Freedom Rider

Here is the marvellous Freedom Rider by Traffic from the John Barleycorn Must Die album



I'll try and upload my copy of Freedom Road by The Pharoahs onto Boxtr later today and post that one.

It is on a compilation album I bought ages ago called Stand Up And Be Counted Vol.1: Soul Funk & Jazz from a Revolutionary Era which is still available on Amazon. I recommend it unconditionally.




Here is the track listing;

1. Stand up and be counted - The Flames
2. Revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott-Heron
3. Mighty mighty (spade and whitey) - The Impressions
4. East - Billy Paul
5. Hang on in there - Mike James Kirkland
6. Things ain't right - Esther Marrow
7. Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) - James Brown
8. When the revolution comes - The Last Poets
9. Push on Jesse Jackson - Pace-Setters
10. Blue for Brother George Jackson - Archie Shepp
11. My People.. Hold On - Eddie Kendricks
12. Freedom Road - The Pharoahs
13. Loose here - Kain
14. I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Nina Simone

Welcome To Liberty City

Armagideon Time
Suspect Device
Liberty City
Free The Marijuana
Free Will & Testament
Liberator
Fight The Power
C*nts Are Still Running The World
Obama

Stay Free

Asian Dub Foundation - Free Satpal Ram

It's frustrating not having all of my record collection in the same continent, have to rely on Youtube for the above and can't find a free MP3 or even a Youtube of The Make-Up's excellent "Free Arthur Lee". If anyone has a copy....?

Warning!! Those with kiddiwinks near the computer may want to skip the !!! track as it utilises the F-word near constantly throughout.

Melt Banana - Free The Bee
!!! - Pardon My Freedom
Errol Walker - Better Future
Culture - Free Again
Desaparacidos - The Happiest Place On Earth
Jello Biafra - A Message From Our Sponsor
Dir Yassin - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Dir Yassin - Independence Day
Primal Scream - Loaded
Sleater Kinney - Combat Rock
Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything You wanna Do

Not about freedom as such, but now's a good a time as any to post this beauty:
Fosforo - Cumbia Obama

Ye noble hippies all

I'm fascinated by those libertarian movements that spring up in times of uncertainty and unrest...the Peasants Revolt with its slogan 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?', but most of all the Civil War movements like the Diggers and the Levellers. No ruling class will tolerate them; it's during times of chaos that they flourish briefly and then are stamped out. Dammit. This first song is the one I remembered from being in a play about the Diggers.

The Diggers' Song - Chumbawamba
The New St George - Richard Thompson
Freedom and Rain - June Tabor and the Oysterband
We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band
Van Diemen's Land - Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band
The Ballad of Easy Rider - Fairport Convention
Freedom Come All Ye - Five Hand Reel
The World Turned Upside Down - Billy Bragg

Songs of Freedom

Ethiopians--Free Man
Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers--2000 Blacks Got to be Free
Julius Brockington--This Feeling
Jurassic 5--Freedom
Millie Jackson--I'm Free
Pharoahe Monch--Free
Goodie Mobb--Free
I forgot to warn everyone that there's a delay of about a minute before the actual music starts...
Expansion Outro
VU--I'm Set Free
Soup Dragons--I'm Free

Banjo Picking Girl

Spill is ONE

i hope this gets in on spills birthday!

It's a Mythtery

Belated New Year Greetings, Spillers. It wouldn't be New Year without a quiz. Well it would, but that won't stop me.

Simply identify the album covers or parts thereof inspired by myths or legends. It's certainly not all prog and folk. I decided to exclude werewolves and vampires because that's one I can do for hallowe'en. Just noticed there are quite a lot of mythological birds in here. 'I am a Roc'? Sorry.

Come on folks, there must be some mythunderstanding...

Drat. Just realised this made the list.

Fela/sample

I hope Nilpferd doesn't mind, but I've added this Fela-sampling video to my post. If you like it head on over to the mothership and hit it with some donds!

Fela--Fear Not FOr Men
Mos Def--Fear Not Of Men
Fela--Colonial Mentality
Blackalicious--Smithzonian Institute of Rhyme
Fela--Water No Get Enemy
InI--Grown Man Sport
Common--Pop's Rap III All My Children

Belated birthday greetings

Happy birthday - I like this one game. Hope a few of these will keep you going until midnight…

One Night Of Sin – Marc Almond
The Only One I Know – The Charlatans
In One Ear And Out The Other – Fujiya and Miyagi
What’s that you say?
Another One Goes By – The Walkmen

One For Steenbeck

ONE for Steenbeck:

ONE Note Samba by The Postmarks

And a bonus one that has the word ONE in it:

Come ONE Come All by The Noonday Underground

MEGA STEEN BONUS:

You Keep Me Holding On by The Noonday Underground

This song is one of my top 600 tunes, I've been meaning to blog about it for, oooooh, about a year now. I love it the most, can't stick it in a genre, and think it makes for perfect skewed and moreish musics! 

Quest for Oneness

I wasn't going to do this, but...

One--Ethiopians
Early One Morning--Elmore James
One Drop--Bob Marley
One Step Beyond--Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors
One Eyed Enos--Toots
One for The Ghost--J. Dilla
One of Them--Jurassic 5
One Life to Live--Pete Rock
One Time 4 Your Mind--NaS
One Note Samba--Sergio Mendes
One by One all Day--The Shins
One Shine--Roots

Happy Birthday 'Spill

Jumping on Shane's bandwagon, here are some more onesies for the birthday blog, 'Spill points for naming the artist (no peeking):
The Lonely One
One Afternoon in a Hot Air Balloon
One of Our Girls Has Gone Missing
TheOne
This One's Broken
Another One Bites The Dust (No, It's Not That One)
She's The One
One Of Us
You're The One
You Know This One
Just One More

RIP Ron Asheton

Sad news indeed.....

Be Still My Beating Heart pt II

Found this whilst searching back for the last youtube vid I posted under this title.
This version isn't going to be to everyone's taste [Or even "anyone's"! - Ed.], but as well as feeding my Sinead crush, it also rocks out, BIG-time.

God forbid I ever get divorced, this song would just be too painful, but in the meantime, this is the best version I've heard to date ...

I was hoping for a new Mac Mini to be announced today....

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

ONE year on..

cheers to those having January birthdays.. all at the ICA this evening on a RR social.. and the weather for keeping Blimpy at home this time last year.. 
spill is one
Number ONE son
Lucky ONEs
No ONE does it like you
ONE man brawl
Special ONE
ONE more chance
ONE dead groove
ONE life away
ONE for my soul(good night)

 ....and to Blimpy..the only indie kid in the village..the rest of us have enjoyed crashing the disco !

A Guilty First Anniversary!

Guilt and regret, eh? Let's turn to the expert for a summation; Woody, it's over to you!

"My one regret in life is that I'm not someone else"

Mr Allen, your shrink will see you now...

Guilt turns me to "guilty pleasures", an over used term and one I'm not fond of anymore, since the rise of the Guilty Pleasures compilations and club nights.

I've been thinking... let's just drop the hipster cool camouflage, and drop the "guilty" bit - EVERYONE! IT'S OKAY TO HAVE PLEASURES! ENJOY YOUR PLEASURES! DON'T HIDE THEM!

I went to the record store today, with the express purpose of buying Paul Simon's "Graceland" on vinyl for a pound. Oddly, two minutes after I entered the shop, the record store chap started playing "Graceland", I managed to hear most of the record as I dug through the £1 cheapo boxes. They had every Paul Simon and Simon and Garfunkel record ever released - but no "Graceland"! The shop was busy, and when "Call Me Al" came on, I looked around the shop, people were whistling, humming, and nodding, the like of which I've never seen before in a record store. Despite this beautiful piece of public synchronicity, I left disappointed.

"Call me Al" is a current pleasure, although it's starting to grate, I've been overdoing it a bit.

Please leave a "Pleasure" in the comments, one that you have previously been ashamed to admit to.

Throw off the shackles of guilt my friends!

Let's Party!

***edit*** This is a reprint of the first ever 'Spill post, from exactly one year ago today. My guilty pleasures since then have included "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel, and the Ladyhawke album which basically sounds like 80s pop and soft rock. A million warm thanks go to all the friends who make The 'Spill such a fun place to hang out. Had the weather not prevented me from going to work that day last January, the world would be a much less bright and shiny a place for me. 

For ToffeeBoy...

... and all the other January children on the 'Spill (and Shoey, who only just missed out)

SOME FAVOURITE THINGS

Recently we had a conversation in comments re. noise and jazz etc. If anyone's interested it's still there under Japanthers last post. Nothing was totally agreed to since we stand on these issues at extremes, but there was some interesting dialogue and some ideas and questions were presented, one from Abahachi was "One key strand within jazz has always been the urge to experiment, to probe at the limits of what is currently acceptable," I of course accept this, though I couldn't accept the piece on offer, it resulted in my thinking of areas of experimentation that I've enjoyed. And of course I started making a list, trouble was as the list grew I found myself saying 'I should include ... even though it doesn't actually qualify', so I departed from the original concept and the list became pieces by groups/artists that I've enjoyed and think deserve a wider audience. I ran out of space at Podbean and had nothing I wanted to delete so I didn't get the entire lost on, one that I regret missing was King Oliver's Dippermouth Blues, I wanted to include this as an example of what pure New Orleans ensemble jazz sounded like. This was prior to the era of soloists, it was a very precise and disciplined format where each musician knew both the tune and his role in improvising around the melody, perhaps next time. OK, here's the list:

1.Uma Neguinho by Daude, [Daa-oo-jee] a Brazillian singer that I became very fond of, I just googled her and found a piece that will tell you far more than I can; http://georgegraham.com/reviews/daude.html
This cut is Uma Neguinho, or "Little Black Girl," written by Paulo Padihal. The upbeat sounding song has lyrics dealing with the unease which people of different races can still have with each other.

2.Lili sén fout by Toufic Farroukh, a resident of Paris he's originally from Lebanon and he mixes many styles in his music, he plays the sax and there's always an interesting mix of instruments in his groups. The vocal here is by Yasmine Hamdan, the CD is drab:zeen.

3. Dans la poussière du temps (ext. de Mojo radio, 1998) by Lo Jo, a favorite French group, I have several of their CD's. I believe they're from Amiens, there's always interesting mixes of instruments and voices.
http://www.lojo.org/lojo.php

4. Young Men by Bhusi Mhlongo from South Africa, such an interesting piece, check that gentle intro. and the way it evolves.

5. Aba Alem Lemenae by Ejigayehu Shibabaw, a wonderful singer from Ethiopia with a most interesting backing group of musicians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_(singer)

6.Ye Yeki by Lo Jo, another and very different cut by this group.

7. Madiabuana by Pap Noel, AKA Antoine Nedule Monswet, A classic piece by one of the godfathers of Zairian music, a combination of Cuban and African, check the very sparse use of the brass, the typical high note duelling guitar improvisations and the 3 part vocal harmony with an occasional lead.
http://www.africanmusiciansprofiles.com/papanoel.htm

8. Zengolo by Sam Mangwana, another and very different musician fro Zaire, OK, Congo if you insist, I grew up with Zaire. I don't know of another African group [sub Saharan] that uses the accordian as a lead instrument. It's from a great CD, Galo Negro.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Mangwana

9. Face to Face by Ry Cooder. One thing I love about Ry is that beyond his fabulous playing he's also a musicologist and he goes off into interesting detours, like this one. The album is 'JAZZ', mine's vinyl, I bought it instantly 30 odd years ago just based on the album design and the title, my first Ry album.
He investigates the roots of jazz in a most interesting way, this piece is a mix of ragtime, church and Spanish influences from the period before jazz.
http://www.rylanders.free-online.co.uk/RySite/RyPages/Jazz.html

10. Round Midnight by Chet Baker & the Gotan Project. This was my favorite version for my midnight music program, I played it dozens of times.
http://www.gotanproject.com/biography.php?lang=en

11. Poulina by the Orchestra National de Barbes. Ian Anderson says on the back cover "This could be the best live CD I've ever heard!" Barbes is a place in Paris adjacent to the Sacre Coeur, it's popular with the north African population and this group performs there regularly.
http://orchestre_national_de_barbes.mondomix.com/en/artiste.htm

OK, that's it, if I had more space there'd be some Issa Bagayoyo from Mali, some King Oliver, something from Marraketch and a bit of Haitti. Enjoy!

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The Overs - At Long Last, The Result!

And so here we are, then. A year down the line and its time to polish up the red carpet, seal up the envelopes and strike up the 230-piece orchestra for the first Annual Over Awards for blogospheric achievement in music!!!!


So let's get down to brass tacks as we sort the wheat from the chaff, the serious from the daft and the winners from the losers in probably the least-hotly anticipated ceremony of all time...


First of all, thanks to everyone for contributing suggestions and ideas for awards. Some categories were tied up with a single vote, some were more hotly contested. The album of the year race threw up a very definite top 20, and a ringing endorsement of our diversity along the way. I've tried to fit as many nominations in as possible but, at the end of the day, let's just hope that music is the winner. And thanks too, of course, to the mighty Shane for our slightly woozy award-daemon. Ladies and gentlemen, release the awards!


We begin the evening with the Blimpy McFlah Honorary Award for Nepotism in the Workplace, awarded for dedication in the field of nominating one's own work for an award. With an honourable mention to May1366 for his literary nominations, the winner of the award is...


The video for "Lies" by Broken Records.

Our next category is the Overtime award, an open category honouring those older albums that 'Spillers have discovered over the last year. There were six nominations altogether, each
receiving a small commemorative tankard. The nominations were:

'Cease To Begin' by Band of Horses


'Apologies to the Queen Mary' by Wolf Parade


'The Bairns' by Rachel Unthank and the Winterset


'100 Proof Aged In Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed' by The Hot Wax Session


'Curse Your Little Heart' by DeVotchKa


The Cowboy Junkies' back catalogue




And now we reach the first part of the mighty Overview Award for the 'Spill album of the year: Honourable Mentions. These are all the artists who got close but received no stogie and, I hope, no-one has been missed out. Deep breath and rounds of polite applause for:

The Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Pocahaunted, Marillion, Opeth, Mostly Autumn, Pineapple Thief, Panic Room, Uriah Heep, Josh and Co, Magenta, Van Der Graaf Generator, Deerhunter, Malcolm Middleton, Ballboy, The Dodos, Black Angels, Esau Mwamwaya, The Asteroid 4, Black Keys, Mogwai, Kasai Allstars, Calvin Party, Death Cab For Cutie, Lambchop, The Whipsaws, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, The Notwist, dEUS, Edwyn Collins, Kanye West, Solange Knowles, Gnarls Barkley, Flight of the Conchords, Billy Bragg, Goldfrapp, Drive-By Truckers, Sun Kill Moon, Lanegan and Campbell, The Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Gutter Twins, Gary Louris, Calexico, Her Space Holiday, The Accidental, The Real Tuesday Weld, Baba Zulu, Electric President, Emiliana Torrini, Los Campesinos, Eugene McGuinness, Roots Manuva, Lykke Li, Laura Borealis, Seckou Keita, Nine Inch Nails, Bodies of Water, Nigeria Rock Special, The Alien, James Blackshaw, Cathy Davey, Bookhouse Boys, Show of Hands, Eliza Gilkyson, Coconami, Radio String Quartet, James Taylor, Ron Sexsmith, Ulf Wakenius, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, The Roots, Belle and Sebastian, Pete Rock, KRS-One, RZA, Common, EPMD, Conor Oberst, Why?, Shearwater, M83, Wolf Parade, Titus Andronicus, Blackout Crew and Fleet Foxes.


Certificates are in the post to all of the above, but this also brings us nicely to the Overcooked Award, given to that band which just hasn't quite met with the tastes of the blog this year. The clear winner of the award and, therefore, needing to try harder despite what Pitchfork says are:

Fleet Foxes.

That's democracy, folks.

Moving swiftly on, now, to an award that I shall entitle the Gremlin FC Award for Hunk of the Year. This is a single nomination award and so I am happy to announce that the winner is...

Roy Keane (with grey beard cut to very close - not full)


I'm not sure there's much I can add to that save to say that sadly Roy couldn't be here tonight to collect his award but he sent Mick McCarthy to collect it on his behalf.

So, with the end of the evening firmly in sight, it's time to look at the albums that didn't quite make it into the top 10 of the Overview. Here, TOTP-style, is your numbers 20 to 11:

20=: 'Leucocyte' by the Esbjorn Svensson Trio


20=: 'I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left' by Seasick Steve


20=: 'Dark Angel' by The Reasoning


20=: 'Shine' by Estelle


20=: 'You Can Do Anything' by The Zutons


20=: 'You & Me' by The Walkmen


20=: 'Fotheringay 2' by Fotheringay


20=: 'Habdiehre' by La Brasse Bande


12: 'Replica Sun Machine' by The Shortwave Set


11: 'Third' by Portishead





And so now all that is left is to look at two more categories and then reveal the top ten. Stick with me, it should be worth it...





The next award is the Overact Award for film of the year. It was a tight category but went, by one vote from Persepolis, to:


Wall-E.


And I think we can all be secretly happy with that.





A pause now to remember some of the names that were mentioned in an earlier thread, in response to May's suggestion for a commemoration of all those who have gone Over to the Other Side this past year:





Levi Stubbs, Norman Whitfield, Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes, Mitch Mitchell, Miriam Makeba, Jimmy McGriff, Buddy Miles, Merl Saunders, Mikey Dread, Esbjorn Svensson, Davey Graham, Jerry Wexler, Johnny Griffin, Humphrey Lyttleton, Richard Wright, Howard Sparnenn and Eartha Kitt. All sadly missed.





And finally we arrive at the big finish - the Top Ten of the 'Spill OverView Award for Album of the year. Thankfully there was no controversy or tied scoring at the top ofthe leaderboard, so here is your final bunch.





10: 'For Emma, Forever Ago' by Bon Iver


9: 'The Cool' by Lupe Fiasco


8=: 'Alas I Cannot Swim' by Laura Marling


8=: 'Renaissance' by Q-Tip


6: 'Real Emotional Trash' by Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks


5: 'The Midnight Organ Fight' by Frightened Rabbit

4: 'Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust' by Sigur Ros

3: 'The Hungry Saw' by Tindersticks

2: 'Dear Science' by TV On the Radio

And the 'Spill album of the year is......

1: 'The Seldom Seen Kid' by Elbow.

And there we have it. Personally I reckon that is the right result as it was also the most voted for album. Feel free to post your own lists in the comments, or to award other gongs, or to pick it all apart, or to make your predictions for 2009, or to complain that this years awards didn't feature any high profile pop/rock crossover collaborations. Whatever, really. It's the internet, yeah?

I need a lie down.

Happy Birthday you wonderful 'Spill you.