I love this song. Crying out for covering.
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
George Formby - Leaning On A Lamp Post (1937)
My brother sent me a best of cd of this artist. Nice one!
Monday, January 26, 2026
Sunday, January 25, 2026
T Rex Elemental Child
I like Bolan's lyrics. They are imaginative and fun. This clip is rather long so you might not like it.
Torch girl of the marshes
Her kiss is a whip of the moonDawn's damsels are dancing
To the hum of her sunny young tune
Let's Get Funky Hound Dog Taylor (1974)
This was the first song that I saw HDT's genius. I first heard him in a listening booth in the mid 70s and I didn't like him - thought he was a bit crap. Fast forward to the 90s when I heard a cover of this song by Jack O'Fire and it made me check out the original and found it exceptional and wanted more. Don't Fuck With The Blues – Cassette (Compilation), 1995 [r4022668] | Discogs
Paul Giovanni [Magnet] - Corn Rigs [The Wicker Man] 1973
Corn-rigs, and barley-rigs,
And corn-rigs are bonny:
I'll ne'er forget that happy night,
Amang the rigs wi' Annie.
The Beauties of Burn's Poems/The Rigs o' Barley - Wikisource, the free online library
Based on Burns' Rigs O' Barley apparently about Anne Rankine. Anyway it's a great song.
Standells "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" Where The Action Is! 1966
The Standells - Wikipedia Great song we have covered thius.
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Little Walter - Key To The Highway 1958
This is so great. Little Walter is a fine singer and of course the harp is great but also the backing is top notch. Key to the Highway - Wikipedia
Vocals and harmonica - Little Walter
Guitar - Muddy Waters, Luther Tucker and Pat Hare. Bass - Willie Dixon Drums - George Hunter (or Francis Clay) Piano - Otis Spann Recorded 1th of August 1958
Carting Boy David Fisher
In the old days all miners locally started as carting boys. Grandfather had scars on this waist. Part of the shared social thing for locals.
THE WHO 📀 The Kids Are Alright {Stereo} 1966
A promotional film for the song was shot in Hyde Park in July or August 1966.
The Teardrop Explodes | Reward | Original Promo Restored | 1981
Got the Julian Cope book Head On/Repossessed in our charity shop. Has insight into the Liverpool punk scene.
On this day, the 23rd of January 1981, The Teardrop Explodes released their single Reward. Here is a new remaster of the Don Letts-directed promo video that accompanied the release.
The promo video was directed by filmmaker and musician Don Letts. It was shot at a then-disused part of Liverpool’s Victoria Docks. The video featured a who’s who of the burgeoning Liverpool alternative music scene at the time. In addition to members of Teardrop Explodes, the video features members of Echo & the Bunnymen and the Wild Swans and other luminaries from Zoo Records and the Erics scene. The cast are clad [according to IMDB] in 1940’s WWII chic, careering around the dock in an old Austin Champ, a military and civilian jeep-like vehicle produced in the 1950s, and hiding in candlelit abandoned industrial buildings.
Malcolm McLaren - Zulus on a Time Bomb: Music Video (Dir. Ian Gabriel) 1983
Malcolm McLaren - Wikipedia I think this is one of his best.
Friday, January 23, 2026
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night (Official Music Video) 2003
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wikipedia This was a good Noughties one they played.
Liam Lynch performing United States of Whatever with Tony and Adrian from No Doubt! (c2002)
They are playing noughties bangers on 6 Music. Remember this? Video
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1900 (NOVOCENTO) (Masters of Cinema) Original Theatrical Trailer
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, Italy, the film chronicles the lives and friendship of two men—the landowning Alfredo Berlinghieri (De Niro) and the peasant Olmo Dalcò (Depardieu)—as they witness and participate in the political conflicts between fascism and communism that took place in Italy in the first half of the 20th century. The film premiered out of competition at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
This came out in 1976. Brilliant film.1900 (film) - Wikipedia
New Kogar
It’s time to turn off your brains once again with Kogar’s Jungle Juice #133! All the finest in the low brow “NOW” sound of yesteryear! Boss Radio 66, where the cool kids hang out! This show features folks like: The Esquire Boys, Malibu-Bu’s, Jerry Lee Trio, Nolan Strong, The Fascinators, The Romans, Johnny Fuller, Pretty Boy, Scott Engle, GL Crockett, Classie Ballou, Bob Vidone, The Panics and Count Drac! Full set list at the Boss Radio 66 Blogspot!
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning 1967
Some Velvet Morning - Wikipedia One of the best of theirs.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
I love this picture. Maybe AI will get good enough to make this into a video.
Etta James - Dance With Me Henry (1958 Version)
Susan likes this one. We used to have a ferret Henry and she would sing this to him. Incidentally there has been a lot of ferret sheds getting raided and all the ferrets getting stolen. One breeder in Taunton lost 32 and is most upset but folks have been saying it is happening a lot atm.
Concrete Jungle Arthur Alexander
Just heard on Boss Radio 66. A good one. Arthur Alexander - Wikipedia
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Jackie Wilson "Lonely Teardrops" (May 27, 1962) on The Ed Sullivan Show
I remember getting my first Jackie Wilson record in the early 80s.
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
Before Camelot, before the crown, one man’s conversion ignites a civilization’s rebirth. The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is a 7-part epic cinematic series premiering exclusively on DailyWire+ January 22, 2026. The legend begins.
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