Allan McConnell Music

Playlist Kaleidoskop 25 09 22 Artist Track Album Label the black watch The Tents Around The Lake For All The World ATOM Records The War On Drugs An Ocean Between The Waves Lost In The Dream Secretly Canadian Steve Gunn Nea...

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I’ve got many reservations about ChatGPT but asked for a mixing tip for my next single and told it I was using Pro Tools, Abbey Road plug-ins and a few others. The advice was novel and astounding - about 80% there. Song going for a John Lennon/Richard Hawley vibe.

YouTube video by Dave Upton - Guitarist Changes (Black Sabbath cover) at Back to the Beginning by Supergroup Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt

Mesmerising performance of Changes by Yungblood at Black Sabbath’s farewell youtu.be/TeK-gEUHr1M?...

Hope you enjoyed it!

Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82 Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time

RIP Brian Wilson. The word ‘genius’ is often overused but not in the case of Brian. He could hear melodies and progressions that no-one else could. Pet Sounds esp is a masterpiece and God Only Knows is probably the greatest song ever IMO www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

For me it’s probably Abbey Road or Let it Be but hey - there’s an embarrassment of riches that other bands can barely dream of. Revolver and Rubber Soul are wonderful. And I can listen to Beatles for Sale, Hard Day’s Night and Help any day of the week.

RIP Mike Peters. When my son Paul was 2, he had a Fischer Price record player and wanted 68 Guns to be played again and again and again. I’ll be forever grateful.

Hard to choose but Julian Cope’s memoir Head On is wonderful. Captures his day-to-day experience of how punk shook everything up.

Oh no. Clem was one of my favourite drummers. Always put the song ahead of flashness. His Spectoresque vibe was the icing on the cake.

The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced All four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028

Lots to play for here but hoping this will be something special. #TheBeatles #SamMendes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

YouTube video by SPianista Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Live 2025)

Ooooh. Tom Waits. Fast forward many years to 2025, performing Tom Traubert’s Blues. Magic. youtu.be/pbktJytZvTY?...

RIP Brian James - a raw and energetic force in the Damned. Age is starting to hit the punk generation now 😬

RIP Bill Fay. He was such an enigmatic character with magisterial songs that seeped into your soul.

What a shocker. Rick Butler was a powerhouse of a drummer and his energy and style influenced many a drummer and many a band. Gone too soon.

Didn’t know this. Always fascinated by the discovery of forgotten music and TV treasures.

Watched ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ at the weekend. Powerful stuff about this beast of a band - all about the music and the coming together of the four individual personalities rather than the usual drugs and groupies stories. Surprisingly a lot of rare footage. Recommended!

ON THE AIR season 1 David Lynch Mark Frost : David Lynch, Mark Frost : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive On the Air is an American television sitcom created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It was broadcast from June 20 to July 4, 1992 on the American Broadcasting...

At last. Free streaming on the Internet Archive of David Lynch and Mark Frost “disastrous” 1992 sitcom On the Air. In fact it’s hilariously wonderful. Tears streaming down my face archive.org/details/on-t...

Saw A Complete Unknown at the weekend. Timothee Chalamet a revelation as Dylan - awkward, mercurial, enigmatic genius. A reminder of the power of music as a galvanising force for change. Recreation of the recording of Like a Rolling Stone put a huge smile my face.

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78 Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead

RIP David Lynch. Wonderfully strange, idiosyncratic, comic and much more. One of my favourites is his hard to find TV comedy On The Air. So funny at times that tears were rolling down my face. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

YouTube video by Edwyn Collins Edwyn Collins - Knowledge (Official Video)

New single Knowledge by @edwyncollins.bsky.social is a thing of beauty youtu.be/wS6P7B0t9G4

YouTube video by Paul Kelly Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)

Fairytale of New York is my favourite Christmas single but this is close behind and not well known outside Australia. Paul Kelly, How to Make Gravy youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...

YouTube video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Making of Wild God - FULL FILM

The lightness and majesty of the studio matches the album. #NickCave Wild God youtu.be/N1Qp8H7tAEA?...

I’m with Johnny Marr!

YouTube video by Fontaines DC Fontaines D.C. - Horseness is the Whatness (Official Audio)

Why am i just hearing this? Gorgeous, hypnotic tune. Horseness is the Whatness. Fontaines D.C youtu.be/V6hziitGlOw?...

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

Bring it on!! www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...

YouTube video by Paul Kelly Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)

Fairytale of New York is my favourite Christmas single but this is close behind and not well known outside Australia. Paul Kelly, How to Make Gravy youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...

It’s a hidden gem. Not sure why it’s always been under the radar but it’s packed full of beautiful tunes of love, regret and loss. Just been remastered as well with bonus tunes.

YouTube video by Allan McConnell Somewhere Under the Rainbow (single version)

First post on Bluesky. Scot in Oz, bit of a modernist, currently working on 3rd album. Beatles, Weller, Hawley, Teenage Fanclub etc. Here’s a video from a previous single Somewhere Under the Rainbow if you fancy a taster. First 2 Albums in most of the usual places. youtu.be/VcJcXeTVtws?...