10 Songs: Friday, June 12th, 2015
20th Century Boy – T-Rex – You believe in God? Why is Marc Bolan dead and Rupert Murdoch is retiring at a ripe old age if this God is somewhere around? Surely that makes no cosmic sense whatsoever? – A
10 Songs: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Telegram Sam – T Rex – Live at the BBC in 1971, a perfect blueprint of a sound not perfected: nascent glam meets bubblegum on the cusp of art pop – A+
The A+ List 2-14-14
Starting with a spitted out “That’s why I fucked your bitch, you fat mother fucker”, 2Pac takes the Bad Boy crew and blows em away and never better: this time he wipes the smirk off Biggie’s face with a violent, threatening, deadly earnest “Back the fuck up or you’ll get smacked the fuck up.” Result: the murder of two of the biggest pop stars of all time.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 10-17-13
I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten – Tracey Ullman – Of course her singing can’t compare to dusty, but this 1983 cover compares very well in a very joyful 1960s girl group UK style way – A