5 posts tagged “eels”
The Who’s Pete Townshend made a surprise appearance at Eels’ gig at London’s St James’ Church last night (January 17).
The gig was a one-off solo show by Mark ‘E’ Everett, to mark the release of his new book: ‘Things The Grandchildren Should Know’ and the band's first 'best of' compilation, 'Essential Eels'.
Everett played songs spanning his musical career, including ‘Ugly Love’, ‘Bus Stop Boxer’, ‘I Like Birds’, ‘Flyswatter’ and ‘Grace Kelly Blues’ on either guitar or piano, and invited fans to read from his book between segments of the show.
For the last book reading, Everett invited “Pete” up from the audience, after which The Who’s Pete Townshend climbed on stage to give the reading.
Earlier in the show, Everett had sent a fan back down to the pews after he realised he was highly intoxicated. “How many beers have you had?” Everett asked the fan, named Ryan, to which he replied “Six”. “Get out of here,” Everett said, sending Ryan to his seat.
Everett signed copies of his book after the show for the first 200 fans who had entered the gig to gain special wristbands.
Source: www.nme.com
Here’s what the press release had to say about it:
“Left to run wild with his sister, his father off in some parallel universe of his own invention, Everett’s upbringing was ‘ridiculous, sometimes tragic and always unsteady.’ But somehow he manages to not only survive his crazy upbringing and ensuing tragedies — he makes something of his life — striking out on a journey to find himself by channeling his experiences into his, eventually, critically acclaimed music with the Eels. But it’s not an easy path. Told with surprising candor, Things The Grandchildren Should Know is an inspiring and remarkable story, full of hope, humor and wry wisdom. “
You’ll be able to pick a copy from all good bookstores on March 1st in Australia, but otherwise Amazon UK are taking pre-orders now before the international release date of January 17. If you don’t mind paying more for the shipping than the actual book, feel free to order your copy right here. In the meantime and as preparation for the Eels’ Best-Of and Rarities Collections due out in mid January, here’s a song off their latest studio effort, Blinking Lights and Revelations, also titled “Things The Grandchildren Should Know”.
Eels - Things The Grandchildren Should Know.mp3
Source http://www.twelvemajorchords.com
Eels to release career-spanning Best Of
The Eels
'Meet The Eels: Essential Eels Volume 1, 1996-2006', out on January 21, is a 24-track compilation covering the band’s first ten years.It contains all the group’s hit, including the UK Top Ten single ‘Novocaine For The Soul’, ‘Last Stop: This Town’ and ‘Mr E’s Beautiful Blues’.
The tracklisting is as follows:
'Novocaine For The Soul'
'Susan's House'
'My Beloved Monster'
'Your Lucky Day In Hell'
'3 Speed'
'Last Stop: This Town'
'Climbing To The Moon' (Jon Brion remix)
'Flyswatter'
'I Like Birds'
'Mr E's Beautiful Blues'
'It's A Motherfucker'
'Souljacker Part 1'
'That's Not Really Funny'
'Fresh Feeling'
'Get Ur Freak On'
'Saturday Morning'
'Love Of The Loveless'
'Dirty Girl (Live At Town Hall)'
'I Need Some Sleep'
'Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)'
'I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart'
'Trouble With Dreams'
'Railroad Man'
'Losing Streak'
The package also comes with a 2CD compilation called ‘Useless Trinkets’ , featuring B-sides, soundtrack material, rarities and unreleased material, as well as a DVD collection of the band’s videos.
Source - www.nme.com
My favourite "alternative" Christmas Song from one of my favourite "alternative" acts.
I have always enjoyed the music of Mark Everett and his band Eels right from his debut album "Beautiful Freak" back in 1996.
That album featured a track "My Beloved Monster" which would subsequently be chosen as one of the key songs for the original "Shrek" movie.
"Shrek The Third" will shortly be with us and once again the Eels are featured with a new song which you can listen to below.
There is a superb live CD and DVD entitled "With Strings Live at Town Hall" which I would highly recommend, below is a short promotional video for these releases.
Bonus Track: A great cover of "Can't Help Falling In Love With You" from the download only album "B-Sides and Rarities 1996 - 2003".
