1. Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (though the first half of American III is all pretty mindblowing)
http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Cash/_/The+Mercy+Seat
2. Maxïmo Park - Graffiti (as I mentioned before, there is no better hoovering music, though I'm banking that there's no better coconut-cracking music either)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Po_g5KSoqYM
3. Dylan - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) from Live At Budokan (because life without Dylan is no life at all)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8KiXhMvUQ
4. The Maytals - Pressure Drop (because after a few weeks you'd need reminding that you're in paradise)
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Maytals
5. Jimmy Cliff - Sitting in Limbo (because it's the next track after Pressure Drop on the Harder They Come soundtrack, and listening to it reminds me that I couldn't leave it behind)
http://www.last.fm/music/Jimmy+Cliff/_/Sitting+In+Limbo
6. Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke's original is unimproveable, right? Nah. Going against all the cover version rules, Otis sticks pretty much to the same arrangement, and does to it what Usain Bolt did to running fast)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S2V3REseFwE
7. Levon Helm - Wide River To Cross (is it because I know it's Levon, post-Band, post-throat cancer for fuck's sake- anyway, whether contexts matters or no I get blown away every time by this. Also 'The Mountain' on the same album, 'Dirt Farmer', is something special)
http://www.last.fm/music/Levon+Helm/_/Wide+River+To+Cross
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment