recent youtube video tunage

'if you were here' [live at liverpool] -- thompson twins
[tho i think the thompson twins suck for the most part this song that concludes john hughes flick sixteen candles simply haunts me]

'heroes' [live aid] -- david bowie
[this live performance is incandescent]

'?' -- piana
[does anyone know the name of this song? it is heartbreakingly beautiful]

'nice weather for ducks' -- lemon jelly
[this tune and video by the british electronica duo is so bloody joyful. makes me happy every time i see it]

'good to go' -- my sad captians
[this british pop band crafts damn catchy songs that recall the structure and harmonies of the beach boys. i don't know if they've released a record in the u.s. but when i went to the beat looking for a cd a few weeks ago i couldn't find me one. i guess to get their tunes i'd need to spring for one of them fancy machines called an ipod and download them off the net. but call me old-fashioned, i'd like one of them shiny plastic wheels that bands used to put their music on, instead]

'machine gun' [live at toronto] -- slowdive
[slowdive is an awesome band. i could kick myself, and i do, for not paying attention to them when they were alive and active and perhaps missing an opportunity to see them perform. better late than never and this is a singular performance of a radiant song]

'won't get fooled again' -- the who
[this song concludes the who's concert film the kids are alright. i dig how townsend keeps trying to turn the knobs of his amps up as if somehow he could get his guitar to sound louder than a nuclear blast. if you aren't shaken by the time the keith moon cuts into the keyboards preparing for daltry's primal howl then you might want to head to the e.r. cuz you probably got no pulse]

'comfortably numb' -- pink floyd
[the original members of pink floyd reunited to perform for the benefit concert live 8 a few years back and the result is magnificent. what i love about live performances is watching the audience and members of the audience are so in synch with the band. also, roger waters is so captivated i just dig watching him as he sings gilmour's parts outside the range of the mics just for the love of song]

that's about it. these are the songs that have been in rotation the past couple weeks for no other reason than just because.