Tag: Johnny Cash
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Dead Poet’s Society
DEAD POETS SOCIETY by Beets This came up randomly I think during a Bandcamp trawl, it’s by BEETS and Dead Poet’s Society is a concept album of those who burned out too young, leaving their music. Fallen rappers, singers, comics, musicians all together, from Nick Drake to Biggie, Elliott Smith to Bill Hicks, ODB to…
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QUeen of the Rodeo
Something wonderfully Lynchian about this video – by a Canadian Lone-Ranger mask with a lampshade fringe wearing out country ex-punk performer. Orville Peck (not his real name), *And breathe*… This channels Roy Orbison meets John Grant via Lana Del Rey so much I am stanning like crazy. Not too hot on the main song, but…
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RC 271: Pop Is Dead #6 – Dead Pod Stars
This will be my monument This will be a beacon when I’m gone… So that when the moment comes, I can say I did it all with love A bumper self-indulgent 10th anniversary show – 2 shows in one! If you listen at the 1:30 mark you’ll realise why it’s so long 😉 First half…
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Songs of freedom
Never knew that Joe Strummer’s Redemption Song was originally a duet with Johnny Cash? (The Strummer version is one of my favourite covers of all time). This version seems much more up, much more defiant and hopeful than the solo version. (thanks to Christopher Benedict for bringing this to my attention) Now finally released on…
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Daft Beatles – Born to Hurt
Saw this over at APC and love the combo of Johnny Cash and Lana Del Rey – I really like Daft Beatles downtempo mashups – I’ve played the Blondie/Phillip Glass before and love the feel of them, this is no exception. I assume they are named after Go Home Productions classic Daft Beatles mashup –…