When I was living in London for a short bit, I would tune into a little Radio 1 show segment hosted by Jo Whiley called "Live Lounge". The loose concept of the show was to interview up and coming bands and have them perform their current single of choice and a cover. Often, these covers were from an entirely different genre of music, i.e. The Saturdays covering Frankie Valli or Gossip covering Kanye West. Most times the covers ruled, more often than not, they didn't do so well (Florence & The Machine, I'm talking to you and your butchering of Beyonce). After 12 years of The Jo Whiley Show, BBC Radio 1 has replaced her slot with some other girl. Whatever. Don't care about that person. Jo will be moved to a weekend slot of some sort. Anyways, this show ruled. It was pretty much my only friend besides another girl named Laura I had attended summer camp with who lived in the UK. Seriously, for 3 1/2 years on and off I did nothing in that country.
Also I remember hearing this interview she did with The Game and he was going off on how faggots weren't real men or something really gangsta and stupid and she was like WTF and went on this huge speech and apologized. This proves 2 things: Jo Whiley is kind of cool. That and The Game is really stupid and had 2 good songs and probably will never get any further than that.
Anyways, this post is a tribute to Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show and a thank you for all the awesome music in a queer's time of isolation in some wacky country (although really, what country ISN'T wacky these days?).
The Noisettes - When You Were Young
Bat For Lashes - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)
Goldfrapp - It's Not Over Yet
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