Ewan_M's jams
Here are all of Ewan_M's jams.
Happy Trails
by Jim O'Rourke
Oh wait we get one more? Okay I'm going out with this instead. It's been fun!
Jammed: 26th Sep 2015
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And Goodbye
by Roy Montgomery/Flying Saucer Attack
I guess this is it. I'm in a pub so can't quite remember how it goes but leaving with Roy Montgomery, my favourite purveyor of long-form drone jangle. #themelancholydeathofTIMJ
Echo Beach (Live)
by Martha and the Muffins
Sticking with Canadian music, here's a nostalgic one from my childhood for the #melancholydeathofTIMJ filmed at the Electric Ballroom in Camden! Albeit when I was three years old.
Jammed: 12th Sep 2015
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Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
by The Four Lads
Taking a brief break from the #melancholydeathofTIMJ to report I'm back from my hols. Guess where!
Be There (Live)
by Low
"I don't want to be there when they drag you out." Melancholy jams for the death of TIMJ.
Jammed: 24th Aug 2015
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The Abandoned Castle of My Soul
by The Gothic Archies
My next melancholy song which is all about TIMJ going away. I wanted to jam something from The Tragic Treasury but those all seem to be BLOCKED on YT.
Jammed: 18th Aug 2015
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Wintermute
by The Iditarod and Sharron Kraus
Now that TIMJ is going, I shall have to jam my favourite melancholy songs, eh? I love Sharron Kraus's voice but her collaboration with The Iditarod is just perfect, a short EP well worth your time.
Work Song
by Nina Simone
Pretty sure I've jammed this before, but who cares. Nina Simone, legend. I just saw the documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? which is certainly interesting, if fairly unadventurous.
You Know I'm No Good
by Amy Winehouse ft Ghostface Killah
Saw the documentary 'Amy' the other night. I was never a huge fan, but it just makes me sad about her all over again.
Hyper-Ballad
by Björk
For some reason, this was stuck in my head this morning. That's my reason for posting it.
Jammed: 3rd Jul 2015
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Ivo
by Cocteau Twins
I'm stealing this from @thesunneversets, as I was listening to the album yesterday (#78) and I still love it.
Hole
by Kelly Clarkson
I do love Kelly when she's being shouty and emo, although the sound quality on this video is a bit tinny.
Jammed: 8th May 2015
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Isobel
by Björk
It turns out there's a shop called Isobel near my work. So now I have this song stuck in my head.
Jammed: 1st May 2015
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Should Have Known Better
by Sufjan Stevens
So, new album from this chap, much like his earlier ones. Hadn't really listened to him in years, but it's rather nice if you like that kind of thing.
Crazy in Love
by Beyoncé
So this popped up on shuffle yesterday when I was walking in the sun, and I still like it. It's been a few years. TWELVE! I checked. Surely despite the passage of time, you still remember it? Actually I probably work with people for whom this is like a song that defines their childhood, eh?
First We Take Manhattan (Live)
by Leonard Cohen
So close to going to #NYC, just a few days away. Then on to Canada, where this chap is from.
Jammed: 2nd Apr 2015
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Jammed: 31st Mar 2015
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Going to Queens
by The Mountain Goats
About time I jammed some tMG for my #NYC jams, because I am, after all, going to Queens. That's where we're staying.
New York, New York
by Nina Hagen
This was suggested by Katy for my #NYC jams (only a month to go! exciting! submit any recommendations for places to go, eat, drink). The song is in German though, so good luck with that.
New York, New York
by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Continuing the #NYC jams ahead of my visit next month.
Down and Out in New York City
by James Brown
Continuing the #NYC jams ahead of my visit next month. I expect it to look just like this film clip. I recognise this isn't a great presentation of the song (it restarts about three times), but I couldn't find any other videos... Sorry!
Jammed: 2nd Mar 2015
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An Open Letter to NYC
by Beastie Boys
I'm going to NYC in April, so I should start jamming NYC-themed songs NOW! Let's start with an obvious one eh.
Francis Mitterand
by Wckr Spgt
DIPLOMATICALLY COOL. I have no reason for sharing this, it just came up in my listening today and has a pleasingly lo-fi aesthetic.
I See a Darkness
by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Saw BPB play live the other night, he finished with a (rocking) version of this. The original is pretty bleak, but this version is rather jolly. I had no idea it had an 'official' video, but it looks like it was filmed in Scotland of all places. (I originally thought it was my hometown Edinburgh from a brief look, but now that I watch it, it's clearly not. I think it might be Glasgow actually.) So tick VG for that.
I Know Places
by Taylor Swift
I met up with some people the other night and we talked in depth about "1989", and basically when the album is good I really like it, and this track, late in the album, is one of my current favourites. I like the atmosphere and the imagery, which bring to my mind some kind of dystopian young-adult novel (albeit one about hiding from papparazzi).
Family Happiness
by The Mountain Goats
As we all (should) do,I've been going on a bit of a tMG kick of late. The album this is from is the one I first loved, and this one of its standout tracks. The sound of those opening guitar chords just seemed to lift off the vinyl and pound into my brain. I love the level of utter despair this song seems to conjure. I wish I could feel so strongly but glad too that I don't, at least not often. PS selecting a jam on phone so v difficult to tell if the video link works...
Absolutely Nothing (Live)
by Lily Allen
I was stuck doing some v boring work recently, and discovered that Lily 's music still cheers me up.
Jammed: 30th Jan 2014
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Lived in Bars
by Cat Power
My new year's resolution was to drink more cocktails, so that's what I'll be doing tonight. (Also, some theatre.)
Jammed: 14th Jan 2014
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The Old Man's Back Again
by Scott Walker
Well, he's turning 71 today, and the album this track is from (Scott 4) is 45, so yr stuck with some Scott.
Jammed: 9th Jan 2014
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The Light
by Scott Walker
Just watched this movie the other night and really liked its sense of mystery and the uncanny. Also, the Scott Walker soundtrack.
Jammed: 14th Nov 2013
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The Monster
by Eminem ft Rihanna
It's my 10 year London-i-versary, and this is the current UK #1 as far as I can tell. Maybe in 10 years it'll sum up all that was good about the 2010s, but I doubt it somehow.
Read All About It
by Professor Green ft Emeli Sandé
Marking my countdown for the 10 years I've lived in London, this was UK #1 on my 8th anniversary in 2011. I'm hearing it for the first time, which shows how much attention I've been paying.
Jammed: 7th Nov 2013
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Only Girl (in the World)
by Rihanna
Counting down my 10 years in London anniversary, this was the UK #1 in 2010, at the end of my 7th year here.
Everybody in Love
by JLS
Counting down my 10 years in London, this was UK #1 at the end of my sixth year here, 2009. I'm not sure I fully appreciate JLS.
Jammed: 4th Nov 2013
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The Promise
by Girls Aloud
Counting down my 10 years in London, this was UK #1 just shy of my 5th year here in 2008. Not my favourite GA, to be fair.
Bleeding Love
by Leona Lewis
Counting down my 10 years in London. This was UK #1 at the end of my fourth year, and the biggest selling single of 2007.
Star Girl (Live)
by McFly
Counting down my 10 years in London, this was UK number 1 close to the end of my third year in 2006.
Just Lose It
by Eminem
Counting down the 10 years I've lived in London. This was UK #1 at the end of my first year there, in Nov 2004.
Jammed: 25th Oct 2013
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Cry for Judas
by The Mountain Goats
Going to see them play next Tue (on my birthday). I need to listen to the most recent album again, really.
Let's Get Married
by The Proclaimers
There's a Proclaimers musical coming out later this week, and I have this song stuck in my head.
Work Song (Live)
by Nina Simone
I may have jammed this before once, but w/ev, I want to hear it again.
Jammed: 19th Sep 2013
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Madison Dance (from Bande à part)
by Michel Legrand
I am continuing my nouvelle vague jams with a scene from Godard's Bande à part (1964).
Jammed: 17th Sep 2013
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Le Mépris trailer
by Jean-Luc Godard and Georges Delerue
Yes, it's a film trailer, but it's for a great Godard film that I just reviewed over at my film blog. Also it has a strong musical theme.
Jammed: 13th Sep 2013
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p:Machinery
by Propaganda
I predict that drugs may have been involved with this video. Or, given the band's name, maybe political theory?
Jammed: 10th Sep 2013
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Comment te dire adieu
by Françoise Hardy
I woke up with this in my head this morning, for some reason, so I have taken to the internet to SHARE IT.
Starships
by Nicki Minaj
Oh Nicki Minaj, I didn't feel I could post yr actual video for this, which is still to my mind a jolly song.
Best Song Ever (Live)
by One Direction
Another song inspired by a film I went to see, namely the One Direction documentary. I enjoyed it, they seem like nice chaps.
Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 in D Major
by Johann Sebastian Bach
I went to see the movie City of Bones last night and it turns out JS Bach was a demon hunter. Errrr, okay.
Dick in a Box
by The Lonely Island (ft Justin Timberlake)
Been getting into Saturday Night Live a lot recently, and this is one of their Digital Shorts which I somehow managed to miss until recently.
The End (Part I)
by Black Boned Angel
I sort of feel like some ambient metal drone music right now, so here you go.
Bachelorette
by Björk
I've never been obsessed by Bjork but I was recently reminded that this album (Homogenic) is quite good.
The Last of the Mohicans Main Title
by Trevor Jones
So I watched this movie last night and it has that stirring orchestral score thing going on.
Jammed: 9th Aug 2013
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