Episode #5 - "Guy Fawkes"
Remember, remember... back when it was the 5th of November?
This episode was a labor of love, with emphasis on the word “labor.” We originally sat down to record two weeks ago on Guy Fawkes Day, and then hilarity ensued. There have been catastrophic tech failures and illnesses and a comedy of errors attempt at re-scheduling. But we finally got it together, and you’ll be glad we did, because these lists are so good.
The inspiration provided by the theme definitely helped. Guy Fawkes is an interesting story. Guy Fawkes Day and the Guy Fawkes mask have come to represent protests against entrenched power and even anarchism to some degree, but the Guy himself is a little more complicated. “The last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions” was also intending to kill a whole bunch of people to put someone of his preferred faith on the throne. Entirely possible he’d be wearing a Q shirt if he was alive today.
But we will do with stories what we will, and Guy Fawkes’ story has proven itself to be particularly adaptable. And damn but did our Dilletante DJs take advantage of that adaptability. The three playlists they produced sound completely different, but each is thematically tight and sonically rich. Guy Fawkes Day might be two weeks in the rearview, but we hope you’ll build yourself a bonfire, pull together some friends and effigies, and listen to the lists by the light of the dancing flames.
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Rob's list:
Blaze Foley | Livin' in the Woods in a Tree | The Dawg Years (1975-1978) | 2010
Fred Neil | Gone Again | Bleecker And McDougal (US Release) | 1965
John Hartford | Gentle On My Mind | Earthwords & Music | 1967
Townes Van Zandt | Wild Crazy Things | Be Here To Love Me | 2005
Lightin' Hopkins | Wine Spodee-O-Dee | Blues In My Bottle | 1961
Mississippi John Hurt | Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor | Today! | 1966
Ola Belle Reed | High on a Mountain | Ola Belle Reed | 1973
Townes Van Zandt | I Just Had To Fall | Be Here To Love Me | 2005
Etta Baker | Railroad Bill | Railroad Bill | 1999
Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Hard Travelin' | Jack Elliott Sings The Songs Of Woodie Guthrie | 1961
Woody Guthrie | Hobo's Lullaby | Hobo's Lullaby / Boil Dem Cabbage Down | 1944
Townes Van Zandt | I Designed It That Way | Be Here To Love Me | 2005
Townes Van Zandt | Waiting Around to Die | Townes Van Zandt | 1969
Jimmie Rodgers | Hobo Bill's Last Ride | Hobo Bill's Last Ride / That's Why I'm Blue | 1930
Harry McClintock | The Big Rock Candy Mountain | The Bum Song - No. 2 / The Big Rock Candy Mountains | 1928
José's list:
The Art Of Noise | A Time For The Fear (Who's Afraid) | (Who's Afraid Of) The Art Of Noise | 1984
The Good, The Bad & The Queen | History Song | The Good, The Bad & The Queen | 2007
Jill O'Hara, Hair Ensemble | Dead End | New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater Presents Hair - An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical | 1967
SAULT | Money | Today & Tomorrow | 2022
PJ Harvey | The Words That Maketh Murder | Let England Shake | 2011
IDLES | War | Ultra Mono | 2020
The Valentines | Blam Blam Fever (Gunsfever) | Blam Blam Fever (Gunsfever) / The Scratch | 1967
Eugene McDaniels | Supermarket Blues | Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse | 1971
Killer Mike | Reagan | R.A.P. Music | 2012
Fela Kuti | Follow Follow | The Underground Spiritual Game | 2009
Rogér Fakhr | Keep Going | Fine Anyway | 2021
Zach's list:
The Choirs Of Britain's Cathedrals Perform | Once In Royal David's City | Hymns & Songs Of Worship | 2009
Constantines | The Mcknight Life | Constantines | 2004
Constantines | Steal This Sound | Constantines | 2004
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Neville Marriner, et al | Requiem, K. 626. Confutatis | Amadeus (The Complete Soundtrack Recording) | 1984
From Monument To Masses | Clinical Features of Rock Trauma | From Monument To Masses | 2003
Johannes Brahms, The Monteverdi Choir, et al | Ein deutches Requiem, Op. 45: 4. Choir: "We lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zabaoth!" | Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem | 1991
Radiohead | You And Whose Army? | Amnesiac | 2001
Arvo Pärt, Choir of King's College, et al | Pärt: Magnificat | Ikos: Sacred Works of Górecki, Tavener, Pärt | 1994
Mclusky | To Hell With Good Intentions | Mclusky Do Dallas | 2002
George Fridrich Handel, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Choir, et al | Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2: "Hallelujah" | Handel: Messiah | 1976
Nina Simone | The Times They Are A-Changin' | To Love Somebody | 1969