Over the last few years, the good folk at All Tomorrow's Parties have been spending a presidential-campaign-load of money convincing independent music's most influential bands to reform, and go on small tours playing just one album from start to finish. In only a few weeks the ATP crowd has convinced Low ('Things We Lost In The Fire' - also see this), Sonic Youth ('Daydream Nation'), The Scientists ('Blood Red River'), and Died Pretty ('Doughboy Hollow') to tour Australia. They have also convinced My Bloody Valentine to reform, for the first time in 16 years, and tour the UK. All very good things.
But I've got another plea: rather than get a seminal band to play a seminal album, can we please, please try to convince people to come together just to perform one song?
Exhibit a: Kristin Hersh and Michael Stipe, Your Ghost, 1993.
Sure, we could make it part of a superb bill, wherein Throwing Muses reform to play House Tornado, and Bill Berry rejoins REM to play Document. But please let these two people come together to play this one stunning, beautiful, harrowing song, and please let me be there.
Other candidates: PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke, Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry...
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