Amazing Songs & Other Delights #25 is The Bernard Butler edition. It pairs with The Steve Albini edition that was broadcast a fortnight ago. From Suede to Bert Jansch through Duffy, Black Kids, Mark Eitzel, Pet Shop Boys and Bernard’s latest collaboration with Jessie Buckley (Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler with songs written and played by Bernard in a 1950s Gibson tuned in DADGAD ) the show has 17 songs – one of them the same, I’m Tired in its original 1998 vocals and its 2021 vocals that I particularly relate to - that showcase Bernard’s work as a songwriter, guitarist, producer. When considering which photo to use to illustrate this post Victoria Wai’s photo of Bernard in Gosford, this past January come to mind.
For me the photo has several meanings, triumph over adversity, defiance, gratitude, humbleness, laying oneself bare, as the way Bernard played his song in December 2021 and early 2022, which requires both vulnerability and strength.
Like with Steve Albini I’ve learned a lot from Bernard and felt inspired by him. Francisco Silva (Old Jerusalem) and I even put some of Bernard’s collaborative songwriting ideas and tips to good use and wrote a collaborative song. Since, again, I don’t want to write the longest post ever, I’ll let the songs speak for themselves. And, yes that famous 1961 cherry red Gibson ES-355 features in several of them.
Monday, 25th April 2022 Running time: 01:14:08
Tracklist:
01 - Bernard Butler - I'm Tired (1998 Original Vocals)
02 - Ben Watt - Forget with Bernard Butler and David Gilmour (live Islington Assembly Hall 19.05.2014
03 - Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler - Sabotage (Looks so Easy)
04 - Bert Jansch - I Cannot Keep From Crying (Traditional)
05 - Black Kids - Listen to Your Body Tonight
06 - Duffy - Stop
07 - Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler - The Eagle & The Dove
08 - Mark Eitzel - The Road
09 - McAlmont & Butler - McAlmont & Butler - Back for Good (Take That cover for 1 Love by NME & War Child, 2002)
10 - Natalie McCool - Thin Air feat. Bernard Butler
11 - Pet Shop Boys - Burning the Heather (radio edit)
12 - Sam Lee - Lay This Body Down with Bernard Butler and Mara Carlyle (Live at Rak Studios)
13 - Suede - Where The Pigs Don't Fly
14 - Teleman - 23 Floors Up
15 - The Venus in Furs - Bitter-Sweet (Roxy Music cover)
16 - Trans - Thinking About a Friend
17 - Bernard Butler - I'm Tired (2021 vocals)
All previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/stream/ |https://www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/
[photo: © Victoria Wai]
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