Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Your Starter For Ten


Happy New Year bloggers, blogettes and browsers. Hope you had a goody without overindulging too much. How are you naming new year? Personally I can't bring myself to say twenty ten, so it'll be the large format two thousand and ten for me..

We had The Elms Annual CD Swap last week, where a few music loving ol' gits ( Coops, Piley and I, plus others) got together for a few scoops and to swap CDs of our handpicked highlights from 2009. My selection box was probably too heavy on the vintage vibes rather than new finds, but one name that cropped up across comps was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz, an album that's had regular run outs on my trusty ol' Creative Zen last year..

If you haven't heard It's Blitz yet, there's a taste test here..If you have, you may want to lend an ear to to this stripped down alt.take.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Soft Shock(Acoustic Version)



On a similarly wintery theme, why not try Nancy Wallace's folky refit of Cliff's hit..

Nancy Wallace - We Don't Talk Anymore

at

18 comments:

  1. markus reevesJanuary 5, 2010 at 9:45 AM

    yeah yeah yeah ..... nice nice nice ..... happy new thing to clan mondo!

    ReplyDelete
  2. davyhJanuary 5, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    Is that a Max from Where The Wild Things Are jumpsuit? Where can I get one?!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jon PeakeJanuary 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    Happy '2010' to you, Mondo. That's what I'm calling it.

    ReplyDelete
  4. MondoJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM

    You too Markus any gigs planned Southend way for 2010?

    It is a Max-suit perfect for the frosty evenings/mornings Davy. It was Karen O of the YYY's what did the soundtrack for Wild Things you see

    And happy 2000 and 10 to you FC;)

    ReplyDelete
  5. rockmotherJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    Nice Yeah Yeah Yeah's Mondo. You can get those suits here - adult-sized and very pricey! http://www.theirongategallery.com/Wild-Things-Adult-Wolf-Pajamas_p_602.html

    ReplyDelete
  6. CocktailsJanuary 5, 2010 at 12:40 PM

    Both those pyjamas/jumpsuit and Nancy Wallace are a bit too twee for me. Surprising I know.

    Have you seen the movie?

    ReplyDelete
  7. MondoJanuary 5, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Yikes - I can't see me in one anyway Romo it might ruffle me 'rooster do'

    No not seen it yet Cocktails, (or read the book, or tried the soundtrack) but I'm way behind with trips to the cinema.

    ReplyDelete
  8. CocktailsJanuary 5, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    You haven't read the book?! What kind of a childhood did you have without that menacing classic?

    BTW, The Southerner doesn't appear to be available on DVD. How annoying.

    ReplyDelete
  9. MondoJanuary 5, 2010 at 3:23 PM

    Early years were Topsy and Tim, Dr Zeuss and comics. Junior School was: Magician's Nephew, Moomin series, Bottersnikes and Gumbles (which is quite collectable now), The Children of Green Knowe, pre-Quentin Blake Roald Dahl, comics and collected Peanuts. But no, never Wild Things

    PS you can grab Southerner clips on youtube I think.

    ReplyDelete
  10. SimonJanuary 5, 2010 at 3:54 PM

    No wild things? I've already bought a copy for the little fella for when he's old enough to read a book without eating it!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Kolley KibberJanuary 5, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    Seen the Yeah Yeah Yeahs live, Mondo? You should, if not. She's brilliant - really interacts with the fans (who are mainly seventeen year old girls who want to be just like her. If I was seventeen, I would too. Even down to the fluffy jumpsuit.).

    And I'm with the "2010"-ers. A happy one to you.

    ReplyDelete
  12. GabbiJanuary 6, 2010 at 5:03 AM

    Awesome post Mondo!! Soft Shock is my most favorite of the Yeah's since Fever to Tell... and the acoustic version I'd never heard before. So pretty... such love. Thank you for the share!!!

    Wishes for a great rest-of-the-week! :)

    ReplyDelete
  13. PileyJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    The YYY's album was a rare old treat last year (and featured in my 'best of' disc too.. I love the previous 2 albums as well, but this this one may have beaten the lot. Theres a maurity about it that is just fab.

    Was gonna do a post on the 'best of' discs too!

    P

    ReplyDelete
  14. FurtheronJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    Twenty Ten works for me I was born in nineteen sixty-two not one thousand nine hundred and sixty two

    I was wondering about the photo that explains...

    Happy new dodah and all that

    ReplyDelete
  15. MondoJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    I've seen Wild Things just never grabbed it Simon. My two loved Richard Scarry, Dr Zeuss and Topsy and Tim - but get the vintage versions(the artwork's much better).

    Seen them on TV ISB, never live though. I expected her to be a moody ol' bird, but came as across as really chirpy and smiley.

    You'll find it, and some other acoustic versions, on the Deluxe Edition, which is well worth grabbing Gabbi.

    If It's Blitz tickled your tastebuds P, You'll probably like Royksopp's Junior too

    Happy New Doo Dah to you too F-Ron, I can feel myself slipping across to the 2010 side already you know..

    ReplyDelete
  16. lilJanuary 6, 2010 at 1:31 PM

    Absolutely love “Soft Shock” (acoustic Version) - I could listen to it all day...

    ReplyDelete
  17. markus reevesJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:43 PM

    id be happy to come a play a set at the railway if they are still doing it there? find out the best open mike nites and ill whizz down fella!

    ReplyDelete
  18. MondoJanuary 7, 2010 at 4:36 PM

    I'll mail you links to a couple of YYY rarities later Lil..

    I'll check and report back MR

    ReplyDelete