Good evening, and welcome to your selection of songs about hands and feet.
If you have an Earworm you’d like to share, please send an .mp3, .m4a or a link to adempster73@gmail.com, together with a few words about why you’ve chosen it. Next week’s theme will be sleep and dreaming / dreams. As inspired by Wyngate’s EOTWQ last week.
Worms should reach me by close of play on Sunday 31 March (if you’re not too busy eating Easter eggs).
Many thanks to all contributors – keep calm, and carry on!
James Holden – Trust Your Feet – Uncleben: From probably my favourite album of 2023, Imagine There Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities, which is good advice when listening to his music.
Dean McPhee – Fatima’s Hand – glassarfemptee: Yorkshire guitarist Dean McPhee produces immaculate instrumentals. This is from the album of the same name.
Susi Hyldgaard – Regard Je Tends Le Main Vers Toi – DebbyM: My ‘A’-lister!
The Shins – Pink Bullets – Fintan28: Love can take a shell “just bony hands. As cold as a winter pole” and restore it to life. As well, the embers in it’s memory sustain even when it’s gone.
Bob Dylan and The Band – Forever Young – severin: May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift.
The Duck & The Bear – Hand Jive – tincanman: A Muscle Shoals oddity with an uncredited Duane Allman on slide guitar. Found this on the Anthology albums (Vol 1 & 2), a worthy collection.
Shriekback – Hand On My Heart – shoegazer: Will also work for this week’s Songbar.
Harlem River Drive – Idle Hands – Uncleben: About the finest brass and percussion arrangement committed to record that I know, courtesy of Eddie Palmieri.
Ella Fitzgerald – Clap Yo’ Hands (with Nelson Riddle) – severin: From her George and Ira Gershwin songbook collection.
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Clap Your Hands – DebbyM: A Festive ‘Spill choice from many moons ago.
Chicken Shack – Webbed Feet – glassarfemptee: You don’t hear much Chicken Shack these days, so here’s a reminder of excellent sixties British blues.
Califone – Slow Right Hand – Fintan28: Haven’t a clue what they’re on about but it’s a nice sound they make.
Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands – glassarfemptee and MaggieB: ghe: Bill Withers had a hit with this in 1971. It probably resonates with many of us. MaggieB: Love, love love this song🙂. You can watch the video here. (BBC In Concert, May 1974).
Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart – Fintan28: “Come close to me, hold my hand / And warm your heart” Nice.
Alanis Morrissette – Hand in my Pocket – Suzi: Has to be this wonderful song!
Berge – Kinder (Sind so kleine Hände) – DebbyM: A very pleasant cover version of one of the biggest hits to ever have been written in the DDR.
Olivia Chaney – Mirror Mirror – severin: Walk beside me hand in hand, don’t be afraid to tread this ground. This is from her new album, Circus of Desire which I commend to the house.
Main playlist, blurbs above:
YouTube playlist, blurbs below:
Etta Scollo – Ora – DebbyM: I’m hoping to see her at the end of April!
Kirsty MacColl – In These Shoes? – MaggieB: Doesn’t specifically mention feet, but where else do you wear shoes?
Fats Waller – Your Feet’s Too Big – Suzi: Always makes me smile.
Reef – Place Your Hands – AliM: This is an old video, but we saw them play it last year and it’s still a great song.
The 'Spill 
Worms are boxed.
From Mari Booker: Richard Thompson, ‘Two Left Feet’: Two Left Feet (youtube.com)
Another good set. What good taste you all have. Special hand claps for James Holden, Duck and the Bear, Harlem River Drive. And that Rev Peyton track is still as good as ever – there’s a brill video of it too.
And another excellent track from Mari Booker who says: @Woke up singing this song this morning.’ Gabby Young and Other Animals – One Foot In Front Of The Other: Gabby Young & Other Animals – One Foot In Front Of The Other (youtube.com)
Great selection again. Especially liked James Holden, Dean McPhee, Harlem River Drive, Berge and Califone. All good. The Shins made me think of Fleet Foxes, for some reason. Thanks everybody.
Enjoying this list and this week’s SB topic lists and relieved to see I’m not the only person who put forward some of the same songs for both. GHE is right about Chicken Shack. I’m not sure I have heard them since the sixties but I liked what I heard today. Segued nicely into the Califone song too. Liked the Shriekback and Berge songs as well.
Sorry , I meant to send you this one
Schwartzeneggar – Hands
Thank you!
loved this list. Really moved through the streets as they say. Shriekback was a standout and that version of Hand In My Pocket really shined.
I must say, Ali, you have a great hand for footing a playlist ;-)
Really enjoyed both lists this week!
Thanks Debby, it’s the great quality of the material!
Get a room you two!
🙂