I don’t condone gun violence or cold-blooded murder. But this is a tune and a lyric. And no chorus either….. I hear the train a-comin’, it’s rolling ’round the bend And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when I’m stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin’ on But that train keeps … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 63)
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A GUEST POSTING by WALTER http://afewgoodtimesinmylife.blogspot.com/ Hi Jim There is one song I came back a few days ago that accompanied me during the last decades. Bruce Springsteen was the big thing in the late 70’s before he was called the future of R’n’R. In 1978, he was nothing more or less the one who … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 62)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds got to appear on Top of The Pops back in 1995, thanks, in the main, to the Kylie Minogue effect. Where The Wild Roses Grow got as high as #11 in the singles chart. One of the two extra tracks on the CD single is a wonderful short story … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 61)
This, in effect, is a guest posting by SWC as I’m stealing it from the post he put up at No Badger Required in late August as part of his countdown of the best songs to consist of one-word titles. I have thought a few times about posting Stan as part of this series, but … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 60)
Yard Act, from Leeds, are another new band that I’ve got all excited about in 2022. James Smith (vocals), Ryan Needham (bass), Sam Shjipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums) haven’t quite come from nowhere as they’ve all been in other bands previously. But there’s something genuinely superb about their new collective which has made their … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 59)
Last time up in this series, Jonny the Friendly Lawyer presented us with Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event, recalling it as a song that took him back to 1985 when he found out his girlfriend had been cheating on him. It got me thinking about a song I’d long been considering, reluctant … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 58)
A GUEST POSTING by JONNY THE FRIENDLY LAWYER April 26 is my 30th anniversary with Goldie the Friendly Therapist. So, it’s been half a lifetime since I’ve had to deal with romantic travails. But there’s one song that rockets me back to 1985, when I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me. We had … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 57)
I make no apologies for bringing back Aidan Moffat for a second successive chapter, but this is more of a horror story than anything else. Arab Strap really did come back with a huge bang in 2021. As Days Get Dark, the first album in sixteen years, is superb. This is one of its stand-out … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 56)
I’ve been to more funerals, or heard about the passing of people who I know, in 2022 than in any other year. And none of the deaths have been COVID related, It’s an indication I suppose of my own age and those of some of my peers. It’s led to me thinking about this on … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 55)
One thing you can never accuse me of being is topical. Hey Charlie I’m pregnant and living on 9th Street Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue And I stopped takin dope and I quit drinkin whiskey And my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track He says that he … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 54)
The Monday morning high-quality rip will return in seven days, with the slot being taken up by the return of The Affectionate Punch. The world of DIY home recordings is now offering a new EP, and as far as I’m concerned, two of its tracks make for ‘Great Short Stories’. Somebody Sometimes features three songs, … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapters 52 & 53)
It was back in 2014 that I wrote these words about this particular song:- “…a truly astonishing single that remains my particular favourite from the band. A soap-opera in just under three minutes. Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Boy and girl have sex…baby gets created. Parents of the boy and girl react with anger … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 51)
A GUEST POSTING by STRANGEWAYS “And then my mind just walked away… “ A quick-fire response to JC’s recent Gol Gappas post for this series. Here’s another dark tale of murder: Psycho, as recorded by Jack Kittel in 1973. Kittel didn’t write Psycho – that was country singer and songwriter Leon Payne, a man whose … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 50)
So….this one opens with a ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba refrain that Julian Cope would have been proud of. It then has the little burst of jingly-jangly guitar that will have you bursting with joy before the blackest of tales unfolds. Albert Parker played with trains The centre of his life His junctions and his signal box Took precedence … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 49)
A GUEST POSTING by KHAYEM This is another one of those moments where I wish I’d kept a record of the gigs I’ve been to over the years… I saw James Yorkston & The Athletes in Bristol back in 2002. I have no recollection of the actual gig itself (I was clearly under the influence) … Continue reading SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 48)
It was away back in October 2013 that I tried to get folk interested in Jonathan Fire*Eater with the posting of three tracks from Tremble Under Boomlights, the one CD of theirs that I had at the time. The effort attracted one comment….thanks Charity Chic….and it was to say that he had enjoyed one of … Continue reading A SECOND GO AT GRABBING YOUR INTEREST/SOME SONGS MAKE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 47)
This came up via the i-player while I was away in world of my own last Sunday, out stretching my legs in an effort to avoid boredom. I made a mental note to check on my return and, true enough, I hadn’t previously included it in this series, albeit a couple of other Arab Strap … Continue reading SOME SONGS ARE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 44)
A couple of days ago, the latest instalment of the R.E.M. singles series made reference to the acoustic version of New Test Leper that had featured as one of the b-sides to Bittersweet Me. I got thinking that perhaps not everyone will be familiar with the songs which appeared on New Adventures In Hi-Fi, and … Continue reading SOME SONGS ARE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 43)
A GUEST POSTING by KHAYEM Les ailes de la Rolls effleuraient des pylônes Quand m’étant malgré moi égaré Nous arrivâmes ma Rolls et moi dans une zone Dangereuse Un endroit isolé Là-bas, sur le capot de cette Silver Ghost de 1910 S’avance en éclaireur La Vénus d’argent du radiateur Dont les voiles légers volent aux … Continue reading SOME SONGS ARE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 42)
Written and scheduled for publication before the USA election results are known. Just seemed to be appropriate, no matter the outcome. This man is at the door of Hell…somehow it seems to be his destination after a life of subtle stubbornness. He doesn’t expect to find himself waking up out of a dream…he doesn’t expect … Continue reading SOME SONGS ARE GREAT SHORT STORIES (Chapter 40)
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 