and Donald Byrd provide those.
(here the Astro Travelers are: Alex FX, Amândio Barbosa, António Cunha, Bill Rivers, Carlos Fortes, Dana Detrick, Daniel Blaufuks, Francisco Silva, Fred Somsen, João Diogo Zagalo, João Branco Kyron, Julian Hayr, Luís van Seixas, Paulo Miranda, Paulo Navarro, Pedro Mesquita, Pedro Tenreiro, Rui Pimenta)
Tracklist:
01 – Alex FX – Spirits to Enforce
02 – Bill Rivers – It’s a Feeling You Can’t Hide
03 – Francisco Silva & Paulo Miranda – Belvedere Fragment #1
04 – Francisco Silva & Raquel Pinheiro – When Joe Came By (mixed by Paulo Miranda)
05 – João Diogo Zagalo – Delay Blues
06 – Raquel Pinheiro – Imaginary Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (from the work in progress The Imaginary Series)
07 – The Lone Ranger -Santa Eulália
08 – Orange Juice – Rip It Up (Pedro Mesquita)
09 – Paulo Navarro – Ghost
10 – The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow (2017 Remaster – Stereo) (António Cunha)
11 – Hidden Horse – Baelam Wakes reWork
12 – The Folk Implosion – Natural One (Rui Pimenta)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #26 the Another Bag of New Songs edition airs today on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app 3-4pm (gmt+1). My bag is filled with new songs, newish songs or remixed songs. It is an upbeat edition with songs ranging from newcomer Lola Flowers to veteran Liam Gallagher. Jackie Down The Line by Fontaines D.C. is one of the dozen plus songs that will be played.
The Another Bag of New Songs edition is Amazing Songs & Other Delights #26. It airs tomorrow on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app 3-4pm (gmt+1). My bag is filled with new songs, newish songs or remixed songs. It is an upbeat edition with songs ranging from newcomer Lola Flowers to veteran Liam Gallagher. Tracklist below.
Tracklist: 01 – !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – Storm Around The World (ft. Maria Uzor) 02 – Anthony Moore – Judy Get Down 03 – Emily Jane White – Poisoned 04 – Fontaines D.C. – Jackie Down The Line 05 – Horsegirl – Billy 06 – Hot Left Pole – A Very Wise Old Man 07 – Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know 08 – Lola Flowers – I Look So Good 09 – Matt Dorrien – Dance 10 – Maxwell Farrington & Le Superhomard – Two Hopeful Lovers x 11 – Naoise Roo – Whore (John Agnello Remix) 12 – Perspex – Ceefax & Asbestos 13 – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Dive Deep 14 – Ryan Egan – Alone For The Last Time 15 – Sean Riley w/ The Legendary Tigerman – Good Kids 16 – Sopa de Pedra – Fonte 17 – TheBobbyLees – Dig Your Hips
Set A Light Lester Bangs Special is a sound film/sound collage by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta dedicated to music critic and larger than life person Lester Bangs who died 40 years ago today at the age of 33. It airs today, Saturday 30th on Yé Yé radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ at 7pm (gmt+1): (or on the app). Was Lester the greatest rock critic ever? Who knows. Jim DeRogatis thought he may, at least, be “America’s greatest rock critic”. Textbook Case by Birdland with Lester Bangs is one of the song featuring Lster himself that can be heard on the show. The full tracklist is below the text.
Bangs wrote for Creem, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and several other publications. He was excessive, passionate, unmerciful and honest when it came to write about music. Is too blunt a thing? Again, who knows, but Lester often certainly was. He also didn’t shy from confrontation, even in interviews. His interview with Lou Reed, originally published in Let It Rock in November 1973 is such an example: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/08/lou-reed-lester-bangs-interview Is that even an interview or is it a roasters fight? Hard to say, but it may be better not to try it at home, or if we happen to be interviewing someone. Lester and Lou can pull it off, the rest of us are mere mortals. Did he took it to far when he played typewriter on stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit with the J. Geils Band? Who’s to know. What it is knows is that his riff, sorry, typewriting inclued “VDKHEOQSNCHSHNELXIEN(&H-SXN(E@JN?”. And that, afterwards, Lester destroyed the typewriter like a proper rock star. You don’t get it? Nor do we. Or do we? … If you think we’re making it up just to make things more interesting, we’re not. The story is told by the man himself in My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band that is part of Lester’s posthumous writings Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung—The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock ‘n’ Roll As Literature and Literature As Rock ‘n’ Roll, edited by Greil Marcus.
Set a Light Lester Bangs Special starting point is Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe’s film in which Philip Seymour Hoffman, another larger than life person, plays bangs and Patrick Fugit as 15 years old William Miller (William, the teenage wanna be music writer. Lines from the movie and inter-weaved with Lester’s own bands, or bands he played with, bands he trashed like MC5’s Kick out the Jams – does Detroit Sucks? we don’t think so, but, who knows … Maybe Lester did… – bands he loved, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, bands who mentioned him in their songs, R.EM., Scott B. Sympathy and even a band he liked, at least early on and wrote a kind of despondent, but honest and unmerciful? biography about Blondie. There are a little over 60 minutes of a few things Lester Bangs on this special Set a Light. All things Lester Bangs would require a whole day show and we may (who are we kidding, we would) still fall short.
Set A Light is a forthcoming regular radio show by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta that focus on things, and people, around and behind a band/artist. From music writers to producers through graphic designers, photographers, fans, and others/more.
Tracklist:
01 – Almost Famous – Introducing Mr. Lester Bangs
02 – Lester Bangs – Let It Blurt
03 – Almost Famous – if you like Lou Lester Bangs to William Miller
04 – Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
05 – Almost Famous – do you take drugs Lester Bangs to William Miller
06 – John Coltrane – This Are A Few of My Favourite Things & Typewriter
07 – Almost Famous -an assignment Lester Bangs to William Miller
08 – Silence (from John Cage’s 4’33) & Black Sabbath (Planet Caravan)
09 – Almost Famous – honest Lester Bangs to William Miller
10 – Teenage Jesus And The Jerks – I Woke Up Dreaming – (from the No New Work LP, 1978, compiled and produced by Brian Eno)
11 – Lester Bangs – About Music
12 – Roxy Music – Just Like You
13 – Birdland with Lester Bangs – Textbook Case
14 – Lester Bangs – on Beatles Nostalgia (1981)
15 – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth
16 – Lester Bangs and The Delinquents – I Just Want to Be a Movie Star
17 – Almost Famous – women Lester Bangs to William Miller
18 – Blondie – Little Girl Lies (Live at El Mocambo, Toronto, August 3rd, 1978 – FM Radio Broadcast)
19 – Count Five – Psychotic Reaction
20 – The J. Geils Band – So Sharp
21 – Almost Famous – unmerciful Lester Bangs to William Miller
22 – MC5 – Borderline (live at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom)
23 – Almost Famous – starry eyes Lester Bangs to William Miller
24 – R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
25 – Scott B. Sympathy – Lester Bangs Stereo Ghost
26 – Almost Famous – the day it ceases to the dumb it’s the day it ceases to be real Lester Bangs to William Miller
Set A Light Lester Bangs Special is a sound film/sound collage by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta dedicated to music critic and larger than life person Lester Bangs who died 40 years ago tomorrow at the age of 33. It airs tomorrow, Saturday 30th on Yé Yé radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ at 7pm (gmt+1): (or on the app) Was Lester the greatest rock critic ever? Who knows. Jim DeRogatis thought he may, at least, be “America’s greatest rock critic”. – show’s tracklist below the text.
Bangs wrote for Creem, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and several other publications. He was excessive, passionate, unmerciful and honest when it came to write about music. Is too blunt a thing? Again, who knows, but Lester often certainly was. He also didn’t shy from confrontation, even in interviews. His interview with Lou Reed, originally published in Let It Rock in November 1973 is such an example: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/08/lou-reed-lester-bangs-interview Is that even an interview or is it a roasters fight? Hard to say, but it may be better not to try it at home, or if we happen to be interviewing someone. Lester and Lou can pull it off, the rest of us are mere mortals. Did he took it to far when he played typewriter on stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit with the J. Geils Band? Who’s to know. What it is knows is that his riff, sorry, typewriting inclued “VDKHEOQSNCHSHNELXIEN(&H-SXN(E@JN?”. And that, afterwards, Lester destroyed the typewriter like a proper rock star. You don’t get it? Nor do we. Or do we? … If you think we’re making it up just to make things more interesting, we’re not. The story is told by the man himself in My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band that is part of Lester’s posthumous writings Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung—The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock ‘n’ Roll As Literature and Literature As Rock ‘n’ Roll, edited by Greil Marcus.
Set a Light Lester Bangs Special starting point is Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe’s film in which Philip Seymour Hoffman, another larger than life person, plays bangs and Patrick Fugit as 15 years old William Miller (William, the teenage wanna be music writer. Lines from the movie and inter-weaved with Lester’s own bands, or bands he played with, bands he trashed like MC5’s Kick out the Jams – does Detroit Sucks? we don’t think so, but, who knows … Maybe Lester did… – bands he loved, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, bands who mentioned him in their songs, R.EM., Scott B. Sympathy and even a band he liked, at least early on and wrote a kind of despondent, but honest and unmerciful? biography about Blondie. There are a little over 60 minutes of a few things Lester Bangs on this special Set a Light. All things Lester Bangs would require a whole day show and we may (who are we kidding, we would) still fall short.
Set A Light is a forthcoming regular radio show by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta that focus on things, and people, around and behind a band/artist. From music writers to producers through graphic designers, photographers, fans, and others/more.
Set A Light Lester Bangs Special Tracklist: 01 – Almost Famous – Introducing Mr. Lester Bangs 02 – Lester Bangs – Let It Blurt 03 – Almost Famous – if you like Lou Lester Bangs to William Miller 04 – Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 05 – Almost Famous – do you take drugs Lester Bangs to William Miller 06 – John Coltrane – This Are A Few of My Favourite Things & Typewriter 07 – Almost Famous -an assignment Lester Bangs to William Miller 08 – Silence (from John Cage’s 4’33) & Black Sabbath (Planet Caravan) 09 – Almost Famous – honest Lester Bangs to William Miller 10 – Teenage Jesus And The Jerks – I Woke Up Dreaming – (from the No New Work LP, 1978, compiled and produced by Brian Eno) 11 – Lester Bangs – About Music 12 – Roxy Music – Just Like You 13 – Birdland with Lester Bangs – Textbook Case 14 – Lester Bangs – on Beatles Nostalgia (1981) 15 – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth 16 – Lester Bangs and The Delinquents – I Just Want to Be a Movie Star 17 – Almost Famous – women Lester Bangs to William Miller 18 – Blondie – Little Girl Lies (Live at El Mocambo, Toronto, August 3rd, 1978 – FM Radio Broadcast) 19 – Count Five – Psychotic Reaction 20 – The J. Geils Band – So Sharp 21 – Almost Famous – unmerciful Lester Bangs to William Miller 22 – MC5 – Borderline (live at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom) 23 – Almost Famous – starry eyes Lester Bangs to William Miller 24 – R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 25 – Scott B. Sympathy – Lester Bangs Stereo Ghost 26 – Almost Famous – the day it ceases to the dumb it’s the day it ceases to be real Lester Bangs to William Miller
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #25 is The Bernard Butler edition.
It pairs with The Steve Albini edition that was broadcast a fortnight ago. From Suede to Bert Jansch through Duffy, Black Kids, Mark Eitzel, Pet Shop Boys and Bernard’s latest collaboration with Jessie Buckley (Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler with songs written and played by Bernard in a 1950s Gibson tuned in DADGAD ) the show has 17 songs – one of them the same, I’m Tired in its original 1998 vocals and its 2021 vocals that I particularly relate to – that showcase Bernard’s work as a songwriter, guitarist, producer. When considering which photo to use to illustrate this post Victoria Wai’s photo of Bernard in Gosford, this past January come to mind.
For me the photo has several meanings, triumph over adversity, defiance, gratitude, humbleness, laying oneself bare, as the way Bernard played his song in December 2021 and early 2022, which requires both vulnerability and strength.
Like with Steve Albini I’ve learned a lot from Bernard and felt inspired by him. Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) and I even put some of Bernard’s collaborative songwriting ideas and tips to good use and wrote a collaborative song. Since, again, I don’t want to write the longest post ever, I’ll let the songs speak for themselves. And, yes that famous 1961 cherry red Gibson ES-355 features in several of them.
Monday, 25th April 2022 Running time: 01:14:08
Tracklist: 01 – Bernard Butler – I’m Tired (1998 Original Vocals) 02 – Ben Watt – Forget with Bernard Butler and David Gilmour (live Islington Assembly Hall 19.05.2014 03 – Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler – Sabotage (Looks so Easy) 04 – Bert Jansch – I Cannot Keep From Crying (Traditional) 05 – Black Kids – Listen to Your Body Tonight 06 – Duffy – Stop 07 – Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler – The Eagle & The Dove 08 – Mark Eitzel – The Road 09 – McAlmont & Butler – Back for Good (Take That cover for 1 Love by NME & War Child, 2002) 10 – Natalie McCool – Thin Air feat. Bernard Butler 11 – Pet Shop Boys – Burning the Heather (radio edit) 12 – Sam Lee – Lay This Body Down with Bernard Butler and Mara Carlyle (Live at Rak Studios) 13 – Suede – Where The Pigs Don’t Fly 14 – Teleman – 23 Floors Up 15 – The Venus in Furs – Bitter-Sweet (Roxy Music cover) 16 – Trans – Thinking About a Friend 17 – Bernard Butler – I’m Tired (2021 vocals)
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #25 is The Bernard Butler edition and airs tomorrow on Yé Yé Radio c3-4:20pm (gmt+1): https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app. It pairs with The Steve Albini edition that was broadcast a fortnight ago. From Suede to Bert Jansch through Duffy, Black Kids, Mark Eitzel, Pet Shop Boys and Bernard’s latest collaboration with Jessie Buckley (Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler with songs written and played by Bernard on a 1950s Gibson tuned in DADGAD ) the show has 17 songs – one of them the same, I’m Tired in its original 1998 vocals and its 2021 vocals that I particularly relate to -, that showcase Bernard’s work as a songwriter, guitarist, producer. When considering which photo to use to illustrate this post Victoria Wai’s photo of Bernard in Gosford, this past January come to mind.
For me the photo has several meanings, triumph over adversity, defiance, gratitude, humbleness, laying oneself bare, as the way Bernard played his song in December 2021 and early 2022, which requires both vulnerability and strength. Since the show airs tomorrow and April 25 marks the day the dictatorship ended in Portugal 48 years go, the photo is also par for such important occasion.
Like with Steve Albini I’ve learned a lot from Bernard and felt inspired by him. Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) and I even put some of Bernard’s collaborative songwriting ideas and tips to good use and wrote a collaborative song. Since, again, I don’t want to write the longest post ever, I’ll let the songs speak for themselves. And, yes that famous 1961 cherry red Gibson ES-355 features in several of them.
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