The Man Who Sold The World by Nirvana
“This isn't so much my jam of this week as a jam from the past. In the Summer of 1996 (I actually wasn't sure exactly which year it was, but I've just confirmed that it was 1996 by checking when it was that Ravanelli scored a hat-trick on the opening day of the season, because I remember that happening), I went on holiday to northern France with a few schoolfriends. We stayed in a cottage, got baguettes and cheese each morning (there was one bike, so there was a rota of who had to get up to cycle to the boulangerie), drank beer out of tiny bottles, and basically behaved like 17 year old boys. The holiday was sound-tracked by the French radio station NRG, and in particular by this song, which seemed to come up in their rotation about once an hour. I couldn't tell you any of the other songs they played. But this one is terribly evocative of that short holiday.”
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This isn't so much my jam of this week as a jam from the past. In the Summer of 1996 (I actually wasn't sure exactly which year it was, but I've just confirmed that it was 1996 by checking when it was that Ravanelli scored a hat-trick on the opening day of the season, because I remember that happening), I went on holiday to northern France with a few schoolfriends. We stayed in a cottage, got baguettes and cheese each morning (there was one bike, so there was a rota of who had to get up to cycle to the boulangerie), drank beer out of tiny bottles, and basically behaved like 17 year old boys. The holiday was sound-tracked by the French radio station NRG, and in particular by this song, which seemed to come up in their rotation about once an hour. I couldn't tell you any of the other songs they played. But this one is terribly evocative of that short holiday.
A belated jam in memory of Kurt Cobain.RIP.Also a nod to the resurrection of David Bowie
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Did you know: Kurt ranked the album The Man Who Sold the World at number 45 in his top 50 favourites.
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One of those cases of a cover being better than the original
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One of the greatest performances of one of the greatest cover versions. Have a dandy weekend folks.
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"Oh no, not me." We've never lost control. You're face to face-- with the man who sold the world.
