Showing posts with label Nick Lowe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nick Lowe. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Little Village - Fool Who Knows

OLD PA'S WEDNESDAY CLUB

The Village
Some Village People
Two Wednesday Club visits this week, well it will soon be Christmas!
 
LITTLE VILLAGE - Fool Who Knows (1992)

I missed the series The Village when it first came out earlier this year. (How did I let that slip through the net?)

Thanks to a song on the Singing Bear's 'must check' site Growing up Backwards. I became aware of it. I got hold of the series immediately and thought I would check out the first episode and see what it was like. It was great, just up my street. A gritty period drama. The place, well a little village in England silly. The time was just before and during the first World War.

It was about poverty. survival, the First World War, Shell shock, Social Injustice and of course sex and scandal, just up my ally.

Old Ma and I watched the first episode and then decided to watch episode two. After that we both said together, lets have just one last episode. I got to bed at 02:30 after we had watched the whole series, about 6 hours worth.

Of course you can do that sort of thing when you are retired, well you know yourself!.

Highly recommended and bring on the next series.

This was and ideal excuse for me to introduce what I suppose was a super group called Little Village and was made up of Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, John Hiatt and Jim Keltner. They released a great self titled one of album, which is worth checking out.

I choose a live take of Fool Who Knows just to let you see the guys in action. 

Sunday, 2 October 2011

TRACKS OF THE WEEK - 02/10/11

It's October and the summer's really arrived, here's our four pack of cool tunes to enjoy this week!


Flycasual:-
Fe La Soul by Amerigo Gazaway - 'Breakadawn' (2011)
Call off the search, I think I may have found my track of the year, it was free too! This is why we do it, scour the net, radio, magazines and albums to hunt for that gem and the thrill you get finding it. Like a musical Indiana Jones albeit minus the poison arrows and chasing natives. The brilliantly named, 8 track album, Fe La Soul sees Hip Hop producer Amerigo Gazaway, seamlessly blend the music of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti with the impeccable rhymes of De La Soul. This track is a reworking of one of my favourite De La classics, 'Breakadawn', a real mellow and warming mix, perfect for a scorching October day!? I must have listened to this probably about 5 times, windows down, on the way to the royal grounds of Virginia Waters to 'rip shit up' with my longboard, well more shit than rip. Download the free album here, at Gummy Soul, well worth your time.



Shell Hunter:-
The Strokes - Machu Picchu (2011)



I always thought I should like The Strokes more. When their debut album "Is This It" came out in 2001, all my friends were absolutely mad on them. I liked all their singles but perhaps it was the musical snob in me, when they became so popular, it put me off. "Last Night" although a great indie rock song just reminds me of lots of sweaty blokes jumping up and down in the pub spilling their lagers all over me! That's why this track, was a breath of fresh Peruvian air! The plucky guitar has a bit of a reggae bounce to it, a perfect soundtrack to the last BBQ of the year. It'll have you humming along in no time and I just love the line Julian Casablancas(what a cool name!) sings, "I'm just tryin' to find a mountain I can climb." That's deep, brother!

Sfw:Caveman - Thankful (2011)
Sorry about the rubbish video! This has been on repeat a quite a bit recently, I just love the lo-fi melancholy. They're from Brooklyn, NY and I don't know much about them apart from their website/myspace page. Get this song free from here!

Old Pa's Corner:-
Nick Lowe - 'Shame on the Rain' (2011)

Well, I have to say Nick Lowe is the same age as me and I will pay him the compliment that he is definitely growing old gracefully...musically speaking that is. I love this Country type ballad from his new album 'The Old Magic', it could be a song written and sung by Richard Hawley, it has that same sad melancholy feel of resignation, like a lot of RH songs. Nick Lowe had an album out in 2007 called 'At My Age' and it was undoubtedly one of my favourites of that year. An underrated talent.


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