The Explanation
(for those who require one)

And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather

Radio Free Gunslinger #37: Come to Daddy



Your host for this edition of Radio Free Gunslinger, entitled 'Come to Daddy,' is Sylvia Plath

The Content

First Sequence:
The Kinks - Have a Cuppa Tea (live)
Jonathan Richman - Stop Your Sobbing
Deerheart - Sweet Lady Genevieve
The Choir - David Watts
Elliott Smith - Set Me Free (live)

Second Sequence:
Sonic Youth - Victoria
Soulwax - I Go to Sleep
Steve Wynn - This Strange Effect
Lambchop - Art Lover
Bill Lloyd & Tommy Womack - Picture Book

Third Sequence:
The Chocolate Watchband - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
The Cascades - I Bet You Won't Stay
The Fugitives - Come On Now
Leapy Lee - King of the Whole Wide World
The U-Turns - Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Fourth Sequence:
OK Go - Father Christmas
Kirsty MacColl - Days
The Fall-Outs - This Man He Weeps Tonight
The Raincoats - Lola
Fountains of Wayne - Better Things

Summation:
Ray Davies, w. Yo la Tengo - Vietnam Cowboys (live)

6 comments:

WillyC said...

Another great one Tom - Long live the Kinks!

swac said...

Outstanding! As I told Tom on FB, I've been wanting to hear Leapy Lee's King of the Whole Wide World for decades, especially after hearing that most of the band plays on the backing track. A major milestone for this life-long Kinks kultist.

Wolynski said...

What, no Pretenders?

Joey X said...

Loving this playlist, Tom! Thanks!

BabbaZee said...

These are fantastic

excellent job

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

Thanks Tom. God save the village green. God save the Kinks.