There at the Kent State shootings. ๐
There at the creation of the Sex Pistols ๐ซ
There for the birth of alt-rock. ๐ถ
Still standing.
Her voice is perhaps the best of the past forty years - she could sing the dictionary and I would still listen.
โYou arrived like a day, and passed like a cloud/ I made a wish, I said it out loudโ
I wish I had written that.
Whether you thought of her as Mick Jagger's muse during the Stones' imperial phase (and the human story behind "Wild Horses")
Or the tatty, shattered voice of the betrayal behind "Broken English" (forever her most beautifully damaged full-length work)
It's all over now, baby blue -- you were an amazing force of nature and I will never ever forget you. Thank you for the music, the memories. All of it.
"These are dangerous days
To say what you feel is to lay your own grave" I'll go down swinging that this is a top ten all-time song.
March 20th, NYC's Carnegie Hall, tribute concert for her and Shane McGowan.
The man responsible for dozens of Teenage Symphonies to God
"Sad songs about happy things" (the first time, as a kid, I can recall the sweet/sour combo of melodies that could make you cry attached to songs about endless, bottomless love)
I've long since lost track of how many weddings and funerals I've attended that have featured this song; suffice it to say, "a lot."
God only knows what we'd been without him ๐๐ป
Hey tyler hopefully this doesnโt violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here: https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/ The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I canโt wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! โค๏ธ