First thought was to have the first 5 Black Sabbath albums. Hmm, I also need to add the three first Rainbow albums and Slayer’s Seasons in the abyss. AC/DC, Led Zeppelin …. can I add Jimi Hendrix? Motörhead, Judas Priest…. Saxon, Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Kiss, ….

Great, but it’s not going to be easy

Hearing favorite songs like Lipstick sunset live is fantastic. And
acoustic. No band. No nothing. Only John Hiatt, his music and his
magical voice. He seems to enjoy playing live. Enjoy being still being
married. I will not (try to) write more about the concert. Instead I
will ask you to but the album Bring the family. That album is very
high on my greatest albums list. The concert itself is heading for the
top. Neil young and Sonic Youth (both in Roskilde, Denmark) and Elvis
Costello (Spike tour) are the others I can think of. And perhaps Frank
Zappa in Stockholm.

John, please come back to the place you actually didn’t pronounce that
well: Storan

Jose played mainly new songs (no, he didn’t play Crosses). Since I haven’t listened that much to the latest album (yes, I bought it.) it suited me fine.

I tried to write some words about the show and discovered I suck at writing about music. I think I need to practice. Anyway, I deleted the text. For your sake.
it’s kind of fun to listen to one of my top[1] favorite artists alive and hear him talk between the songs. You can he’s from Gothenburg (my home town)
…. you can hear the show live in Swedish Radio 14 November

[1] Will Oldham, Tom Petty, Neil Young, John Hiatt and of course José González

1. Fader Berg i hornet stöter
2. Ack, du min moder
3. Kära syster, mig nu lyster
4. Drick ur ditt glas
5. Ack, vad för en usel koja
6. Bröderna fara väl vilse ibland
7. Movitz blåste en konsert
8. Se dansmästarn Mollberg
9. Liksom en herdinna
10. Märk hur vår skugga

List to the song Liksom en herdinna. Fred’s singing is getting more intense for every verse. In the end the song is so full of emotions. Can’t (and need not) say more.

For musical (as well as vocal and lyrical) reasons listen to Ack, vad för en usel koja.

Can this really be number 1? Yes, this is the album I would grab if the house was on fire.

1. Tell Me Why
2. After the Gold Rush
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
4. Southern Man
5. Till the Morning Comes
6. Oh, Lonesome Me
7. Don’t Let It Bring You Down
8. Birds
9. When You Dance I Can Really Love
10. I Believe in You
11. Cripple Creek Ferry

Don’t Let It Bring You Down - this is I think the best song (well, at least top 5) ever written.

Don’t let it bring you down
It’s only castles burning,
Find someone who’s turning
And you will come around.

Tell Me Why

Is it hard to make
arrangements with yourself,
When you’re old enough to repay
but young enough to sell?

… just noticed I can’t write about the album.

1. Across the Great Divide
2. Rag Mama Rag
3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
4. When You Awake
5. Up On Cripple Creek
6. Whispering Pines
7. Jemima Surrender
8. Rockin’ Chair
9. Look Out, Cleveland
10. Jawbone
11. The Unfaithful Servant
12. King Harvest [Has Surely Come]

Across the Great Divide - a friend of mine (Kent, you should know better) called this a weak track. I’d say it’s one of The Band’s best. I love it.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Man, this is a classical song. The horns, the melody, the lyrics, everything is there. I remember listening to this song when they showed The Last Waltz on TV. Pure magic.

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
‘Til Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of ‘65, We were hungry, just barely alive.
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it’s a time I remember, oh so well,

King Harvest – Great song. Excellent lyrics.

Then here come a man with a paper and pen
Tellin’ us our hard times are about to end.
And then, if they don’t give us what we like
He said, “Men, that’s when you gotta go on strike.”

1. Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener
2. Tomorrow’s Dream
3. Changes
4. FX
5. Supernaut
6. Snowblind
7. Cornucopia
8. Laguna Sunrise
9. St. Vitus Dance
10. Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes

Snowblind – the riff is so heavy and the meoldy of Ozzy’s song is so ¤%& beautiful. Easily a candidate for the best heavy metal song. If it wasn’t for XXX, it would have been the best song.

Wheels of Confusion – Can’t say what it is. Probably it is (again) Ozzy’s singing. just love this song.

Tomorrow’s Dream – Masterpeice…. man there’s no word.

When listening to Black Sabbath’s album ‘Sabbath bloody sabbath’ I realised that it is my mission to gather my friends for a project called

Top 10 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock songs ever evening

I have promised to write a draft for the rules on what songs/artists allowed in the list.

When thinking about my list I will probably end up with 7 out of 10 songs from a band from Birmingham, England.

Apart from that little project I will now take two steps back and focus on the work I am supposed to do and also I will focus on my family and myself.

Songs on the album:

1. Den lilla bäcken
2. Tummetotteri
3. Gullegubben
4. Familjeporträtt
5. Vaggvisa
6. En kråka flög
7. En rektig kär
8. Bestäm dig
9. Hamburg -46
10. Den svenska solen
11. En egen hjärtevän
12. Liksom stjärnorna

Allans music is typically nordic. I’ve read that he could not play any instrument so he sang the songs from his head to the musicians. I think Allan’s lyrics are the lyrics that touches me most.

I will not try to translate his lyrics so this is for the Swedish speaking audience:

Och i himlen sitter Fader VÃ¥r
liksom förr på Elyseums fält.
Och på jorden människorna går.
En av fetma dör och sju av svält .

Tummetotteri

Some more words from one of the best songs ever written by anyone:

Och jag blev man med hatt och stövlar tunga
och lärde tyglarna av lämplighet och sed
och lärde le när marken tycktes gunga
av tyngd från fiender som höggos ned.

Den lilla bäcken