7. august 2014 arkiv

Tutti Frutti

7. august 2014

ON a cold morning in 1955, walking to Sunday school, I was drawn to the voice of Little Richard wailing “Tutti Frutti” from the interior of a local boy’s makeshift clubhouse. So powerful was the connection that I let go of my mother’s hand.
Rock ’n’ roll. It drew me from my path to a sea of possibilities. It sheltered and shattered me, from the end of childhood through a painful adolescence. I had my first altercation with my father when the Rolling Stones made their debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Rock ’n’ roll was mine to defend. It strengthened my hand and gave me a sense of tribe as I boarded a bus from South Jersey to freedom in 1967.”

Patti Smith om sit møde med rock’n roll

Ian Dury i boksen…

7. august 2014

Det måtte jo ske før eller siden: At afdøde singer-songwriter og meget andet Ian Dury blev genstand for en opsamlingsboks. Og det sker så nu, hvor an Album Collection med otte af mandens bedste skiver plus det løse bliver kastet i grams til gamle og forhåbentlig nye fans. For Ian Dury var ikke blot en af de store originaler i britisk beat, men også en rigtig god sangskriver med gode tekster og sange. Hans lige findes ikke i dag, så der er god grund til at genopfriske det han stod for.

Half Japanese – forklaret på små fem minutter

7. august 2014