english and scottish folksongs. ys by joanna newsom. iron man, electric funeral, the wizard, sabbath bloody sabbath. that’s reality w/ yumbo. modern times. love & theft. john dowland. some girls. fear and loathing in la. faun fables’ early song. marc bolan and tyrannusaurus rex. led zep III. II. houses of the holy. kjell hoglund – the great swedish witchmaster and philosopher. edgar allan poe’s stories and his novel about mr. pym at sea. the nocturnes of fryderyk chopin. gustav mahler. maher shalal hash baz. open field. osaka bridge. the movies by wes anderson. the music in wes anderson’s movies. sture dahlstrom. jonathan richman singing summer feeling. moby dick by herman melville. the adventures of huckleberry finn. markus hamnebo and sune. bob hund. john coltrane. evert taube. rikard wolff singing the songs of barbara. my friends in children come on. will oldham/bonny billy. little wings and kyle field’s drawings. almost saturday night by john fogerty. willie nelson. herman dune. david-ivar herman dune’s ya ya. smog. joanna newsom. billie holiday. louis armstrong’s hot five and seven. nick drake. the magnetic fields. frank sinatra. ron sexsmith’s whereabouts. tom waits. tom waits. tom waits. carpenters. karen c. bjorn olsson. tom waits and kathleen brennan. mark olson and victoria williams. the creekdippers. mick jagger and keith richards. butch hancock. vitalogy and no code. alf robertsson. sally timms. ac/dc. leonard cohen. famous blue raincoat. i’m your man! john prine. john prine! souvenirs. saddle in the rain. john zorn. hall and oates’ kiss on my list. lynrd skynrd. marc ribot. daniel johnston. nirvana. the beatles. the beach boys. dennis wilson’s pacific blue. the yodeling of faun fables. jimi hendrix. fire. jim o’rourke. loren connors. dire straits. the sultans o swing. miles davis. odetta. blind doc watson. leo kottke. linda ronstadt. heart like a wheel. ebba gron. the who. nicolai dunger. kevin coyne. lou reed. coney island. dracula. kevin rowland. mats gustafsson. erlend loe. john cougar american fool. womack & womack on the dance floor. buddy miles singing and drumming. vetiver at pustervik 06. one foot in the grave by beck. neil young. van morrison. the dweller on the threshold. you’re my woman. bob dylan… no auction block. world gone wrong. good as i been to you. new morning. john wesley harding. standing in the doorway. johnny cash. if you could read my mind. and the late great townes van zandt.
These are the MySpace influences listed by the Swedish band Rambling Nicholas Heron on the newly formed Gothenburg label Puppy Love Records. Couldn’t have put it better in a hundred years (although I was thinking Jonathan Richman).