UKNY For January 23

On this shelter-in-place, very snowy night, I'm still feeling quite blue over David Bowie's passing, so on tonight's UKNY at 11, expect some old and odd gems from the man that reflect his deep admiration for Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, born a year and two days before Bowie on January 6, 1946.

Said Bowie upon Barrett's passing in 2006: “I can’t tell you how sad I feel. Syd was a major inspiration for me. The few times I saw him perform in London at UFO and the Marquee clubs during the ’60s will forever be etched in my mind. He was so charismatic and such a startlingly original songwriter. Also, along with Anthony Newley, he was the first guy I’d heard to sing pop or rock with a British accent. His impact on my thinking was enormous. A major regret is that I never got to know him. A diamond indeed.” 

Also, new releases from Jeff Buckley-influenced Kiran Leonard, ambitious Welshman Meilyr Jones, brilliant Manchester jazzmen GoGo Penguin, and Essex innovators Underworld, who released their first single in six years earlier this week.

Digging out of snowdrifts and missed the show? You can catch up to UKNY on demand as of Monday in the FUV weekend archives up to two weeks after broadcast.

Songs played:

1. Meilyr Jones, “How to Recognise a Work of Art,” 2013
2. The Spook School, “David Bowie Songs,” single (B-side of “Binary”)
3. Pink Floyd, “Arnold Layne,” Relics
4. David Bowie, “Love You Till Tuesday,” David Bowie
5. David Bowie, “Kooks” (live), Bowie at the Beeb
6. Daughter, “Mothers,” Not To Disappear
7. GoGo Penguin, “All Res,” Man Made Object
8. Kiran Leonard, “Pink Fruit” (radio edit), Grapefruit
9. Yuck, “Hearts In Motion,” Stranger Things
10. Mystery Jets, “Telomere,” Curve of the Earth
11. Commonwealth Cut (Australia): Morning Harvey, “T.I.D.E.,” Love&Loveand EP
12. David Gilmour feat. David Bowie, “Arnold Layne,” Live From The Royal Albert Hall
13. Underworld, “I Exhale,” Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future