Iggy Pop -Post Pop Depression

Iggy has still got it. A twenty-one-year-old stuck in a body of a 70 year old or a man with the psyche of a 70-year old, in a body that’s better in shape then a lot of 20-year olds. The man is a myth.

James Newell Osterberg, Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop (born April 21, 1947), is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003.

Pop’s music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including garage rock, punk rock, hard rock, art rock, new wave, jazz and blues.[5] Though his popularity has fluctuated through the years, many of Pop’s songs have become well-known, including “Lust for Life”, “The Passenger”, “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”, “Candy” (a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52’s), “China Girl”, “Nightclubbing”, “Search and Destroy” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog”.

In 2016, Pop recorded an album with Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) titled Post Pop Depression. The album was released on March 18.

John Lennon – Working Class Hero and

My favorite John Lennon songs, ever! Period.

Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career, with “Solsbury Hill” his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. These are my four favorite Peter Gabriel songs:

 

The Stranglers – Always The Sun

I was talking to my mother about 70’s and 80’s music and how i was just discovering a lot of “new” music. We were talking about New Wave music and she asked if i’d listened to “the Strangles”… Who? Funny to realise again how much music was played in my youth and what i’d picked up. Song like “Always The Sun”, “No Mercy” and “Golden Brown” took me back to those days for a moment. Also great to listen to the early Stranglers work “Rattus Norvegicus” which is regular punk!

 

David Bowie – Lazarus

I have always loved songs like “Heroes” and “Space Oddity”, but i’ve never been the biggest David Bowie fan. But, in 2016, a few days before the release of the new “Blackstar” album i got a bit more interested in Bowie, again due to my mother’s ongoing persistence to listen closely. “Blackstar” was released on friday the 8th of january 2016. And in some way this album immediately became my favorite Bowie album. Especially the songs “Lazarus” and “I Can’t Give Everything Away” became special songs. I listened the album three of four times on that friday. I told my mom i had finally found a big connection with Bowie on saturday. And on sunday 10th of January, at the age of 69, David Bowie died.

“Look up here, I’m in heaven
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen
I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen
Everybody knows me now”

 

 

Fleetwood Mac – Songbird

This song was the one my mother chose for my father’s funeral. From the first record my father ever gave her.

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in July 1967, in London. The band have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The story of the record-selling album “Rumours” which was the record my father gave, is quite a special story of intrigues, relationships and ended relationships. But, still making a unique record with a couple of the best popsongs ever with “Go Your Own Way” being one of my favorites.

 

Queen – These Are The Days Of Our Lives.

A song with a story. My father always told me, when i die, play this song. And so we did on his funeral in 2014. Before he died it had always been hard to listen to. That didn’t get any better after that sad day in april. Queen was the band (besides Supertramp, Toto and MrMister) that i can remember being played the most in the long journeys to the South of France on our holidays. Not only sad songs gladly.

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. The classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Queen’s earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music.

 

 

CSN&Y: Folkrock in the 60’s

I remember going through my mother’s LP box. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young? No thanks, keep it, not my thing… So mom taught me and taught me well. I guess you can always teach your children.

She told me the story of how these 4 men came together. How David Crosby first was founding member of The Byrds (Turn! Turn! Turn!), how Stephen Stills was responsible for the biggest Buffalo Springfield hit “For What it’s Worth” together with other founding member Neil Young, how Graham Nash came from the English superband The Hollies with songs as “Bus Stop” and “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother”. Browse through the discography of these 3 bands and you’ll find a lot music you’ll recognize.

And then at a party in July 1968 at Joni Mitchell‘s house, Nash asked Stills and Crosby to repeat their performance of a new song by Stills, “You Don’t Have To Cry”, with Nash improvising a third part harmony. The vocals jelled, and the three, Crosby, Stills and Nash realized that they had a unique vocal chemistry. They released an album in 1969 with for instance the amazing songs “You Don’t Have To Cry” and especially “Helplessly Hoping”.

And still, the best was yet to come. In 1970 the supergroup was joined by Neil Young. In that year they released one of the best albums of all time called “Déjà vu”. The diversity in this album lays in the way every bandmember put their stamp on several songs. Giving it’s unique sound. And of course the amazing harmony’s.

 

After this amazing album, the level of this supergroup never got as high as before. But the solo material which came after this was great too. Especially Neil Young turned out to be immensely succesful with over 30 albums. The best of those were made in the early 70’s. “After the Gold Rush” and “Harvest” our among the 100 best albums ever.

 

 

Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now

Joni’s album “Blue” from 1971 is considered as one of the best Singer Songwriter albums in history. With especially the song “A Case of You” (later brilliantly covered by James Blake) on that album.

But my favorite Joni Mitchell song is without doubt “Both Sides Now”. Ok. Iam one of those suckers who has watched “Love Actually” about 10 times (i’m lying, maybe much more). Because of that movie this song became special.