Tidy Tune #181: Open the Door (To Your Heart) - Van Morrison

Rewind: 1984 Born in the U.S.A. Tour Kicks off

On this day back in 1984 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their massive 156 date 'Born in the U.S.A. Tour'.

Opening Night was in St Paul Civic Center Arena, St Paul, Min.

The Set List was:
THUNDER ROAD / PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / OUT IN THE STREET / JOHNNY 99 / ATLANTIC CITY / MANSION ON THE HILL / THE RIVER / NO SURRENDER / GLORY DAYS / THE PROMISED LAND / USED CARS / MY HOMETOWN / BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BADLANDS / HUNGRY HEART / DANCING IN THE DARK / DANCING IN THE DARK / CADILLAC RANCH / SHERRY DARLING / HIGHWAY PATROLMAN / I'M ON FIRE / FIRE / WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY / BOBBY JEAN / BACKSTREETS / RAMROD / ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) / I'M A ROCKER / JUNGLELAND / BORN TO RUN / STREET FIGHTING MAN / DETROIT MEDLEY - I HEAR A TRAIN.

Listen to the Full Show Here.

The video for 'Dancing in the Dark' was filmed at this show (that's why it was played twice!).

Tidy Tune #180: Lazy Sunday Afternoon - The Small Faces.

 On this day in musical history back in 1968 The Small Faces began a 6 week run at #1 with their album 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'.

Today's Tidy Tune #179: The Bravest Man in the Universe - Bobby Womack

Was saddened to hear this morning of the passing of Bobby Womack today.

Telegraph Report.

Bobby Womack

Glastonbury 2013

Tidy Tune Catch Up #173-78

#173 Shadow of Doubt (A Complex Kid) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

#174 Highest Trails Above - The Ramones.

#175 Being Boiled - Human League

 

#176 Take Me To The River - Al Green.

#177 What a Wonderful World - Joey Ramone.

#178 Ready or Not - The Lightning Seeds

Temporarily Closed

Tidy Tune #172: Coming Back To Me Baby - James Carr

This one is the last one for a week as I'm off on holiday, fear not though because when I'm back we'll play catch up.

The "Sweet" Sound of Candy Hearts

It's always nice discovering something new and recently New York/New Jersey band Candy Hearts have found their way onto my musical radar.

I stumbled on their latest video, 'I Miss You', a track that's taken from their brand new album 'All The Ways You Let Me Down', and immediately fell for their infectious indie pop punk sound.

Of course I had to find out a bit more about them and so the search began. Click on the links to enjoy the music.

Formed whilst still at College in Upstate New York by frontwoman Mariel Loveland in 2010, 'Ripped Up Jeans and Silly Dreams' was the first album from the band and was a self-release.

What I Want (Acoustic Version).

Blocking the Sunshine.

You and Me.

Flashers Flashing (Live).

Hiding From My Friends.

Without Caffine.

 What You Want.

Punk Songs.

Red Balloon.

Anything.

Size of the Moon.

Cracks Beneath Closed Doors.

A Split single with Sister Kisser followed in June 2011 and the band contributed two songs to it.

 Last Summer.

The Things We Hate.

Their 2nd album release was on Kind of Like Records and was out in September 2011.

Listen to the album here.

November 2012 saw the release of 'The Best Ways To Disappear' (a mini album of 6 tracks). The album came out on Bridge Nine Imprint Violently Happy Records (founded by Chad Gilbert, Guitarist of New Found Glory and this was the first release).

Bad Idea.

Matchbox Cars (Live).

Miles and Interstates.

Replacement Parts.

Sick Of It.

Ticklish (Acoustic Version).

'Miles and Interstates' Single was released in August 2013. It was a Limited Edition of 500 copies.

Miles and Interstates.

Miles and Interstates (Acoustic).

Nothing With You (Acoustic).

 
And on June 10th they released their brand new album.

Listen to the album Streamed Here.

I Miss You

 

Billboard Interview with Mariel.

More "Sweet" Music:

Bad Idea (Live Audio Only).

Live on The Vinnie Langdon Show.

Understatement (New Found Glory Cover).

Plugged In Promotions Interview with Mariel.

I Miss You (Live).

All The Ways You Let Me Down (Live).

Lighter Than The Air (Balcony TV).

Live at Fest 12 (not brilliant sound).

She's So Cool (Acoustic).

Bratty B (Acoustic Best Coast Cover).

Maybe (Acoustic).

Jawbreaker (Live).

For More Info on Candy Hearts check out their Website.

Also checkout their Bandcamp page.

Tidy Tune #171: Don't Push Love Away - The Juliana Theory

Tidy Tune #170: Straight Up - Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies

Tidy Tune #169: The Golden Age of Rock and Roll - Mott the Hoople

Rewind: 18th June 2013 - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Hampden Park, Glasgow

This is where we we were a year ago today.

A 50th Birthday gift with love from my wife.

Setlist

We Take Care of Our Own

The Ties That Bind

Jole Boln - Sign Request

It's Hard to be a Saint in the City - Sign Request

Radio Nowhere

No Surrender

Wrecking Ball

Death to My Hometown

My City of Ruins

Spirit in the Night

E Street Shuffle

I'm On Fire - Sign Request

Tougher than the Rest- Sign Request

Atlantic City

Murder Inc.

Johnny 99

Open All Night

Darlington County

Shackled and Drawn (Part) Waitin' on a Sunny Day

The Rising

Badlands

Land of Hope and Dreams

Born to Run

Rosalita- Sign Request

Dancing in the Dark

Tenth Avenue Freeze Out

Twist and Shout/Shout

Thunder Road - Solo Acoustic

Rewind: 17th June 2012 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Play Madrid on the Wrecking Ball Tour

 

This was the 34th show on the Wrecking Ball Tour in 2012 and up to this date it was the longest show the band had ever played - a massive 3hrs and 48mins. The previous longest show was back on The River Tour in 1980, Nassau Coliseum on the 31st December when the band played for 3hrs and 43mins. The elusive 4hr Springsteen show would materialize on the final night of the European leg of the tour when they played in Helsinki  for a remarkable 4hrs and 6mins (add a Preshow appearence and all in all it was around 4hrs and 37mins!).

Click on the links to enjoy the music.

Setlist:
Badlands
No Surrender
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown
My City of Ruins
Spirit in the Night
Be True
Jack of All Trades
Youngstown
Murder Incorporated
She's the One
Talk to Me (with Southside Johnny)
Spanish Eyes
Working on the Highway
Shackled and Drawn
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Apollo Medley
The River
Because the Night
My Love Will Not Let You Down
The Rising
We Are Alive
Thunder Road
* * *
Rocky Ground
Born in the U.S.A./Born to Run
Hungry Heart
Seven Nights to Rock
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Twist and Shout (with Southside Johnny)

Audio of the show:

 

 

Tidy Tune #168: Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

Rewind: 16-18 June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival

Click on the Links to enjoy the Music.

Friday 16th June

The Association

Along Comes Mary.

 

The Paupers

Lou Rawls

Tobacco Road.

 

Beverly

Johnny Rivers

Eric Burdon and The Animals

Hey Gyp (Audio Only).

Paint It Black.

 

Simon and Garfunkel

Homeward Bound.

At The Zoo.

For Emily Whenever I May Find Her.

The Sound of Silence.

Benidictus.

Saturday 17th June

Canned Heat

Rollin' and Tumblin'. 

Big Brother and The Holding Company

Was Not Filmed

 

Country Joe and The Fish

Section 43.

 

Al Kooper

Wake Me Shake Me. 

The Butterfield Blues Band

Driftin' Blues.

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Dino's Song (All I Ever Wanted To Do). 

Steve Miller Band

Mercury Blues (Audio Only).

The Electric Flag

Over Lovin' You.

 

Moby Grape

Indifference/Sitting By The Window.

 

Hugh Masakela

Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song).

 

The Byrds

Chimes of Freedom/He Was A Friend of Mine/Hey Joe. 

Laura Nyro

Wedding Bell Blues.

Poverty Train.

 

Jefferson Airplane

Somebody to Love.

High Flying Bird.

Today.

 

Booker T and The MG's 

Otis Redding

1. Shake (Audio Only).
2. Respect (Audio Only).
3. I've Been Loving You Too Long.
4. Satisfaction/Try A Little Tenderness.

Sunday 18th June

Ravi Shankar

18 mins of Shankar.

 

The Blues Project

Flute Thing.

 

Big Brother and The Holding Company

Combination of the Two.

Ball and Chain.

 

The Group With No Name

Buffalo Springfield

For What It's Worth.

 

The Who*

Substitute/Summertime Blues/A Quick One (While He's Away)/My Generation.

* They also performed 'Pictures of Lily' and 'Happy Jack'.

 

The Grateful Dead

Viola Lee Blues.

 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience 

Killing Floor.

Foxy Lady

Like A Rolling Stone.

Rock Me Baby.

Hey Joe.

Can You See Me/Sgt Pepper.

The Wind Cries Mary.

Purple Haze.

Wild Thing.

The Mamas and The Papas

Straight Shooter.

Spanish Harlem.

Somebody Groovy.

Got A Feelin'.

California Dreaming.

I Call Your Name.

Monday Monday.

Scott McKenzie with The Mamas and The Papas

San Francisco.

The Mamas and The Papas

Dancing in the Streets.

 

 

Lamont Dozier 73 Today

Happy Birthday Lamont Dozier

73 Years Old Today

Click on the links to enjoy the music.

Think Holland-Dozier-Holland and one word comes to mind: MOTOWN!

Between 1962-67, these three chaps wrote and produced some of the finest music known to man. They put together 25 #1 Hits.

Here's just a small selection of those classic songs:

Heatwave - Martha and the Vandellas.

Where Did Our Love Go? - The Supremes.

Baby Love - The Supremes.

How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Marvin Gaye.

Stop in the Name of Love - The Supremes.

Nowhere To Run - Martha and the Vandellas.

Back In My Arms Again - The Supremes.

I Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops.

It's The Same Old Song - The Four Tops.

You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes.

Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops.

Standing in the Shadows of Love - The Four Tops.

Bernadette - The Four Tops.

Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye.

There's A Ghost In My House - R Dean Taylor.

Road Runner - Junior Walker and the All Stars.

This Old Heart of Mine - The Isley Brothers.

Of course, Lamont Dozier is also known as a performer and writer in his own right.

Going Back To My Roots (1977).

Why Can't We Be Lovers (1972).

Fish Ain't Bittin' (1974).

Trying to Hold Onto My Woman (1973).

Breaking Out All Over (1973).

Invisible - Alison Moyet (1984).

 

 

 

Tidy Tune #167: Roam - The B-52's

Rewind: 1979 - Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division Released

Released on 15th June 1979, 'Uknown Pleasures', the debut album from Manchester band Joy Division (formerly Warsaw) was a #1 Album on The Indie Chart but only reached #71 in the proper UK Album Charts. But the sales were slow until the release in October of the non-album single 'Transmission'.

Recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport in April 1979 and was produced by Martin Hannett.

The album is still considered by many as one of the finest albums of it's time.

Unknown Pleasures

Live Appearances 1979

Tidy Tune #166: Daddy's Tune - Jackson Browne

For Daddy's Everywhere

Happy Father's Day.

Tidy Tune #165:Wake Up The Nation - Paul Weller

Tidy Tune #164: Moving On - James

 

Album Version

Semi-Acoustic Live Version

Live At The Electric Ballroom, London

May 2014

Tidy Tune #163: Cast of Thousands - The Boys

The Boys - Doing What They Do Best!

The Boys have returned with a bang!

The band that bought you such 1970's punk rock gems like 'Sick on You', 'I Don't Care', 'First Time' and 'Brickfield Nights', and classics like 'Terminal Love' and 'Kamikaze', have finally released a brand new album! We've only been waiting since 1981!Their last album was 'Boys Only'.

A round of applause for The Boys!

The old guard of Matt Dangerfield, Casino Steel and Honest John Plain have penned 13 new slices of their perfect brand of Punk Pop and you'd think they'd never been away! Well, in the years between releases they have all been involved in various musical projects so it's not like they have been sitting on their bottoms doing nothing, so I guess we can forgive them for taking so long.

Stand out tracks so far for me are: '1976', 'She's the Reason', 'Punk Rock Girl', 'Organ Grinder' and 'What's the Matter With Morris?'

I love hearing the great harmonies again that made all their previous records so good and it makes you wonder why these guys only ever had limited success back in the day.

All in all it's a great return and one can only hope that it gets the attention it fully deserves. There's quite a number of songs that would sound mighty fine on the radio.

If you Click Here there are links to a teaser from the album and also for getting the album for yourselves.

Listen and Watch:

The Boys Debut Album.

1978 John Peel Session.

Punk Rock Rarities Album.

Power Cut Album.

'You Better Move On' 7".

'Weekend' (Promo Video).

 'Never Listen to Rumours' - Honest John Plain.

'Where Have All The Good Girls Gone? - Honest John Plain and The Landslide Ladies.

'Tear In My Beer' - Casino Steel.

'Baby I Love You' - Gary Holton and Casino Steel.

'All The Way To Hell And Back' - The Crybabys.

'Folsom Prison Blues' - The Last Rock 'n' Roll Band (Honest John Plain and Casino Steel).

Frank Turner - We Shall Not Overcome (Animated Video)

  

"Be a fan of every band who ever made you wanna move your feet
Fall in love with every person whoever made your heart wanna skip a beat"

Tidy Tune #162: Running on the Spot - The Jam

Studio Version

 

Live Version

Tidy Tune #161: Wake the Dead - Comeback Kid

Tidy Tune #160: Going Back Home - Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey

Tidy Tune #159: Everlasting Love - The Love Affair

The Love Affair - 1967 Single Version.

U2 Version - B-Side of 'All I Want is You'.

Paul Weller and Steve Ellis (lead vocalist of The Love Affair) - Live at Croydon Fairfield Hall 6th December 2001.

Robert Knight - The Original Version.

Rex Smith and Rachel Sweet Version from 1981.

Tidy Tune #158: Why Can't I Touch It? - Buzzcocks

Epic B-Side of 'Everybody's Happy Nowadays'. 

 

Tidy Tune #157: The Green Fields of France - Dropkick Murphys

Tidy Tune #156: Platinum - Miranda Lambert

"What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blonder" - has to be one of the funniest lines in a song I've heard in ages! 

Title track from the brand new album by Miranda Lambert

Rewind:1980 The Psychedelic Furs Debut Album

Click on the links to unleash The Beautiful Chaos!

Birthday Greetings

 to 

Richard Butler 

(born on this day in 1956).

29th May 1979 at The Music Machine in Camden was the first time I set eyes upon The Psychedelic Furs and they were like this kind of cross between The Velvet Underground and Roxy Music! Was so amazed by them I went to see them a couple more times in '79 and then saw them support Echo and the Bunnymen at The Lyceum a month after their debut album came out. In June they were back at The Music Machine in Camden and were even more polished.

 We Love You / Pulse.

The 1979 debut single is epic and like a lot of singles back then, the b-side was none too shabby either.

The single did not chart in the UK and it hit #77 on the US Dance Chart!

Their debut album is one of my all-time favourite albums. The tracklisting below is for the 9 track original UK release. For some reason 'Blacks'Radio' was removed from the US release and 'Susan's Strange' and 'Soap Commercial' replaced it.

The album reached #18 in the UK Chart and only #140 in the US Chart.

 

Produced by Steve Lilywhite (except where noted)

Side one

1. "India" – 6:21
2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
3. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
4. "Fall" – 2:40
5. "Pulse" – 2:37 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)

Side two

1. "We Love You" – 3:26 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
2. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
3. "Blacks/Radio" – 6:56
4. "Flowers" – 4:10 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)

To coincide with the release of the debut album'Sister Europe' was released as a single. It didn't chart in the UK or the US but did break the Top 50 in New Zealand!

John Peel Sessions

25th July 1979 

(Broadcast 30th July 1979)

1. Imitation of Christ

2. Fall

3. Sister Europe

4. We Love You

18th February 1980 

(Broadcast 28th February 1980)

1. Soap Commercial

2. Susan's Strange

3. Mac the Knife

Born in the U.S.A. Covered

Click on the Links to enjoy the music!

01. Born in the U.S.A. - Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

02. Cover Me - The Boombox Hearts.

03. Darlington County - Jeff Stevens and The Bullets.

04. Working on the Highway - Joe Ely.

05. Downbound Train - The Cardigans.

06. I'm on Fire - Chromatics.

07. No Surrender - Kevin Montgomery.

08. Bobby Jean - Eddie Vedder.

09. I'm Goin' Down - Vampire Weekend.

10. Glory Days - Busia Bulat.

11. Dancing in the Dark - Amy MacDonald.

12. My Hometown - Neil Young.

Alternate Versions

01. Born in the U.S.A. - John Mellencamp

02. Cover Me - Thea Gilmore.

05. Downbound Train - The Show Ponies.

06. I'm on Fire - Sara Bareilles.

07. No Surrender - Eddie Vedder.

08. Bobby Jean - Jennifer Glass.

09. I'm Goin' Down - Florence and the Machine.

10. Glory Days - The Avett Brothers.

11. Dancing in the Dark - Tegan and Sara.

12. My Hometown - U2.