The MJ Show #147 - Classic Albums - U2 - The Joshua Tree

In my last episode Sachin Kalbag spoke about The Joshua Tree by U2. Actually...it was the only song and album about which he had nothing much to say. That is not because there's not much to say...but because there's no need for anything at all to be said about it.
Whatever you say about this iconic epic album is not enough.

Tonight, if you are one of the few people who've not heard the album, that shall change.
First up, I have the complete album in one video for you. Listen to the studio version of the album from start to finish.
After that I have every song from the album for you separately. Some of the videos are the official videos of the songs...and some are live performances. Over the last few decades U2 has been universally thought of as the best arena-rock band. If you've not seen them perform live (and if that is the case, what rock are you living under?!)...check out some fantastic performances of the songs from The Joshua Tree.

A couple of years ago, I had picked up the Limited Edition box set of The Joshua Tree, which even today is one of my most prized possessions.

- The 3 disc box-set format contains The Joshua Tree CD, the bonus audio CD, and a Bonus DVD. 
- This package also includes a 56 page hardback embossed book, featuring previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos, handwritten lyrics by Bono and liner notes by Bill Flanagan, Bono, Adam Clayton, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Anton Corbijn, Steve Averill, David Batstone, René Castro and a special essay by The Edge.
- An embossed envelope contains five more Corbijn photos, printed on 5" x 7" sheets of textured, "antique" paper. 
- The Bonus DVD contains a rare live performance of U2 Live from Paris - filmed at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris, on July 4 1987, on the European leg of The Joshua Tree tour.


Here are some facts about the album before you begin:

- The Joshua Tree is U2's fifth studio album.
- It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records.
- The album won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1988.
- The Joshua Tree is one of the world's all-time best-selling albums, with over 25 million copies sold.

So...with all this talk done...are you ready for it?! :)
Here we go!

The Joshua Tree - Complete album

Now let's get into the songs one by one. :)

1. Where the Streets Have No Name

2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

3. With or Without You

4. Bullet the Blue Sky

5. Running to Stand Still

6. Red Hill Mining Town

7. In God's Country

8. Trip Through Your Wires

9. One Tree Hill

10. Exit

11. Mothers of the Disappeared 

Do check out all the songs. This is such an incredible album. Deserves to be heard from top to bottom.
Let me know what you think on https://www.facebook.com/mihirjoshipage or in the comments here :)

Right then...it is now time for me to say good night and take care! :)

This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #142 - David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat

I think it's safe to say that pretty much everyone loves David Guetta. I thought I'd share something with you today that'll help you know a bit more about the man.

What I have is..."Nothing but the Beat, The Movie"!
It is a full-length, hour-and-six-minute documentary-style film chronicling Guetta's life, career and meteoric rise from underground house DJ to global superstar.

Get to know your favourite DJ a little better!
Here we go!

Check out the singles from the new album - Nothing but the Beat:

"Where Them Girls At", featuring American rappers Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj

"Little Bad Girl" featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris

"Without You", featuring Usher

"Titanium" featuring Sia

"Turn Me On" featuring Nicki Minaj

"I Can Only Imagine" featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne

And what the heck :) Here are the remaining songs in the album
"Sweat" (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta)

"Nothing Really Matters" (featuring will.i.am)

"Crank It Up" (featuring Akon)

"I Just Wanna F." (featuring Afrojack, Timbaland and Dev)

"Night of Your Life" (featuring Jennifer Hudson)

"Repeat" (featuring Jessie J)

Now...go out and buy the album! :)


Right then...it is now time for me to say good night and take care! :)

This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #139 - Let It Be & The Rooftop Concert

Tonight's show is pretty straightforward. A little while ago I was humming "The Long And Winding Road", one of my favourite songs by The Beatles...and so I looked up the Let It Be album.
Was going through the songs and I thought, I must share the entire album with you here on the show.
The greatest thing about The Beatles is that you can sit and listen to complete albums...every time!
So...finish off your work...have dinner...get done with everything else...and sit back...and listen to the complete album right here!

The Beatles - Let It Be (Complete Album)
In this video the following songs come up at the following times:

Title Singer
Two of us 0:00
Dig a Pony 3:45
Across the Universe 7:31
I Me Mine 11:19
Dig It 13:50
Let it Be 14:33
Maggie Mae 18:39
I've Got a Feeling 19:19
One After 909 22:55
The Long and Winding Road 25:50
For You Blue 29:30
Get Back 32:00

And if you felt that wasn't enough. You want a bit more...well I've got a bit more.


The Beatles, with Billy Preston, gave their final live performance atop the Apple building at 3 Savile Row, London, in what became the climax of their Let It Be film.
30 January 1969 in London was a cold day, and a bitter wind was blowing on the rooftop by midday. To cope with the weather, John Lennon borrowed Yoko Ono's fur coat, and Ringo Starr wore his wife Maureen Starkey's red mac.


The 42-minute show was recorded onto two eight-track machines in the basement of Apple, by George Martin, engineer Glyn Johns and tape operator Alan Parsons. The tracks were filled with the following: Paul McCartney, vocals; John Lennon's and George Harrison's vocals; Billy Preston's organ; McCartney's bass guitar; a sync track for the film crew; Starr's drums; Lennon's guitar; Harrison's guitar.


The songs performed on the roof:
Get Back (five versions)
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Don't Let Me Down (two versions)
I've Got A Feeling
One After 909
Danny Boy
Dig A Pony (two versions)
God Save The Queen
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody


Brief, incomplete and off-the-cuff versions of I Want You (She's So Heavy), God Save The Queen and A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody were fooled around with in between takes - as was Danny Boy, which was included in the film and on the album. None of these were serious group efforts, and one - the group and Preston performing God Save The Queen - was incomplete as it coincided with Alan Parsons changing tapes.


The Beatles' rooftop show began at around midday. The timing coincided with the lunch hour of many nearby workplaces, which led to crowds quickly forming. Although few people could see them, crowds gathered in the streets below to hear The Beatles play.


Traffic in Savile Row and neighbouring streets came to a halt, until police from the nearby West End Central police station, further up Savile Row, entered Apple and ordered the group to stop playing.

(Courtesy: http://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/30/the-beatles-rooftop-concert-apple-building/)

The Beatles Rooftop Concert
In this video the following songs come up at the following times:

Get Back - 01:03
Don't let Me Down - 04:18
I've Got a Feeling - 07:53
One After 909 - 11:35
Dig a Pony - 14:38
Get Back 18:30

Now that's what I call a show!
The next episode, Ep #140 will be dedicated to Michael Jackson and I'll put it up on 25th June, his 3rd death anniversary.
If you have any requests, ideas or thoughts for the show...let me know on: https://www.facebook.com/mihirjoshipage
I've had about 4 other shows on Michael in the past. Go through the archived shows if you want to see them :)

Right then...it is now time for me to say good night and take care! :)

This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #135 - John Mayer - Born And Raised

My favourite contemporary artist is back with a new album. In my opinion...over the last one decade...he has been the only artist who I feel makes great ALBUMS. Not singles...but great complete albums!

I'm fairly certain that I've heard more of John Mayer over the last few years than any other artist...and I'm fairly certain that statistic won't change in the years to come :)

Here it is then. His brand new album: Born And Raised.

Listen to it here...but be good boys and girls...and go and buy a copy of it. You won't regret it :)

1. Queen of California

2. The Age of Worry

3. Shadow Days

4. Speak for Me

5. Something Like Olivia

6. Born and Raised

7. If I Ever Get Around to Living

8. Love Is A Verb

9. Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967

11. Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey

12. A Face to Call Home

13. Born and Raised (Reprise)

14. Fool to Love You

Right then...it is now time for me to say take care and have a nice day! :)

This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #131 - Kumar Gandharva - Mala Umajlele Bal Gandharva

One of my favourite albums growing up was "Mala Umajlele Bal Gandharva". I remember my dad had an old cassette of the album. In fact, I remember that it wasn't even an original cassette. He had got it recorded from a friend of his who had the original album. A few years ago, when I got into the radio business, I searched all over and finally found the album on CD at a store in Dadar and it was like finding lost treasure for me.
I didn't know what the words meant back then...and I still don't...but I know that this man's voice speaks out to me. When I heard that they were making a movie on Bal Gandharva, the only reason I wanted to see it is to see if the songs sound as good as Kumarji's. They did in their own way and that's a tale for another episode...but the reason I mentioned it here is that as far as I was concerned, this man, Kumar Gandharva, was and still is for me one of the greatest singers I've ever heard.

A few days ago, talking to a friend of mine, Yashad, who is also a classical music aficionado I told him that I must do a show on Kumar Gandharva and that got both of us excited. I will be putting up a few more shows on Indian classical music in the days to come but the first thing I wanted to do when I thought of doing anything about classical music...is...I wanted to put up a show on this incredible album.
When I searched the net, I was stunned to find that there were hardly any good recordings of the album on the net...and so...for the very first time, I uploaded all songs of an entire album on to youtube. This is my tribute to this incredible man and these songs.
I really do hope you enjoy them. I can't say much about the songs themselves...or about the man or about Bal Gandharva. There's enough info about that all over the net.
Right now...I just want to give you the songs of one of my favourite albums ever.
Enjoy! :)

Nath Ha Maza

Tat Kari Duhita

Sujan Kasa Man Chori

Mam Aatma Gamala Ha

Mala Madan Bhase

Karin Yadu Mani Sadana

Kashi Ya Tyaju Padala

Nayane Lajvit

Virat Dyanee

Prabhu Aji Gamala

So...how was it for you? Was this your first time listening to him? Or are you a big fan?

Let me know what you think on www.facebook.com/mihirjoshipage

Right then...it is now time for me to say take care and have a nice day! :)

This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #128 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (Complete Album)

One of my favourite albums of all time is "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac. It has without a doubt some of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung.

Here's some info about the album:
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut and was released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The record peaked at the top of both the main United States Billboard chart and the United Kingdom Albums Chart. "Go Your Own Way", "Don't Stop", "Dreams", and "You Make Loving Fun" were released as singles. A Grammy Award winner, Rumours is Fleetwood Mac's most successful release with sales of over 40 million copies worldwide.

I loved the harmonies and the instrumentation...but let's not talk about it. Just go for it. Listen to the entire album!
The songs in the album were:

1."Second Hand News"  
2."Dreams"  
3."Never Going Back Again"  
4."Don't Stop"  
5."Go Your Own Way"  
6."Songbird"  
7."The Chain"  
8."You Make Loving Fun"  
9."I Don't Want To Know"  
10."Oh Daddy"  
11."Gold Dust Woman"

Another great thing that recently happened with the album was that the cast of Glee covered a lot of songs from the album and I thought they did an absolutely splendid job.
Check em out:

"Dreams"

"Never Going Back Again"

"Songbird"

"I Don't Want to Know"

"Nice to Meet You, Have I Slept with You?"

"Go Your Own Way"

"Don't Stop"

Oh hell! I've got to give you a couple more version of my favourite songs in this album
Here's a live version of Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

Eva Cassidy - Songbird
This has got to be one of the most beautiful covers I've ever heard! Check it out!

That's about it for tonight :)
Enjoy this incredible album!

Right then...it is now time for me to say good night and take care! :)

This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #120 - Classic Albums - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was Elton John's seventh studio album. It was released in 1973 and it has  been considered his best studio album to date. It has sold over 15 million copies.
The album has the very famous Marilyn Monroe tribute, "Candle in the Wind", as well as three successful singles: "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting".
The album was ranked #91 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time!

The album was a double album and featured 17 tracks in total. 18 if you consider that the first song is actually two songs together. Bernie Taupin, Elton John's long time song-writing collaborator wrote the lyrics in two and a half weeks, with Elton John composed most of the music in three days while staying at the Pink Flamingo Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.
Though Elton wanted to record the album in Jamaica, because of problems he faced there, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was recorded in two weeks at the Château d'Hérouville in France, where he had previously recorded Honky Château and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player.

The album went 7 times platinum in the US and platinum in UK. It also reached the #1 album on both the US and UK charts in 1973.

Today, I'm giving you a chance to listen to the ENTIRE album right here! Listening to albums has become such a lost joy. Most people just listen to the singles or the hit songs or the greatest hit cds...but you've really got to go back and listen to complete albums by fantastic artists like Elton John and so many others like him to realize, just WHY, they are such massive superstars right now and back in the day :)

Enjoy! :)


Disc 1
1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"  

2. "Candle in the Wind"  

3. "Bennie and the Jets"  

4. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

5. "This Song Has No Title"  

6. "Grey Seal"  

7. "Jamaica Jerk-Off"  

8. "I've Seen That Movie Too"  

Disc two
9. "Sweet Painted Lady"  

10. "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34)"

11. "Dirty Little Girl"

12. "All the Girls Love Alice"  

13. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)"

14. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"

15. "Roy Rogers"

16. "Social Disease"

17. "Harmony"  

That's about it for now. Hope you enjoyed listening to this classic Elton John album! :)

Right then...it is now time for me to say take care and have a nice day! :)
This is your Musicman...Mihir Joshi...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #116 (...Featuring Norah Jones)

I know it's been a long long time since we had an episode of The MJ Show.
I apologize for that. Have just been very busy shooting my first tv series. I'm anchoring a music reality show for Zee Business now and it's been a lot of fun traveling with them shooting the episodes.
The show will start from the 16th of October (this saturday) and it's on air at 9pm. It repeats the next day (sunday) at 10am.
Also I've been busy with the new radio show - One Mumbai One Music on 94.3 Radio One. I hope you've caught a few episodes of that. I've had some fabulous guests on my show so far and I've got some more great guests coming in soon. 
That being said, I apologize once again for not putting up anything for so long :)
Let me rectify that a bit now with the fab album preview for you.

Brilliant new album that features Norah Jones along with some incredible singers is being released in November. Here's a sneak preview of the album!
Make sure you go out and buy it!! It's worth every rupee!

1. Love Me – The Little Willies


2. Virginia Moon – The Foo Fighters featuring Norah Jones


3. Turn Them – Sean Bones featuring Norah Jones
Now I didn't get the version featuring Norah...but here's how the song sounds with Merida Rose doing Norah's parts.


4. Baby It's Cold Outside – Willie Nelson featuring Norah Jones


5. Bull Rider – Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson


6. Ruler Of My Heart – Dirty Dozen Brass Band featuring Norah Jones
Again, couldn't get Norah's version so here's the original by Irma Thomas!


7. The Best Part – El Madmo


8. Take Off Your Cool – OutKast featuring Norah Jones


9. Life Is Better – Q-Tip featuring Norah Jones
(What a lovely video this is!)


10. Soon The New Day – Talib Kweli featuring Norah Jones


11. Little Lou, Prophet Jack, Ugly John – Belle & Sebastian featuring Norah Jones


12. Here We Go Again – Ray Charles featuring Norah Jones
(One of my most favourite songs featuring Norah Jones. Why? Two words - RAY CHARLES!)


13. Loretta – Norah Jones featuring Gillian Welch and David Rawlings


14. Dear John – Ryan Adams featuring Norah Jones
(Couldn't get a good version of the song featuring Norah...but here's Ryan Adams doing it with a band called The Cardinals.)


15. Creepin' In – Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton
(Holy smokes! Dolly Parton and Norah Jones! :)


16. Court & Spark – Herbie Hancock featuring Norah Jones


17. More Than This – Charlie Hunter featuring Norah Jones


18. Blue Bayou – Norah Jones featuring M. Ward


Hope you enjoyed that! Make sure you go and pick up this album. It's brilliant!
It'll be out in November and this is what it looks like.

Right then...it is now time for me to say...take care...and have a nice day! :)
This is your Musicman Mihir...signing off!

Read more...

The MJ Show #115 (Twilight - The Music From The Movies) (Contest at the bottom of the page)

I know it's been a while since my last show here. Sorry about that guys and girls. Been a little busy these days. Feels really good to tell you all that I'm back on radio. You can catch me every sunday on 94.3 Radio One from 4-5pm as I speak with some of the best singers, musicians and bands in the country. The show is called One Mumbai One Music and I'm super kicked to be hosting it :)
For more on the show see: http://www.facebook.com/OneMumbaiOneMusic
(And do let me know what you think of the new show there as well.)

But...back to our show here tonight!
I had the chance of seeing all the 3 Twilight movies and I've got to admit that they were quite all right :) Come on guys...let's not be snobbish. :) They weren't bad at all.
The one thing that was brilliant in fact was the soundtrack for the movies.
So...tonight, I thought I'd let you guys see and hear for yourselves and you can tell me how you find the music in the movies. (Oh yeah...there's also a contest for you to win cds of the new soundtrack of Eclipse at the bottom of the page. Check it out now!)
Here we go!


The Twilight Saga: Twilight
1. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole


2. Paramore - Decode (written exclusively for Twilight)


3. The Black Ghosts - Full Moon


4. Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest


5. MuteMath - Spotlight (Twilight Mix)


6. Perry Farrell - Go All The Way (Into The Twilight) (written exclusively for Twilight)


7. Collective Soul - Tremble For My Beloved


8. Paramore - I Caught Myself (written exclusively for Twilight)


9. Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire


10. Rob Pattinson - Never Think (written exclusively for Twilight)


11. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth


12. Carter Burwell - Bella's Lullaby (written exclusively for Twilight)


The Twilight Saga: New Moon
1. Meet Me On the Equinox - Death Cab for Cutie


2. Friends - Band of Skulls


3. Hearing Damage - Thom Yorke


4. Possibility - Lykke Li


5. A White Demon Love Song - The Killers


6. Satellite Heart - Anya Marina


7. I Belong To You (New Moon Remix) - Muse


8. Rosyln - Bon Iver & St. Vincent


9. Done All Wrong - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club


10. Monsters - Hurricane Bells


11. The Violet Hour - Sea Wolf


12. Shooting the Moon - OK Go


13. Slow Life - Grizzly Bear (with Victoria Legrand)


14. No Sound But the Wind - Editors


15. New Moon (The Meadow) - Alexandre Desplat


The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
1. Eclipse (All Yours) - Metric


2. Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) - Muse


3. Ours - The Bravery


4. Heavy In Your Arms - Florence + The Machine


5. My Love - Sia


6. Atlas - Fanfarlo


7. Chop And Change - The Black Keys


8. Rolling In On A Burning Tire - The Dead Weather


9. Let’s Get Lost - Beck and Bat For Lashes


10. Jonathan Low - Vampire Weekend


11. With You In My Head (feat The Black Angels) - UNKLE


12. A Million Miles An Hour - Eastern Conference Champions


13. Life On Earth - Band of Horses


14. What Part Of Forever - Cee-Lo


15. Jacob’s Theme- Howard Shore


16. Battles - The Line (Soundtrack Bonus Version)


17. Bombay Bicycle Club – How Can You Swallow so Much Sleep (Soundtrack Bonus Version)


All three albums are available in India by the way.
Here's what they look like:

And here's what I'm going to do for all of you Twilight music fans. I'm going to give you a chance to win 3 copies of the Eclipse sound track.
All you have to do is tell me the names of any 3 bands on the soundtrack of Eclipse and tell me why you like the Twilight Saga. Simple right. Well it's meant to be. I just want to see how many of you take part. If we have a lot of people taking part...I might just go ahead and give out 4 copies of the album!
Go for it then! Comment away. Right now! :)

Right then...it is now time for me to say...take care...and Good Night! :)
This is your Musicman Mihir...signing off!

Read more...