God save the Sex Pistols (and Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees)!!

There is only one ”great pick me upper” if i feel down. Listening to SP loud, mad and running a couple of km. After that – I’m tired, deaf to the point of bleeding from both ears and overall one happy guy.

Sex Pistols are hostile, hateful, hopeless, and full of ”fuck you attitude”. They don’t play that good but they play with an energy that is out of this world.

You should YouTube this: ”E.M.I.”, ”Pretty Vacant” and ”Problems” – they are on top of my list.

I re-discovered “Siousxie and the Banshees” a while back. It happened in a weird way. They had a great song which I truly missed, but the problem was that I didn’t remembered the title or the lyrics. This is not a good starting point. If I wanted to find it again I would have to start somewhere – so I started on YouTube. The odd thing was that I didn’t find it at first after listening to everything on YT. I became a bit worried if it really was ”Siousxie and the Banshees”. The result was that I became a fan or their music, without really finding what I was looking for.

Last week I YouTubed ”Siousxie and the Banshees”, and long behold the missing long lost video was there. I found out it was ”Kiss Them For Me (1991)”

The video/song is simple, harmonic in a 90′ies kinda way. Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion) is dancing seductively, and nothing else is really going on, besides a lot of slow motion shot. Still, the whole package is highly addictive and work great whit the song. After listening to ”Kiss Them form Me” a couple of hundred times, I’m tired of the song and have gone back to SB other material like “Face to Face”, “Happy House” and “Cities in Dust”.

The whole experience was a bit of an odd eyeopener.

What more can I say… Over’n Out?

Just another mini-tribute to Freddie King.

I discovered Freddie King on YouTube and since then I have become a great fan.We can still enjoy Freddie King but unfortunately Freddie can’t enjoy the physical world. His music still knocks my socks off. If you don’t get a kick from his music you might check if you have a pulse

Same as “Boggie Funk” by King, that i wrote in a former post. It has been removed due to copyright violations. “Freddie King – Blues Band Shuffle”.
Great adaptation of Bill Withers version. “Freddie King: Ain’t No Sunshine When She`s Gone”.
Simple, good vocals and pure King…. “Freddie King: Ghetto Woman”

“Freddie King – She put a whammy on me” Classic Freddie King, Shows that he’s “the MAN”. Just look at the go-go dancer in the back, the clothes….

“Freddie King – Goin’ Down” – Live concert and great performance.

Enjoy, well do you have a pulse?

My top 10 Youtube favs.

1). Freddie King – “Boggie Funk” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2fjpiuwtnM).
This song rocks! I sort of found it when looking for B.B. King tunes. Freddie got his chance and voila. As soon as I’m able to play the clarinet halfway decent, I just might try jamming to Freddie’s tune… . When looking for one thing, I always seem to find something better…

2). B. B King – “Heartbreaker” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChS5XC8clrQ)
Classic tale of falling in love with the wrong woman. I saw “Heartbreaker” on VH1 a while back, and must admit that B. B. is okay. But this is really the only hit, that hits it with me.

3). “The Life and Death of a Pumpkin” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHeI68KFGm0).
Well, the title sort of says it all – doesn’t it? Give it a chance. Apparently it was awarded, winner of the Best Short Film and Best Concept, 2006 Chicago Horror Film Festival, October (Chicago, IL). “A cherished holiday from a new and horrible perspective. Brought to you by Blame Society Productions”.

4). CSS – “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7agPOt1XZz8)
“Cansei de Ser Sexy” (Portuguese for I Got Tired of Being Sexy), also known as CSS. They are a cool band from Brazil, and where able to break through via the Internet. The tune is a bit quirky, and highly addictive. They aren’t that good musicians, but they can put on one hell of a show. The lead singer “Lovefoxxx” is present in the fullest term of the word and she is “foxy”! Rumor has it, that when they formed the band, the only musician was the drummer. I just love people that are able to make the impassable passable…

5). “Busty Blonde in Bikini with Big Tits” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kps4c9KAJsE).
Well, who doesn’t like tits… (don’t answer that, please).

6). Blueboy – “Remember me” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQvr2TaHhc)
Wow, i must have danced to this song a millions times. Brings back a lot of great memories… I love this song and video!

7). Freddie King – “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” – Live 1966 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdqFpV1zDUI&mode=related&search=)
It’s a bit funny looking back on this old recording. All you have to do is look at the ensemble. Too bad the sound is a bit out of sync. But great vocal, great guitar – his got the blues… He wasn’t called “The Texas Cannonball” for nothing.

8). The Breeders – “Cannonball” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK30kW6JssI).
I just can’t get this song out of my head – it has to be the most insanely catchy tune in history? Must be.. Somehow i can listen to this song 20 times back to back, and not get tired of it.

9). Bill Withers – “Ain’t No Sunshine” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHeI68KFGm0).
This hits my soft spot – what more can i say!

10). Buddy Guy – “Sweet Home Chicago” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRhaDrnlWo).
We all know the Blues Brothers version, but this is far better. It’s live and he’s putting on a great show – the audience loves him. Now it seems to go on forever, but you can’t avoid falling in love with Buddy’s guitar talent. Great stuff…

YouTube and Freddie King

I’ve become highly addicted to YouTube. For those who don’t know what that’s all about – YouTube is a vast collection of videos – some commercial, but the bulk is ordinary amateurs that have a “wish to share”. It all started just by looking for funny stuff, but after a while I found out that the music-selection was awesome.

Now, I’m very fond of blues, and while plowing threw a whole lot of vintage BB King videos, I stumbled (and fell) over Freddie King – Boggie Funk. That sound almost blew my socks off. It’s raw, direct, and aggressive – in your face.

Well, I must be off. I have a lot of reading to do – enjoy!

Optimism, or… + “Angry Sam”

“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.”
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965), speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet, London, November 9, 1954

I couldn’t say i better. For me it is the only way. Optimism has to be “THE WAY”, capital lettering always seems so convincing to me. Anyway, you will in fact, be setting your self up for failure. You will meet people who are “wretched and evil” – even worse you might fall in love with them. But the lesson is, that you have to go on. People and the future are good/positive, until proved otherwise. Optimism is a “life force”, like love. It opens doors that are closed. It is the gift that keeps on giving.

Ones emotions are largely determined by how you interpret events to yourself. The greatest gift is happiness, mental surplus and opportunities…

I rediscovered Sam Kinison on YouTube (www.youtube.com), a while back. If you’re looking for raw, “in your face”, “anti-political correctness” stand-up comedy -he’s your daddy. He has to be a über-pessimist”, and somehow be able to transform in to comedy. If you been in a crappy relationship, you can’t avoid to relate to “angry Sam”; he’s larger than life. There is a great site that i have to recommend. It’s “A Multimedia Tribute to the Life and Comedy of Sam Kinison (www.kinison.com)”.

It has a great selection of video-clips, but if you need more info on the man Sam Kinison, you better “wiki” it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kinison
Back to my main subject – optimism. I’m out of material so i’ll end with a haiku from DA

I.
Star lover’s sonnets
Written for unseeing eyes
Stella never sees

II.
She is not the moon
Forget about your proud lover
You shall be re-loved

III.
The poet-lover
He is not wize in actions
But steadfast he remains

(Source: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38256511/)

Lets face it the only alternative is self-defeating pessimism.