Never failed me yet
Gavin Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic
On the first side of this LP, the title track, Bryars cheers us all up with his exploration of the tunes that were being played by the band who went down with RMS Titanic, and how the vibrations of the music would have travelled through the water.
However, I bought this for the B side - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, in which a recording of a homeless man singing is looped over a musical background. Years ahead of its time. Probably would be seen as a bit exploitative nowadays, but blimey, what a banger. Or, according to my wife, it's basically I Know A Song That'll Get On Your Nerves and I've just bought it to annoy her.
I heard Alexei Sayle say once that he chose this piece to be played before one of his shows and it was about 30 minutes until he managed to get a laugh out of the audience.
Tinselwig likes this.