Today’s great music: the opening track of Bowie’s best album, where he and Brian Eno bring some sounds back from the future.
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Cab Calloway: Who’s Yehoodi?
Today’s great music: this song makes absolutely zero sense, but it’s a riot anyway.
Jack White: Love Is Blindness
Today’s great music: I’m pretty tired of U2 at this point, but Jack White injects a hell of a lot of life into this one. I actually remember “Love Is Blindness” being a lot better when U2 was doing it live than on the album, because they’d let the Edge off his chain for a few minutes of anarchy at the end.
Louis Armstrong: Mack the Knife
Today’s great music: Louis Armstrong being suave as hell singing “Mack the Knife.” Check out the scar tissue on his upper lip from his unorthodox trumpet technique.
The Buzzcocks: What Do I Get?
So, we’re going to try something here: For the next month or so, I’ll use this space to curate some great music. Because after working in art museums for 10 years, I have curation envy. Today’s entry: a live version of the Buzzcocks’ asskicker “What Do I Get?”