Music Room *It's fully soundproofed*

[mockney piers]

ignoring the usual youtube quality video guff, I rather liked this tango

Olor de esp?ritu adolescente

[SeanMacGabhann]

this is one for Keef as he spoke about it yesterday

I'm biased but I believe this to be one of the best covers ever

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Never heard that before (obviously S&G version) - beautiful and I don't even like Bowie.

[citizenED]

Sean, great choice and it got me thinking about small town middle America - Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town

[LizzygotDizzy]

That woz magic! Have never heard that cover ever and thought that Simon and Garfunkel's version would never be touched! I stand corrected, love both versions.

[barrymarshall]

I just re-discovered the delights of Hot Chip's great 2006 album The Warning.

Here's the most famous track: Hot Chip - Over and Over.

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Pulp - Sunrise

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=76kaUk6y2j8

Heard it when it was quietly championed on XFM a long time back one morning after an all night file munching session, funnily enough just as the sun was indeed rising. A great song, so good in fact it even got me listening to music in English again for a few months.

Jesus Jones - The right decision

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bQh4s0k7Uqg&feature=related

Whatever happened to fun bands like these eh?

Pink Lady - UFO

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wdoRbc_wxHU&feature=related

Think this may have been performed on their show they had in the USA. A group which enjoyed enormous popularity to the detriment of their health, their songs can be found at pretty much any karaoke-box in Japan worth its salt and have been covered countless times and are often performed on musical impersonation shows to this day. If you understand the language, the lyrics to this song are as really funny and its a timeless classic really.

[mockney piers]

I've no doubt they'll all be reforming soon as seems to be the recent trend.

In fact I've a feeling I've heard that Jesus Jones is reforming isn't it?

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Really? That would be great, will keep my eyes out for future gigs :))

[mockney piers]

T'aint summer yet, a long way off truth be told. But just a hint of it in Ra Ra Riot's

Each Year

Is there a hint of a clash riff in there?

[Jah Lush]

This is a perfect pop song.

You're In A Bad Way - Saint Etienne

[mockney piers]

a lovely slice of pop Jah.

But as it's winter...

Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Mysteries

[SeanMacGabhann]

I love Beth Gibbons - and that song took me back to Somerset House of a few summer ago - nice one Piers

Let's stick with cool ladies:

Shelby Lynne - Your Lies

[mockney piers]

Nice Sean, is that Claire Scott's perm from Grange hill?

I never thought it was possible to fancy someone in wellies, but here we go.

Feist - Feel it All

Single take video, either brave, stupid or very very cheap.

[Jah Lush]

Talking of cool ladies...

Cat Power - Lived In Bars

[barrymarshall]

Nice selections Mockney and Jah.

I loved Cat Powers' version of Wild is the Wind. It was also done by David Bowie and Nina Simone (with whom I share a birthday).

In one of Feist's videos was fellow Canadian hiphop artist Buck 65 (aka Richard Terfry). He sounds like Tom Waits rapping over mellow hiphop beats. His song

is a great cut from his album Talkin' Honky Blues.

[mockney piers]

Oh yes, I've got his secret house against the world, very good.

I love these guys

Fiery Furnaces - South is only a Home

[mockney piers]

and have to push these every now and then

"hey you get some grace you're like kentucky fried chicken but without the taste

hey you get some grace you know you're driving miss daisy all over the place

hey you get some grace you're a fucking disappointment to the human race"

Fight Like Apes

[Jah Lush]

Hmm, me thinks some people are gonna do just this tonight at the Forum drinks.

Yeah! We wanna get loaded and we wanna have good time. Well, come baby let's go!

Primal Scream - Loaded

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

The greatest music video in the multiiverse, of all time:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RJvM1B_mfDg

Joousama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FlGrpENnSrk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yhh7Vx6Xfc4

This "tribute" act get bandied around every now and again. Unlike many Japanese tribute bands, these guys did it for fun. The lyrics are a hilarious interpretation - the basic meaning is pretty much the same, but the choice of words to convey them, along with the enunciation is incredibly funny. Even if you cannot understand a word of it, I'm quite confident at least some of the humour, love of the originals and the cheekiness of the performance will shine through :)) So in essence, its a performance to laugh with, rather than at. Shame I couldn't find a live performance.

Funky queen busker:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNNmfGY5gPc&feature=related

Junko - Winner of tons of Jamaican dance hall competitions, speaks with a Jamaican accent these days...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dtzlKlkQs9w

She's pretty famous "back home" these days, as dance hall has a pretty big and fervent following.

[mockney piers]

That video is barking mad!!!

Da da da da dum dum dum dum

Catchy though :)

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

Heh, yeah that track was in Drum-Mania by Konami in Japan. There is a really good remix the band did also with lots of ad libbing.

[mockney piers]

My colleague just pointed me to this site.

The reign of youtube here may be over!!

Half Man Half Biscuit - I Hate Nerys Hughes (from the heart)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

You could be right Mockney - just found Harvey Andrews and Dory Previn which Youtube never had. Still can't find Rosie Hardman - did i dream her all those years ago?

[mockney piers]

Here you go Jah, just for you, as you seem to have a thing for them.

Saint Etienne - A Good Thing