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989. New Rose - The Damned
Racy guitars, driving bass and throaty vocals. Punk as it should be.

988. Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
90s rock revival track with immense choruses and sublime strings.

987. Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
One of Jimi's most accessible and popular tunes - and it's easy to see why. Catchy and quick he shows how to make a rock classic in just 2 minutes 18 seconds.

986. She's Electric - Oasis
One of my favourites from Oasis showing their fun side with droll lyrics and bright chords. A soud that defined the 90s.

985. Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
A moody, dark Chili's song from 2000 brilliantly depicting the thorny subject of battling drug addiction.

984. The Great Beyond - R.E.M.
Not heard this before I don't think...first thing that strikes me is the bizarre, surreal imagery. Quite hard to understand but sometimes the best songs are!

983. Spread Your Love - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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It was of course Father's Day this Sunday just gone, and for this week's Tuesday Ten I thought it appropriate to use this theme. I think my voracious appetite for music comes from my dad - ever since I can remember there has been a steady flow of "new" music into the house, in a variety of genres. And, of course, it's true that we don't always agree on music. However there are a number of artists that I have got into - even if that was years later - and even a few that I have played a part in getting my dad into. So, here they are.

As always, there is a Spotify playlist: which is here. The Spotify URI is: spotify:user:asw909:playlist:41BEMVDvzWPFRwy4KntMur.

So, let's start with music from my dad, as some of this goes back years.

Leonard Cohen
Track featured on the Spotify playlist: First We Take Manhattan
Where to start? Probably one of the few artists that both my girlfriend and I heard a fair amount of when we were younger - although she no doubt heard a lot more (if you don't know…

1.Sing for the Submarine - a specific story about a boy who escapes in a submarine in an apocalyptic future.
2.Gardening At Night - this refers to a neighbor who worked in his garden at night.
3.Radio Free Europe - Radio Free Europe is a radio network run by the United States government that broadcasts to Europe and the Middle East. The mission of the broadcasts is to promote democracy and freedom, but R.E.M. makes the point that this can easily cross the line into propaganda.
4.Accelerate - about dealing with a world that's moving ever more quickly.
5.All The Right Friends - about college life, and refusing destructive decisions.
6.All the Way to Reno - about all those people that dream of stardom, but fail.
7.Around The Sun - says: don’t give up on life, you do not know what next for you, stick around for another year or so and you might really come across a place that feels good for you.
8.At My Most Beautiful - about Michael Stipe who is helplessly in love and he only…

sön 7 sep – R.E.M., Editors, The Disciplines

1. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
2. So Fast, So Numb
3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
4. Drive
5. Animal
6. Man-Sized Wreath
7. Ignoreland
8. Driver 8
9. The Great Beyond
10. Electrolite
11. Disturbance At the Heron House
12. I’m Gonna DJ
13. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
14. Seven Chinese Brothers
15. The One I Love
16. Sweetness Follows
17. Let Me In
18. These Days
19. Imitation Of Life
20. Horse to Water
21. Bad Day
22. Orange Crush

Extranummer:
23. Supernatural Superserious
24. Losing My Religion
25. At My Most Beautiful
26. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
27. Man on the Moon

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( How I saw R.E.M., danced around in my bra, lost my voice, squeed for England, got autographs, and probably killed my immune system for the next five weeks BUT DO I CARE, NO. Ahem. Now read on. )

Ok, so, the bra thing? By way of explanation, the CIA was REALLY REALLY hot inside. I had taken my tights off earlier on, but eventually the t-shirt had to go as well. I'm probably the only person in the audience who took Michael Stipe's "clothing optional" statement literally but at least I didn't die through overheating or something. (The CIA staff had also taken away our water bottles before we went in "because you might throw them at the stage.") Note to bands (because so many I have seen live say things like this): do not say that you like the fact that the venue is hot because it adds to the atmosphere*. This is probably *why* people throw water bottles at the stage. ANYWAY.

Support acts: Guillemots* = very good, Editors = good but too much of a Killers rip-off for me. …

Di., 19. Aug. – R.E.M., Elbow

No idea how they do it, but R.E.M. seem to get better with every live gig I go to. Stuttgart last night was just outright amazing. It was definitely worth every single raindrop at least five times over. And there was a lot of rain last night on the Schlossplatz.

R.E.M. were supported by Mancunian band Elbow who are a very good live band, although most of their slower songs are a bit overly dramatic for my taste. But Guy Garvey's voice is probably even better live than it is in the studio recordings. I for sure had shivers running down my spine several times during their performance, and not just because of the rain. I don't know their songs too well, so I'd be glad if someone could post a setlist for their peformance.

Shortly before R.E.M. came on stage, the rain finally stopped (for a short while) and we were rewarded with a spectacular sunset behind us and a beautiful rainbow in front of us which exactly framed the stage. It even followed the curve of the stage roof from where I stood. …

I have reached the 50.000 play, I'm so glad for this goal, I'm a very music nerd XD

My 50.000th song is

R.E.M. - The Great Beyond

Wed 2 Jul – R.E.M., Modern Skirts

Modern Skirts:

Score on GraadZ' Gig-o-Meter™: http://www.xs4all.nl/~graadz/lastfm/3.jpg

The Modern Skirts setlist of July 2:

To be completed

R.E.M.:


Score on GraadZ' Gig-o-Meter™: http://www.xs4all.nl/~graadz/lastfm/4.jpg

The R.E.M. setlist of July 2:

01. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
02. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
03. Bad Day
04. Drive
05. Man Sized Wreath
06. Ignoreland
07. Accelerate
08. Walk Unafraid
09. Hollow Man
10. Imitation Of Life
11. 7 Chinese Bros.
12. Driver 8
13. Houston
14. Don't Go Back to Rockville
15. The Great Beyond
16. The One I Love
17. Until the Day Is Done
18. Let Me In
19. These Days
20. Horse to Water
21. Orange Crush
22. I'm Gonna DJ

Encore:
23. Supernatural Superserious
24. Losing My Religion
25. Electrolite
26. Pretty Persuasion
27. Man on the Moon