Banda bastante conhecida e reconhecida na Inglaterra, aqui quase ninguém conhece, mas deveriam!

Faixas do álbum:

1. Hey Scenesters!

2. I’m Alright Me

3. Martell

4. Mirror Kissers

5. We Can No Longer Cheat You

6. It Was Only Love

7. The New Fellas

8. Hello? Oh…

9. The Wrong Way To Be

10. Haunted

11. Things Aren’t Gonna Change

LINK – The New Fellas

Parece com? Mystery Jets, The Fratellis.

Clipe da música Hey Scenesters!

Enjoy o/

this was from the Gossip Girl soundtracks. It was so cool I recommended this song to a friend of mine and he liked it. Woot!

When I took my dog out today, a song I hadn’t heard in ages came up on my Zune (yes, I have a Zune. Please reserve judgment): “Whistle For the Choir” by The Fratellis. As I walked among the orange-red leaves, I thought about how much I loved this song, and this band, when I first heard them in London in early 2007.

I dare you to resist the charms of “Chelsea Dagger,” an infectious, boot-stomping romp of a rock tune:

The point is, while I still unabashedly love The Fratellis’s first album, Costello Music, I never really gave them a chance after that. I bought their second effort, Here We Stand, listened to it once or twice, and promptly forgot about it.

I know I’m not alone in favoring a beloved band’s first release, but I’m guilty of doing it over and over again. I thought today about all the artists, especially my beloved Brits, that I abandoned post-debut: The Fratellis, Lily Allen, The Kooks. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stand out most. Today begins my quest to right this wrong, and give these artists’ sophomore albums another try.

Well, maybe not tonight. I have a wedding to attend.

The Fratellis

Da, probabil nu ai auzit de ei. Ei bine, auzi acum.

Până acum am ascultat doar albumul Costello Music care, sincer vorbind, este g-e-n-i-a-l, nu are CUM să NU te facă să dansezi. Bine, dacă eu sunt singura care reacționează așa => că-s weird. Nimic nou ). Dar să nu te facă să zâmbești cel puțin e imposibil, sunt niște melodii care binedispun, te relaxează sau chiar îți fac ziua mai bună. La mine a mers ). Deci ce să spun de ei, 3 tipi,  Jon, Barry, Mince, unu cu vocea, unu cu chitara și unu cu tobele. Au și un site, desigur, pe care găsești mai multe. Eu o să pun aici  câteva melodii să-și facă fiecare câte o idee. Enjoy dear (scuzați așezarea aiurea în pagină. lenea . o să editez eu până la urmă).

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Time to break out the Fratellis when I feel lost. I feel incredibly lost actually. I don’t want to sit here and do my English project, I’d like get on water and stay out in the middle of nowhere for a while.. and stare at the sky.

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En la web U2log han ido recopilando cada una de las canciones que suenan previamente a los conciertos de U2 en su 360º Tour.  En esta lista aparecen grupos que han sido teloneros de los irlandeses anteriormente como Pixies, The Killers o Kings Of Leon, y otros que lo serán en la segunda manga de la inminente gira por USA como Muse, que sacan nuevo disco el 15 de septiembre.  3 de ellos ya os lo recomendamos hace tiempo en este mismo blog como MGMT, The Airbone Toxic Event o White Lies. Justo antes de la intro “oficial” siempre suena el Space Oddity de Bowie por eso de que el escenario parece una estación espacial. Pinchando en cada enlace podéis ver cada uno de los videos y si lo preferís también la lista completa en youtube en este otro link.

TV On the radio – Lover’s Day
TV On the radio – DLZ
TV On the radio – Golden Age
The Horrors – I can’t control myself
M83 – Up
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
M83 – Highway of Endless Dreams
M83 – Midnight Souls Still Remain
MGMT – Time to pretend
Doves – Winter Hill
M83 – Graveyard Girl
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
Empire of the Sun – Walking on a dream
Hot Chip – Ready for the floor
M83 – You, appearing
Bat for Lashes – Daniel
Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver
TV On the Radio – Family Tree
The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime around midnight
Kings of Leon – Slow Night, So Long
Moderat – Les Grandes Marches
Muse – Starlight
The Killers – Spaceman
La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream remix)
The Gossip – Standing in the way of control
Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
LCD Soundsystem – Time To Get Away
The Pixies – Monkey’s gone to heaven
Santogold – Lights Out
White Lies – Death (Chase & Status Remix)
David Bowie – Space Oddity

Por último, aquí está la intro que suena antes de que U2 suba al escenario. Dicen que probablemente esta canción se incluya en el próximo disco de los irlandeses, cuyo título suena como Songs Of Ascent.

Já foi considerada a melhor banda da Grã-Betanha. Esse álbum também foi lançado em versão LP Vinil, limitado claro.

Faixas do álbum:

1. Henrietta
2. Flathead
3. Cuntry Boys And City Girls
4. Whistle For The Choir
5. Chelsea Dagger
6. For The Girl
7. Doginabag
8. Creepin’ up the Backstairs
9. Vince the Loveable Stoner
10. Everybody Knows your Cried Last Night
11. Baby Fratelli
12. Got Ma Nuts From a Hippy
13. Ole Black ‘n’ Blue Eyes

LINK – Costello Music

Parece com? Kaiser Chiefs, Ok Go

Clipe da música Flathead.

OK, so, removing the Preamble entry, this is the 100th post on The Buzz!!

Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, inspired, and commented here.  It’s been an absolute thrill to get to know you (or know you better!).  I try to provoke discussion, so I definitely appreciate people who tell me I’m wrong!

I gave a lot of thought on what to do for the big 100th post, whether it be a list, a retrospective, etc.  As you know, we cover a lot of different ground here, from PR, social media, sports, pop culture and more.

Music, however, is very important to me.  I was a bar mitzvah DJ when I was in high school, and transitioned to radio while I was in college.

I’ve always been fascinated with a concept I call “The Soundtrack of My Life.”  The jist is, you pick 18 songs that MUST be included in a biopic movie about your life.  No other rules apply.  Any piece of recorded music is fair game.  I made several CDs trying to capture this essence, and every one of them was different.  Of course, the 18 songs will change as you have new experiences, are exposed to more music, have more life to cram into 18 tracks, and so on.  This IS not a favorite songs list.  This is music to be played in your life story.  Some of them are included for instrumentals, others for lyrics, and most, hopefully, for both.

I hope you will place your 18 songs in the comments section!

One more thing: Here are my personal favorite posts!

1) The Sports Man-Crush

2) The Currency of Pop Culture

3) The Does/Is Wall

Without further ado, the 100th Buzz – The Soundtrak of My Life (in no particular order):

1) “Chelsea Dagger” – The Fratellis

2) “All For You” – Sister Hazel (acoustic version)

3) “Apache” – SugarHill Gang

4) “For Once in My Life” – Stevie Wonder

5) “Hole Hearted” – Extreme

6) “Life is Wonderul” – Jason Mraz

7) “Big Time” – Peter Gabriel

8 ) “Crazy” – Seal

9) “Don’t Stop Believin” – Journey

10) “The Way You Make Me Feel” – Michael Jackson

11) “Rock & Roll” – Eric Hutchinson

12) “Glow” – Alien Ant Farm

13) “Everything” – Michael Buble

14) “All You Need is Love” – The Beatles

15) “I Need More Love” – Robert Randolph and the Family Band

16) “Metallingus” – Alter Bridge

17) “Will I Ever Make It Home?” – Ingram Hill

18) “Drive” – Incubus

Hidden Bonus Track: “What Is Love?” Haddaway

Hidden Bonus Track: “Can I Get Get Get” – Junior Senior

Two days ago I was shocked at myself. While shuffling through my iTunes song by song, I noticed that many of the songs that I passed by had NEVER been played. I thought to myself, now, what’s the point in having all of these songs if I don’t even take the time to listen to every single one of them? And sure, quite a few of them (well, more than quite a few of them) were contributions from my older brothers, but I still feel bad for having them in my iTunes when I’ve never even listened to them, so for the past couple of days I have been going through and trying to listen to every single one. Note: I have listened to most of them, just not on my computer where it keeps track of how many times I’ve listened to them.

I started with 845 songs in my playlist called “NEVER PLAYED.” Now, two days and 132 songs later, here I am with 713 (almost 712) left for my ears to listen to.

I have had to listen to artists that I have never even heard of or just have never listened to before. Among these were The Fratellis, Metallica, AC/DC, The Offspring (which I’ve never been fond of), Eminem, Lil’ Wayne, Trapt, Phoenix, Soundgarden, Global Deejays, Children of Bodom, The Ramones, Goldfinger, Dave Matthews Band, Michael Bolton, Parachute, Sahara Hotnights, Owl City, and Kardinal Offishall. Surprisingly, I’m finding all of this music bearable. I’ve discovered that I like The Fratellis, can tolerate Metallica, HATE AC/DC, really appreciate Eminem, and can really honestly listen to ANYTHING. This is such a good feeling since I used to be so particular about what I would listen to when I was younger.

I am now down to 711 and am currently listening to “The End of Innocence” by Jamies Elsewhere. Who knew I would ever like so much of this music?

So I’m trying to use up the internet I have left on our Broadband to go thing from Virgin Mobile…and right now I’m listening to the Fratellis…I just bought their CD Costello Music, and I’m really digging it.  Its weird because the first time I listened to them I really didn’t like them at all…really really didn’t, lol.

I dunno I think my musical tastes are changing, I’m less interested in dark creepy scremo and weird shiz, and more into ska/indie/alternative (hard to discribe stuff).  Not sure if this is good or bad, just different for now.

Also I may have left my cell phone in Boston, I’m really really upset….I have to wait till we get home to properly check, but I’m having a minor freak out.

Also I bought some sick ass nasty shit in Boston I’m really happy about (like MPD Psycho, which I never knew they made into a live action miniseries   ).

P.S. I fell in love with Boston all over again, I’m hoping to go to Tufts right outside of Boston, that would rock, ah we can dream! 

I have the pictures from London uploaded, but they won’t insert properly. A faster connection tomorrow at the library should help.

Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
Wilco – “It’s Just That Simple” A.M.
Finger Eleven – “Suffocate” The Greyest of Blue Skies
The Cure – “Fascination Street” Disintegration
The Fratellis – “Got Ma Nuts from a Hippie” Costello Music
Kings of Leon – “Charmer” Because of the Times
Jeff Tweedy – “Shot In The Arm” Sunken Treasure Live
Heartless Bastards – “All This Time” All This Time
The Ramones – “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” Ramones Mania
The Pogues – “Infinity” Hell’s Ditch

This is a great list this week. Not one band I wouldn’t own up to having. “Shot In The Arm” is my favorite off of Sunken Treasure because Jeff Tweedy has to stop and restart twice. After the second restart Tweedy says, “I’ve only played this song seven million f**king times,” exasperated. Once he gets the crowd to help him out, it comes out great.

Even my mom likes them. Which I think is saying something. However, she can’t remember the name at all. Bands: name yourself something easy to remember so then people like my mom will buy your albums. It’s not selling out, it’s just practical. Also, the acronym of your band name is ATE, which I feel is not as marketable as NIN, though I guess OAR is successful so why not.

I haven’t heard the whole cd, but the three tracks I have heard (Does this mean you’re moving on, Wishing well, sometime around midnight) were all good meaning at least 30% of the album is good, which is more than most artists can say (Carolina Liar I am talking to you). I just found that they released another single, Gasoline (thanks wikipedia) and I’m listening to it right now. I’m not so sure about this one. Kind of reminds me of the Fratellis, and while I like the Fratellis I think that the fratellis do the fratellis better (do you think I could insert fratellis in that sentence one more time? oh well at least their band name is easier to remember).

The Fratellis are awesome. [I also enjoy the Hives from time to time, so judge me however you see fit]

“If you were a ship, what ship would you be?”

Tracklist
1. Theme from Hot Fuzz
David Arnold
2. Goody Two Shoes
Adam Ant
3. Sgt. Rock (is Going to Help Me)
XTC
4. Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
5. Solid Gold Easy Action
T. Rex
6. Baby Fratelli
The Fratellis
7. Blockbuster
The Sweet
8. Dance With The Devil
Cozy Powell
9. Slippery Rock 70’s
Stavely Makepeace
10. “Uncle Derek”
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
11. Night of Fear
The Move
12. I Can’t Control Myself
The Troggs
13. Fire
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
14. Kick Out The Jams
Tubthumper
15. Lethal Fuzz (Osymyso Remix)
John Eric Alexander
16. Avenging Angel
Robert Rodriguez
17. Souljacker, Pt. 1
Eels
18. Caught By The Fuzz
Supergrass
19. Solid Gold Easy Action
The Fratellis
20. “What Did You Think of That?”
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
21. Here Come The Fuzz
Jon Spencer and The Elegant Too
22. The Hot Fuzz Suite
David Arnold

ภาพยนตร์ Action / Comendy เรต R ของผู้กำกับ Edgar Wright พร้อมการกลับมาร่วมงานกันอีกครั้งของ Simon Pegg และ Nick Frost หลังจากความสำเร็จในภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Shaun of the Dead กับเรื่องราวของเจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ Nicolas Angel ที่ถูกย้ายให้ไปประจำที่เมืองในชนบท Stanford ที่นั่นเองเขาได้พบว่าเมืองนี้ไม่ได้สงบสุขเหมือนดั่งที่เห็น Hot Fuzz เป็น Spoof Film อีกเรื่องที่สร้างออกมาได้ดีมีความลงตัวกว่า Spoof Film เรื่องไหนๆ
ภาพยนตร์มันส์ๆแบบนี้ เพลงส่วนใหญ่ในอัลบั้มก็ต้องเป็นเพลง Rock และ Punk มันส์ๆ แต่ก็ต้องยอมรับว่าเพลงอาจไม่ร่วมสมัยเท่าไหร่เพราะเพลงส่วนใหญ่ฮิตกันในยุค 60 -80 ทั้งสิ้นแล้วด้วยความที่เป็นภาพยนตร์อังกฤษ ศิลปินนักร้องที่เลือกมาจึงเป็นชาวอังกฤษเกือบหมด
อัลบั้มที่ผมได้มานี้เป็นเวอร์ชั่นที่จำหน่ายในอังกฤษซึ่งมีทั้งหมด 22 แทร็ค เยอะกว่าเวอร์ชั่นที่จำหน่ายในอเมริกาซึ่งมีแค่ 14 แทร็ค อีกเรื่องหนึ่ง คือ ทุกเพลงในอัลบั้มจะมีบทสนทนาหรือ Dialogue จากหนังแทรกเข้ามาด้วย ซึ่งแต่ละเพลงจะเชื่อมโยงกันด้วยบทสนทนาเหล่านี้จนไม่สามารถฟังแยกเพลงได้เลย แต่ถ้ามองในแง่ดีก็เป็นการสร้างอีกมิติหนึ่งให้อัลบั้มไปด้วย
Goody Two Shoes เพลง Rock มันส์ๆ ชนิดที่เคยฮิตติดชาร์ทมาแล้วของ Adam Ant ซึ่ง Dialogue ที่ใส่เข้ามาด้วยนั้นเป็นการแนะนำภูมิหลังตัวเอกของเรื่อง Nicolas Angel
Sgt. Rock (is Going to Help Me) เพลง Rock ติดชาร์ทอีกเพลงจาก XTC ที่แค่ชื่อเพลงก็เข้ากับภาพโดยรวมของหนังแล้ว Village Green Preservation Society เพลง Rock เบาๆของ The Kinks ที่สื่อถึงสังคมสงบสุข (หากมองจากแค่ภายนอก) ของเมือง Stanford
Solid Gold Easy Action เพลง Rock เฮฮากับเสียงกีตาร์อันโดดเด่นของ T. Rex
Baby Fratelli เพลง Rock / Punk หนักเครื่องของ The Fratellis ทั้งนี้ยังมีเพลง Solid Gold Easy Action อีกเวอร์ชั่นในอัลบั้มที่ร้องโดยวงนี้อีกด้วย Blockbuster เพลง Rock อารมณ์เพี้ยนของ The Sweet
Dance With The Devil เป็นเพลงเน้นเฉพาะดนตรีที่ฟังก็รู้ว่าได้แรงบันดาลใจมาจากเพลง Solid Gold Easy Action ในทำนองฟังสบายหูกว่า Night of Fear ของ The Move ที่ในส่วนของดนตรีดัดแปลงมาจากเพลงคลาสสิก 1812 Overture ของคอมโพเซอร์ Tchaikovsky
Souljacker, Pt. 1 เพลงจากวง Rock ชื่อดังของอเมริกาอย่าง Eels มาพร้อมเนื้อร้องกวนๆและท่อนกีตาร์สุดมันส์
Caught by the Fuzz และ Here Come the Fuzz คือ เพลงที่ถูกนำมาใช้เป็นธีมสำหรับหนังเรื่องนี้โดยเฉพาะ ทั้งคู่เป็นผลงานของ Supergrass และ Jon Spencer ตามลำดับ ที่แค่ชื่อเพลงก็เข้ากับหนังแล้ว
Lethal Fuzz ของ John Alexander เป็นการเอาเพลงธีมของหนังตำรวจคู่หู Lethal Weapons ที่แต่งโดยคอมโพเซอร์ผู้ล่วงลับ Michael Kamen มา Remix ใหม่ นอกจากนี้ในอัลบั้มยังได้ผู้กำกับ Robert Rodriguez มาร่วมแต่ง Score สั้นๆแต่ฟังดูฮึกเหิมและเท่ห์ไม่ใช่น้อยใน Avenging Angel
ในส่วนของ Score หลักๆเป็นของ David Arnold คอมโพเซอร์ผู้โด่งดังจากการทำเพลงประกอบให้หนังตระกูล James Bond 007 ตั้งแต่ภาค Tomorrow Never Dies เป็นต้นมา
Score ของ David Arnold ได้แก่ Theme from Hot Fuzz และ The Hot Fuzz Suite ซึ่งถูกใช้เปิดและปิดอัลบั้มตามลำดับ ลักษณะดนตรีเป็นการใช้วงออเคสตร้าควบคู่กับซินธิไซเซอร์และกีตาร์ไฟฟ้า(ให้เข้ากับเพลง Rock โดยรวมของอัลบั้มนั่นเอง)
Theme from Hot Fuzz เป็นการแนะนำธีมหลักๆภายใน 2 นาที ที่มอบความตื่นตัวแก่ผู้ฟังในช่วงแรกๆของอัลบั้มได้อย่างดี The Hot Fuzz Suite ซึ่งเป็นแทร็คเด่นและยาวที่สุดของอัลบั้ม เป็นการเรียบเรียง Score ที่ได้ยินกันในหนัง (เกือบจะทั้งหมด) มาเรียงร้อยต่อกันเพื่อบอกเล่าเรื่องราวของหนังตั้งแต่ต้นจนจบ โดยลักษณะการจัดอารมณ์ของเพลงเริ่มจากดนตรีเบาๆฟังสบาย ต่อด้วยดนตรีในบรรยากาศที่ไม่น่าไว้ใจและมีท่อนให้ผวากันเป็นช่วงๆ ตามด้วยท่อนคอรัสชวนขนลุกซึ่ง Arnold ก็ได้ประยุกต์มาจาก Score ของ Jerry Goldsmith ในหนังเรื่อง The Omen (ถ้าใครดูหนังคงจำกันได้ว่ามีฉากหนึ่งที่มีคนตายลักษณะเดียวกับบาทหลวงในเรื่อง The Omen) พักกันด้วยท่อนเบาๆ ก่อนที่จะเข้าสู่ดนตรีแบบฮีโร่ที่เปี่ยมไปด้วยความรุนแรงแล้วต่อเนื่องด้วยดนตรีประกอบฉากดวลท้ายเรื่อง 2 ชุด ซึ่งชุดแรกเป็นที่นำ Theme from Hot Fuzz สุดมันส์มาประยุกต์ใช้ได้มันส์ชนิดใส่ไม่ยั้ง ส่วนชุดที่สองเป็นดนตรีระทึกชวนลุ้นที่แอบมีกลิ่นอายของดนตรีประกอบ James Bond ภาค Casino Royale ติดมาด้วย เพลงนี้ปิดตัวด้วยดนตรีฟังสบายอันอบอุ่น
สำหรับผู้ที่ชอบหนังเรื่องนี้และคอเพลง Rock หนักๆทั้งหลาย นี่คืออัลบั้มที่ผมขอแนะนำครับ

Various Artists – Hot Fuzz
Part 1

http://up2u.in.th/index.php/files/get/JOh7WY20kI/hot-fuzz-1.rar

Part 2

 http://up2u.in.th/index.php/files/get/EMUSEuuGw0/hot-fuzz-2.rar

(MP3 ริปด้วยโปรแกรมWMP / Bitrate 256 kbps)

I’ve got a little back book with my poems in

If I should die this very moment

Some say she was saintly, to some she was a swinger

I’m not sleepy and there’s no place I’m going to

The Zutons é uma banda formada em Liverpool, terra de grandes bandas, e eles honram a tradição.

Tired of Hanging Around

Faixas do álbum:

1. Tired of Hanging Around

2. It’s the Little Things We Do

3. Valerie

4. Someone Watching Over Me

5.  Secrets

6. How Does it Fell

7. Why Won’t You Give Your Love

8. Oh Stacey (Look What You’ve Done!)

9. You’ve Got a Friend in Me

10. Hello Consciense

11. I Know I’ll Never Leave

LINK – Tired of Hanging Around

Parece com? The Coral, The Fratellis.

Clipe de música Why Won’t You Give Your Love.

Enjoy o/

And here is part 2 of the whistling mixes. As before, I’ve tried to mix the obvious (and avoiding some of the more notorious candidates) with the unexpected.As if to haunt me, every commercial on TV seems to feature some kind of whistle today, as does every background track on TV series. As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CR-R (hence two bonus tracks). Click here for Any Major Whistle Vol. 1

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1. Beach Boys – Whistle In (1967)
Yes, the Beach Boys feature twice. You can’t have a whistling collection and not begin it with a song called Whistle In, can you? Whistletastic moment: 0:01 Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum and whistle.

2. Peter, Bjorn And John – Young Folks (2006)
I have avoided the inclusion of many an obvious song. No Scorpions. No Don’t Worry Be Happy. No Roger Whitaker. But this one had to be included. It’s Swedish, it’s cheerful, it’s earwormy. Whistletastic moment: 0:08 Everybody purse your lips and whistle along! Our play the percussion bit on your thigh.

3. David Bowie – Golden Years (1976)
I cannot hear this song without thinking abut the bizarre dance sequence with Heath Ledger and Never-heard-from-again Actress in the quite wonderful medieval caper A Knight’s Tale. Whistletastic moment: 3:03 Chameleon-like, the former Ziggy trades his guitar for lips and air.

4. Lovin’ Spoonful – Daydream (1966)
The Lovin’ Spoonful really covered about every genre in popular music, and then mashed the, Here we have a bit of 1920s pop and a bit of blues. Gotta love the Spoonful. Whistletastic moment: 1:14 Chirpy whistle solo, which returns at 2:06 to see the song out.

5. Otis Redding – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
The last song Otis Redding recorded before getting on that plane, apparently. Otis didn’t whistle on here; the job was done by a session man of whom Redding inquired after a poor first take whether he knew what he was doing. We know he did. Whistletastic moment: 2:19 Perhaps the best ever whistle solo in pop.

6. Simon & Garfunkel – Punky’s Dilemma (1968)
This is Simon & Garfunkel 201 — the sort of song you get into once the many great hits have become boring. Whistletastic moment: 1:50 A breezy whistle solo, not by Paul Simon (whom we hear talking in the background) takes us to the song’s end.

7. The Beatles – Two Of Us (1970)
Recorded during the turbulent Let It Be sessions, this is one of the rare (and I think last) post-mop tops era occasions when John and Paul dueted. How nice then that the song ends with a cheery whistle solo before I Dig A Pony kicks in. Whistletastic moment: 3:14 I suppose this is Lennon whistling, as was his wont on a few of his solo tracks.

8. Bobby Bloom – Montego Bay (1970)
Anyone remember Amazulu’s cover in the 1980s? That probably had no whistling (or showtune segment). Bobby Bloom’s original has a recurring whistle hook. Whistletastic moment: 0:01 The hook kicks off the song.

9. Earl Hagen – Theme of the Andy Griffith Show (1960)
As doubtlessly whistled across America once upon a time while washing-up, sweeping the driveway, doing the paper round or constructing a skyscaper. Whistletastic moment: 0:01 The whole thing consists of whistling

10. The Steve Miller Band – Jungle Love (1977)
Terrible underrated ’70s rock band who deserve to be remembered for more than The Joker and Abracadabra. Whistletastic moment: 2:46 Freestyle whistling!

11. The Fratellis – Whistle For The Choir (2006)
Cockney geezers with jangly guitars recall the early ’70s. Irresistible. Whistletastic moment: 2:26 Whistle interlude

12. Liliput – Die Matrosen (1980)
Neue Deutsche Welle with ska sensibility searching for the young soul rebel, in English. Whistletastic moment: 0:52 Song-defining communal whistle interlude, repeated 50 seconds later, and again at 2:32 and 3:33.

13. The Flaming Lips – Christmas At The Zoo (1995)
Let’s go slightly weird: what do you think Coyne and his gang are doing in a zoo at Christmas? Whistletastic moment: 2:27 Whistle solo comes in helpful when you have no lyrics but the music still goes on.

14. Grizzly Bear – Deep Blue Sea (2007)
This sounds so like a country song. It was recorded at home by Grizzly Bear Daniel Rossen.  Whistletastic moment: 2:41 Whistle bridge.

15. Guster – All The Way Up To Heaven (2003)
Another underrated group. They toured and performed with Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright. This song, vaguely reminiscent of Sgt Pepper’s and Pet Sounds, is very lovely indeed.  Whistletastic moment: 0:50 You almost thing they are going to break out into the Colonel Bogey March.

16. Cat Power – After It All (2005)
One of the songs that make me appreciate 2005’s The Greatest album. And, I noticed only now, the only woman in the mix. Whistletastic moment: 0:06 The piano and a couple of guitar chords set up the song for the recurring whistle hook.

17. Sammy Davis Jr. – Mr Bojangles (1972)
The song that Sammy took over. As we covered in The Originals series, the song was written by Jerry Jeff Walker. Whistletastic moment: 0:20 Sammy whistles (unlike the other performers of My Bojangles) and does so again later to see the song out.

18. Gene Pitney – Only Love Can Break A Heart (1963)
Gene Pitney Fun Fact 1: He wrote Hello Mary Lou for Ricky Nelson, Rubber Ball for Bobby Vee and He’s A Rebel for the Crystals. Gene Pitney Fun Fact 1: The Crystals’ version of He’s A Rebel kept Pitney’s version of Burt Bacharach Only Love Can Break A Heart from reaching the US#1. Gene Pitney Fun Fact 3: He was the first singer from the rock idiom of pop to sing at the Oscars, performing Town Without Pity in 1962. Whistletastic moment: 0:16 Tremelo whistle.

19. Roxy Music – Jealous Guy (1981)
Roxy Music’s cash-in “tribute” released double-quick after John Lennon’s murder. Hunting Tory greaseball Bryan Ferry whistled better than Rolls Royce socialist Lennon. Whistletastic moment: 3:25  Ferry cross the whistle.

20. Leonard Cohen – One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong (1967)
Don’t dig Cohen? Gentlemen, remember this: when Cohen sings about love and sex, it is intensely sensual. If you want to impress a poetry-loving girl, don’t forget to include Leonard Cohen on your mixtape. This song, for example. Whistletastic moment: 3:19   Laughing Len affords himself a bit of levity by seeing the song out with a (less than accomplished) whistle solo, backed by recorder and the sound of singing hangers-on being interrogated by the Spanish Inquisition..

21. Tom Waits – Green Grass (2004)
As I am playing this song, Any Minor Dude inquires: “What the hell is this?” I reply: “Son, it’s an acquired taste, like Gin, Brussels sprouts or the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard.” “Well, it’s crap anyway. Whistletastic moment: 2:29 Tom stops groaning to sweeten the song with a melancholy whistle solo.

22. Billy Joel – The Stranger (1977)
It all starts so prettily until the cynical guitars kick in to introduce Billy’s cynical ruminations on the alienation of the self, or something. When he’s done, he reprises the pretty part, just to show that he’s not all cynical, as he’ll soon demonstrate on the LP with a soppy love song imploring Elizabeth not to go changing her hair or trying some new fashion, only to dump her a few years later for a fashion model with lovely hair. Clearly he didn’t let her see the stranger in himself. Whistletastic moment: 0:26 The whistle joins the pretty intro until the cynical guitar comes in. It returns later, with the pretty outro.

23. Glen Campbell – Sunflower (1977)
Nothing cynical in Campbell’s sunshiney, optimistic song, a catchy number even if you hate it. Whistletastic moment: 2:15  Just in case we didn’t catch in just how a good mood Glen is, he sees the song out with a jolly whistle.

24. Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side of Life (1979)
You didn’t think I could avoid including this, did you? Whistletastic moment: 0:30  The first whistled response to Eric Idle’s appeal to buoyancy.

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And a couple of bonus whistling tracks which I could not accommodate in the mix without disturbing what I hope is a good flow:

Guy Mitchell – Singin’ The Blues.mp3
Perry Como – Magic Moments.mp3

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Daring to gyre and gimble in the wabe of Glastonbury is about as treacherous manoeuvre as any festival organisers could ever assume yet the summer-long sunburn show must go on. If Hyde Park’s overblown commercialist haven that is Wireless were the South Pole, Kent’s second ever Hop Farm festival would be at the utmost northern point possible on the planet, without a single advertising placard. Apt then that it should fall on the weekend of Independence Day. God bless individualism. Whilst the most part of this year’s run-down reads like the index to a dated Uncut magazine (The Fratellis and Paul Weller bring their oh-so-90s-it-hurts Mondeo man MOR to the main stage), the crown jewels are buried in the haystack that is the inspirationally branded Third Stage.

Nowhere near enough about North Wales’ prime purveyors of poppy post-punk The Joy Formidable has bursted out of blog holes thus far, although with such a vivid audio assault as their early evening pristine chimes and chirps, status, perhaps cult, is sure to ensue. Blasting through the technicolour lo-fi trash hits barely contained within debut EP A Balloon Called Moaning as if the fate of the universe hangs in the balance, frontwoman Ritzy Bryan calmly seduces every ear drum and every male eye ball, before ripping them ferociously from their sockets, lodging them in her back pocket for half an hour and reluctantly handing them back until they shred stages, faces and guitar strings all through the sadistically scorching summer climes. New Wave will never be the same again.

Not quite tuned into the same wavelength are The Chapman Family, a North Westerly quartet already disregarded as a cult as deviously disruptive as Mormonism. In reality they are neither cult nor family. What they are is an inspirationally aggressive amalgamation of filth-ridden angst, inaudibly audacious bone-shredding shrieks and pure, triple distilled emotion. Kids is the bastard offspring of Maxïmo Park bundled in a 300°C infernal washing machine with a pain killer or two and six strands of Robert Smith’s barnet. Smashing an Argos grotesque guitar into the quaking stage beneath like a gothic grim reaper possessed before calmly discussing mutual acquaintances stage right, Kingsley Hall blends together fiction and reality, rationality and insanity, whirring all sensibility into hypnotic obsession. Relieved to escape in one piece, hearts pound and teeth chatter before The Chapman Family disappear up the M1 to their miserabilist hub that is home. The darkest side of the moon never seemed so God-damned bright.

Hiya, I’m back!!

Funny Scenario really the reason why I once again am blogging!! Firstly I went out last night and had an awesome time and secondly a moment that took place in a supermarket today!!

Firstly last night- A night takes place monthly at The Scala Kings Cross London called Facedown. I have been once and my experience wasn’t great, I got back late and didn’t feel that I got anything from it that I couldn’t have got my locally! However, some of my friends were going and some were contemplating going! I didn’t really feel it so declined the offers that came my way (It was one- I’m not cool!!). Despite my initial invitational decline I was persuaded to go by my good friend Brown Bear!! It took a while but I think deep down he knew he would convince me as, scarily he knows exactly how my brain functions!! Just briefly this was the one and only tactic used: He has been convincing me over the past sort of 4 months I suppose that a girl we often meet at Gigs fancies me who would be going. Now, firstly, I depute this and feel that she is just being nice/friendly and secondly, the feelings (if they do exist) aren’t reciprocated by myself. Now he managed, actually fairly easily, to get me to believe that in fact she does fancy me and visa verse!! See how easy it is to get in to my head!! So anyway we all headed for Kings Cross. I drove and we listened to some “Big Tunes” on the way down!! When we got there I had an awesome time and I loved pretty much every minute of it!! We met some interesting characters and some old friends and the whole night was wicked!!

I suppose what I am trying to say is that for whatever reason I didn’t want to go out last night but I did and I had a wicked time so what I am saying is that, within reason of course, you should try and become a “Yes Man” and take any offers that come your way because sometimes the most unplanned unlikely experiences can be some of the best of your life. Think about that for a second……..

Oh and before I forget how this relates to an incident that happened in the supermarket today. I saw an attractive girl and we had what I would call a “moment” and  I was just thinking how if you walked up to every girl you fancied and said hi how you would be improving your chances of taking yourself out the singledom pool that myself and many others are in. We don’t do it due to fear of rejection/ embarrassment but even if we do get rejection what’s the chance of seeing the majority of them again? What I am trying to say (sorry for waffling!!) is that we should live our life to the full and do everything that we want to do whether it be talk to the attractive girl, bunnjy jump or just spend a night out with some awesome friends and also some things we don’t want to do because we never know what will happen tomorrow

“So Live Your Life”

Peace Out

Mr Happy xxxx