#The flaming lips red right hand series#

My cousin Tony Shanahan, whose parents are originally from Cork, has been playing bass and keyboards in her band for the last 20 years.ġ0. The first record features tracks from the classic albums such as Easter and Horses while the second is b sides and rarities.

It’s the perfect introduction the Patti Smith for those unfamiliar with her work. Not a studio album but a best of compilation and a very good one at that. Oddly enough his success upset certain stalwarts of the singer/songwriter fraternity who felt it was undeserved as he hadn’t paid his dues. The album made with the help of his cousin David Arnold sold by the truckload worldwide, helped by the single Cannonball. I remember getting him for an instore in the Virgin shop and I was just amazed by the chemistry between him and his audience. Who can forget the Irish singer/songwriter explosion of 2001/02? You couldn’t swing a cat without hitting one. Featuring tracks by Johnny Otis, Staple Singers and Johnny Jones And The Kings Casuals brilliant version of Purple Haze it also introduced Sixto Rodriguez to a whole new generation of music fans. This in my opinion is one of the best and most adventurous. Most were dull and rather predictable but some of the more eclectic ones by DJs such as Norman Jay and Andy Smith were interesting. The DJ mix album emerged in the 90s and by the turn of the century they were ten a penny. Still can’t listen to any other of their records. It was actually hard to escape this record in the summer of ’02. It was very different from their other stuff as it completely relied on melody and song structure as opposed to that awful mix of funk and metal that I would have normally associated with them. At first I was having none of it but slowly it crept into my head. My wife Catriona bought this and started playing it a lot at home. Sometimes but not often a band that you really don’t like will surprise you by releasing a brilliant record. Trent Reznor himself openly acknowledges this. The 4th is generally regarded as the best probably due to the inclusion of Nine Inch Nails Hurt which Cash literally made his own.

#The flaming lips red right hand series#

playing 40 Shades Of Green to half empty ballrooms in the midlands it all changed when he teamed up with Rick Rubin in 1984 which led to a series of 6 ground breaking albums. I can’t think of any other artist who managed to rejuvenate his career in later life as successfully as Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash: American IV The Man Comes Around Ideally with Waits himself in the corner hunched over the piano.ĥ. This is a record that should be listened to while sitting on the high stool in a dimly lit dingy bar at 4am with just a bottle and a glass for company. This is classic Waits straight from central casting. Fortunately it turned out to be so much more. One of two albums released in 2002, both on the same day, this was originally intended as the soundtrack for the Robert Wilson stage play of the same name.

If you’re a fan of the aforementioned bands you need to hear this. This mantle was taken up by QOTSA on their third record.Ī concept album that takes a trip through the California desert the songs are a classic blend of noise, melody and very catchy vocals and backing vocals. The Buzzcocks in the late 70s wrote the book and in the 80s lots of the American underground bands such as Husker Du, The Lemonheads and Dinosaur Jr had a knack for it also. I’ve always loved the mixture of loud fast guitars great melodies. Queens Of The Stone: Age Songs For The Deaf Check out the Martin Scorsese documentary on Netflix which features much of the music here.ģ. The version of Mr Tambourine man is the best thing he’s ever done. This is from the first half of the Rolling Thunder revue which many acknowledge was when he was at his best live, with a band that was coloured by the violin of Scarlet Rivera. Without them we would have been deprived of songs like Blind Willie McTell and many others. The records in this series became as essential as the studio albums. When the most bootlegged artist in history decided to cut out the middleman and release his own bootlegs it was a complete game changer. Bob Dylan: Bootleg Series Vol.5 Live 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue It remains the finest record of the 21st century.Ģ. Heathen is the only Bowie album post Scary Monsters I would put in my top 10. The lead guitar on Everyone Says Hi is pure Mick Ronson. You can hear Ziggy and The Thin White Duke. Listening at times is like turning back the clock.