Listing, Not Drowning
Blimey, is that the decade over? I remember a bit of tumult and shouting, skinny trousers, old punk chords, warfare, anxiety and the eventual advance of electroclash. Radiohead were contrary, Bob Dylan was barking and Americana made comforting overtures to the old folk. So like everyone else, I'm thinking of lists and a special radio show to sift through an era that has largely coincided with my Radio Ulster period.
What I'd really like is for you, kind listeners, to help me with the list, which may broadcast the Monday after Xmas. Did you go for The Arcade Fire or Loretta, with Rufus, Martha, LCD Soundsystem or Sufjan? Do tell...
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At 21:39 30th Nov 2009, Reggie Chamberlain-King wrote:I planned not to get embroiled in lists, but these are the ones that have been played throughout the length and breadth of the decade.
Kid A - Radiohead
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Run Come Save Me - Roots Manuva
Exterminator - Primal Scream
Ys - Joanna Newsom
Aerial - Kate Bush
Oscar Tennis Champion - Momus
i - The Magnetic Fields
Since I Left You - The Avalanches
Love Music Angel Baby - Gwen Stefani
The Drift - Scott Walker
All three the Vichy Government albums
American Recordings IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast
Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn
Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See - Jim White
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byren & Brian Eno
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Comment number 2.
At 21:44 30th Nov 2009, Reggie Chamberlain-King wrote:And, goodness, there was me forgetting The Facts Of Life by Black Box Recorder.
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At 21:47 30th Nov 2009, Reggie Chamberlain-King wrote:And Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals. It wasn't such a bad time after all.
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At 08:00 2nd Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Great idea - list to follow!
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At 05:49 9th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:This could have been a very long lists indeed but I tried to stick to ten.......or so!
Justin Currie - What Is Love For
David Bowie - Reality
Springsteen - Magic
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Paul Simon - Surprise
Mark Olson - Salvation
Byrne & Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
Richard Ashcroft - Human Condtion
Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
Joan As Policewoman - Real Life
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
now what have I forgotten.......is Keep It Simple a great or good album.....do live albums count LC Live In London??......should I have included The Rising instead of Magic.....
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