Hot Chip appeared on BBC’s Live Lounge today to perform a semi-acoustic version of their single “One Pure Thought,” and also cover Trinidadian/East London rapper Wiley’s “Wearing My Rolex.” After seeing these guys nearly cause a riot at Coachella, they can get under my skin and make my hips start movin’ even more easily.
The Stereophonics recently played a set for the BBC 1′s Live Lounge series, starting with an interview at Kelly’s childhood home in Wales, followed by a show at the Cwmaman (no, I don’t know how to say that) Men’s Club where the band had played their first show way back in the day.
The band covered the Foo Fighters song “Best of You” during the set, and after hours of fighting with the stream on the BBC site, I finally found this unofficial blog that had just the tune I was gunning for. Tonight this just seems like one of the saddest, most melancholy songs I’ve heard in a long time; Kelly sings like he’s a staring off a million miles away. Each lyric gets at me tonight. Clearly that’s also by virtue of the strength of the original songwriting here that glows through the ache.
On this version you don’t get the Grohl-screaming but you get at the core in a new way.
That site also has an mp3 of their performance of “Local Boy In The Photograph,” which feels fitting for the setting. And on a lighter note, here are a few more pics from the whole silly junket:
Beryl and Oscar (aka Mum and Dad) charmingly have a few Stereophonics videos in their collection, behind the ceramic elephant and the piano school tote bag.
Kelly’s mum telling interviewer Jo Whiley about the mullet that Kelly rocked when he was younger . . .
Name: Heather Browne Location: Colorado, originally by way of California Giving context to the torrent since 2005.
"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
—Nick Hornby, Songbook
"Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel." —Hunter S. Thompson
Mp3s are for sampling purposes, kinda like when they give you the cheese cube at Costco, knowing that you'll often go home with having bought the whole 7 lb. spiced Brie log. They are left up for a limited time. If you LIKE the music, go and support these artists, buy their schwag, go to their concerts, purchase their CDs/records and tell all your friends. Rock on.
Hot Chip appeared on BBC’s Live Lounge today to perform a semi-acoustic version of their single “One Pure Thought,” and also cover Trinidadian/East London rapper Wiley’s “Wearing My Rolex.” After seeing these guys nearly cause a riot at Coachella, they can get under my skin and make my hips start movin’ even more easily. 
Name: Heather Browne
