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Sometimes New for a New Year

10 Friday Feb 2017

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

Afrikaans, Elbow, Iluka, Malcolm McLaren, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Paul Kelly, Sinkane, The Living End, The Whitlams, Thievery Corporation, Timothy Nelson, Wagons, Wilco

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V5_vrZMEYQ

Out on the weekend – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqQ2AWShqc

I can’t stand it – Wilco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfAI6EriYy8

Blue jean baby – Iluka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlqf43YSP1g

Chase the eclipse – Wagons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9zfUPkcFo4

I make hamburgers – The Whitlams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh79619xxk8

How to make gravy – Paul Kelly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYOIbXJTVIc

Air Afrikaans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foMWCBfRvJY

We never change – Timothy Nelson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQl5KYiiFDI

Magnificent (she says) – Elbow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4azMok_WF8

Depth of my soul – Thievery Corporation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6frq4MRRftY

Keep on running- The Living End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgmgkyhPZ4

U’huh –Sinkane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ4jMSCBswY

Double Dutch – Malcolm McLaren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUj_FSarGI

I had a dream, Joe – Nick Cave and the bad seeds

All time Pigs Arms favourites – Part 2

28 Saturday Jan 2017

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 17 Comments

Tags

Brook Benton, Bruce Springsteen, Cilla Black, Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Jimmy Cliff, Kirsty McColl, Nancy Sinarta, Nina Simone, Radio Birdman, Ram Jam, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Stevie Wright, The Kinks, The Style Council

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPveBD6WWXc

Evie Parts 1, 2 and 3 – Stevie Wright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QccPUSTMriM

There’s a guy who works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis – Kirsty McColl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7-QBw862zk

You’re my world – Cilla Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZW1v81jj0

These boots are made for walking – Nancy Sinarta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ

Dancing in the Street – David Bowie and Mick Jagger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPE1rEdAdI

Stranger to my happiness – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE

100 Days 100 nights – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4

Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R044sleOW6I

Black Betty – Ram Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKRAgcQAEkw

Wonderful world beautiful People – Jimmy Cliff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

Don’t you forget about me – Simple Minds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m94ip38UKs

Shout to the top – The Style Council

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC1oQ3jdzCU

Aloha Steve and Danno – Radio Birdman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg

Over the Rainbow and Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1rVcRWvnMc

Love song to the world – Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU

Rainy night in Georgia – Brook Benton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLs09J_x6-c

Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jXNMC1Vl4

To Love Somebody – Nina Simone

 

 

All time Pigs Arms favourites – Part 1

20 Friday Jan 2017

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

801, Doug Ashdown, Doug Parkinson, George Benson, Harry Chapin, Harry Nilsson, Herman's Hermits, Leonard Cohen, Little Feat, Midnight Oil, Nina Simone, queen, Steely Dan, the Bee Gees, The Buena Vista Social Club, The Spazzys, The Style Council, Uriah Heep

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbRZ73NvlY

The Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWYefe9EzI

Massachusetts – The Bee Gees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHbCE53s9hQ

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T3FXFnoTzE

Don’t let me be misunderstood – Nina Simone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

Taxi – Harry Chapin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzEY6ZqkuE

Everybody’s Talkin – Harry Nilsson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXvoRRMSSGU

Dixie chicken – Little Feat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

Halleujah – Leonard Cohen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej6_oaETVp8

Winter in America – Doug Ashdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxZY0DIxIk

Easy Livin – Uriah Heep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw4BjU62t5Y

Dear Prudence – Doug Parkinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LesWfbkJJlQ

No Milk today – Herman’s Hermits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq8OU-7JDFA

My Old School – Steely Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pitnJlcv4

Breezin – George Benson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJhfE08wxE

My Boyfriends Back – The Spazzys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3FQwovIJw0

Wedding Cake Island – Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkGXUn0Kuuw

Tomorrow never knows – 801

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuhWXamkfw8

The Paris Match – The Style Council

 

 

The Pig Arms Favourites 2016 – Part 5

15 Sunday Jan 2017

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 35 Comments

Tags

Adele, Amy Winehouse, Astrud Giberto, B52s, Chet Faker, Ella Fitzgerald, First Aid Kit, Francoise Hardy, lairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, Lene Lovich, Missy Higgins, Nina Simone, The Stone Ponys, Vale Peter Sarstedt

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jXNMC1Vl4

To Love Somebody – Nina Simone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4pzKvuEQM

Gold – Chet Faker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKL4X0PZz7M

My Silver Lining – First Aid Kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKmit_uQrSQ

Cedar Lane – First Aid Kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMM2tgnzNhw

Corcovado – Astrud Giberto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsFaI0YlWU0

Oh Canada – Missy Higgins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVvRImExKc

Different Drum – The Stone Ponys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8i3FOUhqU

Whatta Man – Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WaVv874DfE

Where I stood – Missy Higgins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR70fpZ870

It’s only the beginning – Deborah Conway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jI9I03q8E

Ain’t got no, I got life – Nina Simone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zsf7reJTo

Stairway to the stars – Ella Fitzgerald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7-vnrJD3k

Set fire to the rain – Adele

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqNrkOQmWKQ

If I could lose you – Nina Simone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxYRbzGi8Rg

Our day will come – Amy Winehouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofkzvM7Skxg

Rock Lobster – B52s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGoEmhQP774

Lucky Number – Lene Lovich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-b8QIYOpM

Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles – Francoise Hardy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8XQZYIiNgo

Where do you go to my lovely Vale Peter Sarstedt

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pig Arms Favourites 2016 – Part 4

07 Saturday Jan 2017

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 12 Comments

Tags

Eddie Cochran, Lovin' Spoonful, Paul Simon, Sam Carty and the Astronauts, Scott Walker, the Association, the Beach Boys, The Cowsills, The Kinks, The Monkeys, The Young Rascals, Thunderclap Newman, Tommy James and the Shondells, Velvet Underground

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5MDivdcEE

Nervous Breakdown – Eddie Cochran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falI0baGhBQ

Groovin’ – The Young Rascals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv3WB2loIA4

Draggin the line/ Crystal blue Persuasion – Tommy James and the Shondells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLs09J_x6-c

Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXsyXjZPvGU

Mother and child reunion – Paul Simon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5T6s25XK4

Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zgdGQB4S4

The old man’s back again – Scott Walker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDh-xea40s

Rain on the Roof – Lovin’ Spoonful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiMCTjO_dHI

The Rain, the park and other things – The Cowsills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPYT9Vyu62A

Windy – The Association

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzs5dlLrm0

Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkeys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3E5YIP-DvU

There she goes – Velvet Underground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zmkzshUvE

Something in the air – Thunderclap Newman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-ReVGntJM

Syncopate – Sam Carty and the Astronauts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUyRp0NEzo

Do It Again – The Beach Boys

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pig Arms Favourites 2016 – Part 3

30 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 25 Comments

Tags

Bill Withers, Bo Diddley, Brook Benton, Curtis Mayfield with the Impressions, Harry Belafonte, James Hunter six, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Loggins and Messina, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, The Herbaliser, Wilco

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBn5aIfZElE

Chain Gang – Sam Cooke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPMoAb4y8U

Try a little tenderness – Otis Redding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M

What’s going on – Marvin Gaye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKEbnS1eBE

People get ready – Curtis Mayfield with the Impressions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16B5Xm8_IKw

The Lonely Bull- Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tou8-Cz8is

Day-O – Harry Belafonte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hlMi6PvUDE

Your momma don’t dance – Loggins and Messina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZBaJAngH8

Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE

Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGKDT-33rx4

Nursery Rhyme – Bo Diddley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU

Rainy night in Georgia – Brook Benton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo

Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa2XnouRXKo

One Sunday Morning – Wilco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5NN3oanzE

Winter Lady – Leonard Cohen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TebRF1hjR0

Baby (Hold on) – James Hunter six

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USSUCqZXbcE

The missing Suitcase – The Herbaliser

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pig Arms Favourites 2016 – Part 2

24 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Chet Faker, Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, Daddy Cool, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen, Little Red, Missy Higgins, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Pseudo Echo, Radio Birdman, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Tomm

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4pzKvuEQM

Gold – Chet Faker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaN4vma0n0A

Shark Fin Blues- Missy Higgins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1rVcRWvnMc

Love song to the world – Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7E9JV687Do

Still Goodbye – Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4WYVd-o_iw

Somebody left me crying and Time to Live – Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI4dWXuC6Ww

Hi honey ho – Daddy Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmQlBfxh4Us

I got You – Split Enz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnejLmQGYhg

Funkytown – Pseudo Echo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg

Over the Rainbow and Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5cRYd1Vr4

Ole – John Coltrane (18 minute track)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTC_fD598A

First we take Manhatten –Leonard Cohen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK-vpaKnn7w

Winterlong – Neil Young and Crazy Horse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Ok_otzVQ4

It’s alright – Little Red

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lebmtsgQM0

Firefight – Tomm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC1oQ3jdzCU

Aloha Steve and Danno – Radio Birdman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOYAjd8icg

I’m still here – Sharon Jones and the Dap-kings

 

The Pig Arms Favourites 2016 – Part 1

18 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 16 Comments

Tags

Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, garbage, Joe Strummer, Oasis, Rod Stewart, Simple Minds, The Stranglers, The Style Council, Uriah Heep, Van Morrison

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Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRD0ghlFSgk

Golden Years – David Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLnPd7lzT4g

Suffragette City – David Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw

Blackstar – David Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OAZ-BPjB0U

Omotepe – Joe Strummer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXUm3pKknU

Carrickfergus – Bryan Ferry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0iuaxvkXv4

Wizard – Uriah Heep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWwM2wwMww

Turning Japanese – The Vapors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuT5KUA7iaY

Peaches – The Stranglers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrnvPCSP6Q8

Welcome to the Pleasuredome – Frankie goes to Hollywood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

Don’t you forget about me – Simple Minds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8Oj2W7yeA

Starting a new life – Van Morrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1Bh8ZvH84

Wonderwall – Oasis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4

Only happy when it rains – Garbage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg2vxuwSflE

Mandolin wind – Rod Stewart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRGnXprimbg

Have you ever had it blue – The Style Council

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m94ip38UKs

Shout to the top – The Style Council

 

 

Sharon Jones

27 Sunday Nov 2016

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

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A tribute to a Pigs Arms favourite by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmHOW3_3rOM

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Live at The Beatclub 2005 (58 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5eVHCQ4ogQ

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – live in Seattle April 2016 (34 minutes)

Joe Strummer’s London Calling – The Fifth Episode

15 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

Amadou and Mariam, Bob Dylan, Francoise Hardy, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed Bindrakhia, Lulu, Max Romeo, Ravi Bal, Sam Carty and the Astronauts, Tariq Lohar, the Beach Boys, The Clash, the Ramones, The Upsetters

 

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Playlist reproduced by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymtpePP8I8

Blitzkrieg Bop- The Ramones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4HyZiycx8g

The Freedom Fighters – The Upsetters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-b8QIYOpM

Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles – Francoise Hardy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r57LWTBZDE

Corina Corina – Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-ReVGntJM

Syncopate – Sam Carty and the Astronauts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyBorE6eEs

Public Enemy #1 – Max Romeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyCrx4DyMk

Straight to Hell – The Clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raGsgsuPFAw

Ghetto Defendant – The Clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIzPkbkgQvk

Mon Amour, Ma Cherie – Amadou and Mariam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUyRp0NEzo

Do It Again – The Beach Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkepygs_bM

Baby, What You Want Me To Do – Jimmy Reed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFAnA9oPRE

The Man Who Sold the World – Lulu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGiJSnwBwDQ

Tera Yaar Bolda – Jimmy Reed Bindrakhia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGl_KdrJ-rw

Teri Khair Howay Pehredara- Tariq Lohar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680s3GZuK_g

Mehabooba – Ravi Bal

 

 

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