Beck: Blue Moon
No relation to the Marcels song, or indeed the Big Star classic, this is from his excellent 2014 album Morning Phase.
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The Who: So Sad About Us
I like this song, but I wish it didn’t start with ‘La la la.’ Just seems a bit unimaginative. It was written by Pete Townshend for the Merseys, who released … Continue readingThe Who: So Sad About Us
You’ll be itching to read this
A LONG time ago I went to view a house for sale. It had been empty for months but still had the carpets and curtains. After a few minutes I … Continue readingYou’ll be itching to read this
Television: Marquee Moon
I refer you, m’lud, to my column from May last year. https://am-records.com/2019/05/27/prime-time-television/ What a great, clean sound this is. I would have included the live at the Waldorf clip instead … Continue readingTelevision: Marquee Moon
Fairport Convention: Rising for the Moon
Title track from Fairport’s tenth studio album, released in 1975. I saw them at Lancaster University when they toured on the back of it. Sandy was great, although her hair … Continue readingFairport Convention: Rising for the Moon
Robbie Robertson: Sonny Got Caught in the Moonlight
Co-produced by RR and Daniel Lanois, who was flavour of the year in 1987.
Slapp Happy: Casablanca Moon
Can it really be 18 months since I wrote about the Slappers? https://am-records.com/2019/06/10/happy-slappy/ Don’t time fly when you’re under bogus house arrest! Go on, lads and lass, give it some … Continue readingSlapp Happy: Casablanca Moon
Neil Young: Harvest Moon
Title track from his 1992 sequel to the Harvest album from 20 years before. And very sweet it is too.
Quitters sometimes win
WITH the release of her fourth album Voyageur in 2012, Kathleen Edwards was on a career high. It made the US top 40 and the Canadian singer-songwriter toured incessantly to capitalise on … Continue readingQuitters sometimes win
The Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The quintessential one-night stand song, and one of my very favourites. (Although the title is a question it never has a question mark, and many versions give it as ‘Will … Continue readingThe Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow