WAX LYRICAL 2

ESSENTIAL PLAYLIST


ARTIST: Mott The Hoople
TITLE: Saturday Gigs
AVAILABLE ON: Greatest Hits (1976)

History of the bands career to date with Bowie foil Mick Ronson on guitar. Became the bands epitaph.


ARTIST: The kinks
TITLE: Harry Rag
AVAILABLE ON: Something Else By The Kinks (1967)

Has there ever been a better song about cigarettes. Also covered by Morrissey although, his version remains in the vaults.


ARTIST: The Chords
TITLE: Maybe Tomorrow
AVAILABLE ON: So Far Away (1980)

Pure power pop from south east London Mod revivalists.


ARTIST: We The People
TITLE: In The Past
AVAILABLE ON: Declaration Of Independence (1967)

U.S. punk rock from 60’s garage band hailing from Florida.


ARTIST: The Byrds
TITLE: Goin’ Back
AVAILABLE ON: The Notorious Byrd brothers (1968)

A haunting, longing for lost childhood innocence. Every bit as melancholy as the Dusty Springfield version.



ARTIST: LEFTFIELD
TITLE: DUSTED
AVAILABLE ON: RYTHMN & stealth (1999)

Standout track from an otherwise under whelming 2nd album By this dance/dub duo.


ARTIST: david bowie
TITLE: wild is the wind
AVAILABLE ON: station to station (1976)

Astonishing vocal from the dame.


ARTIST: santa esmeralda
TITLE: don’t let me be misunderstood
AVAILABLE ON: kill bill ost (2003)

Epic retooling of an amimals standard.


ARTIST: babe ruth
TITLE: the mexican
AVAILABLE ON: dread meets the b boys downtown (2004)

One hit wonders from Montreal shake up the dance floor. A fav with the hip hop elite in new york 1981/82.


ARTIST: bob marley
TITLE: trenchtown rock
AVAILABLE ON: live (1975)

Personal favourite from reggaes very own “live at leeds”.