Airborne Lemming's video: Smith and Burrows - The Tracks of my Years 10th February 2021

Day 3 of Smith and Burrows appearing on the Ken Bruce show as part of his "Tracks of my Years" item. This was a fraught one. As I was setting up to record and waiting for them to appear, I had to sit through a sea shanty. A sea shanty, for goodness' sake. I'd rather eat other people's toenail clippings for a week than ever do that again. Somebody definitely owes me for my pain and suffering, and Radio 2 should expect a lawsuit at some point in the future. Another day of great choices, with Andy picking something by Squeeze and Tom playing a track from a record I remember being seen as quite controversial at the time of its release. "What's the Frequecy Kenneth" from the Monster album by R.E.M. was the follow up to Automatic for the People, which had been a mainstream-dominating collection of songs. The postman could whistle tunes from that record. Monster, however, is more electric and dirty around the edges, and I think it turned a lot of the casual fans they'd picked up off. Which is fine, because it's still a great record. Plus, there were a lot of stories around and involved in that album and it's certainly a product of the culture that birthed it. The death of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth doing guest vocals, the band signing a 25 million dollar record deal with Warners, a song about oral sex etc etc. Monster was scorned in some quarters on release but it's really worth checking out. I'm collecting and posting each day as we go and then I'm going to do an upload on Friday which will have the whole week as a single clip. All officially released material has been removed, but the chat has been left intact. Enjoy ;) Day 3 Andy's Choice - "If It's Love" by Squeeze Tom's Choice - "What's the Frequency Kenneth" by R.E.M. All Parts Day 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfgfv7ss5D4 Day 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kCoJL86CqQ Day 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dyzzJFhxjE Day 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39LKi9xWBxU Day 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfHZOG0wZrU Whole week as a single clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQLIPxRhdI For Editors stuff, drop by the Archive https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com201703the-archive-index.html brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ) x