“And it whitens your teeth (Lone Star),
It’s not just good for leprosy …”
“Lone Star Commercial” [Dale Watson - last night]
In the last edition of JR, we played a song from Dale Watson’s album, ‘El Rancho Azul’ (“I Lie When I Drink”) and mentioned he’d soon be back in Australia. JR caught his show last night. Dale Watson and The Lone Stars sing about drinkin’ – and the relationships that begin (or end) by association with that drinkin’. And in between those songs, they do their own “commercials” for their favourite Texas brewski. It’s the way Country music used to be: Honky Tonk, Rockabilly and Western Swing. If you’re not a fan of ‘modern’ Country music, your opinion is shared by Dale Watson. His authentic ‘Ameripolitan’ style is for those who prefer the real thing.
When Tears For Fears released their original version of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” back in ‘85, Ella Yellich-O’Connor – known to the world as Lorde – was not yet born. Her version of the song, for the soundtrack of the 2nd movie in The Hunger Games franchise is totally unlike the jolly shuffle of the original and it’s one of a few film-related songs you’ll hear in this edition of JR. (BTW, Lorde’s, “Royals” is now spending its 9th consecutive week at #1 on the US chart.) Also soon to be featured on the big screen are new songs from Ed Sheeran (in ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’) and U2 (in ‘Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom’).
It’s that time of year when box sets and ‘Best Of…’ collections begin to appear and following Dido’s most recent album, ‘The Girl Who Got Away, we now have her first ‘Greatest Hits’ collection. A new inclusion on the album is the song, “NYC” which you’ll also hear in this episode.
Along with the various career retrospectives showing up in time for yuletide, we also have previews of albums arriving early in the new year. Among them are songs from UK-based Pop quartet, Glass Animals - and small “s” supergroup, Dead Daisies, fronted by Noiseworks singer, Jon Stevens and featuring a line-up of players who cut their teeth with the likes of Guns ‘n’ Roses, Thin Lizzy and The Rolling Stones.
Another preview we have for you is the title song from the forthcoming album by Bruce Springsteen (‘High Hopes’) ahead of his return next year for another round of Australian concerts. “High Hopes” dates back to the time of Springsteen’s Australian tour earlier this year, when he recorded the song in Sydney.
And we have more fresh sounds, from American singer/songwriter Amos Lee and up-and-coming Indie artist, Sky Ferreira, who’s proposed next EP expanded to become her full-length debut album.
With the recent passing of Rock legend, Lou Reed, a live version of his Transformer-era song “Satellite Of Love” has been just released as a tribute by English singer, Morrissey. And we pay our own small tribute with one of our favourite Aussie songs of this year from Sydney band, The Preatures. The group is one among many nominees vying for a statuette at this weekend’s ARIA Music Awards being held in Sydney.
U2: “Ordinary Love” (new single)
Dido: “NYC” (from the album, ‘Greatest Hits’)
Lorde: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” (from the soundtrack album, ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’)
The Dead Daisies: “Washington” (preview from the album, ‘Dead Daisies’)
Glass Animals: “Psylla” (preview from the album, ‘Glass Animals’)
Sky Ferreira: “You’re Not The One” (from the album, ‘Night Time, My Time’)
Ed Sheeran: “I See Fire” (from the soundtrack album, ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’)
Amos Lee: “Chill In The Air” (from the album, ‘Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song’)
Bruce Springsteen: “High Hopes” (preview from the album, ‘High Hopes’)
Morrissey: “Satellite Of Love” (new single)
The Preatures: “Is This How You Feel?” (‘Is This How You Feel? EP’)
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