Showing posts with label St Etienne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Etienne. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 December 2025

Música nueva

And so here were are, officially in that "bit-in-the-middle" - and were off en famille to John-John's for an afternoon/evening of jolly japes and a "picky tea". Meanwhile, how about a little selection of some of the "newer" choons that have caught my ear of late?

I heard this on on the radio very recently, and I was hooked!

Here's another one from the "final fling" of Saint Etienne that I loved back in late summer, but neglected to feature up to now:

Twenty-five years on since it was a popular bootleg that Fatboy Slim used to use in his DJ sets, the Rolling Stones have finally given their blessing to the release of this remix/mash-up of two magnificent hits - and the result (even with its AI-generated video) is rather good:

I can absolutely, categorically state that my office party last week was nothing like this:

Yay! Robyn's back...

...as is the very lovely Robbie Williams!

And, finally...

...the campest of the lot [and another Madam Arcati discovery], this!

Thoughts of warmer weather are upon us as we speak - our next trip to Spain is just over a month away!

As ever, dear reader, I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the selection...

Sunday, 21 September 2025

Bang, bang, bang

It's a sunny, blustery, chilly autumnal day here in London - a bit of a change, after a burst of "Indian Summer" temperatures on Friday, and a mild (if showery) day yesterday - and Madam Arcati and I are off to the cinema to wallow in sumptuous grandeur courtesy of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale this afternoon.

Meanwhile, I think a collection of some of the "newer" choons that have caught my ear of late is in order:

First up - the ever-wonderful Mael brothers show absolutely no sign of stopping their consistently brilliant musical output [fifty-one years' worth and counting!] - and their new one (featuring performer Self-Esteem, in the video at least) is as superb as ever:

Cranking the party up a notch, a couple of bangers - starting with a bit of a kinky one...

...followed by the return of an old club fave:

How about a mash-up? Yes please! Metallica never sounded so good:

Here's what happens when two fave bands collide:

And, finally, the current house faves de jour!

As ever dear reader, I'd love to know your thoughts...

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Niet elke dag is er zonneschijn *

Still coming down to earth from our fab trip to Amsterdam, and today the weather has been "up and down like a whore's drawers" again, so although I managed to do a bit of pottering in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers, it now looks like a real storm is coming in, so that's that.

Time for a little selection of "newer" music that has caught my ear, methinks...

Let's open with something from an old fave group [who have sadly announced that they are calling it quits after 35 years together] - with a rather (ahem) appealing video:

Speaking of "old faves", here's a man who knows what he wants!

Another video that rather caught my eye... [Song's not bad, either.]

Now for something completely different - it's one of our [recently featured] Dutch Patron Saints, with a completely new face!

Another jolly one we "collected" on holiday in Amsterdam - with what else but a video dedicated to pizza(?):

From the ridiculous... to the utterly bonkers! I love this [somewhat reminiscent of Cyndi Lauper, which is no bad thing in my book]:

And, saving the best to last - this!

As ever, let me know your thoughts, dear reader...

[* Niet elke dag is er zonneschijn = "Not every day there is sunshine"; part of the lyrics to "Tutto Bene" above]

Thursday, 12 April 2012

Her life's a gas, she loves the trash



Many happy returns to the lovely Sarah Cracknell of St Etienne, 45 years young today...

And to celebrate, here's something old and something new (their current single - the first in seven years! - which seems to have slipped off my radar) from the moody lovelies:



He's on the phone, and she wants to go home;

shoes in hand, don't make a sound, it's time to go
(Ooh-ooh)
Someday (someday), someday

He's on the phone, doesn't want to go home
The hotel life - forget your wife, you're on your own
Academia girl;
Her life's a gas, she loves the trash inside his world
Can't find his way there,
got the cash, feeling flash in Leicester Square

(Ooh-ooh)

Yes
She never meant to call, she did anyway,
and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday)
Yes
She never meant to call, she did anyway,
and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday

It's five to twelve and she's nervous as hell,
with nothing to lose, it's hard to choose it's hard to tell

(Ooh-ooh)

Yes
She never meant to call, she did anyway,
and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday)
Yes (Ooh-ooh)
She never meant to call, she did anyway,
and now he's trying to find the words to say
Someday (someday), someday (someday)


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Saturday, 4 February 2012

L-U-V



Before we get to the smash of smashes, let me indulge myself in just a few of the recent newer hits that have passed this way...

Only on Gaydar Radio could possibly the best new choon in a long time - given their playlist's dreary descent of late into "Rap but remixed" territory à la David Guetta's recent output - be a remix of a 45-year-old song by Lulu! It's the Hoxton Whores/The Knievels masterful mix of Love Loves To Love Love:


Here's a little blast from the past - it's a the excellent new single from St Etienne (their first in eight years apparently), the rather sweet and boppy Tonight, produced by Xenomania and mixed by Richard X:


Arch gayer Mr Sam Sparro returns with a vengeance with the fabulously funky The Shallow End:


Just because we need a little reminder that somewhere in the world there is some warm weather - here's the latest smash sensation from Brazil, the should-be-sexy-but-actually-isn't Michel Teló with the snappily-titled (and quite contagious) Ai se eu te pego (meaning 'Oh if I catch you' in Portuguese):


And so, finally, here it is - the new one from "Our Glorious Leader"! It's the long-awaited new single from Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin'! But was it worth the wait?


Thoughts..?