Hello Old Thing, Hello New Thing: 7

Louis Jordan: Salt Pork, West Virginia (Decca, 1946)

I don't think there are enough songs about pork. It is the ultimate meat really, isn't it? And salted, well, that's two great flavours in one! Now, a child of four could tell you that Jordan invented rock and roll ya-da-ya-da-ya-da. I don't really care about that, but this track - which is very un rock and roll indeed - just sort of glows with life. It's from a time when a huge world war had only just been won and it would be years before people worried about water shortages and environmental damage and how bad gaspers were for you, so Jordan, sensibly, concentrated instead on cars and food and women.


Hellogoodbye: All Time Lows (RCA, 2007)

Recently Heidi from Wood Vale Diaries reprimanded me (gently) for posting tracks that were too unobtrusive saying that she and Bert liked to listen to music that made sense on Friday night when you've got a "pint of wine" in your hands. Well, I think this might prove to be precisely what they're looking for. Hellogoodbye are a bit electropop, a bit emo and a bit power pop. At least, that's what I read on Wikipedia. The album is from the top drawer...

Enjoy!