Playlist 06.02.12

'Crazy To Love You' by Leonard Cohen is a song about the devastating potential of true love. You have to jettison all dignity and self-respect. There's no guarantee that the deal will be requited. Leonard sings it with the parched dismay of someone who has bet everything and may not emerge with a fibre of comfort. The guitar is forlorn, barely involved. The singer tells you about his time in the tower, the relentless decline. Leonard can caress the words when he wants to, with that spectacular baritone. But on this occasion, the words are unadorned, the art all purchased out.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

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Mondays, ten - midnight

The Dramatics - Since I've Been In Love (Stax)

Zooey Deschanel - Hey Girl (itunes)

Summer Camp - Losing My Mind (Moshi Moshi)

Marianne Faithful - profile

School Of Seven Bells - The Night (Full Time Hobby)

Nick Lowe - Somebody Cares For Me (Proper)

Sweet Lights - Endless Town (Highline)

Mark Lanegan - Harbourview Hospital (4ad)

Sinead O' Connor - The Wolf Is Getting Married (One Little Indian)

School Of Seven Bells - When You Sing (Full Time Hobby)

Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (Vertigo)

Jane Bradfords - Debris (white)

Liz Green - Bad Medicine (PIAS)

Wilco - Dawned On Me (Dbpm)

David Lyttle - Uncertain steps (Lyte)

Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Pictures (white)

The Five Royals - Think (King)

Craig Finn - Jackson (Full Time Hobby)

Duke Special - Cherry Blossom Girl (Reel To Reel)

Maccabees - Feel To Follow (Fiction)

Shelby Lynne - Even Angels (Everso)

Leonard Cohen - Crazy To Love You (Columbia)

Robert Ellis - Friends Like Those (New West)

Nick Lowe - Stoplight Roses (Proper)

David Lyttle - This Moon Of Ours (Lyte)