I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

A few tracks which have clocked up on random selection tonight, suiting a late night Saturday last beer in the fridge kind of mood:

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye...by far the best track off What's Going On, in my opinion

Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa...unclassifiable instrumental greatness from the man Frank, it was the play out music after Richard Thompson last week, which seemed strangely fitting.

Janet vs Jane and Johnny - The Fall...understated mysterious Smith crooning over repetitive guitar figure which builds menacingly...

Don't Give Me No Lip Child - Dave Berry...now, this is a stone classic, and one of the few tracks to appear on a Mojo cover disc recently which has been worth the price of admission, on a 'roots of the sex pistols' type compilation. Sneering, nasty, mod-ish RnB.

Shuffering and Shmiling pt2 - Fela Kuti..hypnotic repetitive beats from the man Mr Kuti...'I want you all to take your minds out of any musical contraption...' I could listen to this all night.

Up Above My Head - Alabama 3...audacious interpretation of the old Sister Rosetta Tharpe standard, 'you left your virus in my daughter's playstation, but you ain't got your hooks in me' fantastic stuff.

Station Approach - Elbow...this track typifies the slow burn style of Elbow, it builds and builds until it breaks into the kind of heart-bursting epic which Coldplay can only dream of. Ahem, in my view.

Original Blackboard Dub - Lee Perry... 'Calling the meek and the humble,welcome to Blackboard Jungle...'

Monkey Man - Rolling Stones...a highlight of Let It Bleed...often unjustly overlooked, in my opinion...

Bad Boy Boogie - AC/DC...dirty guitars and filthy Bon Scott lyrics

Woe Is Uh Me Bop - Captain Beefheart... still unavailable on CD, from Lick My Decals Off Baby. David Lynch must surely have seen this promo as a young man, before making Eraserhead. It will fuck with your head.