Monday 5 November 2007

Pops and Scratches Podcast 1

Thank you for popping in and I hope that you like the podcast. Click on the title link above to download. Please bare with me as I develop this idea, thank you for downloading and for your patience.
Ever since I could use a tape recorder back in the 80s I have been making mix tapes and I suppose that this is just a natural progression. I have gave up with posting albums and singles on the site as they just seem to get deleted or I get E-Mails asking for them to be removed so no more.
Thanks to
Mark Vidler at the Trypshop, I have been spurred on to do a podcast.
Week by week I will be doing around about an hours worth of music and there will be themes of sorts and featured artists, this is something that I toyed with doing around about a year ago but was too afraid to do it.
This week I thought I might as well get it over with and firstly do
The Beatles as the featured band. I was spoon fed The Fab Four by my parents who were big fans, I remember the Red album, 1962 – 1966, being played and me and my Mam painfully singing along.
Anyway here goes and I hope that you enjoy my mixture of songs and styles. I hope that I can bring some new music into your life.

The Beatles intro Pops and Scratches
This is a montage of just sounds and speech from various songs you may recognise some you may not.
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite - I Want You (She is so Heavy) - Helter Skelter -
The Beatles
Taken from the
Love album this to me is the most outstanding song on this newly mix album. Used for the Cirque du Soleil this album is basically a collection of mash ups of Beatles songs. There were 130 songs used for this album all mixed up.
I Will Journey Home -
The Stands
This band comes from Liverpool and I first heard them through my Dad because he had bought their first album. This comes from the second album "Horse Fabulous" which I recently bought after hearing the Noel Gallagher play Blue Seed - Can't Be Satisfied on his Radio One DJ set.
This has a bit of a country vibe going.

Be My Baby - Tim Burgess
Tim from
The Charlatans went over the pond and came back with an album "I Believe" full of country style songs, this being one of the stand out tracks.
39 -
Queen
The first time I heard this was earlier this year. Taken of the great album
A Night at the Opera, it is a tale of a group of space explorers who embark on what is, from their perspective, a year-long voyage.
Meet Me On The Corner –
Lindisfarne
I am a Geordie lad and so are these. I could have put their anthem
Fog on the Tyne but I do not like it and anyway this goes better with the last song.
Lazy B -
The High Fidelity
This is the B-Side of the single Luv Dup. I bought the single when it was released about 10 years ago and I do not think I have ever listened to the B-Side. I liked what I heard so thought I would share it with you.
Light That Burns Twice as Bright –
EMF
Taken off their second album
Stigma, this shows the dark side of the band and was heavily played in my house when it was first released.
Karma In The Life - GHP
Back to The Beatles through a great mash up from Mark Vidler aka Go Home Productions. The track consists of Radiohead’s Karma Police instrumental and of course The Beatles A Day In The Life vocals. If you have never heard this before you are in for a treat.
Kryptonite -
Magne Furuholmen
Magne is the keyboard player of A-Ha and his album Past Perfect Future Tense was released in 2004, with appearances from Guy Berryman and Will Champion of Coldplay, and from Andy Dunlop of Travis .
Spies –
Coldplay
When I first heard the
Parachutes album I was blown away by its atmosphericness. If you have not listened to it this past year dust it off and give it a go. I think it still has that air about it.
Beauty Of Uncertainty -
KT Tunstall
I have been a big fan of KT’s before she was known, I used to visit her website and download her songs that she had just recorded for free. This is from her new album Drastic Fantastic and is one of those songs that I wish went on a little longer than it does.
Let's Start A Band -
Amy MacDonald
My Dad again sat me down in front of his computer and told me to listen to this song because it was his favourite from Amy’s debut album, This is the Life. Shit hot I thought so this is for him.
Dandelion - The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
famously did the backing vocals to this B-Side track. Found on the other side of We Love You
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Yes this is a single but I think it needs to be heard more. I only recently heard it on the radio last week and I thought how good it sounded and how it still sounds so fresh.
Love Is Best -
World Party
One of my favourite artists from the 90’s and there will be a lot more of him to come. This was taken off the great Egyptology album, a classic that has been over looked.
Flying -
The Beatles
One of the few instrumentals that they released but to be honest they were not The Shadows now were they.
The End -
The Beatles
The Anthology albums managed to bring up some fantastic mixes of old track and I loved the various guitars sounds that John George and Paul produce on this and of course the drum solo by Ringo.
Can You Take Me Back -
The Beatles
Really this is just the end segment of Cry Baby Cry, which is McCartney playing guitar and singing.

Thanks:
Download Here: Podcast 1

1 comment:

G Magill said...

What a great Podcast - very good job mate. I downloaded and stuck it on in the car going to work - really really enjoyable - love that Lazy B song - top drawer! THe Beatles / Radiohead is also very good - looknig forward to the next one - keep it eclectic!