My Life in Music: Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing

Always a dance floor filler this one, and as the title suggests it’s a song about shoplifting.  The band were all hooked on drugs when was released.  I think they all hated each other by this point too, but friction often makes the best music doesn’t it.  I’ve never been caught stealing, I’ve always been [...]

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My Life in Music: Kraftwerk – Autobahn

The 1970s were a very rich period for German bands, Can, Faust, Neu!, and of course Kraftwerk. All of which were highly experimental and individual in their approach to music.  Arguably Kraftwerk’s body of work reflects an obsession with many transport and technology issues; High speed rail (Trans Europe Express), the rise of the PC [...]

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My Life in Music: Sonic Youth – Tunic (Song for Karen)

I once heard the music of Sonic Youth described as the sound of a fax machine being sucked through a jet engine.  That’s probably about right.  I’ve always been of the opinion that guitars are for making noise, not making music, and Sonic Youth are very good at making noise with guitars.  They have a reflective [...]

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My Life in Music: The Pixies – Debaser

There aren’t many good songs about Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali’s film Un Chien Andalou, but this is one of them. Who else but The Pixies could have made the line “Slicing up eyeballs – ha, ha, ha, ho!” such singalong fun.  They are my favourite band.  I loved the way that they didn’t look [...]

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My Life In Music

This is a new feature of this blog, where I select one of many songs I like and write either about the song or about a time, or something in my life that it represents.  It’s a bit like a continuous Desert Island Discs only without anything useful or illuminating to say.  I like the idea of [...]

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