Hello! My radio programme Amazing Songs & Other Delights is back with new editions. The first one, called The True Love Edition airs Monday 23, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
The name of this editon comes from the opening and closing songs, True Love the new song by Jane’s Addiction, and True Love Will Find You In The End by Daniel Johnston. Between them there are fifteen other songs some of which also mention love. As often in my Amazing Songs & Other Delights there is a variety of genres, well known bands and artists along newcomers and hidden gems.
Tracklist: 01: Jane’s Addiction – True Love 02: A 90s new man called Stan – Sushi feat. Adamski 03: Anthony Moore – Earthbound Misfit 04: Black Toska – Three Silver Nails 05: Cosmic Room 99 – E Corp 06: Fernando Triste – Escuro 07: Franz Ferdinand – Audacious 08: Good Sad Happy – Shaded Tree 09: Jonas – Bato À Porta 10: Kingbird – There Were Things That Needed Forgiven 11: Laurie Anderson – Road to Mandalay 12: Primal Scream – Love Insurrection 13: Terry Gross – Sales Pitch 14: The Heavy Heavy – Feel 15: Tindersticks – Always a Stranger 16: Virgem Suta – Amor Ao Avesso 17: Daniel Johnston – True Love Will Find You In The End
My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights that airs on Yé Ye Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app) every other Monday 3-4pm is on repeats from Monday 29th July until mid September.
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #69 – The Surf, Summer and Strats edition is now available on mixcloud. You can read about the show here.
Tracklist: 01: Radar Kadafi – 40 Graus à Sombra 02: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above 03: David Bowie – China Girl 04: Dick Dale – Hava Nagila 05: Djo – End of Beginning 06: Electronic – Getting Away With It 07: Erasure – L’amour 08: Feelies – Who Loves The Sun 09: Chic – Le Freak 10: Klark Kent – Don’t Care 11: MGMT – People In The Street 12: Nunca Mates o Mandarim – Sonhos de Menino 13: Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock’n’Roll 14: Suede – She’s In Fashion 15: The Shadows – Man of Mystery 16: Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun 17: The Specials – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) 18: Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #69 – The Surf, Summer and Strats edition airs Monday 15th, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
This edition songs and instrumentals selection reflects the title literally or in spirit. Surf music is represented by Dick Dale and The Shadows. Surf means Summer, Dick Dale and Hank Marvin (The Shadows) played a Strat(coaster). Nile Rogers also plays a Strat and co-produced Bowie’s China Girl. Chic and China Girl feel summery.
40 Graus À Sombra (40C Degrees in the Shade) by Radar Kadafi by Radar Kadafi os the ultime Summer Song. The Feelies cover Who Loves The Sun by The Velvet Underground in a seasonal tone Stuart Copeland as Klark Kent adds to the vibe.
As usual on the Summer and Winter editions the Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’ is played. Here, as in the first Summer edition by the Mamas & The Papas themselves.
This is the last new edition until Amazing Songs & Other Delights is back mid September. In between repeats will be played. Have a joyous Summer!
Tracklist: 01: Radar Kadafi – 40 Graus à Sombra 02: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above 03: David Bowie – China Girl 04: Dick Dale – Hava Nagila 05: Djo – End of Beginning 06: Electronic – Getting Away With It 07: Erasure – L’amour 08: Feelies – Who Loves The Sun 09: Chic – Le Freak 10: Klark Kent – Don’t Care 11: MGMT – People In The Street 12: Nunca Mates o Mandarim – Sonhos de Menino 13: Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock’n’Roll 14: Suede – She’s In Fashion 15: The Shadows – Man of Mystery 16: Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun 17: The Specials – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) 18: Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #68 – The Bric-à-New edition can now be listened to on mixcloud. It a lovely programme of new songs, or songs that are new to me.
Tracklist: 01: A Working Man’s Guide to Comedy – Imitation (Last Serious Man) 02: Adelaida – Las Flores No Saben Qué Decirse 03: Beak> – The Seal 04: Bernard Butler – Preaching To The Choir 05: Bill Rivers – No Pity 06: Bright Eyes – Bells and Whistles 07: Dorothy Carter – The King of Glory 08: Fontaines D.C. – Favourite 09: Guster – Maybe We’re Alright 10: Joe Goddard – Follow You 11: King Krule – Time For Slurp 12: Lara Taubman – Love Is The Rule 13: Marc Lemon – Meet Me In The Morning 14: Population 5 – Midnight Surfer 15: Salétile – Dürüm 16: The Milkshakes – For She
A repeat of my Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 65 The Rockamatic edition airs tomorrow Monday 17th, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio (or on the app).
Tracklist: 01: Barry Adamson – The Last Words Of Sam Cooke 02: Belle & Sebastian in – What Happened To You, Son 03: Bernard Butler – Deep Emotions 04: Beyoncé – Blackbird 05: Dark Miles – The Waiting 06: Fat White Family – The Work 07: Girl and Girl – Oh Boy! 08: Guided by Voices – Serene King 09: Janita Salomé & Camané – Homens do Largo 10: Johnny Moped – Things May Happen 11: Mark Knopler – Two Pairs of Hands 12: Martin Savage & The Jiggerz – Observer 13: Myriam Gendron – Terres brûlées 14: Of Montreal – It’s Different For Girls 15: Pernice Brothers – Look Alike 16: Prickly Pear – At The End 17: The Decemberists – Burial Ground
The 3rd Anniversary edition of my Amazing Songs & Other Delights can now be listened to on mixcloud.
With the help of my “band” – The Astro Travellers – I put together a beautiful show comprised of songs composed for the show, music from the vaults, some of my own instrumental music, collaborative songs by me and Francisco Silva and me and Bill Rivers, music from the vaults, still to be released music, songs that friends think represent me. This year I also picked a song that represents me. You can read the story of the 3rd Anniversary edition here Amazing Songs & Other Delights #67 – The 3rd Anniversary edition by Raquel & The Astro Travellers – programme story On the tracklist the name ahead of a song is the name of the person that picked it for me.
Tracklist: 01: Raquel Pinheiro – Big Bang with sax – Paulo Miranda’s Spectral Sound Modulation version 02: Bill Rivers & Raquel Pinheiro – Da Da Da bom 03: João Diogo Zagalo – Dead Redemption 04: Lola Flowers – This Is Not A Love Song (Pedro Mesquita) 05: digei de bairro – never been in Ibiza 06: Ed Clayton-Jones – Country Girl 07: Pernice Brothers – Working Girls (Rui Pimenta) 08: The Rolling Stones – She’s a Rainbow (Dana Detrick) 09: Francisca Fortes & Carlos Fortes – Como Um Cavalo Louco (Um Zero Amarelo cover) 11: Francisco Silva & Raquel Pinheiro – Someone Kissing You Away 12: Cake – I Will Survive (Raquel) 13: John Cale – How We See The Light (António Cunha) 14: Paulo Navarro – Atravessando as Águas 15: Bill Rivers & Raquel Pinheiro- Sweet Peace 16: Ed Clayton-Jones – Interloper 17: João Diogo Zagalo – Red Uszatek 18: Iggy Pop – The Passenger (Matt Hutchison)
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #67 is The 3rd Anniversary edition and airs Monday 3rd, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app). As usual on the program anniversary my “band” The Astro Travellers and I put as radio show together from a mix of purpose created songs or instrumentals, morsels from the vaults, songs that represent me, still to be released songs and instrumentals.
Here the Astro Travellers are António (Tó) Cunha, Bill Rivers, Carlos Fortes, Dana Detrick, Ed Clayton-Jones, Francisca Fortes, Francisco Silva, João Diogo Zagalo, Laura Mesquita, Matt Hutchison, Paulo Miranda, Pedro Mesquita, Pedro Tenreiro, Rui Guerra, and Rui Pimenta.
Tó, Dana, Matt, Pedro Mesquita and Rui Pimenta selected songs they feel represent me. Interestingly, Dana choice is Tó’s choice for my 1st anniversary show She’s a Rainbow by The Rolling Stones. This year I also picked a song that reportes me Cake’s version of I Will Survive.
I threw three chords to Bill and Francisco. Two of which I didn’t even knew the name of. I strummed them on the guitar, like it, drew a diagram. Bill didn’t knew the name of one of the chords either and called it chord H. Turns out, according to Francisco, chord H, if strummed a certain way is a pompous thing, a Fmaj7#11/ whatever that may be.
What happened to those three chords – with some adds/modifications by Bill and Francisco? They become three songs, Da Da Da bom, Someone Kissing You Away and Sweet Peace. Da Da Da bom are exactly the same instrumental basis, the first on keyboards, the second on acoustic guitar. Da Da Da bom has no lyrics per se, it is Bill humming a vocal melody. The lyrics in Sweet Peace were written by Bill to his latest record with Simon Hayward. Someone Kissing You Away are a few words Francisco used instead of a vocal melody to show me how the song could turn out.
Like the cover of Um Zero Amarelo Como Um Cavalo Louco by Francisca and Carlos Fortes, the aforementioned three songs are home, living room, recordings. João Diogo Zagalo and Paulo Navarro also contributed with home done music. Paulo did a beautiful piano solo piece, Atravessando as Águas, João sent what turned into Dead Redemption that was just voices. I liked it and kept it along Red Uszatek. Pedro Tenreiro, with his digei de bairro moniker, and Ed Clayton-Jones graciously allowed me to play still to be released material. Paulo Miranda took my Big Bang with saxophone (courtesy of Rui Guerra) and with spectral audio modulation created a new ambient for my music.
The Anniversary edition is my wide family affair, a group of fabulous musician, composers, songwriters, producers. It is always a guess, a what will come of it, until the show is fully assembled. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed doing it.
01: Raquel Pinheiro – Big Bang with sax – Paulo Miranda’s Spectral Sound Modulation version 02: Bill Rivers & Raquel Pinheiro – Da Da Da bom 03: João Diogo Zagalo – Dead Redemption 04: Lola Flowers – This Is Not A Love Song (Pedro Mesquita) 05: digei de bairro – never been in Ibiza 06: Ed Clayton-Jones – Country Girl 07: Pernice Brothers – Working Girls (Rui Pimenta) 08: The Rolling Stones – She’s a Rainbow (Dana Detrick) 09: Francisca Fortes & Carlos Fortes – Como Um Cavalo Louco (Um Zero Amarelo cover) 11: Francisco Silva & Raquel Pinheiro – Someone Kissing You Away 12: Cake – I Will Survive (Raquel) 13: John Cale – How We See The Light (António Cunha) 14: Paulo Navarro – Atravessando as Águas 15: Bill Rivers & Raquel Pinheiro- Sweet Peace 16: Ed Clayton-Jones – Interloper 17: João Diogo Zagalo – Red Uszatek 18: Iggy Pop – The Passenger (Matt Hutchison)
Here I am, looking like an international woman of mystery on a cold, windy late afternoon by the salt marshes. My radio programme Amazing Songs & Other Delights airs every other Monday, 3-4pm (gmt +1) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app) Each edition of my show has a theme. The anniversary show, in late May is a special occasion with endless delights. All aired shows can be listened to on mixcloud: Yé Yé Radio mixcloud | Mondo Bizarre Magazine mixcloud
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #64 – The Grandeur of Ghosts edition can now be listened to on mixcloud. It is a good soundtrack for today, 25 de Abril (April 25), is the day my country stopped being a dictatorship 50 years ago. April 25 is also Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day. The programme includes Portuguese songs connected to 25 de Abril, an instrumental track from Mick Harvey’s Waves of Anzac and other anti war songs, instrumentals and poems from Siegfried Sassoon and Federico Garcia Lorca. You can read more about the programme here: https://mondobizarremagazine.com/2024/04/21/amazing-songs-other-delights-64-the-grandeur-of-ghosts-edition-by-raquel-pinheiro-radio-ye-ye-monday-22nd/
Tracklist: 01 – Johnny Mandel – Suicide is Painless (from M.A.S.H.) 02 – Credence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son 03 – The Cranberries – Zombie 04 – Golpe de Estado – Rev 25 05 – JP Simões – Mudam-se os Tempos Mudaram-se as Vontades feat. Ruca Rebordão, Nuno Ferreira, Márcio Pinto, Pedro Pinto (José Mario Branco song) 06 – Mick Harvey – Vietnam 07 – José Afonso – Grândola Vila Morena 08 – Vivian Kubrick – Ruins (Full Metal Jacket soundtrack) 09 – New Order – Love Vigilantes 10 – Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun (live at the Filmore East,1st night, 31.12.1969) 11 – Jacques Brel – La colombe 12 – Siegfried Sassoon – Suicide in the Trenches read by Stephen Graham 13 – Paulo de Carvalho – E Depois do Adeus 14 – The Libertines – Shiver 15 – Federico Garcia Lorca – Balada de la gran guerra by Joan Mora 16 – Amália Rodrigues – Zé Soldado, Soldadinho 17 – R.E.M. – Orange Crush 18- Elvis Costello – Shipbuilding 19 – Tom Waits – Day After Tomorrow 20 – Manic Street Preachers – Suicide is Painless, Theme for M.A.S.H.
The Grandeur of Ghosts by Siegfried Sassoon
When I have heard small talk about great men I light my two candles; climb to bed; then Consider what was said; and put aside What Such-a-one remarked, and Someone-else replied.
They have spoken lightly of my deathless friends, (Lamps for my gloom, hands guiding where I stumble,) Quoting, for shallow conversational ends, What Shelley shrilled, what Blake once wildly muttered…
How can they use such names and be not humble ? I have sat silent; angry at what they uttered. The dead bequeathed them life; the dead have said What these can only memorise and mumble.
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