Friday, 6 February 2015

A bunch of cherries


Cherry Ball Blues: Ry Cooder
Cherry Bomb: Ash
Cherry Bomb (a different one): John Mellencamp
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go): Garbage
Cherry Oh Baby: The Rolling Stones
Cherry Oh Baby: UB40 x 2
Cherry Red Girl: Seth Lakeman

Here's Seth

Monday, 2 February 2015

2000th track


The 2000th track was Can't Not by Alanis Morissette.

Boys keep swinging


Boy About Town: The Jam
- Child: The Walker Brothers
- From New York City: Darts
- From Tupelo: Emmylou
The - In The Bubble: Paul Simon
The - In The Gap: The Chieftains
- In The Well: R.E.M.
A - Named Sue: Johnny Cash
The - Who Never Cried: Steve Earle
The - Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn: Alison Krauss & Union Station
The - With The Thorn In His Side: The Smiths
The - Wonders: Aztec Camera
The Boys: The Shadows
The - Are Back In Town: Thin Lizzy x4
- Don't Cry: The Cure x3
The - From County Hell: The Pogues
- Keep Swinging: David Bowie
The - Of Ballisodaire: The Chieftains
- Of Bedlam: Maddy Prior
- Of Bedlam: Steeleye Span
The - Of Mutton Street: Richard Thompson
The - Of Summer: Don Henley
- Wanna Fight: Garbage
Lizzy may hold the title for most repetitions of the same song by the same band, but they're not all identical; at least one is from Live & Dangerous.

But where the hell is Steppenwolf?

Born A Loser: Don Ray
- Again: Badly Drawn Boy
- In The 50s: The Police
- In The USA: Bruce Springsteen x3
- Of Frustration: James
- On A Horse: Biffy Clyro
- On The Bayou: Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Secular: Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
- To Be A Dancer: The Kaiser Chiefs
- To Be Wild: INXS (where is Steppenwolf?)
- To Die: Lana Del Rey
- To Fight: Tracy Chapman
- To Move: Creedence Clearwater Revival
- To Run: Bruce Springsteen x3
- To Run: Emmylou Harris
- Under A Bad Sign: Richard Hawley
- With A Smile On My Face: Stephanie De Sykes

Oh, well. Here they are.

Thursday, 29 January 2015

I guess that's why they call it the blues


Blue: Joni Mitchell
- Bayou: Roy Orbison
- - Day: The Kendalls
- Christmas: Shakin' Stevens
- Cockade: Blackthorn x2
- Cockade: Show Of Hands
- Eyes: Elton John
- For No Reason: Bonnie Raitt
- Guitar: Justin Hayward & John Lodge
- Hawaii: Frank Sinatra
- Heaven: The Pogues
- Hotel: Chris Isaak
The - Idol/The Butcher's March: Altan
- Jean: David Bowie
- Jean Blues: The Jeff Healey Band
- Jean Blues: ZZ Top
- Jeans: Blur
- Letter: Fleetwood Mac x2
- Light: Bloc Party
- Lines: Massive Attack
- Mink: Banner Man. Mis-coded.
- Mink: Good Morning Freedom. Ditto.
- Monday: New Order
- Monday (Original Version): New Order
- Moon Of Kentucky: Bill Monroe
- Motel Room: Joni Mitchell
- Oyster Cult: Don't Fear The Reaper. Another mis-coded one.
- Peter: Mike Oldfield x2
- Ridge Mountains: The Fleet Foxes
- Saloon: Mike Oldfield
- Skies: Glenn Miller
- Spanish Sky: Chris Isaak
- Suede Shoes: Buddy Holly & The Crickets
- Suede Shoes: Elvis Presley
- Suede Shoes: Ry Cooder
- Tail Fly: Burl Ives
- Tail Fly: Leadbelly
- Tit: Kate Humble
- Trail Of Sorrow: Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Turk: Alice Cooper
- Velvet: Bobby Vinton
- World: The Moody Blues
- Would Still Be Blue: The Guillemots
- Yodel No. 1 (For Texas): Jim Eames & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
-bell Polka: Jimmy Shand & His Band
-berry Hill: Louis Armstrong
-bird: Paul McCartney & Wings
--cockade: Blackthron again.
The -Eyed Stranger/The Curly-Headed Ploughboy: Ashley Hutchings
-r Pastures: Dolly Parton
-s Beach: Steely Dan
-s Cafe: KingB
The -s Had A Baby And They Called It Rock 'N' Roll: Dr Feelgood
-s In The Night: Katie Melua
-s On Purpose: Nina Simone

Friday, 2 January 2015

Black is the colour

Black Almain/Halek Brawl: The Albion Band
- and Blue: Counting Crows
- and White: Greyhound
- and White Boy: Crowded House
- Angel's Death Song: The Velvet Underground
- Beetle Pies: Bellowhead
- Betty: Ram Jam
- Blade: Blue Oyster Cult
- Cadillac: Rosanne Cash
- Chandelier: Biffy Clyro
- Coffee in Bed: Squeeze
- Cow: Steely Dan (x2)
- Cowboys: Bruce Springsteen
- Crow: Joni Mitchell
- Diamond Bay: Bob Dylan
- Dog: Led Zeppelin
- Eyed Boy: Texas
- Eyes, Blue Tears: Shania Twain
- Flies: Ben Howard
- Flowers: Chris Isaak
- Freighter: Steeleye Span
- Friday: Steely Dan
- Grouse: Kate Humble
- Grunger of Hounslow: Kenneth Williams
- Hit Of Space: The Human League
- Horse & The Cherry Tree: K. T. Tunstall
- is Black: Belle Epoque
- is the Colour of My True Love's Hair: Nina Simone
- Jack Davy: Steeleye Span
- Joke: Ashley Hutchings
- Magic: Jarvis Cocker
- Magic Woman: Santana
- Magic Woman: Fleetwood Mac (x2)
- Man: Stevie Wonder
- Man Ray: China Crisis
- Mary's Hornpipe: The Albion Dance Band
- Night: Deep Purple (x2)
- Pearl: Horace Faith
- Peter: The Grateful Dead
- Plant: The Last Shadow Puppets
- Raven: Karavai
- River: Paul Weller
- Shuck: The Darkness
- Sky: Shakespeare's Sister
- Stallion/Prasutagus: John Kirkpatrick
- Winds: Little John & The Monks
-berry Stone: Laura Marling
-bird: The Beatles
-bird: Kate Humble
-bird: Sharon Shannon
-bird On The Wire: The Beautiful South
-bird/Yesterday: The Beatles
-cap: Kate Humbler
-foot Sue/Standing In the Road (incorrectly labelled)
-hawk: Emmylou Harris
--Headed Gull: Kate Humble
The -leg Miner: Steeleye Span (x2)
The -smith: Steeleye Span (x3)
The -smith (Part 1): Dransfield
The -smith & The Toffee Maker: Jake Thackray
--Tailed Godwit: Kate Humble
-water Side: Bert Jansch/Polly Bolton
-waterside: Oysterband
-waterside: Sandy Denny

Kate Humble features a lot here. It's an album of 100 British Bird Calls. Makes for some interesting juxtapositions, e.g. Emmylou's beautiful Blackhawk segues into the squawking of the Black-Headed Gull.

The Big section

Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now): Ry Cooder
- Bad John: Jimmy Dean
- Balls: Hayseed Dixie
- Beautiful Spoon: Poi Dog Pondering
- Brother: Stevie Wonder
The - Chair: Tears For Fears
- Daddy: Talking Heads
- Dog: The Guillemots
- Fat Funky Booty: The Spin Doctors
- Fat Mama: Status Quo
- Girl (You Are Beautiful): Mika
- Guns: Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
- In America: The Stranglers
- Iron: Johnny Cash
The - Issue: Chumbawumba
- Julie: Jarvis Cocker
The - Jump: Chemical Brothers
- Log: Robert Plant
- Love: Fleetwood Mac
- Mouth Blues: Gram Parsons
The - Muddy: Bruce Springsteen
- Ocean Liner: Jack The Lad
- Parade The Lumineers
The - Payback: Bruce Springsteen
- River: Johnny Cash (x2)
- Road Blues: Canned Heat
The - Rock Candy Mountain: Burl Ives (x2)
The - Rock Candy Mountain: Harry McClintoch
- Shot: Billy Joel
- Shot - Momentarily: Jona Lewie
The - Sky: Kate Bush
- Sky: The Kinks
- Stripey Lie: Kate Bush
- Sun Falling In The River: Richard Thompson
- Tears: Elvis Costello
- Thing Coming: The Stranglers
- Time Operators: Van Morrison
- Time Sensuality: Bjork
- TV: White Lies
- Walk: Poi Dog Pondering
- William: Fairport Convention
- Yellow Taxi: Counting Crows
-gest Mistake: The Rolling Stones
-mouth Strikes Again: The Smiths

Big Log from Robert Plant's second solo album, with guitar by Robbie Blunt