if you don't mind... I don't mind

I love the Buzzcocks, because when I was living in London with my bro and good mate Charlie, we went looking for bargain records on whatever pawn shops we could find...

One day we bough for just 1 ₤ each The Head on the Door by the Cure and Singles Ready Steady by the Buzzcoks.
In that compilation there are great songs.. like Noise Annoys, Orgasm Addict, What do I get?, Whatever Happened ...

Suddenly this song came on the air.. and couldn't help singing this on top ...

Tuesday's gone with the wind.

I remember listening to Free Bird long time ago.. and be totally struck by it.

Yesterday.. I was thinking which songs were about Tuesdays.. and remembered that Metallica covered this one from Lynyrd Skynnyrd...

And that was it..

Great song, great arrangements and amazing solo..

Once I lived the life of a millionaire ...

Clapton is a discussed guitar player... people loves him and people hates him..

I was never into him until the evidence got me closer to listen ..

1st - When I read he was the one who put a Gibson Les Paul through a Marshall and recorded an album.. Check the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, just listen to Hideaway.. that was the guitar sound used for the next 10 years.. and it was recorded in 1966..

2nd - When he left the Yardbirds because they wanted to play pop music..

3rd -When he recorded the solo for "While my guitar gently weeps"..

4th - When he wrote "Layla" cause he was in love with Patty Boyd and couldn't do anything 'cause she was his best friend's wife.. George Harrison..

the list keeps on growing...

The last time random took me to him was when I went to Sin-e in Dublin last summer and there was this guy playing songs... he had a great voice and was a good player... He sang "Nobody knows you when you are down and out" .. I had never heard it before.. (don't know how could I..) when I went back home in Barcelona I looked for it and saw that the cover was coming from Clapton's version in "Layla and other assorted Love songs"..

With the collaboration of the great late Duane Allman..

The original from Jimmy Cox and the first know version by Bessie Smith.

Love him or hate him... now listen here and look in the eyes and try saying "he's not that good"

tattoo'd lady, pretty baby...

When I was in Dublin this summertime I was surprised by Rory's guitar hanging from a wall in Temple Bar..

I got to know him specially because Fender made a replica of this guitar.. And I think this is the greatest guitar ever.. It's shred and wormed out .. as an instrument should be

Quite expensive, unluckily... but anyway that's just a memorabilia thing...

Though I wish I would have it..

How he made it ?? Ireland back in the 70's was not an easy place to live in.. not even for making it into rock music.. but there he is..

Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn ..

Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.

Spent my days with a woman unkind,
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going To California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane, never let them
tell you that they're all the same.
The sea was red and the sky was grey,
wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
as the children of the sun began to awake.

Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there where the path
Runs straight and high.

To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.

with your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue...

The only thing I ever got from you is sorrow..

I'm a capricorn and she's a cancer...

Quite silly lyrics.. but it's for the sake of good times Rock n Roll !!

I use to sing this with my sister when Skid Row made the cover.. we loved the song..

I'll always love 70's Kiss.. they were the superheros of rock.. and when you are a kid they were the only rock band that were making some fun of themselves..

with two cats in the yard...

This song came once in the radio when I was working in a night shift...

And it caught me by surprise..

Knew Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for Helplessly Hoping and Suite:Jody Blue Eyes..

But Our House became my favorite song of them...

The thing here is that I have my own two cats in the yard ..

They say I got a lot of water in my brain ....

Mojo mag this month.. .Freddie !!

As i am going to England with my mates.. I know I'll get it at the airport..

let's rock till we drop...

The first(and last) vinyl record LP I ever stole was The Stray Cats first album..

Which I still have ...

I just did it for the sake of being a rebel and a rocker ..

This weekend we were at my friend's birthday party and we were playing only old Rock & roll and skiffle tunes.... like I Saw Her Standing There or Man in constant sorrow...

Me I was playing bass at that moment and.. was crazy to play Rock This Town..

even Brian Setzer's guitar parts are the real rocker licks.... playing rockabilly walking bass is great.

wild horses couldn't drag me away

How go forward into something we're not sure of? ...

Sometimes when we look for answers we only find more questions...

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
How can I go forward when I don't know which way to turn?
How can I go forward into something that I'm not sure of?
Oh no,
Oh no,

How can I have feeling if I don't know if it's a feeling?
How can I feel something if I just don't know how to feel,
How can I have feelings when my feelings have always been denied?
Oh no,
Oh no,

How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
How can I give love when I just don't know how to give?
How can I give love when love is something I aint never had?
Oh no,
Oh no,

You know life can be long,
And you have got to be so strong,
And the world is so tough sometimes I feel I have had enough,
Oh no,
Oh no,

How can we go forward when we don't know which way we're facing?
How can we go forward when we don't know which way to turn?
How go forward into something we're not sure of?
Oh no,
Oh no

Valhalla, I Am Coming ...

Led Zeppelin III is known as their acoustic album..

but the first song is Immigrant Song ...

About Scandinavian mythology and warfare

Maybe the most heavy tune they ever recorded..

(from wikipedia.org)
Valhalla is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the God Odin. Chosen by him, half of those that die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by Valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr.

This is the one where they evoke the Hammer Of The Gods..

That's the title of the infamous biography that they'd always dismiss..

The film Almost Famous is somehow based on the groupie phenomenon that happened in the first part of the 70's to Led Zeppelin back then..

Director Cameron Crowe himself wrote liner notes for Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same live record, when he was just 17 years old.. He was already working for Rolling Stone since 1972.. enough said..

Who wouldn't want to be part of those days ?



Immigrant Song

A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
We come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow

The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde and sing and cry, Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with, with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
We come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs FLOW
How soft your fields, so green
can whisper tales of gore, of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with, with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

S-so now you better stop and rebuild all your ruins
for peace and trust can winthe day despite of all you're losin'
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ahh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

I guess I'm doing fine...

What kind of answer is that ...

Well lately I feel like saying that when they ask me how am I ...

Funny How Time Slips Away (by Willie Nelson)

Well hello there my it's been a long long time
How am I doin'  oh I guess that I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now but it seems now it was only yesterday
Gee ain't it funny how time   slips away
 
How's your new love  I hope that he's doing fine
Heard you told him that you'd love him till the end of time
Now that's the same thing that you told me seems like just the other day
Gee ain't it funny how time  slips  away
 
I gotta go now I guess I'll see you around
Don't know when though never know when I'll be back in town
But remember what I tell you that in time you're gonna pay
And it's surprising how time  slips  away

Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light ....

Or just another lost angel...

Mojo is my favorite mag...

And this month (link) they celebrate the 60th anniversary of my favorite record label; Elektra Records...

Where Love, The Doors, Tim Buckley, The Stooges, MC5, Queen, Metallica and some other once were signed...

All because of Jac Holzman who could discover such diamonds in the rough ..

So... Happy Birthday Elektra... and thanks for providing such great artists.. (their website is great, check link)

And this one done by Andy Finney ... it's extremely documented with all the record covers, serial numbers, and details.. a must see.. link



Again Jimbo is on my blog... this time because of the wordplay between his anagram and Mojo Magazine..

Mr. Mojo Risin',
gotta keep on risin'
Risin', risin'

I really love you and I mean you...

I can imagine when Syd Barret sings a song like Terrapin strumming his guitar, people couldn't be able to stop and listen to him.

Even most of the time his lyrics are cryptic, full of metaphors..

He's playing with words and their sound on his songs as well as the meaning..

like a child's game...

Syd is my favorite bizarre crazy artist ever.. along with Salvador Dali… Sometimes they are blamed for trying to make a fool out of everyone... but I don't think they were doing that, they were exploring through expression..

Time puts everyone on its place... and after all these years, the legend over him has never diminished... even he choose to retire from public eye and stopped giving interviews long ago..

He died as a regular guy three years ago... but his contribution in taking pop music and present it as a supreme art form is far from being ordinary..

I really love you and I mean you
The star above you, crystal blue
Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you...

I wouldn’t see you and I love to
I fly above you, yes I do
Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you...

Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth
The fins aluminous fangs all ’round
The clam is dark below the boulders hiding all
The sunlight’s good for us

’cause we’re the fishes and all we do
The move about is all we do
Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you...

Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth
The fins aluminous fangs all ’round
The clam is dark below the boulders hiding all
The sunlight’s good for us

’cause we’re the fishes and all we do
The move about is all we do
Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you...

I really love you and I mean you
The star above you, crystal blue
Well, oh baby, my hairs on end about you...

reflected in the eye of the dead man on the beach...

let's play some songs based in books...

For instance.. Killing an Arab which was inspired
by The Stranger by Albert Camus..


The song is great.. the book is superb..

This is one of the first books I read from my parents library.. just because it was a short one..

And while reading it I notice I was growing up..

exposed to some situations which were not supposed to be read by a kid..

but it did affect my way of thinking...

Then when I recorded my first demo.. my sister's boyfriend.. told me that it remind him of the Cure.. and gave me his Cd's from them... Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds, Pornography, ....

Some years later I realized he said that because their first album is as raw.. as a demo..

The best analysis of the song is by Sean K. Robb from Chart Attack "...a short three-minute burst of metaphysical angst that is meant to question the meaning of existence "

Killing an Arab

Standing on a beach
With a gun in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring down the barrel
At the Arab on the ground
See his open mouth
But hear no sound

I'm alive ... I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

I can turn and walk away
Or I can fire the gun
Staring at the sky
Staring at the sun
Whichever I choose
It amounts to the same

Absolutely nothing

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

Feel the steel butt jump
Smooth in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring at myself
Reflected in the eyes of
The dead man on the beach

The dead man
On the beach

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

...What reasons do you need ?

Every Monday life starts again...

Then why don't we like them ?

Probably because the strength of laziness wins the battle to initiative..

So from now on I will take good care with Mondays, because they are the best days for taking the greatest decisions...

What are you going to do for the rest of the week ?

Even my current-new-found-consideration for the 1st day of the week... I still love the Boomtown Rats classic... "I don't like Mondays"

Which turned out to be the ultimate chronicle of a lovely teenager shooter girl... so bad..

I guess is all about a praise on boredom, low self-esteem and going to school another dull Monday morning ...

I almost forgot to mention ... this song contains the coolest hand-claps in pop history..

Think of a number, divide it by two..

Another amazing record from 1977..

this time WIRE...

Pink Flag, great record cover

One of the most forgotten punk bands..

this tune with 1:24 shows all the cards that now the new age revival are revisiting..

Franz Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys, Gossip, etc...

Well.. Elastica ripped it off straight away with their single Connection..

10 over 10 in pitchfork media

Three Girl Rhumba

Think of a number,
divide it by two,
something is nothing,
nothing is nothing.
Open a box,
tear off the lid,
then think of a number,
don't think of an answer.
Open your eyes,
think of a number,
don't get swept under,
a number's a number
A chance encounter you want to avoid,
the inevitable, so you do, oh yes you do the impossible
Now you ain't got a number,
you just want to rhumba,
and there ain't no way you're gonna go under
Go under

don't worry it's just a personality crisis...

Would there have been Ramones, Sex Pistols, Mötley Crüe or Guns'n Roses if these 5 guys hadn't been around a few years later ?

They gave so much influence they don't even want to recognize..

They had the nerve of putting a show on and backstage that was unseen before

the spirit of real punk rock..

get your guitars and make a disgrace..