Friday, 12/21/12

by musicclipoftheday

only rock ’n’ roll

There are only a few bands I come back to often.

One of them is The National.

—my (25-year-old) son Alex, talking music the other day

The National, “Fake Empire,” live, New York, 2011

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More?

Live, Netherlands, 2011*

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lagniappe

musical thoughts

Here’s Bryan Ferry talking about his new album (featured yesterday):

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*Here’s the set list (courtesy of a YouTube comment):

00:00 runaway. 06:30 anyone’s ghost. 09:45 bloodbuzz ohio. 14:40 afraid of everyone. 19:00 conversation 16. 23:20 lemonworld. 27:04 apartment story. 30:50 sorrow. 35:50 england. 42:10 fake empire. 45:45 encore break. 48:05 mr november. 53:13 terrible love.