First guest could really not be anyone else but – The greatest man on earth.
Introducing the man behind the music:
THOMAS OLSEN
45, love music, craft beer, sneakers and Liverpool FC
● Your taste in music in three words
Loyal indie rocker
● Guest DJ
Warming up: Oasis “Rock n´roll star”
Kicking off the party: Stone Roses “Fools gold”
Dancefloor filler: Primal Scream “Rocks”
Closing time: Kent “747”
● Festival line-up (dead or alive)
Love Shop (Hall, Hassing & Unmack), Oasis (line-up circa 1995 w/ White on drums), Massive Attack ( Del Naja, Daddy G and “Mushroom”), Depeche Mode (w/ Alan Wilder on keys) and Nick Cave as closing act.
● Attention world – This album deserves more love
dEUS “Ideal crash”. Mistery to me, why “Ideal crash” isn´t considered one of the ten best albums in the world.
● A trip down the local pub with…
David Bowie – Crazy stories. Great sense of humour.
● Favourite piece of lyric
“Fanget ind i byernes lys
Jeg vil eje hvert et sekund
Alle har en drøm at befri
Hold den fast til det gør ondt”
Love Shop “Alle har en drøm at befri”
● Fantasy band
Name: Thomsen All-stars
Singer: Nick Cave
Guitarist: George Harrison
Drummer: Silas Graee (Mew)
Bass: Peter Hook
Keyboard: Alan Wilder
● Best cover song
Ryan Adams “Wonderwall”
● Which album do you bring as a present
Love Shop “Evergreens” – Perfect introduction for The only band that really matters
● Sunday morning album
Massive Attack “Mezzanine” – goes down well with the coffee
● Most played album
Love Shop “Go!” – best alltime Danish record
● Three desert island albums
Love Shop “Go!”
Oasis “Definitely Maybe”
Depeche Mode “Songs of faith and devotion”
● First album
Gasolin “Live sådan!” – Gift from my father, when I got my first record player
Thomas Helmig Brothers “2” – First album bought
● The album that changed how you comprehend music
Depeche Mode “Black celebration” – Introduced in a summer holiday by my cousin. Later he send “Music for the masses” on tape. Music was never the same after that.
● Guilty pleasure
Danish rap acts like Sivas and Ukendt Kunstner. Probably not meant for me, but when they play it on the radio – I feel it!
● Album that defined your teens
“101” Depeche Mode – Had nerve, authentic, energetic – just like the teens. In my teen room I was Dave Gahan at Rose Bowl. Still love it. Best live album of all-time
● Top three concerts
Love Shop/Sort Sol, Studenterhuset, Aalborg – 2002
Mikael Simpson – Studenterhuset, Aalborg – 2004
Nick Cave, Northside, Aarhus – 2013
● On your record player right now
Noel Gallagher “Who built the moon” – Surprisingly good, after two mediocre albums
● On the record player in your childhood home
Kim Larsen “Forklædt som voksen”
● Best first track on an album
Love Shop “Alle har en drøm at befri from the album “Anti”
● Best debut album
Oasis “Definitely Maybe”
● Best music moment on film
Generally the use of music in Peaky Blinders. But especially the opening of season 3 combined with David Bowies “Lazarus”
● Music you don´t like
Musicals. To hysterical. In general musicians who tend to be hysterical and pretentious, like the Danish act, “Bisse”. He´s just, in my opinion, a wannabe C.V. Jørgensen.
● Best record cover
Jens Unmack “Vejen hjem fra RocknRoll”
● A song that describes your hometown
Arcade Fire “The suburbs” – Reminds me of being underage. Buying beer at the local grocery store (he didn´t ask for ID). Driving on my moped to the party. Good times.
● Best one-hit wonder
Hurricane #1 “Just another illusion”
● Favourite album and song – 2017
Album: Love Shop “Risiko” – loyal to my few favourite bands, but Love Shop truly deserves it. Keeps evolving. “Risiko”, easily being a top 3 Love Shop album.
Song: The National “Carin at the Liquor Store”
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