On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ben Vida! I can’t overemphasize how much of a fan I am of Ben’s work generally, and especially his latest album, “Oblivion Seekers.” It follows-up the brilliant “The Beat My Head Hit,” and as ever, there is nobody working with language in the way Ben does, and in a way that I find utterly captivating. We talk all about it before getting into the likes of Caetano Veloso, Old & New Dreams, Mayo Thompson, VU, Kraftwerk, Metallica, Van Morrison, US Maple and plenty more!
Listen to all of Ben’s picks HERE
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Song List
Frank Mills “Music Box Dancer”
The Velvet Underground “Ride Into the Sun” (Instrumental)
Mayo Thompson “Fortune”
The Fall “I Am Damo Suzuki”
Metallica “One”
Van Morrison “TB Sheets”
Kraftwerk “Computer Love”
PJ Harvey “The Last Living Rose”
Leonard Cohen “The Future”
US Maple “Letter to ZZ Top”
Old & New Dreams “Lonely Woman”
Caetano Veloso “You Don’t Know Me”
My Blood Valentine “Off Your Face”
