Three favoured tracks from this week:
3: Big Jumps – Emiliana Torrini
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I had never heard of Emiliana Torrini before reading This Recording. This is something I have now addressed. I am struck by the variety of her songs, and her ability to carry off all styles convincingly, but this is the perkiest of the songs I have heard, and cheers me greatly.
2: Something Changed – Pulp
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I recently rediscovered “Different Class”. This used to be constant listening – how did I manage without it for such a long while?
Jarvis Cocker’s world really is unrelentingly real and cynical. I picked this song because it’s about the most optimistic one on the album. Even that isn’t saying much – the telling line is at the beginning – there is potential for this to be some big yarn that he’s spinning, and as such it is suspect throughout.
1: You Woke Up My Neighbourhood – Billy Bragg
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Not, by any stretch, my favourite song by Mr Bragg, but all cheery and up-tempo in your face, and I play it in honour of the REM gig, as two of them are on the song.
Also, we’re seeing him soon, n’all.
Added bonus – How did I not know that this happened? God love you, internet:
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