Saturday playlist

A few of the tunes I've been listening to lately:

Carbon/ Silicon: Why Do Men Fight? If there's a camp that divides Clash fans between Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, put me in the Jones camp, even though it's definitely more acceptable (read: fashionable) to pick Strummer. Post-Clash, Jones has often been a disappointment, as Strummer usually was, but he's still working it out. Carbon/Silicon is an unlikely collaboration with Tony James, of all people. Excellent tune to start the day, though.

Jill Cunniff: Lazy Girls. I picked up this tune from the ex-Luscious Jackson singer months ago from a KCRW podcast; it sat stored away for months before I noticed it.

Ron Sexsmith: All in Good Time. Ron Sexsmith = best living songwriter. I tend to think that many days. So many of his songs are so finely crafted, it's hard to knock them. All in Good Time has been a staple for a long, long time, and although it's a bit mawkish to admit it, the song's message gets heeded when I feel a bit run down.

The Beatles: Drive My Car. Speaking of tight songwriting ... From Rubber Soul, an album that is so lean and straight-up, Drive My Car - running all of 2'30" - is among the longer songs on the entire record. (Only one song on Rubber Soul, You Won't See Me, runs over three minutes!) Drive My Car is one of those songs I grew up singing along to, and probably one of the first where I sniffed out innuendo on the radio.

Manny Corchado: Chicken and Booze. From a Mojo compilation, a nice slice of jazzy funk that warms up a walk in mid-November.

I (really, really try to) post five songs from my revolving playlist to a queue on this blog. Click on the label below to see more.

Comments

[Chofo]

Strummer and Jones, both are awesome. I don't get why people fight them. They are both geniuses in different ways. Why limit ourselves to just one?

Both have plenty of stuff which, imo, is a good as the finest stuff from The Clash.

If you are in the USA, go either to the Hollywood or NYC shows incoming.. I am going to the Troubadour!

Cheers,