Where There's A Will...
I'm thinking of a Shapespeare-themed radio programme some Friday night. No special reason - just a primer for getting some top music on board. So I contacted Reggie Chamberlain King, the cultural attaché of the Friday Late Show. And sure enough, he confirmed the hunch and added to my small list with some rich suggestions.
I don't think he's heard 'To Be Or Not To Be' by BA Robertson and I suspect he may not be keen. Last night I dug out Michael Nyman's soundtrack to Prospero's books, and it's madder than I remember. It's hopefully a chance t sneak in 'Desdemona' by Marc Bolan, And 'Shakespears Sister' by The Smiths. But we absolutely have to draw the line at 'Juliet' by Dire Straits. Standards are standards, y'know.
Any other thoughts? And does anyone have the soundtrack to the essentially bonkers Catch My Soul?
Macbeth - John Cale
Richard III - Supergrass
What A Piece Of Work Is Man - from Hair
Here In Heaven - Sparks
Brush Up Your Shakespeare - Cole Porter
Ophelia - The Band
King Lear's Blues - John Simon
King Lear & his Three Daughters - Ewan McColl
Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead
Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) - The Birthday Party
The Soundtrack to the Forbidden Planet - Louis & Bebe Barron
Never Stop - Echo & the Bunnymen
True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney, written by Burt Bacharach
Romeo Is Bleeding - Tom Waits
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Milkman Of Human Kindness - Billy Bragg
Anything from Such Sweet Thunder
Romeo Had Juliette - Lou Reed
Fall Fathom Five - Stone Roses
Friends, Romans & Countrymen - The Corner Laughers
Something Wicked (This Way Comes) - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Salad Days - Young Marble Giants
Hubble Bubble (Toil & Trouble) - Manfred Mann
All That Glitters Isn't Gold - Martha & The Vandellas
What Is A Youth? - Nino Rota
As You Like It - Adam Faith
Titus - Split Enz
If Music Be The Food Of Love - Samantha Fox
Shakespeare's (Way With) Words - One True Voice
Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer's Day - Bryan Ferry
When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes - Rufus Wainwright
A wide selection of Elvis Costello
A number of Divine Comedy Tracks
Louis Louis - The Kingsmen
Comment number 1.
At 07:35 30th May 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Great show last night Stuart - do not ahve that soundtrack album but will be keeping an eye out for it! Looks a cracker and very much of the moment!!
One for your list - Ferry does a version of Sonnet 18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LziEh3M9hqc
And will we permit the Indigo Girls version of Romeo and Juliet??
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At 00:09 31st May 2009, blue-eyedmoofus wrote:" Friends, Romans and Countrymen" is a brilliant song. The Corner Laughers are and awesome band!
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At 10:40 1st Jun 2009, Reggie Chamberlain-King wrote:I was unfamiliar with Mr. Robertson's song, but having heard it now, I am quite taken by it. That may make me an uncultured attaché. I also like Dire Straits' version of Romeo & Juliet more than the original.
Perhaps this is a veiled resignation.
Your humble...
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At 16:43 4th Nov 2009, shrelmerdine wrote:Big fan of Shakespeare. still loved Macbeth in school. The line about washing your hands dry of blood was amazing.
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