Quad Rock

I laughed . . . and then got to thinking that we could do with another Phil Ochs in the here and now:

On the related subject of mixing pop rap and politics, Hind's Hall by Macklemore really hits the spot, and I never thought I'd write those words on the blog . . . christ, I never thought I'd learn to spell Macklemore for the purposes of the blog. Strange times throws up strange political shotgun weddings.

Addendum:

See the bullshit about the video being "age-restricted"? What a shower of fucking phoneys.

Gadjo dilo (1997)

 

30 Day Song Challenge - Day 15

A song you like that's a cover by another artist.

Leon Rosselson is an amazing songwriter but he can't sing for shit. Thankfully, Dick Gaughan can sing and his version of Rosselson's 'Stand Up For Judas' is brilliant:

Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin (Orion Books 2012)

“Bert Jansch was dead, too. Rebus had seen him play a few solo gigs in Edinburgh down the years. Jansch had been born in the city but made his name in London. After work that evening, alone in his flat, Rebus played a couple of Pentangle albums. He was no expert, but he could tell Jansch’s playing from the other guitarist in the band, John Renbourn. As far as he knew, Renbourn was still around – maybe living in the Borders. Or was that Robin Williamson? He had taken his colleague Siobhan Clarke to a Renbourn/Williamson concert once, driving her all the way to Biggar Folk Club without telling her why. When the two musicians stepped on to the stage – looking as though they’d just roused themselves from armchairs by a roaring fire – he’d leaned in towards her.

‘One of them played Woodstock, you know,’ he’d whispered.”