Tuesday's Tune!

Time to resurrect the song of the week again, this was something I did a year or so back but got out of the habit. However, Dave suggested that it makes a return, so here is a song which was out in 2007, See You at the Lights by the 1990's. It may have been played a fair bit, but it certainly is one of the best tunes of 2007!

SOTW 2: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

For the past couple of weeks, Stop Making Sense has been my go-to DVD for when I'm sitting around doing nothing in particular. When I was wee, I'd always read about how great it was but I didn't get round to watching it until I was studying. Now that I own it, every so often I'll take the notion to stick it on, and that'll be me off on a Talking Heads trip for a few weeks.

Picking a song of the week from the film is pretty tricky, since they're all fantastic. I've picked This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), firstly because it's amazing and I really like to play it at the start of the night on a Sunday in Nicky-Tams, but also because the performance from the film is lovely. If you've never seen it, you're in for a treat. David Byrne dancing with the lamp is a bit of magic.

I couldn't really leave it at that, so as a bonus Stop Making Sense slice, here's Life During Wartime too. In the film, this is the first taste of Byrne's amazing dancing, and where the gears start shifting towards running-on-the-spot, sweaty, big-suit madness:


I guess what I'm saying is that you should go get hold of Stop Making Sense if you haven't seen it, and go watch it if you already own it. My other top tips for new folk are Psycho Killer, Slippery People and Burning Down The House. As good as they are on YouTube, you do lose the cumulative power of seeing the whole concert.

No Quiz - Sunday 19th October

This is a wee announcement to say that there will be no quiz on Sunday 19th October due to the Carnage night in Stirling.

It's the first time in as long as I can remember that the quiz isn't on and we're gonna take advantage of our night off. Perhaps for a change we'll try our hand at being contestants at another quiz in town. Enjoy Carnage if you go along. Apologies to our regulars if it's any inconvenience. Drink responsibly, friend.

The quiz will of course return to normal in a fortnight on Sunday 26th October. Hopefully see you then.

Sunday 12th Winners

Here are the winning teams on Sunday 12th October:

Round 1: Boliviano
Round 2: Grim Fandango
Round 3: Boliviano
Round 4: Hi, My Name Is Dad

Overall: Hi, My Name Is Dad

Sunday 12th Playlist

Here is the playlist for Sunday 12th October at Nicky-Tams:

Gomez - Get Miles (d)
Foals - Olympic Airways (s)
Beta Band - I Know (d)
Ernie K. Doe - Here Come The Girls (s)
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (d)
Human League - Love Action (s)
B-52s - Mesopotamia (d)
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco (s)
Credence Clearwater Revival - Heard It Through The Grapevine (d)
Supermode - Tell (s)
Captain Beefheart - Somebody In My Home (d)
Kings of Leon - Notion (s)
John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Through The Night (d)
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (s)
Grandmaster Flash - The Message (d)
Journey - Don't Stop Believing (s)
Make Up - Gospel 2000 (d)
The Who - Squeeze Box (s)
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums (s)
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (d)
Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man (s)
Talking Heads - Slippery People (d)
Franz Ferdinand - Dark of The Matinee (s)
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (s)
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge (d)
Go! Team - Do It Right (s)
Tom Waits - Union Square (d)
Daft Punk - Da Funk (s)
Captain Beefheart - Diddy Wah Diddy (d)
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know (s)
Radiohead - Where I End & You Begin (d)
Bloc Party - Banquet (s)
The Organ - Brother (d)
Blur - Girls & Boys (s)
The Clash - Train In Vain (Stand By Me) (d)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (s)
Gorillaz - Dare (s)
Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants (d)
LCD Soundsystem - Time To Get Away (s)
MGMT - Time To Pretend (s)
Bob Dylan - Obviously 5 Believers (d)
Zutons - Valerie (s)
Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (d)
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (s)
Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song (d)

Songs marked (d) are David's choices. (s) are Stuart's.

SOTW 1: Diddy Wah Diddy by Captain Beefheart

Ok, my debut "Song of The Week" choice for the blog is "Diddy Wah Diddy" by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.

I stumbled upon this rewatching a BBC documentary John Peel made about the Captain. It's up on Google Video HERE, and is well worth a watch. Compared to his more famous Trout Mask Replica style stuff, Diddy Wah Diddy is a fairly normal affair. It's still a noisy old 60s garage rock stomp though and it's just great. Beefheart growls and yowls away.

The YouTube video I've posted is a very rough version, it's got weird stuff all over it and is out of sync. I've chosen it because it's the only full version of the original 'video' I can find. For a higher quality version of the tune, go HERE.

Song of The Week

Hello! For well over a year now I've been keeping a playlist in my iTunes called "Song of The Week". Every week I pick a track that I have particularly enjoyed listening to over the last 7 days and drop it in there. After a while, the playlist has grown into a big weird collection of tunes that wouldn't exist together anywhere else. It's kinda worked out my favourites for me.

The song can be new or old, one I've just discovered or an old favourite. The genre, mood or popularity are also irrelevant. The fun is that I end up with a mix of styles. Sad songs from sad times and happy songs from happy times. Sometimes I think about my choices quite intensely, sometimes it's a spur of the moment thing.

I'll try to post a selection from my list here (1 a week, hopefully). If you could take a wee minute to listen to the songs, I think you might like them. I hope you do. Also, I recommend everyone to start a Song of The Week playlist. After a few months it'll become a real go-to choice on your iPod.

Sunday 5th Winners

Here are the winners for Sunday 5th October:

Round 1: The Black 5 Kings & Ram
Round 2: Hi, I am Dad
Round 3: tie - Why Are You Always Late, Big Hairy Bollocks & Hi, I am Dad
Round 4: tie - Craig Is A Loser, Suzy's My Imaginary Friend, & Hi, I am Dad

Overall: tie - The Black 5 Kings & Ram & Hi, I am Dad

(Hi, I am Dad won)

Sunday 5th Playlist

Ok, we've worked out a little system to combine our playlists in the correct order (we write it down. clever boys). The following is the music you would have heard playing in Nicky-Tams on Sunday 5th October 2008. (d) is for David's choices. (s) is for Stuart's:

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - My Old Man (d)
Last Shadow Puppets - Calm Like You (s)
Cat Stevens - Peace Train (d)
Franz Ferdinand - This Fire (s)
Bjork - Isobel (d)
Killers - Human (s)
The Kills - The Good Ones (d)
The Cult - Wild Flower (s)
Talking Heads - Sax & Violins (d)
Stone Roses -Fools Gold (s)
Sonic Youth - Incinerate (d)
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (s)
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual (d)
The Cardigans - My Favourite Game (s)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Diddy Wah Diddy (d)
Madcon - Beggin (s)
She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? (d)
Blondie - Sunday Girl (s)
Belle & Sebastian - If You Find Yourself Caught In Love (d)
Snow Patrol - Tiny Little Fractures (s)
The Go! Team - Do It Right (s)
Joe Bataan - Subway Joe (d)
Aberfeldy - Summer's Gone (s)
Elvis Costello - Living In Paradise (d)
Interpol - Slow Hands (s)
Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker (s)
Radiohead - Lewis (Mistreated) (d)
Blur - There's No Other Way (s)
Bob Dylan - Outlaw Blues (d)
M.I.A - Paper Planes (s)
Zombina & The Skeletones - Come On (d)
Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun (s)
Modern Lovers - Old World (d)
Sons & Daughters - Guilt Complex (s)
Long Blondes - Century (d)
Daft Punk - Da Funk (s)
The Who - The Seeker (d)
The Vapors - Turning Japanese (s)
Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire (s)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Flavor (d)
MGMT - Electric Feel (s)
Wild Beasts - The Devil's Crayon (d)
OKGO - Get Over It (s)
CSS - Let's Make Love & Listen To Death From Above (s)
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman (s)
Shirley Ellis - Soul Time (d)