“Some Velvet Morning” by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (1967)

These two weirdly complementary sides of Hazlewood’s persona unite on ‘Some Velvet Morning,’ a standout track from Nancy & Lee. On that track, Hazlewood and Sinatra sound like they don’t inhabit the same universe, let alone the same song. Over loping spaghetti-Western guitar, Hazlewood sings of Greek mythology and “some velvet morning when I’m straight,” while Sinatra coos about flowers and daffodils in a stoned haze against a backdrop of bubblegum psychedelia. “Some Velvet Morning” sounds like two songs spliced together by a madman, or an avant-garde short film in song form.”

Dream 20.04.10

Charlotte Church sings me the theme tune for the new pocket notebook I just made for myself.

She sings “Paul’s New Notebook” to the tune of “Pie Jesu”.

I think: “I bet Cheryl Cole wouldn’t’ve done that for free”.