Human Kind
41. Ahi, Hawkwind, Larkin Poe, Still Corners, George and the Imagination Machine, Freur, Lauren Mayberry. Little Barrie, Calexico, Enigma
Welcome to John’s Jukebox. Once a week or so, I share a 10 song playlist of grooviness… My idea is to highlight music I love and to post sweet performances, outstanding videos and great audio recordings which tickle the ears and leave a lasting impression.
Human Kind by Ahi
2025 The Light Behind the Sun
Spirit of the Age by Hawkwind
1977 Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Wicked Game by Larkin Poe
2021 YouTube Video
The Message by Still Corners
2018 Slow Air
Awakening by George and the Imagination Machine
2021 Awakening
Doot-Doot by Freur
1983 Doot-Doot Extended Mix
Something in the Air by Lauren Mayberry
2024 Vicious Creatures
Why Don’t You Do It by Little Barrie
2007 Stand Your Ground
Alone Again Or by Calexico
2009 Live From Austin TX
Return to Innocence by Enigma
1993 The Cross of Changes (Long & Alive version)
Hi John, thank you, another fabulous list with some familiar friends and new-to-me songs.
Human Kind: I didn’t pay close attention to the lyrics, just let the song wash over me, like you’ve talked about. It feels like a song meant to be uplifting and not over-analyzed. Nice.
Wicked Game: I like this stripped down interpretation… it feels slowed down though the lap guitar adds incredible layers of sound, sometimes like guitar, others like synth. This is maybe not off-beat enough to be in a Lynch work, but it comes from that same mysterious corner of the universe.
Lauren Mayberry had an Avril Lavigne kind of sound, except more indie. I liked it. Like it, Little Barrie’s song was new to me and I liked the light bluesy riff of it.
I enjoyed the Calexico cover of “Alone Again Or.” I’ll bet vdzanden would enjoy receiving this one, him having written up the Damneds’ version on my blog the week before last.
I wasn’t sure about Enigma’s track as it began though as it started to settle in it seemed like there is a bit of a “Kashmir” vibe (maybe it’s a similarity in the drum pattern). The chanting in the song brings something else to mind that I can’t identify at the moment. The synths complete the picture. It's a beautiful uplift to end the set.
You already know what I think of the Hawkwind, Still Corners and Imagination Machine songs (though I have to say how beautiful Awakening is, and can’t believe not every single person on Earth isn’t playing it). And maybe we’ve been in the Marsden chat while "Doot Doot" played… I like the sonic landscape of this version and am not sure if it’s the mix I recognize from the show.
I find your lists, in addition to the flow we’ve discussed before, also feel to me like a conversation carried back and forth, both with the songs we mutually share but also the new-to-us ones. That’s what it’s all about, I think, as we continue to share stuff we like.
Great mix John... I especially like the Wicked Game cover... I have a few Chris Isaak CD's in storage somewhere, one of which is this one.