Plumplechook

T-Rex - Hot Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hOdRmwuqv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdPKKJk_mLw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8d3jim9Gg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMhWQgkZ8c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0foZ3gRcWvA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHUgpSxMoI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR-7Lq4XfHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUlP4wiAQo

Damn - just noticed there is no Creedence on here yet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9_ipu9GKw

3.40 seconds of pop perfection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2nLEhUcZ0

This:

The Small Faces - Tin Soldier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcKZoFRpZCI

The Dwight Twilly Band - I'm On Fire

Seriously - how damn good is 'Halycon Digest'? It just pipped The National's 'High Violet' as my album of the year so far. Covers lots of bases from ethereal soundscapes to a couple of out-and-out pop gems. It really is quite a beautiful album and certainly moves the band up to a whole new level. Highlights for me are the final track 'He Would Have Laughed' - a slowly unfolding seven minute gem, and 'Desire Lines' - the epic three minute guitar coda at the end of that song is totally hypnotic.

Hey PopTodd - nice call. Roddy Frame is a wonderful songwriter - and Oblivious is one of his best. I remember reading an interview with Elvis Costello from the early '80s where he said Roddy Frame was one of the few songwriters he was actually scared of. I also love his voice and guitar playing. Here's a great acoustic version of Oblivious from a UK TV series from the 90s called 'Songwriters Circle':

Phil Spector has his day in court :

Thanks for the link to the better quality clip on Consequences of Sound site. I'd checked out the version someone had video-camed off their TV ( ) and was a bit underwhelmed. But I've just listened three times in a row to the quality version - and Mavis, Jeff, and the band knock it out of the park.

Best Rock n Roll movie I've ever seen is 'Oil City Confidential', Julian Temple's recent documentary about UK R'n'B/proto-punk band Dr Feelgood. Wonderful film - both funny and moving. Saw it a couple of months ago as part of the Sydney Film Festival and was blown away.

I Want You

I'm a New Zealander - but living in Sydney. Just spoke to some friends in Christchurch who were woken at 4.30am by the big quake. Lots of structural damage, power blackouts etc, but remarkably few injuries given the scale of the quake. NZ has one of the strictist earthquake-proofing building codes in the world - which fortunately does seem to have saved lives in this case.

Just came across this clip of Rod Stewart singing Gasoline Alley and had to post it. Unplugged, accapella, and in his prime. In in his heyday this guy really did have one of the finest voices around - as well as genuine star quality.