Once again, only some of the performers are punks. There's some new wave, pub rock, no wave, and post punk as well. And in addition to soul songs, there are some girl group and funk covers in there (Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, the Chi-Lites and Charles Wright).
Some of the songs have been featured before (by other performers). And some of the performers have been featured before, but they're covering different songs this time!
Wilko Johnson appears here twice (as a solo artist and with his Solid Senders). Clive Langer is also on here twice (with his band The Boxes, and backing his former Deaf School bandmate Bette Bright). Pearl Harbour (the patron saint of our blog) is here as well. And the whole thing ends with some vintage Ralph Records weirdness.
Thanks to Koen for the Bette Bright track, and to Richard for the Rhythm Pigs (the boys from El Paso, not Top Jimmy's crew). I forgot to thank Richard last time for the Rock Against Junk album, which was the source of two songs on Volume 5. And a tip of the hat to RYP for reposting Chris Bailey's solo albums at my request.
Sorry about work; super grateful you still found time to favor us with something so cool...
ReplyDeleteThanks, man I'm really tired of deliberate understaffing as a way to squeeze more work out of fewer people just to please the shareholders (rather than the customers). But the eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play...
DeleteThanks for these Jon!
DeleteT-Bone & Bobby "Blue" Bland be proud, though hitting your knees on Sunday can most certainly be optional...as for capitalism....as I often told my students, it's easier for most all of us to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism (Jameson, extended by Fisher, and with a twist by Žižek) ...but it'll come. Feudalism ended. Mercantilism ended. So shall capitalism. Sorry, old professors just keep on talking/writing....
DeleteYour students may live to see the end of crapitalism -- or maybe even a new kind of feudalism. I was reading an interview this week with Patri Friedman (Milton Friedman's grandson) about his company Pronomos and the increased interest among wealthy investors in establishing "sovereign tech cities" (with their own economies and laws) inside existing countries (such as Honduras, which hosts a cozy little crypto kingdom called Próspera). If you can't afford to buy an island (like Epstein or Branson), and you don't want to rough it on an oil tanker like Sealand, you can carve out a little fiefdom inside a second or third world country, and then lock out the poors.
DeleteLOCK OUT THE POORS would be a great name for a band... or an album! :)
DeleteI found the article: https://www.ft.com/content/b127ee7a-5ac4-4730-a395-c9f9619615c7
Delete“There has been deep integration with the tech elites in the Valley and DC in the White House in this Trump administration,” (Dryden) Brown says. Yeah, no shit.
The last paragraph is my favorite:
And what about fears that this marks the rise of techno-fascism? “I mean, we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities,” (Friedman) says, shrugging. “And if you’re not into that you shouldn’t move there.”
Just read it, scary stuff...
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Punks Got Soul #4: https://pixeldrain.com/u/CWchDN7A
Punks Got Soul #3: https://pixeldrain.com/u/77yW6aT9
Punks Got Soul #2: https://pixeldrain.com/u/7nCDCe1i
Punks Got Soul #1: https://pixeldrain.com/u/D2MRMwMY
Cool as hell! Thanks Jonder I feel for you as another sunny day of vacation and already cut up all my new Isley Bros rips for brand new post next year as well as some new treats like Federal Power suggested by funkmyrock I know the links will last till I get back to the office nice one from Richard (an old fave)!
ReplyDeleteThe Isleys are funktastic! Thanks, Viacom!
DeleteThank you. Almost forgot Lizzie Descloux, good fun, took Press Color out again.
ReplyDeleteLizzie is so good. But it's sad to listen to "Tumour" (her version of "Fever") knowing that she died of cancer.
DeleteThe 15-60-75 version of "Money" is also a fun listen, and includes a hot sax solo by Terry Hynde (Chrissie Hynde's brother). And the drum track on The Residents' song makes me smile from ear to ear.
especially the 76-86 period, the residents were among the best bands in the world. I remember playing eskimo in the summer to keep cool.
DeleteTough job Jonder, but you keep on going, respect!
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