I really have enjoyed these music threads. Haven’t listened to all the music yet, but working on it. Thanks, Lars and others who contributed. For more current stuff, I am a big Avett Brothers and Amos Lee fan.

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (not new but at least 21st Century)

Hareball, loving that Sade cover. I’ll definitely be looking to listen to more by the Deftones.

Coincidentally, I’m also a She Wants Revenge fan!

So today has been an odd one for me because I had a stand off with my manager about still being expected to work when others have been home for some time with those deemed vulnerable, and many others have phoned in sick.

Long story short I am now at home too, for ever! Hurrah!!!

I was due to leave at the end of May with voluntary redundancy, but they’ve agreed to pay me til then, but let me go now with no penalties:)

Hah! So I’m celebrating my once in a blue moon tendency to be a pain in the righteous azz, which has happily for once paid off. Phew!

This sprang to mind...

Django Django - Default, UK group from London

Good luck with new job prospects - it might get difficult by the end of May, but at least you are paid by then.

BTW, I thought I would give you a link to the local radio station I listen to KXLU - from Loyola Marymount University (where the last democratic debate was held). It's a weak station, but I live in their neighborhood (Westchester) - so I can get it easily enough on my clock radio, and that's what I wake up to. Since we're near the beach and a lot of the DJs are surfers, they can be a bit ditzy and often don't necessarily make much sense, but some of them are pretty good.

I used to listen to KUSF when I lived in San Francisco in the 1980s, but that station is not as good as it used to be.

Lars I just tuned in to your radio station and a DJ was announcing he was Count Dracula! They sound hilarious! Thank you so much:)

As far as a new job goes I’m thankfully only planning on taking it kind of easy now. I worked for the company for more than 20 years so the redundancy will come in handy. I’m hoping for a nice summer sprucing up my garden and going for long walks and chats with family.

(Oh and btw, my son loved I Am The Virus too)

No more early to bed and early to rise for me...

maddiemo congrats on your job situation! :D Take it easy and enjoy yourself when we're allowed to haha

Have you ever seen She Wants Revenge live?

Hareball, unfortunately no. Tbh I only discovered them by chance on YouTube quite recently and instantly fell in love.

Were they as good live as they are on their videos?

This was the first hook that sealed the deal...

I saw them live 19 times so I would say so haha :) They were very nice in person too. You can tell they love what they do and take it seriously. They always had such good opening bands that I ended up listening to also. Tear You Apart was the first song of theirs I heard too. A friend of mine and I would drive the local club dj crazy asking for them over and over. It was worth it!

I'm so glad I looked at this post. It's awesome to find other people that get that there's more than just what is played on the radio. :) Some of the best music is the stuff you have to go digging for or find by accident.

You’re so right! I spend way too long on YouTube searching for gems, and too often they’re by bands and singers I’ve never even heard of before. (Not that I’m by any means any kind of expert)

There’s usually a music thread on Friday nights on Hot Topics. They‘re usually entitied FNM - and then a certain theme.

Hopefully you’ll pop over some time:)

Having another thread over here on Kitchen Table has been fab though. You can never have too much music!

Tear You Apart reminds me of X-Mal Deutschland

Qual, 1983

From the same year:

I'm sure you're familiar with this one.

Another group that I saw in San Francisco in the early 80s

Gang of Four

Hareball,

I love The Drums

Here is another song

I have a couple of Front 242 CDs, but I haven't listened to them in a while - thanks for the reminder!

This caught my eye a while back because it was described as a psychedelic disco surf.

Thanks, Maddiemo - that sounds like something I would hear on KXLU. BTW, my favorite DJ there calls himself President Ford. I sent him an email once to find out the name of a song he had played, but of course he could not remember it.

Here's a song I first heard on KXLU a few years ago

A Dutch group, George Baker Selection, from the 1970s, I think. I thought it was Tom Jones when I first heard it. This song is featured in the movie Reservoir Dogs.

This was my woke up but not time to get up so put my headphones on and drifted back n down music choice this morning.

This is my I wish I could go home and sleep but I can't so I'll dance in my head song. Haha

This is my bang a drum and tap a tambourine with my butt song.

It’s also a favourite with 2 of my best friends who I can’t see at the moment because of the lock down, so it makes me happy and a little bit sad.

Will someone please link David Bowie & Tina Turner concert video 'Tonight'? I can find it on YouTube but don't want to annoy you all with the ads on YouTube. Love Tina Turner & especially love this one with both her & David Bowie.

I don't get ads on Youtube, and so I'm not sure what your request is.

Here's the Beck song I meant to start with originally "Hot Wax"

"...spreading disease all across the land..." I personally am not doing that - I'm staying put in Cathedral City for the next two months.

Here's my favorite Tina Turner performance

Here's David Bowie, from Cat People

The Safety Dance seems like a good idea

Another favourite feel good dance video. “Brimful of Asha" is about India's film music industry, with a reference to star Asha Bhosle.

The word "asha" also happens to mean "hope" in Hindi.

For ci_lantro, link and video.

https://youtu.be/7icGpchTH4c

Tina Turner and David Bowie

Brimful of asha on the 45

Well it's a brimful of asha on the 45

My friend and I used to love that song :D

These guys are awesome. They don't know how to make a bad song. You could have a get together and play a whole album of theirs and there will never be a dull moment. :)

Included Miami Horror in my exercise routine this morning Hareball:)

YEEESSSS!!!!! They are awesome!! I'm so glad you liked them. :D

I love the whole vibe of this song and the video and yet it’s a really dark theme about the end of the world!:)

Glad I looked at this. I guess I'm old. This one just cheers me up BIG TIME.

and this.

75 musicians from around the world singing and playing.

Thank you Lars!

Also thanks to everyone else who have given me today's playlist. They say 20 minutes of music that you like can raise your mood. My mood is definitely raised. I'm enjoying everyone's music immensely.

Every single time the title of this thread pops up this song sticks in my head.

At the 1:00 mark.

I'm just now getting caught up on this, and I found a lot of music that I love!

Here's one from Nina Hagen, with simple lyrics:

Mama, wer ist denn da?
Mama, ist es Papa?
Das lass ihn wieder rein
Er siehst so einsam aus
Mama schmeiß ihn nicht raus!

Du, hilf ihm aus dem Mantel
Fehlt'n Knopf, näh ihn gleich an!
Frag ihn ob er Hunger hat
Und ob er bleiben kann
S-s-sagt er dann mit feuchtem Blick
Für immer käme er
Heim in das Familienglück
Und gäb es nie mehr her
Zeig ihm seinen Sessel
Der so lange, lange, lange in Feindschaft lebt!

Note: There are more lyrics, but this is as much as I could find on line.

Nina Hagen again, with lyrics:

I met her at an autograph party in San Francisco shortly after this album was released, and I saw her several times in concert. She's great in person!

Bringing out my dark side again Lars. Yay!

(Might not want to watch if you’re a bit squeamish)

Keeping with the dark side: Wer Hat Lilli Marleen Umgebracht?

which translates to "Who murdered Lili Marleen?" I believe she was a famous (or legendary) Berlin prostitute, who would stand under a street lamp late at night.

I wasn’t sure if I liked it, but I had to keep watching. Then I decided I really did.