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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 - The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinhero @ Yé Yé Radio

 

Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 - The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition air today, Monday 28th, circa 2:40-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo) picked 18 songs played/written with a Startocaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Anjos Marotos and Ventos Animais by Mão Morta - Carlos picked the first, I the second. The Shadow's Apache, a joint choice, is a superb display of using a Stratocaster.

All previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/stream/ | https://www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/

Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 - The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinhero

Fender American Stratocaster Grey with 10-position switch (Bula installation) © Carlos Fortes 

The Fender American Stratocaster Grey with 10-position switch (Bula installation) of the illustrative photo for Amazing Songs & Other Delights #21 The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo) - it was previously owned by António Manuel Ribeiro (UHF). The show airs tomorrow (Monday 28th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:40pm to 4pm (gmt). Carlos and I selected 18 songs played/written with a Stratocaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Ventos Animais and Anjos Marotos by Mão Morta - Carlos picked the first, I the second. The Stratocaster was given its name in 1953 by Don Randall, Fender’s sales chief. The Fender Stratocaster, introduced in 1954, has several differences and innovations from the Telecaster. The two-horned shape was adapted from the Precision Bass by Freddy Tavares, it has three pickups, rounded edges and body contour to make it more comfortable and came in a vibrato and a non-vibrato model. It was also the first time that Fender used a sunburst finish. Back to the songs. There is a joint choice, The Shadow's Apache with Hank Marvin on the Strat, songs in which the guitarist isn’t usually associated with a Strat – Bernard Butler, Noel Gallagher here with a Nash Strat  (like with Telecasters no all Stratocasters are Fender) – and a number of songs with more or less proper Strat men and women. As with its twin Telecaster show of a fortnight ago the songs go through different eras and styles from Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water with its trademark riff from the hand of Ritchie Blackmore to Bonnie Raitt covering  Talking Heads' Burning Down The House. We pretty much broke all the rules, if existing. Along with Carlos’ two songs there are two Bob Dylan songs, one with him as the Strat man another with Mark Knofler as such. Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison appear both on this and the Telecaster edition. And so on. :-)

All previous shows: www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/

 Hi and happy Sunday with Eat The Wine, Eat The Bread by Destroyer.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinheiro @ mixcloud

The beautiful Telecaster that illustrates this show belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/um zero amarelo). Carlos and I picked 25 songs played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me. Our 25 songs include Prince’s iconic Hohner Madcat Telecaster, Carlos’ own Fender Telecaster with custom build Bula pickup and 5-position switch installation, also from the hands of Bula - a friend of Carlos who custom builds pickups. Telecasters with B-Benders are also represented. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster and created over one and an half hour of songs with a Telecaster and those who play it. See tracklist for more info on players and guitars.

Monday, February 14th de 2022
Running time: 60:35:44

Tracklist:
01 - Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen) (Carlos)
02 - David Bowie - Be My Wife (David Bowie) (Raquel)
03 - Graham Coxon - No Good Time (Graham Coxon) (Raquel)
04 - Jeff Buckley - Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake - 1993) (Jeff Buckley) (Carlos)
05 - Johnny Cash - New Cut Road (James Burton) (Carlos)
06 - Led Zeppelin -Stairway to Heaven (Jimmy Page - Dragon Telecaster, given by Jeff Beck, originally unpainted) (Raquel)
07 - Mão Morta - Budapeste (Carlos Fortes) (Raquel)
08 - Muddy Waters - Let's Spend The Night Together (Muddy Waters - Rolling Stones' cover) (Carlos)
09 - P.J. Harvey - Missed (P.J. Harvey) (Raquel)
10 - Pink Floyd - Astronomy Dominé (Syd Barret) (Carlos)
11 - Prince & The Revolution - Take Me With U (Live 1985) (Prince - Hohner Madcat Telecaster) (Raquel)
12 - Radiohead - Airbag (Jonny Greenwood) (Carlos)
13 - Spoon - The Hardest Cut (Britt Daniel) (Raquel)
14 - The Beatles - Dig A Pony (Remastered 2009) (George Harrison - Rosewood Telecaster) (Carlos)
15 - The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan's song) (Clarence White - Modified Telecaster, Stringbender – B-bender) (Carlos)
16 - The Clash - I'm Lost In The Supermarket (Joe Strummer) (Raquel)
17 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) (Raquel)
18 - The Police - Walking On The Moon (Andy Summers) (Carlos)
19 - The Pretenders - Precious (Chrissie Hynde) (Carlos)
20 - The Raconteurs - Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying) (Jack White - Three-Wheel Motion Low Rider Fender Telecaster - built-in B-bender) (Raquel)
21 - The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (2009 Remaster) (Keith Richards) (Carlos)
22 - The Smiths - This Charming Man (2011 Remaster) (Johnny Marr) (Raquel)
23 - The Stranglers - Princess of the Streets (1996 Remaster) (Hugh Cornwell) (Carlos)
24 - The Yardbirds - Ever Since The World Began (The Mono Album) (Jeff Beck) (Raquel)
25 - Um Zero Amarelo - Sem Perdão (Carlos Fortes) (Carlos)

[photo: Fender American Telecaster Blue with CB5 Bula neck pickup, 5-position switch (Bula installation) © Carlos Fortes]

All previous shows: www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/

 Hi with Railroad King by Junk Drawer.Have a good afternoon.

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Boogarins, CCOP, Porto, 10.02.2022. & Baleia Baleia Baleia, Maus Hábitos, Porto, 10.02.2022.

Fernando “Dinho” Almeida - Boogarins © Telma Mota

Coconut Milk with LSD; the Boogarins return to Portugal

words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota

“We’re Boogarins, from Goiânas”. Well-paced riffs, rubbing against pop-rock sounds, quickly captivated everyone who came to CCOP. “It’s hot in here” said, a smiling Fernando “Dinho” Almeida to the pick up lines the audience - with a strong Brazilian presence - that filled the room threw at him. Lulled by the caramelized voice of “Dinho”, shoulders and hips surrendered to the enchanting lullaby of the band from Goiânia. The quartet, in a peaceful symbiosis with the audience, played several songs from Manchaca compilation (Vol.1 and 2) including from their albums Lá Vem Morte (2017) and Sombrou Dúvida (2019), along with new songs, performed with a virtuosity full of freshness for about an hour and a half, including a well-deserved encore.

If the Boogarins' sound discourse carries some resonances, like Tame Impala, the creativity and freshness with which they roam the universal territories of psychedelic rock is undeniable, tempered with the uniqueness of the voice and stage presence of "Dinho", lending them a very particular solar character that has given the band deserved international recognition, performing in stages such as Paredes de Coura, Rock in Rio or Lollapaloza.

Manuel Molarinho - Baleia, Baleia, Baleia © Telma Mota

words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota

The duo Baleia, Baleia, Baleia performed in Maus Hábitos before a well filled room. Stripped of his experimentalist heteronym of O Manipulador, Manuel Molarinho’s bilingual voice and bass and Ricardo Cabral’s drums brought to the stage a fresh punk that quickly heated the venue. Barechested on stage, irony and vitality, pantomime and authenticity; Baleia, Baleia, Baleia went through the tracks of their latest album Suicídio Comercial in an energetic and competent tone slightly evocative of the 80s, left more interesting by the live performance.

Boogarins © Telma Mota

 

Leite de Coco com LSD; o regresso dos Boogarins a Portugal

texto: Neno Costa; fotos: Telma Mota

“Somos os Boogarins, de Goiânas”. Os riffs bem ritmados, a roçar sonoridades pop-rock, cativaram rapidamente todos quantos acorreram ao CCOP no passado dia 10. “Aqui está quente”, soltou, sorridente, Fernando “Dinho” Almeida no rescaldo dos piropos lançados pela assistência - com forte presença brasileira - que lotou a sala. Embalados pela voz caramelizada de “Dinho”, ombros e ancas entregaram-se ao embalo encantatório da banda oriunda de Goiânia. O quarteto, numa tranquila simbiose com o público, interpretou diversos temas incluídos na compilação Manchaca (Vol.1 e 2), incluindo temas dos seus álbuns Lá Vem Morte (2017) e Sombrou Dúvida (2019), assim como alguns temas inéditos, interpretados com um virtuosismo pleno de frescura ao longo de cerca de hora e meia, incluindo um encore, merecido.

Se o discurso sonoro dos Boogarins transporta algumas ressonâncias, como Tame Impala, é inegável a criatividade e a frescura com que passeiam os territórios universais do rock psicadélico, temperado com a singularidade da voz e presença em palco de “Dinho”, emprestando-lhes um carácter solar muito particular que lhes tem oferecido o merecido reconhecimento internacional, atuando em palcos diversos, como em Paredes de Coura, Rock in Rio ou Lollapaloza.

Ricardo Cabral - Baleia, Baleia, Baleia © Telma Mota

texto: Neno Costa; fotos: Telma Mota

A dupla Baleia, Baleia, Baleia atuou nos Maus Hábitos para uma sala bem composta. Despido do heterónimo experimentalista de O Manipulador, a voz e o baixo bilingue de Manuel Molarinho e a bateria de Ricardo Cabral trouxeram para o palco um punk fresquinho que rapidamente aqueceu o espaço. Troncos nus em palco, ironia e vitalidade, pantomina e autenticidade; os Baleia, Baleia, Baleia percorreram temas do seu último álbum “Suicídio Comercial” num registo algo evocativo das sonoridades dos anos 80, enérgico e competente, que a textura da atuação ao vivo torna mais interessante.

 

Hi with Viemos ao Mar (Crer em Regressar) by This Penguin Can Fly feat. Afonso Dorido (Homem em Catarse). Have a nice afternoon.  

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio

Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo) and I picked 25 songs for Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition. It airs today (Monday 14th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:20pm to 4pm. The song we've chosen were played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one. The show opens with Bruce Springteen's I'm On Fire one of Carlos' choices. This is the first of our twin shows – the Stratocaster edition will be aired in a couple of weeks. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster. From Muddy Waters to P.J. Harvey through Graham Coxon, Syd Barret, Johnny Marr, Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Greenwood, Britt Daniel and more there is over one and an half hour of songs with a Telecaster and those who play it. There are also two song played and written by Carlos. Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me.

All previous shows: www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio

Fender American Telecaster Blue with CB5 Bula neck pickup, 5-position switch (Bula installation) © Carlos Fortes 

The beautiful Telecaster that illustrates this posts belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero AmareloI. For those, like me, more geeky inclined, it’s a Fender American Telecaster Blue with CB Bula neck pickup, 5-position switch (Bula installation). For Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition tomorrow (Monday 14th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:20pm to 4pm, Carlos and I picked 25 songs played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me. This is the first of the twin shows – the Stratocaster edition will be aired in a couple of weeks. A while ago I had asked Carlos if he preferred a Telecaster or a Stratocaster, he said he liked both, having no preference for one over the other. Coupled with Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) love of Telecasters – another source of endless conversations and inspiration - the idea for the shows was born.

With its Telecaster name the guitar created by Leo Fender, in his Southern California company, was introduced in 1951. Leo had originally named the guitar 1950 Broadcaster (the Broadcaster was introduced in 1950), but complains from other makers made him change it to Telecaster. The Fender Telecaster turned 70 in 2021. The basic Telecaster guitar remains similar to its 1951 version. Not all Telecasters are Fender. Other makers produce their version of a Telecaster. Some players alter features in their Telecasters, turning them more unique and special. Our 25 songs include Prince’s iconic Hohner Madcat Telecaster, Carlos’ own Fender Telecaster with custom build Bula pickup and 5-position switch installation, also from the hands of Bula - a friend of Carlos who custom builds pickups. Telecasters with B-Benders are also represented in the hands of Clarence White and Jack White. Jeff Beck’s Telecaster from The Yardbirds’ Ever Since The World Began is the one he gave to Jimmy Page (Page named it Dragon) with which Page plays Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster. From Muddy Waters to P.J. Harvey through Graham Coxon, Syd Barret, Johnny Marr, Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, Jimi Hendrix, Jonny Greenwood, Britt Daniel and more there is over one and an half hour of songs with a Telecaster and those who play it.

All previous shows: www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/

 Good morning with Pop Dell'Arte's Querelle that has just turned 35. Have a nice day.

 

Good morning with our Middle of the Week Song which today in an instrumental - Gonzalez by Los Dangers. Have a nice day.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #19 - The Ich Gehe Jetzt edition by Raquel Pinheiro @ mixcloud

Monday, January 31st, 2022
Running Time: 56:12
Tracklist:
01 - Jay-Jay Johanson - She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
02 - The Strollers - Hit The Road Jack (Percy Mayfield's song)
03 - 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
04 - David Bowie - Changes (1999 Remaster)
05 - Dorival Caymmi - Canção da Partida 06 - Richard Hawley - Leave Your Body Behind You
07 - Josh Rouse - James
08 - Einstürzende Neubauten - Ich Gehe Jetzt
09 - Queens of The Stone Age - Gonna Leave You
10 - The Escorts - By The Time I Get to Phoenix (Jimmy Webb's song)
11 - Jello Biafra & D.O.A. - We Gotta Get Out of This Place (The Animals' cover)
12 - Anita Lane - Bella Ciao
13 - The Smiths - Death At One's Elbow (2011 Remaster)
14 - Manic Street Preachers - I'm Leaving You for Solitude
15 - Robbie Williams - No Regrets
16 - Jacobites (Nikki Sudden & Dave Kuswort) - It'll All End Up In Tear (2019 Remaster)

All previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | https://www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/

Good morning with our Middle of the Week Song - A Walk In The Park by Eve Adams. Have a nice day.