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Sweet Jane
No reason for this post other than it is the best version of a classic rock song. Lou encapsulates what rock meant to so many of us. It was not just Jane’s life that was saved………… The classic Hunter/Wagner band that graced this world in ’74. Not until he had the wonderful Robert Quine on […]
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Tagged as: lou reed, sweet jane, velvet underground
My 100 Essential Albums – 10, The Velvet Underground and Nico
In my last post about my 100 essential albums I explained that I had removed Exile on Main Street from the list because when I thought about it I did not think that it was one of those essential albums that I could not live without. However, its replacement, The Velvet Undergound and Nico […]
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Tagged as: andy warhol, classic rock music, my essential 100 albums, nico, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rock music, velvet underground
My 100 Essential Albums – 6 – Transformer, Lou Reed
My first experience of Lou Reed’s music was courtesy of John Peel’s radio show. Late at night on an old Bakelite radio while reading in bed, typical teenager stuff. The first Velvet Underground track I heard was (I think) Heroin, but it could have been White Light. In any event, I was sold. Following the […]
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Tagged as: bowie, classic rock, classic rock music, david bowie, essential cds, lou reed, love rock music, mick ronson, my essential 100 albums, perfect day, real blues, real rock, real rock and blues, rock and blues, satellite of love, transformer, velvet underground, walk on the wild side
My 100 Essential Albums
My 100 Essential Albums I like Desert Island Disks. For those that do not know this radio show the premiss is very simple. A celebrity is asked to choose just 8 tracks that they would take with them if they were to be marooned on a desert island. Obviously, 8 tracks is a nonsense. That […]
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Tagged as: 100 essential albums, beefheart, blues music, bo diddley, captain beefheart, chuck berry, classic rock music, cream, frank sinatra, frank zappa, George Thorogood, howlin' wolf, its a beautiful day, led zeppelin, lou reed, love rock music, miles davis, mothers of invention, muddy waters, nick cave, patti smith, ray charles, real blues, real rock, real rock and blues, robert johnson, rock music, rolling stones, the adverts, tim fite, tom waits, velvet underground, white denim
On This Day – Carol Dryden Posts Herself, to The Beatles!
14th June 1964. A girl, Carol Dryden tried to post herself to The Beatles. (Luckily she did not suffer the same fate as Waldo Jeffers in The Gift by The Velvet Underground). Although there are plenty of references to the incident the details are vague. The basic story is that a girl known as Carol […]
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Tagged as: beatles, carol dryden, classic rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock music, velvet underground
Review – Really a ‘Must Have’ Reissue – REALLY
We have all read the publicity blurbs about this or that ‘must have ‘ reissue. Generally they are for second rate didn’t-make-it-first-time-may-make-it-this-time-anyway-it-was-gathering-dust-on-the-shelf albums. It is good, very good, to find one reissue of a real my-life-would-not-be-complete-without-it album. The Feelies were great. They came from New jersey and were called the best underground band in New […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, lou reed, new wave, patti smith, rem, review, rock and blues, the feelies, velvet underground