But Just to Lighten the Mood a Little…

Here is the wonderful Leonard Cohen.

Are You Lookin’ at Me Pal?

This wonderful track from former Men at Work front man Colin Hay comes courtesy of my blogpal Ken Fitlike
The title is that great one line conversation ice breaker often used in Scottish pubs.
Are you lookin’ at me pal?

Saint Andrew – Dinna Ast Me

The magnificent Saint Andrew
He’s fae Dundee ye’ ken. He huz a websicht tae!

And also – Eh umna therefore eh um
“You’re a choob! – naw eh umna”

David Cameron Speaks

Channeled through Elvis McGonagall

Drum Machine?

Tom Marley in Canada sends me this quite brilliant clip.

Tom is brother of Harmonica Lewinsky’s drummer Martin!
Cue for the drummer jokes:
What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians?
a drummer!
How do you tell if the stage is level?
The drummer is [...]

Mumford and Sons

This comes courtesy of Stu . Most of the music I feature on here is applying for its bus pass so it’s nice to feature something new now and again.
Using acoustic instruments but pretty powerfully this is Mumford and Sons and Little Lion Man. They are a London folk band. If this is the current [...]

Wilco You Never Know

And then when listening to Ricky Ross’s show on Radio Scotland, this came on and hooked me. Of course there is no attempt to hide the tribute to George Harrison.  I like it!
Iain in Denmark – they were one of your recommendations if you’re still looking in.

Kate Bush – How to be Invisible

This one is two or three years old. I downloaded the album Ariel at the time and to be honest I find her heavy going at times. However tonight in the car with the MP3 on random, this came on. How good is this?

Sweet Joni from Saskatoon

Having a look at the Helpless Dancer’s blog this morning and he mentions Bob Dylan’s song Tangled Up In Blue which is supposedly a song about this song and the album it came from. This is a great wee gem of a clip.

One After 909

Here we are.
It’s 1009.
You know what? amidst all this Beatles hoo ha I’m beginning to really like them!