Now I often tell you to take a drink or two
And trip with me tonight
So let me take you down this rabbit hole
It s kind of rainy tonight I had just enough to trip
I am nostalgic as F because I just watched my teenage years go by in a documentary on the greatest music show ever called Count-Down
Countdown
And one of the most important bands I ever saw there was this shit
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Countdown, 1987)
Oh my goodness these guys came back in Dutch with the biggest Dutch rap crew ever.
Osdorp Posse - Geen Slaap Tot Osdorp
Now I know I am getting way too Dutch on your ass again but I just wanted to paint the mood tonight. Nostalgic and Cool that is what I feel...oh and slightly drunk...maybe.
I guess the pixels show my age and the sound shows the fact I was a rebel back then and grew up a conservative grumpy white guy with an attitude.
Sinead O'Connor - This is a Rebel Song
I heard there was an upcoming Shane and Sinead tribute and of course, if we are talking best music show ever Ray Cokes not Count-Down still a legend can not be forgotten.
Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue, Shane MacGowan, Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey - Death is not the end
That´s a different Kylie than you remember, isn´t she? Still, it´s the same old drunken Shane, and boy I still blame my bouncers for not letting his drunk face into the bar, or calling me from the DJ booth to kiss the guy goodbye when he was not allowed into the club I used to work at.
So we had Shane, we had Sinead, I mentioned the tribute guess I just have to play this one!
Shane MacGowan with Sinead O'Connor - Haunted
Guess I have to give Shane his shine as well tonight so let's play a Shane song from before his way of life gets the best of him.
The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - 1985
I am sure you felt this one coming now ...
I mean come on....
I could not not play this.
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues "Waltzing Matilda"
The older I get...the more I feel Tom Waits. Is there a Nick Cave & Tom Waits song out there....that would be my man-crush and trust me I do not do man crushes.
Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Friends - I forgot more than you'll ever know
Told you tonight had a theme, I guess it´s death and depression which by the way would make a lovely title for a song.
Now I can´t look into the head of this guy, but what is he doing in a list with Nick, Tom, Sinead, and Shane?????
Skippy - Suicide Letter
He is giving me a bridge to one more hero who went down, lost, and hopefully in the light nowadays.
Linkin Park - One More Light
So many ghosts in my mind tonight, so many ghosts in our show tonight Dear Reader.
And I know I do not normally allow you a little look into the kitchen of my show, the kitchen of my mind.
But tonight it's just the two of us and I am open and vulnerable for once. And underlining that with some amazing artists and tunes.
The Pogues - Ghost of a smile ( cover )
Youtube Playlist.
All these gems were added to this week´s YouTube playlist.
All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here
Spotify Playlist:
The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible:
I dare you to put on this set after the family dinner!
Riddle Me This
Guess What, my riddle has been solved. You are too late to make an easy dollar, better luck next time!
What the fluff is Midnight Gems?
Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.
My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.
Who the fluff am I?
Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.
Hope you enjoyed this well-known wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.
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