Hitting Kickers

Metallica cover of Iron Maiden’s Remember Tomorrow

Tuesday, 05. 19. 2009  –  Category: Music

Heard this today and thought it was worth a post. Iron Maiden classic “Remember Tomorrow” covered by Metallica in 2008 I think.

A cracking cover, slightly reworked from the original. Early days Maiden signer Paul Dianno wrote the lyrics about “a friend” who loved a bit of LSD.
Unchain the colours before my eyes,
Yesterday’s sorrows, [...]

Just Buggin’ (Nothing Serious), Whistle

Sunday, 09. 7. 2008  –  Category: Music

Catching up on some of my snowboard blog RSS feeds, and was reading Kat’s playlist and saw this absolute classic.

Can’t believe this was out in 1985 - I would have been 6 or 7 years old, but still remember most of the words.
We’re called Whistle and this is true
We love to do the things that [...]

Giles Peterson Radio 1 Show

Friday, 08. 22. 2008  –  Category: Music

For those that don’t know Giles Peterson, let me give you a few links and a quick summary.
Lets kick off with Wikipedia’s introduction:
Gilles Peterson (born c. 1964[1]) is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK.
Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin’ Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the [...]