Around the world in 80 plays…
We conducted an 80 day musical chain on social media—where each day's music post related in some way to the previous one. Here it is in full. Enjoy…
POST 1—24 Jan
A classic remastered. Sunday coffee music.
• JACQUES DUTRONC—'Mini, mini, mini' remastered
POST 2—25 Jan
Our Sunday post was Jacques Dutronc, which reminded us of...
• JACQUES LU CONT—'Church'
POST 3—29 Jan
Okay—let's continue this musically-connected journey. Our last track was by Jacques Lu Cont—so let's go with this: Have a top Friday, all!
• THE KILLERS—'Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Radio Remix)'
POST 4—30 Jan
…from yesterday's Mr Brightside to this.
Where next?...
• MONTY PYTHON—'Always Look On The Bright Side of Life'
POST 5—31 Jan
From Monty Python yesterday, how about this for the next stop?
• PYTHON LEE JACKSON—'In A Broken Dream'
POST 6—01 Feb
This one shares a vocalist with yesterday's…
• JEFF BECK—'Morning Dew'
POST 7—02 Feb
From the awesome 'Morning Dew' to a bit of this…
Any guesses where to next?
• STEELEYE SPAN—'The Lark In The Morning'
POST 8—03 Feb
…from The Lark In The Morning to this li'l number by The Larks.
On yer feet now…
• THE LARKS—'Do The Jerk'
POST 9—04 Feb
Yesterday's track was sung by Eugene Mumford—who later joined this outfit:
• BILLY WARD & HIS DOMINOES—'Deep Purple'
POST 10—05 Feb
Okay, no surprises to go from a song called 'Deep Purple' to this…
• DEEP PURPLE—'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye…'
POST 11—06 Feb
Nick Fyffe, bass player on yesterday's track, made the, erm, natural progression from Deep Purple to…
• JAMIROQUAI—'Canned Heat'
POST 12—07 Feb
From 'Canned Heat' to the band Can—and a track from an LP with a can on the cover…
• CAN—'Vitamin C'
POST 13—08 Feb
Moving on from Can yesterday, their co-founder, Holger Czukay, contributed French Horn (among other things) to the awesome album this is from…
• DAVID SYLVIAN—'Brilliant Trees'
POST 14—09 Feb
…from Brilliant Trees to this:
• THEOLONIUS MONK—‘Brilliant Corners'
POST 15—10 Feb
Maybe an obvious link—but the band named after the album yesterday's track was from…
• BRILLIANT CORNERS—‘I Can’t Wait That Long’
POST 16—16 Feb
Our last music post was from a Brilliant Corners album called 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'—so let's follow that up with this…
• DAVID BOWIE—'Somebody up There Likes Me’
POST 17—17 Feb
Yesterday's Bowie track was produced by Tony Visconti—who also produced this wonder…
• OSIBISA—‘Y Sharp’
POST 18—18 Feb 302/13/3
Yesterday's track was from the Osibisa album 'Woyaya', which features the distinctive artwork of Roger Dean—who, aside from his many famous artworks for Yes, Asia, etc, also produced cover art for this 2020 Scandi-Yes-alike:
• THE FLOWER KINGS—‘From The Ground’
POST 19—19 Feb 324/8/3
Yesterday's prog-rock outing outing was from The Flower Kings, who are from Sweden—as are…
• THE WANNADIES—‘You And Me Song’
POST 20—20 Feb
Yesterday we had a song called “You & Me”, which puts us mind of the refrain to this little gem…
• R.E.M.—‘Be Mine’
POST 21—21 Feb
From one 'Be Mine' yesterday, to a very blissed-out other—perfect for a Sunday morning…
• JAZZINUF—‘Be Mine’
POST 22—22 Feb
Yesterday's track was by Jazzinuf, who is Korean, Edward Lim, an opera singer by profession—which is a great excuse to link to this:
• MARIA CALLAS—‘Ave Maria’
POST 23—23 Feb
Yesterday's sublime Schubert song was tributed by none other than…
• BEYONCE—‘Ave Maria’
POST 24—24 Feb
Yesterday we had Beyoncé, who lives in LA. As does this avant-garde saxophonist…
• SAM GENDELL—‘Freddie Freeloader’
POST 25—25 Feb
If you didn't recognise yesterday's somewhat abstracted cover, here's the über-classy original… Aaaaaahhhhh…
• MILES DAVIS—‘Freddie Freeloader’
POST 26—26 Feb
Yesterday's Miles Davis track featured on piano Blues specialist, Wynton Kelly, who made his debut in 1948 on this:
• HAL SINGER—‘Cornbread’
POST 27—27 Feb
Yesterday's song was called 'Cornbread'—also the name of a 1978 album by reggae stalwart, Dillinger. Here’s a very timely slice from that:
• DILLINGER—‘Children Go To School’
POST 28—28 Feb
Dillinger, the star of yesterday's track gets name-checked in this ol' classic:
• THE CLASH—‘(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais’
POST 29—01 Mar
Yesterday we posted The Clash. Among the many covers of their songs is this, from 1995:
• ANNIE LENNOX—’Train In Vain (Stand By Me)’
POST 30—02 Mar
Yesterday's Annie Lennox Clash cover was produced by Marius de Vries, who co-wrote this…
• JOHN LEGEND—'Start A Fire’
POST 31—03 Mar
Yesterday’s song was from La La Land, scored by Justin Hurwitz and directed by Damien Chazelle—who were both in the original incarnation of this band in college…
• CHESTER FRENCH—‘C’mon (On My Own)’
POST 32—04 Mar
Given that yesterday's act were sign to Pharrell's Star Trak label, there's an obvious music link there—but we preferred this slightly less direct one: the band were named after sculptor Daniel Chester French—most famous for the Lincoln Memorial. …This timeless song is off a neat little 1988 LP called 'Lincoln’…
• THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS—‘Kiss Me, Son Of God’
POST 33—05 Mar
John Flansburgh—guitarist from yesterday’s They Might Be Giants—founded the subscription label Hello Record Club who released an EP by XTC’s Andy Partridge, which included a version of this song:
• ANDY PARTRIDGE—‘Candymine'
POST 34—06 Mar
A phonetically simple link—Candymine (yesterday’s track) puts us in mind of today’s wonderful track:
• TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER—‘Candyman’
POST 35—07 Mar
From an album yesterday called 'Rising Sons'—this obvious(ish) leap—but which version to choose? We thought, THIS…
• FRIJID PINK—'House Of The Rising Sun’
POST 36—08 Mar
Mornin' all… From Detroit's Frijid Pink yesterday, to Liverpool's Pink Industry today:
• PINK INDUSTRY—‘Don’t Let Go’
POST 37—09 Mar
From one 'Don't Let Go' (1987) yesterday, to another (1996) today… • EN VOGUE—‘Don’t Let Go (Love)’
POST 38—10 Mar
Yesterday’s track was on the soundtrack for the 1996 film 'Set It Off', as was this l'il classic…
• DES’REE—‘Feel So High’
POST 39—11 Mar
Yesterday’s artist, Des’ree, had her biggest hit with the single ‘Life’—a cover of which appeared on the Netflix show, ’Sex Education’…
• SORENIOUS BONK feat. SIGNE MANSDOTTIR—‘Life' (Des’Ree cover)
POST 40—12 Mar
Yesterday’s song features the line “I’d rather eat a piece of toast”—which takes us neatly to…
• STREETBAND—’Toast’
POST 41—13 Mar
Obviously, yesterday’s hit single was the first brush with the charts for one Paul Young—between then and his solo career, he fronted (awesome live band) Q-Tips. A version of this song later appeared on his first solo LP—but we’ve a feeling this arrangement is superior…
• Q-TIPS feat. PAUL YOUNG—‘Broken Man’
POST 42—14 Mar
Yesterday’s Q-Tips song was written by the late keyboardist Ian Kewley—who also plays on this…
• DAVE GILMOUR—’Out Of The Blue’
POST 43—15 Mar
Yesterday's track was from Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour—whose first guitar solo for them appeared on the album version of this song… couldn't resist this stylish live version though!
• PINK FLOYD—‘Let There Be More Light’
POST 44—16 Mar
Yesterday’s Pink Floyd track’s intro bass line bears more than a little resemblance to this 1997 charmer…
• CHEMICAL BROTHERS—‘Block Rockin’ Beats’
POST 45—17 Mar
Yesterday’s Chemical Brothers’ track was produced by their frequent collaborator Steve Dub (Jones)—who is also credited for this unusual hybrid…
• AUDIO BULLYS feat. NANCY SINATRA—’Shot You Down’
POST 46—18 Mar
Nancy Sinatra—who featured on yesterday’s track—mainly collaborated with this late, great character…
• LEE HAZELWOOD—’Nothing’
POST 47—19 Mar
Yesterday’s track was from Lee Hazelwood’s final album, 'Cake or Death'—named after a set by Eddie Izzard; whose first record bought (on pink vinyl) was this…
• SQUEEZE—‘Cool For Cats’
POST 48—20 Mar
Yesterday’s performance by Squeeze featured Jools Holland on keyboards—he was replaced, when he left, by Paul Carrack—who, perhaps unexpectedly, plays on this sublime track…
• THE SMITHS—‘Reel Around The Fountain’
POST 49—21 Mar
Yesterday’s act, The Smiths, split in 1987 after which Johnny Marr picked up high profile credits with acts like The Pretenders, The The, Pet Shop Boys, Electronic, Modest Mouse, The Cribs, etc but also made some prominent contributions to some smaller projects—like this moment from 1990… • STEX—’Still Feel The Rain’
POST 50—22 Mar
Okay, tenuous link day: yesterday’s act was STEX, which puts us in mind of STAX, which puts us in mind of Booker T & The MGs, which usually puts us in mind of 'Green Onions'—but also (and this is especially for the peculiar among you who are into cricket), this track…
• BOOKER T & THE MGs—’Soul Limbo’
POST 51—23 Mar
Okay, so yesterday we delved into the wonderful world of STAX—who had a sister label, VOLT, whose first release was this beautiful thing:
• THE TRIUMPHS—‘Burnt Biscuits’
POST 52—24 Mar
Yesterday’s track was written and produced by Chips Moman—who in his early days played in the live band of this artist (whose debut here on Sun Records outsold debuts from Elvis and Johnny Cash)…
• WARREN SMITH—‘Rock’n’Roll Ruby’
POST 53—25 Mar
Yesterday’s song was written (perhaps) by Johnny Cash. Here’s one of our favourite tracks from his 'American Recordings' series…
• JOHNNY CASH—‘I Hung My Head’
POST 54—26 Mar
Somewhat surprisingly, yesterday’s Johnny Cash song was actually written by Sting—so here’s a track from him…
• STING—’Shadows In The Rain’
POST 55—27 Mar
The drummer on yesterday’s track was the very, very wonderful Omar Hakim—who also provides the driving force for this banger, which we just HAVE to dedicate to Stuart at Hifi Pig …
• DAFT PUNK—‘Contact’
POST 56—28 Mar
Yesterday’s track was from Daft Punk’s final album, their only one released on Columbia Records—a label that also brought us this… Happy Sunday, all.
• DUKE ELLINGTON—’Nutcracker Suite: Overture’
POST 57—29 Mar
Yesterday’s music featured jazz inspired 'The Nutcracker’—by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Here’s a more conventional rendition of another of his works to help with your morning work-out…
• TCHAIKOVSKY—‘Mazeppa; Cossack Dance'
POST 58—30 Mar
Yesterday’s track was ‘Cossack Dance’. Our favourite Cossack is Gogol’s Taras Bulba, who was portrayed in a movie version by Yul Brynner—so it seems a great opportunity to gift you with this gem…
• YUL BRYNNER—’Two Guitars’
POST 59—31 Mar
Perhaps oddly, yesterday’s performance was from Yul Brynner—who had a significant dalliance with…
• MARLENE DIETRICH—'Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind'
POST 60—01 Apr
Yesterday we heard a German version of 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?’—originally by Pete Seeger. Here’s a song he wrote in 1970 but didn’t record until 2008, at the tender age of 89…
• PETE SEEGER—'Song Of The World's Last Whale’
POST 61—02 Apr
Yesterday’s song was from Pete Seeger—who originated this bible-verse-turned-pop hit…
• THE BYRDS—’Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)’
POST 62—03 Apr
Yesterday we heard a cover from The Byrds—whose own song 'Eight Miles High' was covered very compellingly by…
• LEO KOTTKE—‘Eight Miles High’
POST 63—04 Apr
Leo Kottke (who provided yesterday’s musical interlude) when he was young, lived in lived Muskogee, Oklahoma—which is where the artist singing this (somewhat appropriate for the day) song hails from…
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD—‘Jesus, Take The Wheel’
POST 64—05 Apr
Yesterday’s song, ‘Jesus, Take The Wheel’, just couldn’t help but put us in mind of this irreverent slab of psychobilly…
• BEASTS OF BOURBON—’Ten Wheels For Jesus’
POST 65—06 Apr
The singer of yesterday’s track, Tex Perkins, sang with The Dark Horses (some 32 years later) on a cover version of this song…
• RACING CARS—’They Shoot Horses Don’t They?’
POST 66—07 Apr
Yesterday’s hit was inspired by the film ’They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’, however, it wasn’t on the soundtrack to the film. This, on the other hand, was…
• GUY LOMBARDO & His Royal Canadians—‘Coquette'
POST 67—08 Apr
Yesterday’s slice of 1928 heaven was entitled ‘Coquette’—a bit like today's track…
• OF MONTREAL—‘Coquet Coquette’
POST 68—09 Apr
Yesterday’s track was by a band called 'of Montreal'—who are in fact from Athens, Georgia. A band that can truly claim to be ‘of Montreal’ are these good people…
• ARCADE FIRE—‘Reflektor’
POST 69—10 Apr
In the same year as yesterday’s Arcade Fire track, Win Butler wrote the soundtrack for the beautiful Spike Jonze film, ‘Her’—which features this…
• SCARLETT JOHANSSON & JOAQUIN PHOENIX—'The Moon Song’
POST 70—11 Apr
Yesterday’s song from the film Her, was written by Karen O from…
• YEAH YEAH YEAHS—‘Maps’
POST 71—12 Apr
Yesterday’s artist, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, once shared a loft with this lot…
• METRIC—‘Wanderlust’
POST 72—13 Apr
The eagle-eared among you will have noticed, hiding among the choruses of yesterday’s track, this little-known guy…
• LOU REED—‘Romeo Had Juliette’
POST 73—14 Apr
Yesterday’s artist, the legendary Lou Reed was very close with (and ultimately married to) this awesome human…
• LAURIE ANDERSON—‘Excellent Birds’
POST 74—15 Apr
Laurie Anderson was ably assisted on yesterday’s track by Peter Gabriel—who has many well-known musical highlights. A lesser talked-of outing was the soundtrack he did for the massively underrated 1984 film, Birdy…
• PETER GABRIEL—‘Birdy’s Flight’
POST 75—16 Apr
Yesterday’s track was from a film directed by the late, great, Alan Parker—whose debut provided this terrific Prohibition era-throwback…
• PAUL WILLIAMS—‘Fat Sam’s Grand Slam’
POST 76—17 Apr
Yesterday’s track was written and performed by Paul Williams for the soundtrack to Bugsy Malone. Williams also starred in a few movies—including the one featuring this li’l gem…
• ERWIN T ROUSE—‘Orange Blossom Special’
POST 77—18 Apr
Yesterday’s song was from the 1973 film, Smokey & The Bandit, set in good ol’ Texas. Another film set in that part of the world contained this rare beauty…
• JEFF BRIDGES—‘Brand New Angel’
POST 78—19 Apr
The soundtrack to Crazy Heart—which yesterday’s song was from—was produced by this guy…
• T BONE BURNETT—’Pressure’
POST 79—20 Apr
Yesterday’s T Bone Burnett song featured a certain Mick Ronson on guitar. Who, of course, delivered the chugging guitar riff on the original of this classic…
• HEARTLESS BASTARDS—’The Jean Genie’
POST 80—21 Apr
Today—finally—via a very circuitous route, we close our musical loop. Yesterday’s song, 'The Jean Genie’ is thought by many to be influenced by this swaggering track—which happens to be by the chap who was the very first link in our 80 day-long musical trip!
• JACQUES DUTRONC—‘La fille du Père Noël’
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