Payne's Pretzels

Writings and ramblings of Sebastian E. Payne

Tag: YouTube Finds

Three Songs For Tuesday

Here we go with a summary of my last week’s worth of music listening. Some may know recognise, same you may detest. Your Own Sweet Way (The Notting Hillbillies) – From Mark Knopfler’s side project during Dire Straits late-80s hiatus. Slower and more contemplative, this country-blues influenced project is rather reminiscent of his recent solo [...]

The Second Arrangement

They don’t get any more rare than this. I was amazed to find this on YouTube and how on earth it made it to the internets, I have no idea. The Second Arrangement, from Steely Dan was infamously erased during recording sessions due to a mistake of their engineer. The song was meant to be [...]

But It Takes So Long, My Lord

Wings, The band the Beatles could have been. The immortal words of Alan Partridge, in reference to Paul McCartney's post-Beatles backing group. I for one, have not explored much of the post-Beatles work of Lennon, Harrison and Starr, usually following with the consensus that it is inferior to anything the Fab Four achieve within their [...]

All Graphite and Glitter

We all have our own favourite albums (I would say records but that's an antiquated term now) and mine have changed many times. From the top of my head, my answers over the past few years include Wish You Were Here, Let It Bleed and One Of These Nights. Yes, these are all old records that haven't [...]