14. december 2014 arkiv

The Clash – London Calling – 35 år

14. december 2014

På denne særlige dag – for 35 år siden – udkom The Clashs tredje studiealbum London Calling i Storbritannien. I sin forbrugervejledning giver Robert Christgau pladen den flotte karakter A+ og giver den følgende anbefaling med på vejen:

“Here’s where they start showing off. If “Lost in the Supermarket,” for instance, is just another alienated-consumption song, it leaps instantly to the head of the genre on the empathy of Mick Jones’s vocal. And so it goes. Complaints about “slick” production are absurd–Guy Stevens slick?–and insofar as the purity of the guitar attack is impinged upon by brass, pianner, and shuffle, this is an expansion, not a compromise. A gratifyingly loose Joe Strummer makes virtuoso use of his four-note range, and Paul Simonon has obviously been studying his reggae records. Warm, angry, and thoughtful, confident, melodic, and hard-rocking, this is the best double-LP since Exile on Main Street. And it’s selling for about $7.50.“

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Apropos dagen i dag – og alle dage i øvrigt…

14. december 2014

Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, thank you very much, thank
You
Very very very much
Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, thank you very very very
Much.
Thank you very much for the birds and bees, thank you very much,
Thank you
Very very very much
Thank you very much for the birds and bees, thank you very very very
Much.

Thank you very much for the family circle, thank you very much,
Thank you
Very very very much
Thank you very much for the family circle, thank you very much,
Thank you
Very very very very very very very very much.

You don’t know how much they all mean, they seem better in my dreams
It was simply spiffing and true, let me whisper ‘i love you’

Thank you very much for love (the word ‘love’ is the only word in
The bar
And falls on the second beat of two)
Thank you very much, thank you very very very much
Thank you very much for love
Thank you very very very much.

Thank you very much for the [Sunday joint]
Thank you very much, thank you very very very much
Thank you very much for the Sunday joint and our… (*spoken*)
*Cultural heritage, national beverage, being fat, Union jack,
Nursery rhyme,
Sunday times, napalm bomb, everyone! * Thank you very much, thank you

Very
Very very very, very very very very much

Thank you very much for playing this record, thank you very much,
Thank you
Very very very much
Thank you very much for playing this record, thank you very very
Very much.

Thank you very much for our gracious team
Thank you very much, thank you very very very much.
Thank you very much for our gracious team
(Getting slower) Thank you very very very much!

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Ja, der er – trods verdens skæve gang, hvor kapitalismen hærger, krige hærger, alt overvåges af Big Brother over there og andre elendigheder – noget at glæde sig over. At lyset strømmer ind i øjeæblerne, når man vågner, at fuglene kvidrer og kæmper om foderkuglerne, at kaffen er varm og god, at man fik endnu et år til samlingen og så videre. Glæd dig, nyd livet.

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Capacs alternative, anti-julekalender – dag 14

14. december 2014

Her mødes poesi, musik og melankolsk julestemning i en helhed…

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