I like to provide people with information about the songs I post, but I have next to none about this. This is a medley that The Kooks like to perform live. I have no idea when or where this recording is from, but it's nice and clear, a good quality soundboard recording. (I got it here, where there's also a version of Bob's "Tangled Up In Blue.") The Kooks have opened for The Stones before, but I don't know if this was recorded before or after that. (They got their name from a David Bowie song.)Still, for all the information I don't have about this live medley, it's still wonderful. It sounds so organic, like the two songs were specifically written to be together like this. (Until I heard this, my favorite live Velvets cover medley was Bishop Allen's traditional soundcheck of "Sister Ray/Roadrunner" which was indeed more organic, since Jonathan Richman deliberately wrote "Roadrunner" around the organ part of "Ray." Sadly, I have no MP3s of this soundcheck.)
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Very nice. The only better transition (gird yourself for me to bring the 80s into this) for me is Soft Cell's "Tainted Love".
Also... a fun fact... I take my name from a David Bowie song.
No, I'm pretty sure you take your name from a Neil Innes song.
Also, YOU'RE a hobo's bathroom.
That song was performed live in a french tv show called Taratata.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0WTxlAYT_4
Excellent. Thanks!
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