Richard Thompson Favourites

Richard Thompson Favourites

I came to Richard Thompson rather late in life. I had never really listened to his stuff until 2003. My sister gave me a copy of Mock Tudor. I loved it. Since then I’ve gone back and listened to all of his solo work. I still haven’t delved back to his collaboration days with Linda Thompson nor have I listened to very much Fairport Convention from the early 70’s. I saw him when he came to The Jefferson center a couple of years ago, but I missed his appearance with Loudon Wainwright in Charlottesville last week.

A friend of mine saw him in 1988 at Roanoke’s Iroquois Club. That was a unique concert. He had just started a low-key tour of America and was playing very small venues in very small cities. At the concert, he worked alone playing his new electric guitar. It may have been one of his first electric guitar concerts. My friend ended up with the soundboard recording, and I treasure listening to it to this day.

These are a few of my favorite Richard Thompson tunes by album. I found a lot of them at Grooveshark and Sonza

Daring Adventures 1986

· Valerie

Amnesia 1988

· Waltzing for Dreamers

· Jerusalem on the Jukebox

· I Still Dream

· Turning of the Tide

· Can’t Win

Rumor and Sigh 1991

· I Feel So Good (Top 100 Hit)

· 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

· I Misunderstood

Mirror Blue 1994

· Beeswing

· Easy There Steady Now: One of my favorites.

· I Can’t Wake Up to Save My Life

· I Ride in Your Slipstream

· Taking My Business Elsewhere

· MGB-GT

Mock Tudor 1999

· Cooksferry Queen

· Hard On Me

· Crawl Back

· Hope You Like the New Me

· Bathsheba Smiles

· Sibella

The Old Kit Bag 2003

· Gethsemane

· A Love You Can’t Survive

· I’ll Tag Along

· Jealous Words

· Outside of the Inside

· She Said It Was Destiny

Front Parlour Ballads 2005

· Let It Blow

· When We Were Boys At School

Sweet Warrior 2007

· Dad’s Gonna Kill Me: This is a true protest song for the modern age. Thompson delves into the Iraq war.

· Mr. Stupid

· Poppy-Red

· Johnny Far Away

Miscellaneous Tunes

· Dear Janet Jackson: A complete goof on Janet Jackson’s “Wardrobe Malfunction” -warning it may not be save for radio.

· Oops I Did It Again: Laugh if you must. This song, popularized by Britney Spears is brought to life by RT.

· Woodstock: The song by Joni Mitchell is mournfully sung by RT. This one may only be available on video.

· Smiffy’s Glass Eye