Style Council, part two
What kind of a person would I be if I didn’t follow up with the rest of the Style Council show? A wretched one, that’s what. So here’s part two of the Style Council’s 1984 Milan show. The first half is here.
So I’ve been checking out Paul Weller’s impressive web site, and am looking forward to jumping in to some of his newer stuff. There’s a great video page on there with some cool live performances. It doesn’t indicate where the live footage is from, but it looks like one of those great British gatherings like maybe the Isle of Wight Festival. Paul is releasing a new live double album on June 12th too. We Yanks can pre-order it here. You Brits can pre-order it here.
Part II, Milan, 24October, 198411. Le Depart12. The Paris Match13. The Whole Point Of No Return14. Me Ship Came In!15. Money-Go-Round16. Headstart For Happiness17. Strength Of Your Nature18. Speak Like A Child19. One Nation Under A Groove(Parliament cover)
An Evening with The Style Council
It’s obvious I’ve been on sort of a live music kick lately, so why not some more? I first heard about The Style Council the way a lot of people discover music: an older sibling. My brother Steve was a big fan of theirs way back when, and truth be told, I never gave the SC much of a chance. But I did like their sound. I like-a-tha soul, and these boys had the soul. White boy soul, but soul nonetheless.
The Style Council was formed in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Weller. Weller belonged to one of the great British bands to rise out of the mid-70’s punk revolution: The Jam. Not satisfied with the direction the band was going, and in need of more soul, R&B and jazz influence, he joined up with keyboardist Mick Talbot to form the Style Council (much to the chagrin of Jam fans).
So I got a hold of a live recording from their heyday, 1984 (the year I got soul / r&b / funk crazy when I discovered Prince). I thought I’d post half of the show, and post the other half in a few days if the interest is there. I also will be checking out a 1980 Jam show I came across. But for now, Ladies and gentlemen, the Style Council….
The Style Council
Milano Teatro Tenda, Milan, Italy
October 24, 1984-
Big Boss GrooveMy Ever Changing MoodsYou’re The Best ThingA Man Of Great PromiseMick’s UpIt Just Came To Pieces In My HandsLong Hot SummerDon’t Do ItShout To The Top!Infearing Beat- Le Depart
- The Paris Match
- The Whole Point Of No Return
- Me Ship Came In!
- Money-Go-Round
- Headstart For Happiness
- Strength Of Your Nature
- Speak Like A Child
- One Nation Under A Groove
Buy the Style Council’s Greatest Hits
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Bruce Tour Debut: Ramrod
From May 12th in Milan, Italy, here’s the Seeger Sessions debut of “Ramrod” (original version found on ‘The River‘). You should be able to hear the music through the screams and singing of many many loud Italians. So yeah, the quality aint great, but it’s still fun to hear. The vino was flowing May 12th in Milan….
Bruce Springsteen & TSSB:
Ramrod(mp3) – live 05/12/2006 MilanoGrandaddy at Good Records
Last Tuesday, the great Modesto, Calif. band Grandaddy released their final album, ‘Just Like the Fambly Cat‘. I first discovered Grandaddy when I heard ‘The Sophtware Slump‘ in 2000, a collection of dreamy, gentle, electro-space-pop with awesome songs (and song titles) like “Broken Household Appliance National Forest”, “Jed The Humanoid”, “Chartsengrafs”, and “The Crystal Lake”.
So last Tuesday, singer/guitarist/keyboardman Jason Lytle and drummer Aaron Burtch got together at Good Records in Dallas for a full set of Grandaddy acoustic goodness.
Jason Lytle & Aaron Burtch (from Grandaddy)
May 9th, 2006
Good Records, Dallas, Texas
[Buy some Grandaddy music]introThe Go In The Go-For-ItJed the HumanoidSummer Here KidsXD-Data IIGo Progress ChromeLaughing StockSummer…Its GoneHewlett’s DaughterProtected from the RainToday I Started Loving You Again (Merle Haggard cover)DisconnectyChartsengrafsJeez LouiseSarah 5646766Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)Fare Thee Not Well MutineerEl Caminos in the WestDreaming My Dreams With You (Waylon Jennings cover)Miner at the Dial-a-ViewElevate MyselfThe Crystal LakeAisle Seat 37-DJason speakingNothing BigLevitz
Bruce Tour Debut: BRING THEM HOME!!!
Three nights ago in Paris, Bruce debuted this Pete Seeger tune, Pete’s anti-Vietnam song, Bring Them Home (If You Love Uncle Sam).
Bruce Springsteen & the Seeger Sessions Band:
Bring Them Home (If You Love Uncle Sam)[mp3] – May 10th 2006, Palais Omnisports Bercy, Paris, FranceThe Sweet Voice of Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Man, after my recent spate of posting entire shows, it feels funny to focus on one song again. This has to be posted though. You all know how it is having a song stuck in your head. You fathers and mothers out there know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with “Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango” from the Wiggles, or the Blues Clues Theme song, or “I’m Hungry, I’m Hungry” from Breakfast with Bear. So it’s always welcome relief when it’s a good song that you actually like that’s stuck in your head. For the last couple days, it’s been this Jimmie Dale Gilmore song rolling around in my head.
I would consider Jimmie Dale Gilmore an acquired taste. His singing voice can best be described as a tremolo-filled Texas warble. He can take some getting used to. But hearing this song drew me in the first time. It’s a bittersweet acoustic masterpiece with a tale of love lost.
I have my old friend Mark to thank for putting this on a mix tape long ago (along with my first taste of Townes Van Zandt and Uncle Tupelo). These days, Mark runs a great cafe near Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he hosts some great jazz musicians and roasts his own coffee. I would recommend checking out Luna Cafe, and buying some of his coffee online. Just try it once, and you’ll come back for more, I guarantee you.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore:Tonight I Thing I’m Gonna Go Downtown(mp3) – from After AwhileHootenanny in Hammersmith
For those like me that need an updated live Bruce fix on a regular basis, here’s the Boss and the Seeger Sessions Band from Saturday night (May 6) in London. It was Bruce’s first appearance at the Hammersmith Odeon (renamed the Apollo) since the 1975 concert that showed up on the 30th anniversary Born to Run box set. I’ve been on the lookout for the New Orleans Jazz Fest performance (anyone?), but this one popped up on my radar first. It’s an audience recording from the front of the stage-right speaker stack. The quality isn’t fantastic, but we beggars can’t be choosers, can we?
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Regarding the tour, I bought General Admission floor seats for the Glendale Arena show on June 3. I’m trying to determine if there are going to be seats down there on the floor, or whether we’ll all be standing (or both). I promised my wife there are seats down there. I hope I’m right. Uh-oh.
Bruce Springsteen & the Seeger Sessions Band
{Buy ‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’}
May 6, 2006
Hammersmith Apollo
London
{Read a review of the show from London’s Evening Standard}IntroOh Mary Don’t You WeepJohn HenryJohnny 99Old Dan TuckerEyes on the PrizeJesse JamesCadillac Ranch / Mystery TrainLong Black VeilErie CanalMy Oklahoma HomeHow Can I Keep from SingingMrs. McGrathIntroHow Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?Jacob’s LadderWe Shall OvercomeOpen All NightPay Me My Money DownMy City of RuinsBuffalo GalsYou Can Look (But You Better not Touch)When the Saints Go Marching In
Keith Keith in the Coconut Tree
Oh Keith, what are we gonna do with you, man? I guess you’ve been unpleasantly reminded that – as immortal as you have proven to be – you’re no spring chicken any more. You’re 62 years old now. You can still rock out on stage my friend, but you, as a 62 year old man, should probably not be climbing palm trees to loosen the coconuts, and you should probably lay off the jet skis. Sure, 60 is the new 40, but pal, that doesn’t apply to you.
That being said, I’m glad you’re going to be okay. It’s been a rough few weeks. Why not take what you will away from this experience and go back in the studio for another solo album? We haven’t had one from you since 1992 when you released ‘Main Offender‘, a great, raw, rootsy rock & reggae album; much like your 1988 solo debut, ‘Talk is Cheap‘.
I think you need to be cheered up, Keith. Listen to this 1993 show from your ‘Main Offender’ tour. Take it in… get well, and EASY DOES IT!
Keith Richards
Live from the 1993 Tour – “The Vampire Strikes Back”Download ZIP (mp3)
- 999
- Wicked as it Seems
- Eileen
- Yap Yap
- Body Talk
- Hate it when you Leave
- Will But You Won’t
- Demon
- Before They Make me Run
- Happy
- Gimme Shelter
- Time is on my Side
Odds and Ends
- Silence is a Rhythm Too recently reminded me that the new and final Grandaddy album is due for release on Tuesday, May 9th. Check out an mp3 and video here.
- San Diego Serenade has a fun post about a recent foray into not so great Frank Sinatra songs. Go check it out here.
- To get completely lost in a cool online radio station of old, new, obscure funk, soul, jazz, etc., check out Etherbeat. I recommend their Podcast too.
- New Q-Tip mp3’s are available over at One Soulful Negro.
Prince does America, Girl
Reaching back into the Prince 12″ extended version archives, by request, it’s the 20 minute – yes, 20 minute – version of “America”. Rockin’ and funkin’ and whatnot. And a bonus too.. oh yes… the B side to “America”, the extended version of “Girl”, a glimpse into the lil’ Purple one’s erotic zone before he found Jehovah.
Prince:
America(mp3) – extended 12″
Prince:Girl(mp3) – extended 12″Original version of “America” found on ‘Around the World in a Day‘ (1985).
