Tag: Jimmy Fallon
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John B is back with a Coronavirus anthem
‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ has become an unofficial anthem of COVID-19 with even Sting recording it remotely with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots (love the Connect 4 percussion!). Can I say one thing? STING!!!!! But I like best this new drum and bass version by a returning John B, the UK drum and…
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Hotel Motel Holiday Inn!
Seems like everyone has seen or posted this, but if you haven’t seen this Cassetteboy style Jimmy Fallon NBC Nightly news cutup then it’s very good, especially the guest stars.
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My favourite Christmas songs covered
Courtesy of UkeTube whose Xmas playlist is really wonderful, and strangely snuck under my usual Bah Humbug mood…is this wonderful cover of Christmas Time Is Here from Charlie Brown by The Leftover Cuties, and I have to say that’s a version that might equal the original. It really does it service as they say. Bonus:…
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Best Coast cover Storms / Fleetwood Mac news
There’s been a lot of hype over Fleetwood Mac recently – a new covers album by the likes of Lykke Li, J.Mascis, New Pornographers, MGMT and Antony amongst many others – and the great news that FM themselves are reforming and touring next year (yay! Hope it’s the mostly-complete lineup although I’d also love Christine…
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Copyright Criminals and the Funky Drummer
Copyright Criminals – the 2009 documentary have released a special DVD edition with extras from the likes of Clyde Stubblefield (the original Funky Drummer – although I dispute the ‘Most sampled drummer’ tag as Greg Coleman who did Amen break in the Winstons has been sampled in many more songs since 1989!). So to promote…
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Pre-C #1 – Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA)
I’m going to Coachella in the US (Indio, near Palm Springs – desert! 40 degrees! I am going to die!) in April, as mentioned on the podcast…so as Coachella approaches I’ve been checking out the lineup – especially the acts I don’t know. I’ll be dropping some of the ones I like on here and…