I'm a feminist

44 years ago, Ramones gave an amazing concert at The Rainbow Theatre, London, England, during the New Year's Eve of 31.12.1977. It was recorded for the album "It's Alive" and it was also recorded in video. Unfortunately, the entire show is not available.
It is the same kind of energy presented in this fantastic performance at the Bataclan in Paris with the band IDLES.
Happy new year :)

I drove all night

An incredible song of passion written by the songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly to be sung by Roy Orbison. However, Orbison died before the record sessions were completed and the song wasn't firstly released with his voice. Steinberg and Kelly also wrote "True Colors" for Cyndi Lauper and she took their "Drove All Night" making an amazing version. Orbison's version would be released later, in 1992, with an excessive 90's mainstream style, which did not turn the song a Rock'N'Roll classic it would deserve to be. An edition made in 2017 with orchestra, did not save Roy's version either. The best version, still is Cyndi's, the 1st one. It is also the song where she showed that she's not only a funny rebel singer. She's a great singer.

Feliz Navidad,

Merry Christmas! :)

just sitting here looking at pretty colours

IDLES, "mother", a arough session.

the damage and the purge

The damage. "The Beachland Ballroom" by the IDLES. One of the best songs of this year.
And the purge.
"Crawler" is an innovative masterpiece and the new album of this British-Irish punk band. Punk is an attitude, more than everything.

"This is chapter one of a new book", says Joe Talbot. And we're ardently wishing for the next chapters.
Cheryl Waters is just amazed here and it's our privilege to watch this performance.
Have a great weekend :)

gentle spirit

find our hearts

Jonathan Wilson, live 2014, with this song written between 2008 and 2010.

ceremony

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safe surfer

Julian Cope live in 1993

This amazing lead guitarist is Donald Ross Skinner.

once twice melody

It's been a while since our last post with Beach House.
It looks like they've finally made some very good songs again.
Below, "Once Twice Melody", "Superstar", "Pink Funeral" and "Through Me". Pay special attention to the 1st and to the 3rd songs.
From the forthcoming album "Once Twice Melody" to be released next February 18, 2022.

for the love of a Christian man

"Xian man" song from the last year's album of Stephen Malkmus, best known as the leader of the band Pavement.

the dancing pearl

From Berlin, the Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis, singing and playing "La Perla".

falling down

The English band Happyness 5 years ago.

no aloha

A Kim Deal's hurt song sounding like made by the Pixies on purpose when she firstly left that band.
Sorry about the incorrect image format.

but the boys in the better land

the punky Fontaines D.C. from Dublin, Ireland, European Community.

and it's OK if you pronounce "Dooblin" or "boot".

KoM 13 women

There are not many songs with the number 13 on the lyrics.
Kings of Maybe is not a blog of famous songs. But I remember this old and amazing and not that famous Bill Haley's song, "Thirteen Women".

Once, the members of this blog were not 13 but 6 women and only one man around, me.
For those who don't know, Bill Haley was a Rock'n'roll pioneer. Check out this amazing performance:

Now, Ann-Margret Olsson, an incredibly talented woman, singing her version of 13:

Look how amazing this gal was:

This is the 2nd and last post about these 13 years of KoM.
See you later, take care :)

KoM 13 years

And this blog is 13 years old today.
It started due to the end of a forum (a pre-historical social network) were I and other friends used to share music and to talk about music.
Now, only one person is still active here but, maybe because of this pandemic, this blog never had such a huge audience, one of the reasons why it is still alive.
Here's the most watched posts:

And let's celebrate this 13th Anniversary with the amazing Nr 13 Baby from the Pixies also followed by the incredible "River Euphrates"

and also followed by the thrilling "Isla de Encanta" and the very special "Hey".

"We're chained" :)

the master AS left us 12 years ago

There are several (hundreds) artists that we relate immediately to António Sérgio because he was the one who fascinated us introducing them to us right after their appearance. Two of those artists are undoubtedly Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan. Cheers to them, cheers to AS, cheers to all of us who were blessed to listen to them.

A song for every Halloween

since 1982

jo~ao, João Neves

Stepped by this artist due to a video suggested by Youtube yesterday. It was about a television singing competition. But the cover of Anohni's "Hope There's Someone" won my attention and ... my goodness, it was just marvelous. And I hope someday a good video is available to show you all how sublime that rendition is. By now, only the "cheesy reality show" version is available.
So I searched about this guy. And I tell you, it was not easy to find him!
However, he has a couple of original songs edited this very year. Here's one of them. Enjoy :)

So this is how Dave plays Smells

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Neon Golden, by the Notwist

It was recorded 20 years ago and released on January 2002.

famous blue raincoat by Salomé

So I've just discovered Salomé Leclerc (watch last post) and I'm impressed with her long career (more than 10 years) of nice songs unknown by most of the world. Something I'm gonna take some time to explore.
For now, let's enjoy this pearl :)

"this dawning morning will be nothing more than a souvenir"
Yeah, let's enjoy the entire medley:

La vie parfois

Salomé Leclerc from Quebec, new song from her forthcoming album out next October 8.

a means to an end

Ian Curtis and his band Joy Division in 1979-80

Welcome October.

Bye September

"it was summer , now it's autumn"


Crystal was published 20 years ago.

hearing the song I'll sing

So this punky rock and roll band, made this amazing dancing song "Walking at a Downtown Pace" included in their forthcoming album "Sympathy for Life" out on next October 22. I bet it's gonna be one of the best songs of the year :)

Vienna

meant nothing to Ure

except for this great song.

safety dance

This is a song that I always thought it deserved a better arrangement. Many times I ran away from the 1982 original version, with a cheesy annoying aesthetics, changing my radio station listening. Last week, I was listening to the weekly radio show provided by one of my favorite discotheques, Incógnito Bar , obviously closed during this pandemic but still making this radio show at Radar Radio of Lisbon. And Incógnito presented us this brand new cover of "Safety Dance", yes, now having a proper atmosphere surprisingly performed by Angel Olsen. Enjoy :)

goodnight :)

"Quédate a dormir" by Mäbu from Basque Country but singing in Castilian.

keep razors sharp

the mercy seat on idiot prayer

Today, Radar broadcasted the entire "Idiot Prayer", a Nick Cave solo live concert without public and streamed online on 23 July 2020, during the Covid19 pandemic. I never heard about it and I was surprised about the quality of this performance. There were some songs that kept my attention and one of them was Mercy Seat, one of my favorites, magnificently played. Checked about it and yes, there are some clips available.

Metal, again the 5G antennas playing music

Trent Reznor and NIИ playing together with their confessed inspiration, Gary Numan

when 5G walking antennas did not exist yet but ...

... these guys walked with a friend called Five

kidney bingos

The Wire in 1987.

30 years, 1991 - The Year Punk Broke

1991: The Year Punk Broke, is a documentary motion picture focused on the 1991 Sonic Youth European tour and also featuring Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones.

Tu aí

A punk song by the most famous Portuguese rock band performed by its 20th anniversary tour in 1999, with the musician/producer Ronnie Champagne at the 3rd guitar. This song was sung by Kalu, the band's drummer and so a 2nd drummer was called on purpose.
"Tu aí" (you, there) is a song written for a theater play called "Enemies" premiered in 1990 and is about a boy trying to grow and to gain knowledge in a hostile environment amongst ruins and drugs.

London Gangs

New from Sault, from their last album Nine, released one month ago.

Shame live with orchestra

Tiny Desk Concerts hosted by NPR Music have been performed from band's homes due to the pandemic. And they've just uploaded a little home concert by Shame performing 3 amazing songs from their new album Drunk Tank Pink, "born in Luton", "snow day" and "human, for a minute". The band is accompanied by a little orchestra which turned these songs even more dramatic but also beautiful. Enjoy :)

and once we talked about blonde redhead...

here they are.

"23" (2007) and "in particular" (2000)

and this rare and amazing instrumental version of "suimasen" (1998):

such a funny song :)

no doubt blonde redhead Zero 7, Chris Pellnat about his daughter :)

Amy, we will always miss you.

Amy left us 10 years ago.

singing onward

Damien Jurado - Tom (2021)

drivin' on 9

is a song composed by Ed's Redeeming Qualities, an alternative and amateur folk band which included the violinist Carrie Bradley who also joined the Breeders.

wishing

a flock of seagulls, 1982

Wolf Alice, Blue Weekend, take III

3rd and last post about the presentation of Wolf Alice's new album, Blue Weekend.
Wolf Alice's songs have this quality of getting more powerful from the middle to the end and Lipstick On The Glass is a great example of that.

And as usual, let's remember some of Wolf Alice's older songs. But this time, here's a live show recorded this year including songs from all their 3 albums. Notice that their older songs were more punky than now, mostly dream pop.
The songs are: Don't Delete The Kisses (Visions of a Life - 2017), Smile (Blue Weekend - 2021), Beautifully Unconventional (Visions of a Life - 2017), Formidable Cool (Visions of a Life - 2017), Bros (My Love Is Cool - 2015), The Last Man on Earth (Blue Weekend - 2021), Giant Peach (My Love Is Cool - 2015).

Enjoy, have a nice weekend :)

Wolf Alice, Blue Weekend, take II

Another amazing song from Blue Weekend, Wolf Alice's new album.
This one, The Last Man On Earth, is pretty known by some of us once it was published as a single and it's been played on many radio stations since February

And as promised on the last post, let's remember some of Wolf Alice's great older songs.
I can't help myself, I LOVE this next song. Sorry, I posted this video long before but it is the ONLY good video with this fantastic Planet Hunter.
And another, Giant Peach, from their 1st album My Love Is Cool.

Wolf Alice, Blue Weekend, take I

What a great band, superb musicians, amazing singer, Ellie Rowsell - she's gonna be 29 on day 19.
Just yesterday, Wolf Alice presented us this video with this amazing song Feeling Myself from their last album Blue Weekend out since last 4th of June.
Wolf Alice is a fantastic band and I bet it's gonna be one of the great big things during this decade. Anyway I'm suspicious not only because I LOVE unconditionally some of their songs and I love their good taste. No wonder, because they also love my beloved city of Lisbon, even if I don't enjoy their song named precisely Lisbon :))) And guess what, they do feel very sorry about Brexit and about getting off of the European Community, as most of British artists do :(
So let's start this presentation about Wolf Alice's last album with 3 posts with new and older songs.
Enjoy :)

I'm deranged

Mork n Mindy - live at home

Such a great dancing song. What a pity we're living this pandemic :((

model village

IDLES, 10 months ago

play for today

The Cure, 1980.

strawberry fields

forever

Day of Portugal and Camões ... and Portuguese Language

Portuguese and Galician languages were once the same. Luís de Camões, our 1st great poet (XVI century) and the writer of this poem, had Galician ancestry. This song was written in late 1960s by José Afonso, who had an intense relationship with Galician culture. And me too, I have Galician ancestry. Uxía Senlle is a Galician singer and a great lover of Portuguese culture.

Verdes são os campos da cor de limão Assim são os olhos do meu coração Campo, que te estendes com verdura bela Ovelhas, que nela vosso pasto tendes De ervas vos mantendes que traz o Verão E eu das lembranças do meu coração Isso que comeis não são ervas, não São graças dos olhos do meu coração

Green are the fields like color of lemon So are the eyes of my sweetheart Field, you extend with beautiful greenery Sheep therein your pasture have With herbs they endure brought by the Summer And I from the memories of my sweetheart What you're eating aren't herbs, no. Are graces from the eyes of my sweetheart

oceanic feeling

the rip, another great take

soul and cigarette

:) have a nice week

Amazing Laurie Anderson

at Tiny Desk Concerts

to be waiting

New from Dinosaur Jr


And some oldies

waving, smiling

alive and dying

Angel Olsen

Epic 10, from an artist born 20 years later.

Sharon had this brilliant decision of celebrating the 10th anniversary of Epic, her wonderful 2nd album, inviting several artists to cover her songs. The result is just beautiful. 

I use to say that Sharon Van Etten was born 20 years later. She's a genius but I feel sorry to testify that most of her public is older than her and if her music was made 10 or 20 years earlier, she'd be a gigantic artist.

Effectively I was waiting for a nice video with Courtney Barnett's tribute to make this post. I usually don't post twice in one day, I hate to take peoples's precious time. But once this fantastic last video below came out JUST one hour ago, I had to anticipate this post about this 10th Anniversary.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)

Love is a losing game

recorded for Amy's last studio album 15 years ago.

wild imagination

So for 5 years I've been waiting for some nice live video recording with Kurt Vile and his band playing this amazing song. I've finally found it! Enjoy :)

And here's the studio version.

feel good

Good afternoon :)

Bruno Pernadas

Have a nice week :)

Nenny

Afrobeat made in Portugal, 1st time in Tiny Desk.

I ran away

New from Dinosaur Jr.

Let's recall them in 2012 playing their 1st success, The Wagon, released 30 years ago

Anita Lane

"The World's A Girl", 1993

These are unusual times :(
Anita, 62, one of most sensual voices ever, passed away :(
Check the other posts about her in this blog.

sem armas

e as comidas do infinito

hanging

Medusa’s Outhouse by Cass McCombs in 2016


Have a promising week :)

we go on, hurting each other

New single from The Avalanches, from the album We Will Always Love You.

Lets's recall them 20 years ago with this fantastic Frontier Psychiatrist:

Have a great weekend :)

Sandy Denny ♡

Sandy left us on April 21th, 1978, 43 years ago. She was a very talented and brilliant singer-songwriter, known as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".

Above, her live performance of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" on 11 September 1973 for the BBC Radio 1 show “Sounds of the Seventies”, hosted by John Peel.
Below, Sandy 50 years ago performing live for BBC television. Other songs also performed in 1971 were added as some other in 1974.
The songs are: The North Star Grassman And The Ravens, Late November, Crazy Lady Blues, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz, The Music Weaver, It Suits Me Well, Solo, The Music Weaver, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz.


We've all gone solo
We all play solo
Ain't life a solo?

Unfinished symphony, sorry, sympathy, 30 years of a monument

And still, 30 years after, most people never realized that

safe from harm, 30 years ago

Have a nice week, stay safe.

enclosed

Agoraphobia by the Deerhunter, 2008

remembering Lhasa

"I'm going in" (2008)

"Meu amor, meu amor" (2004) a cover from the Portuguese original fado of Amália Rodrigues - Alain Oulman - Ary dos Santos, 1968.

a repost

Little Darlin' by Benjamin Biolay, 2003.

oh no

I Love you Oh No, is a very funny song made by the Japanese New Wave band The Plastics in 1979. Despite this band short success and living, they saw their hit covered several times, like this one by the amazing Françoise Cactus and her little band Stereo Total in 1999 and changing the title a bit intentionally.
Below, an original from Stereo Total, sung in German and in French.
Françoise passed away one month ago.

wolves night

Full Moon and time changing.
Mark Lanegan on 2014 singing "I Am The Wolf" and Irving Berlin's "Reaching for the Moon".

I know

So underrated and SOOOO great! 1997, the Swell.

the price of blue

Amazing new song from Jennifer Lynn Wasner as Flock of Dimes,

Let's recall Jennifer with her band Wye Oak

Rhye

Milosh made "Home", a new album for his project Rhye, out 2 months ago. Here's Black Rain

And let's remember Feel Your Weight

come up and see me

"Make me Smile", a bitter song from Steve Harley. And his favorite cover. The punk version from the Wedding Present.

And another from WP. Dalliance.

postcards from Italy

the band Beirut performing in 2017 this fabulous song from their 2006 and debut album Gulag Orkestar

then and now

Salvador Sobral, covering "After You’ve Gone" 9 years ago. And now singing a new song, "sangue do meu sangue"

Do you realize?

Almost hidden from the public, this is a beautiful cover by Sharon Van Etten, from the Flaming Lips original, posted HERE.

Yes, Sharon is a beautiful person, an amazing artist and one of the most important revelations from the last decade.
Hard to think she was so close to go away as she sings in "Don't do it". She recovered very well and she even supported Sounds of Saving as we could watch in THIS POST.

But, please, be my guest and restart this last video and watch the entire session recorded on 25th March 2011, almost 10 years ago
(not on 20th of April as written on YouTube).

3 versions of a song against Trump

by Cocorosie, from 2016 to 2020

a werewolf

Attic Abasement is a band from Rochester, NY

Birthday in lockdown

When I'm all alone on my own by my lonesome
And there ain't a single another soul around
I wanna dig into my guitar bend a blues riff that hangs
Over everything

the next trip

I will leave at the next station
yes, save the next trip for me

stay

performed by Cat Power
Stay, originally sung by Rihanna, is a song written by 3 excellent composers: Mikky Ekko, Elof Loelv and Justin Parker. Justin Parker, is the best known of the 3 due to his cooperations with Lana Del Rey, Bat for Lashes, Sia, Seal and many, many others.

shelter

one of Val's fave songs ever.

Happy Birthday, dear pal :}

know til now

Good night :)

walking back

David Holmes "69 police" made in the year 2000 for "Ocean's Eleven" soundtrack.
Have a nice weekend :)

you were tired

and you want to be free

Chan Marshall / Cat Power in 2006, kinda continuing this Otis Redding's 1965 song

Valentine's day with Lilac Wine

by the Cinematic Orchestra in 2010, sung by Heidi Vogel. Cheers!

Valentines in Lockdown

Jonathan Wilson - Loving You (2018)
... with a little help from the great Laraaji :)

hanky panky nohow

John Cale live 2011, song taken from his 1973 album Paris 1919

drunk tank pink

... is the new album from the South Londoner punk/post-punk band Shame, out 2 weeks ago.
I might be wrong but it seems that this is gonna be a very serious name from their next album. They're great musicians, great artists. And their songs are becoming more complex as we can notice on Snow Day and Born in Luton:


Let's also remember some of their great songs from the last and 1st album:

stuck at home

watching the Sleaford Mods, an electropunk Brit band with new stuff. Noice.

shame shame

Such a great new song from Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters :)

I'll try anything once

Love this alternative version of You Only Live Once :)
Wonder why there's not one single professional video with this song?

reason to believe

Laetitia Tamko AKA Vagabon is a young singer. She started her career 6 years ago and I wouldn't know her if it weren't for this lovely cover with Courtney Barnett, out a week ago.
This song is mainly known for the versions of Rod Stewart, known for generations in all universes and its parallels and beyond them. Tim Hardin was such a great composer. He made this song, as the one I posted days before here, "If I Were a Carpenter" and many more covered with huge success by several artists. Sorry about this weak video, but here's Tim:

Love this!

period :)

if I were a carpenter

oh yes, yes, yes

get back

in cinemas 2021

Let it happen

Expecting another total lockdown...

how come I end up where I started?

How come I end up where I belong?

And here we are starting a new year exactly at the same situation we were before, hoping this nightmare we're living ends very soon.
A good thing from the last year, was this reissue, this time in HD, of the Radiohead's Basement Sessions playing this masterpiece In Rainbows. So amazing! Enjoy the entire session:

May we all have a good and Happy New Year