Alan Beard's site

3/10/11

No rejections (= no writing) for a while again, so thought I’d put up my current soundtrack (the last one I put up was in 2008, and some tracks have survived throughout those years – Evie Sands, Slickers, Ken Boothe, Junior English). Two deeply sexist tracks – Under My Thumb and Heading in the Wrong Direction, but I can’t help loving them. Otherwise it’s the usual mix of nostalgia (Paperback Writer, Stoned Love), psychedelic stuff I missed first time round (Russell Morris’ The Real Thing – first time I heard it was this year, even though it dates from 1969), reggae (most of which I heard in the 70s). Plus tracks that have grown on me (It’s Only Love from ‘Help’ because of John’s voice, similarly ‘Steel & Glass’). Of the new stuff I love Deerhunter’s Desire Lines due to its wonderful extended guitar licks depicting a longing that will never be fulfilled, and Phoenix Foundation’s Eventually for the opposite: we will find what we need, it says. If I had to pick a favourite track – obviously only for this day, as they change daily, it would be ‘I Hear A Symphony’ – Diana Ross’s (& Motown’s) best moment, I think. But then there's 'She Don't Deserve You'... and then there's...

Under my Thumb -Rolling Stones

Chick A Boom - Joe Bataan

Beggin' - The Timebox

Evie Sands - I Can't Let Go

Drive In Saturday - David Bowie

Ray of Light - Madonna

Desire Lines - Deerhunter

She Don't Deserve You - Honey Bees

Best Dressed Chicken In Town - Dr. Alimantado

Run With You - Keren Ann

Paperback Writer - The Beatles

I'm Losing You - John Lennon

It's No Game, Pt. 1 - David Bowie

And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles

The "In" Crowd - Dobie Gray

Something To Believe - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

The Real Thing - Russell Morris

Celeste - Donovan

Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - The Supremes, Diana Ross

Lay Down – Melanie (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind 14 min version)

Sugar the Road -Ten Years After

She's Heading for the Wrong Direction - Junior English

Chris Montez - The More I See

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain - Ten Years After

Come See About Me - The Supremes, Diana Ross

Too Much Rain - Paul McCartney

Chris Montez - Call Me

If You Could Read My Mind - Johnny Cash

Save Me Dear - Wu Tang Vs The Beatles

Ken Boothe - Everything I Own

Beetlebum - Blur

Have Mercy - The Mighty Diamonds

Loving Pauper - Gregory Isaacs

Helpless - Kim Weston

She'll Drive The Big Car - David Bowie

I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

I Hear A Symphony - Diana Ross

World Doesn't Care - Joy Zipper

Man Out of Time - Elvis Costello

The Night - Frankie Valli, The Four Seasons

Eventually - The Phoenix Foundation

Frosted Ambassador - The Olivia Tremor Control

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Marvelettes

Easy_Skanking - Bob Marley

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe

Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - Mr. Bloe

Johnny Too Bad – The Slickers

Out of Control - Chemical Brothers

Stoned Love - The Supremes

One - Johnny Cash

Stereola - French Disko

Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles

2000 Light Years From Home (Stereo Version) - The Rolling Stones

Steel And Glass - John Lennon

Station To Station - David Bowie

Stay - David Bowie

It's Only Love - The Beatles

Hung Up - Madonna

Mysterious Ways - U2

Hideway - The Olivia Tremor Control

Masterpiece - Jr., Grover Washington (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind 13 minute version)

He Would Have Laughed - Deerhunter

Sad And Beautiful World - Sparklehorse

No Need To Cry - British Sea Power