youtu.be/TZg4Ai3Mq1o?... 'Following The River' Rolling Stones (1972/2010) Amazing to think that this stunning song was left in the vaults for 40ish years - especially as 'Exile must be the shortest running double LP in history! Mick rehearses breaking up with Bianca and i't snot you, it's him.1063/?
youtu.be/CvIfkGZfvog?... 'Follow Me Home' Dire Straits (1979) 'Communique' is a real 'difficult 2nd album' but the finale really points the way forward into brave new horizons. Slow, atmospheric and emotional, its all of Mark Knopfler's future trademarks falling into place. 1062/?
youtu.be/7aNSxUreHjg?... For any Beatles fan who thought 'Yellow Submarine' wasn't quite weird enough 😂
youtu.be/TuTIMOWrqkY?... 'Follow Me' Tony Jackson (1965) The Searchers partly kicked out their former lead singer in 1964 because he wanted to stick with the Merseybeat formula, so his debut solo single is a real surprise, more like the deeper folk-rock of 'Needles and Pins', just with a beat.1061/?
youtu.be/rV1zvjQFF3w?... 'Foggy Tuesday' Saker (1968) One of my favourite no-hit wonder earworms from a band that deserved better. An antidote to The Moody Blues' sunny 'Tuesday Afternoon' this is a song about confusion and hiding away from the real world. Most probably in a haze of drugs. 1060/?
youtu.be/rQmQ4Pmf6qo?... 'Flying To My Home' Paul McCartney (1989) One of the truly great Macca B-sides, part of his big 'comeback' blitz. Paul hadn't been on tour in a decade and sings a joy about the beauty of home, much like Lennon's 'househusband' era. The flipside of 'My Brace Face' 1059/?
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/joh... Lovely new 'home' video for John Lennon's 'Love'. Shame about the awful remix though.
youtu.be/vtbyzbRBEpI?... 'Flying On The Ground Is Wrong' Neil Young (1968) Neil reclaims one of his Buffalo Springfield songs he never got to sing on record, in an early live recording. One of his most lyrical tunes its about drugs (as the hilarious intro shows), fame and the band itself.1058/?
youtu.be/KBcKANqEq3A?... 'Flying Man' David Crosby (1979/1989) One of Croz's prettiest chanted wordless instrumentals using brilliantly weirdass chords only David would come up with. First taped at the peak of his drug era but 'commercialised' for his 'Oh Yes I Can!' comeback. 1057/?
Yeah he really would! Must admit I don't like Rod's voice at all, he was a bad fit for that band imo.
youtu.be/p1OMKu0ks68?... 'Flying Horses' Wings (1972) Originally 'Rupert+The Frog Song' was going to be a full length movie. This is an unused and still unreleased snippet from a chase sequence, amongst the first work Wings ever did (pre-'Wildlife'), full of period ghostly mellotron.
Ooh nice, I'd not heard that version! And agreed - fancy replacing the brilliant Steve Marriott with blooming Rod Stewart? Talk about sublime to the ridiculous 😄I always thought they should have carried on with Ronnie Lane the lead singer, I loe his voice.
youtu.be/tI0yNOeUq1c?... 'Flying' The Faces (1970) The Small Faces seem a natural fit for the prog rock era but sadly split long before it. This Faces track is the closest we have, a brilliantly atmospheric tune that turns a simple flight home into a voyage of inner discovery. From:'1st Step' 1055/?
youtu.be/e_DwDUBTVrs?... 'Flying' Badfinger (1971) The start of the storm clouds arriving as becoming stuck on The Beatles' Apple label becomes a hindrance, not a help. The band really are flying in this era though on easily their best LP, with an extra fab guitar break. From: 'Straight Up' 1054/?
Agreed Kenny, so under-rated!
youtu.be/zFFbAIO5shQ?... 'Fly On The Wall' Paul Weller (1992) The B-side to the simplest single Weller ever wrote ('Uh Huh, Oh Yeh') is the complete opposite, an acoustic complex slab of philosophy, as Paul tries to see himself without ego in the context of humanity. Shoulda made the LP. 1053/?
youtu.be/9gwS8TfRFM8?... 'Fly Me High' Moody Blues (1967) Justin hayward's 1st single with the band straddles days of both future and past. Poppier than anything to come, but with psychedelic overtones, it's a cute and under-rated flower power gem. Deserved better than to be yet another flop.1052/?
youtu.be/pLq8GivVu3E?... 'Fly Little Bird' Paul Weller (2005) Some of OW's best recent songs have been about his children. By 2005 the eldest are leaving home+heading off into the wild blue yonder. Daddy is proud, but those circling minor chord harmonies at the end are so sad From:'As Is Now' 1051/?
youtu.be/z8EMs2ByKDI?... 'Fly' The Jam (1979) It took two and a half albums for Paul Weller to reveal the gentle romantic lurking behind The Jam's politics and class attacks. 'Fly' was a surprise then and now, a reminder of the beauty in life. From: 'All Mod Cons' 1050/?
youtu.be/UUCm1g6nZO4?... 'Flowers Of The Night' Kanter, Slick+Freiberg (1973) Another timely offering, as Watergate era hippies plot to overthrow their totalitarian government at night before they start another illegal war. A Jack Traylor song with the 1st of many great Craig Chaquico guitar solos.
youtu.be/41XVWUL9VTE?... 'Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall' Simon+Garfunkel (1967) A battle royale between the light and dark of life. Paul's paranoid verses give way to Arty's bounce in a song about misery that's played for laughs. From:'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme' 1048/?
youtu.be/s-w-8fRkN_U?... 'Flowers In The Rain' Dave Davies (2002) One of my favourite songs by the Kinks guitarist, his own version of his brother's 'Picture Book' as an old photo makes him think of his childhood sweetheart. Such a sweet song about chances not taken+people lost. From: 'Bug' 1047/?
youtu.be/YChTV3Fbdzs?... 'Flower In The Sun' Big Brother and The Holding Company (1968) One of many brilliant tracks dropped from 'Cheap Thrills' and abandoned when Janis Joplin went solo. Sometimes love only lasts an hour but haunts you for the rest of your life. 1046/?
youtu.be/O9391Y2wbxM?... 'Flood' The Gentle Waves (2000) Isobel Campbell put her own 'Belle and Sebastian' together with songs about the fallout from her split with Stuart Murdoch from her perspective. 'Flood' is musically oh so pretty but has quite the lyrical kick. From: 'Swansong For You' 1045/?
youtu.be/hOTFcnexJBg?... 'Floating In Heaven' Graham Gouldman/Brian May (2023) Written for the unveiling of the James Webb telescope but equally applicable to the Artemis astronauts. Because in space no one can hear the people on our beautiful planet groan from all the suffering. 1044/?
youtu.be/aDX67AfB0Is?... 'Flip Ya Flip' Nils Lofgren (1985) At age 34 Nils figured he was too old and achy to do his onstage trampolining but said goodbye with a record cover that commemorated it. The comforting title track, about mental gymnastics+overcoming problems, is one of his very best.1403/?
So sad, he was one of my favourite drummers. Pentangle are such an under-rated band!
youtu.be/dbm1dWfZej8?... 'Flip The Switch' Rolling Stones (1998) The best Stones rocker in a quarter century, driven by Charlie Watts pummelling his drums like a punk teen and more central to the mix than any other Stones song. Mick sings like he means it too. From: 'Bridges To Babylon' 1402/?
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youtu.be/3Yc4xj2RV5Q?... 'Flick Of The Finger' Beady Eye (2013) The paranoid goodbye from the under-rated Oasis spin-off that's a bit gimmicky on record but sounds fab in concert. The speech comes from Tariq Ali's autobiography and gives a righteous kicking to David Cameron's austerity plans.1401/?
