Tom Waits

Heartattack & Vine (Tom plugs in a guitar whilst still tugging the heart strings with piano ballads)
This Ones From The Heart (Lush, orchestral, soundtrack)
Swordfishtrombones (reboots career with […]

Revolver (perfect, chiming guitar pop hinting at things to come with TNK, string quartets and Sitars)

Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (psychedelic musical paintball explosion)

The White Album […]

Between the Buttons – Their Satanic Majesty’s Request – Beggars Banquet

Personally speaking, Bringing It All Back Home is the only Dylan album (thatI’ve heard) that I can sit through from beginning to end.

I just don’t ‘get’ him…….I’ll get my coat.

What a buzz to log on and see your review of the Distant Vocies gig.
I’m lucky enough to be involved with Vox Liminis up here in Glasgow, and I’m so glad you enjoyed the concert DFB.
Check out the Vox Lim […]

No, your right – AMC never troubled the charts or had a very high profile. More of a cult following (always great live).

American Music Club.
A string of great albums, fantastic songs, lauded by Rolling Stone magazine……

Early:
John Martyn (Bless the Weather – Grace & Danger)
Kinks (60’s)
The Who (everything pre Tommy)
Wilco (Being There – A Ghost is Born)

Mid
Tom Waits (Swordfishtrombones – Mule Variations)
The Stones ( […]

I know….it was kind of surreal. Apparently The Smiths played there too, but I missed that one.

Chuck Berry. My first ever gig. 1982(ish). In of all places, Irvine Magnum.
Me 17 with a hall full of Teds (where did they come from?).
An hour with a pick up band and then off on the dot.
He doesn’t seem […]

I thought both The Singer and Bad Penny Blues were just crying out for a TV adaptation. I’ll need to check out Weirdo now….

The Singer & Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth.
I’m also enjoying Carrie Brownstein’s auto biography at the moment, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl

AC/DC. Whole Lotta Rosie live at the Glasgow Apollo. Amen.

Cheers. Thanks for the heads up. I missed that release first time around.

Personally, I think that the question of a “best lyric” (what an impossible proposition that is) can only be reduced to what you relate to, what speaks to you, or a lyric that articulates an emotion or experience […]

Thanks Vulpes. Both your enthusiasm and your donation are very much appreciated.
Cheers mate.

No, you’re not alone. Speaking as an old school R.E.M. nut, I recall being really puzzled/disappointed/upset even when I first heard OOT back in 1991. It just didn’t sound like R.E.M. to me.
In the pub I’ve been […]

From memory the b sides from the OOT album weren’t that inspiring (mostly live tracks from The Green tour if I recall).

Fiona Apple maybe?