Playlist 06.12.10
The challenge was to lash together two hours of music made by unlikely collaborators. Reggie Chamberlain King, cultural attache to the programme, came up with some starter ideas. Some more ideas were batted back and soon there was a multitude of it. Nick Cave and Kylie was a definite, and so was Lulu for her game attempt at 'The Man Who Sold The World' with Dame Bowie. I would humbly posit that it's way better that the Nirvana version.
Sadly we didn't have time for Johnny Cash, who was eccentric with Dylan on 'Girl From The North Country' and ace on 'The Wanderer' with U2. Tom Waits was fine with Crystal Gayle, but his duet with Bette Midler would also have been swell. I was keen to supply Marc Bolan doing 'Life's A Gas' with Cilla Black, but sadly it only appeared on the latter's TV show, and never made it to disc. Unless one of you kind readers can advise me otherwise...
BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM
Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster
Mondays, ten - midnight
Prince, Sheena Easton - U Got The Look (Warner)
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Decca)
Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector - Memories (Columbia)
Joey Ramone, Ronnie Spector - Bye Bye Baby (Kill Rock Stars)
Manic Street Preachers, Traci Lords - Little Baby Nothing (Sony)
Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow (Mute)
Tom Waits, Crystal Gayle - This One's From The Heart (Columbia)
Radiohead, Humphrey Lyttleton Band - Life in a Glass House (Parlophone)
R.E.M. & KRS-One - Radio Song (Warner)
Lulu, David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World (Polydor)
U2, Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (Island)
Nancy Sinatra, Morrissey - Let Me Kiss You (Liberty) 3.26
Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy - Downward Road (Anti)
Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Ala)
KLF, Tammy Wynette - Justified & Ancient (KLF)
Massive Attack, Tracey Thorn - Protection (Virgin)
Peter Gabriel, Paul Weller - And Through the Wire (Charisma)
Scritti Politti, Miles Davis - Oh Patti (Virgin)
David Bowie, Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy (RCA)
Primal Scream, Kate Moss - Some Velvet Morning (Creation)
Comment number 1.
At 15:03 9th Dec 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Great list, bar the dreadful effort with Bing which as a huge Bowie fan I dread the onslaught of every christmas.
As far as Lulu goes her b side to TMWSTW, again Bowie produced, Watch That Man is worth a spin. Probably more in his vault with at the very least an aborted cut of Dodo as a duet kicking about....
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