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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 782 Registered: 03-2006 |
Alternate titles for this thread: Dancing Queen, Dancing with Myself... What are the songs that you have an almost uncontrollable response to - the ones that make you dance around the room, play air guitar to, or sing along to at the top of your lungs? Mine are: Victoria - Kinks Sympathy for the Devil (off of "Ya-Ya's") - Rolling Stones Psycho Killer (off of "Stop Making Sense") - Talking Heads Local Girls - Graham Parker What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love & Understanding - EC Spring Rain - GBs Cinnamon Girl - NY Buffalo Soldiers - Bob Marley Cold Sweat - James Brown Hey Pocky Way - the Meters I Heard You Looking - YLT | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 114 Registered: 04-2005 |
New Order - Ceremony (on 12 inch vinyl, dark green sleve) The Smiths - This Charming Man Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing (all together now, woah, woah...) And agree with the live 'Sympathy'. I always have to mimic Keith's solo.. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 737 Registered: 05-2005 |
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo More than a feeling - Boston See nO evil - Television Jangling Jack - Nick Cave I fought the law - Clash Sweet child o mine - Guns n Roses Club Country - Associates Shot from both sides - Magazine Outtasight - Wilco Electrolite - REM Baggy Trousers - Madness Peacock Suit - Paul Weller Rusholme Ruffians - The Smiths Fly - U2 Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack Hire car - John Cooper Clarke | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 199 Registered: 01-2005 |
Dover Beach - The Bangles She Binded Me With Science - Mr. Dolby Cars - Gary Numan Life During Wartime - Talking Heads The Puppet - Echo and The Bunneymen | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 552 Registered: 03-2005 |
No, Spence, you did NOT list "More Than a Feeling"!!! You benefit from being younger than me and also maybe not being American. That f'g record was played on the so-called "progressive rock" FM radio stations incessantly for something like three years in the early/mid 70s. To this day, if I hear that foam begins to dribble from my mouth and I have to be put into restraints and it ain't because I want to dance. I sign on with Hardin's choices of "Victoria" and "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" and "Spring Rain." I never can remember the stuff I want to when I want to but I can readily add the following: The Light Pours Out of Me -- Magazine Cruiser's Creek -- the Fall Pressure Drop -- Toots & the Maytals I Fought the Law -- Bobby Fuller Four Anarchy in the U.K. -- Sex Pistols Long Shot Kick de Bucket -- Pioneers | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 803 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rock The Casbah by The Clash, which is funny cos I love the Clash but dont particularly like this. Baby I Love You So - Jacob Miller/ Augustus Pablo Transmission - Joy Division. Gangsters - The Specials Sally McLenanne - The Pogues This Charming man - The Smiths Free Range - The Fall Money In My Pocket - Dennis Brown | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 784 Registered: 03-2006 |
Spence - have you ever seen the video for "Outta Sight"? I'm not a fan of vids but this is one of the cleverest I've ever seen. As they lip sync to the song, they suit up for a parachute jump, then go up in a plane, then jump. All while lip-syncing and playing air guitar! It's really well done. Btw, you (not I) get the award for being the most eclectic and open-minded on the board. Good on ya! Michael - Is "She Binded Me With Science" the S&M remix of the famous hit?  Randy - How could I've left Pressure Drop off my list? Great call. Easily my favorite reggae song and one that I've never tired of, no matter how many thousands of times I've heard it. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 589 Registered: 04-2005 |
Metal Machine Music (side 3) - Lou Reed | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2006 |
That's a pretty killer stretch of music, definitely, but I prefer the several minutes of pop/funk/blues toward the middle of side 2, myself... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 555 Registered: 03-2005 |
Another favorite that forces me to get up off my ass: Black Ticket Day -- Ed Kuepper | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 203 Registered: 04-2006 |
nearly the whole interpol album 'antics' makes me jump like a young kangaroo | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 738 Registered: 05-2005 |
mmm. interpol would send me to an early grave!! kev and randy's list do it for me too. LK cheers for the award, i'd like you to collect it for me, as i am busy recording the new video!! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 209 Registered: 04-2006 |
spence, sometimes i have that feeling about the interpol album too, but that depends more on the jumping and the risk of getting hurt :-) and (so that you did not feel alone) if they play more than a feeling on the radio i always singalong! 'wings' from the fall (the guitar riff is indeliably burned into my brain) the pogues - dirty old town and their are surely a lot more, but i have now to quit for a while. buy. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 805 Registered: 05-2005 |
andreas, i used to play wings by the Fall incessantly. it was the second disc in a double 7" vinyl gatefold sleeve single. the first disc was kicker conspiracy. the fall were the best band in the world at that period. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 210 Registered: 04-2006 |
kevin, exactly. this double 7'' is like a holy grail for me! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 394 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Clash - Wrong 'em Boyo New Order - Perfect Kiss Pulp - Disco 2000 Inner City - Pennies From Heaven Joy Division - Isolation The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums S'Express - Trumpet | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 595 Registered: 04-2005 |
The way to enjoy the crunching power chords in "More Than a Feeling" is to listen instead to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Very clever of Cobain, copping very similar structure and chords in a cool song, as opposed to a '70s dinosaur band's song that weren't not supposed to like. I gave a flippant answer earlier because if I start writing this list, I won't be able to stop. Most music I love has this effect on me. But here's just a few that never fail to trigger the pleasure center in my brain: Velvet Underground - I Can't Stand It Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet Clash - Complete Control (or London's Burning) Bowie - Queen Bitch Buzzcocks - anything from "Singles Going Steady" Pere Ubu - Final Solution (or Non-Alignment Pact) Echo and the Bunnymen - All that Jazz Husker Du - Makes No Sense at All XTC - Earn Enough for Us Alternative TV - Action Time Vision Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK Elvis Costello - No Action Roxy Music - Street Life OK, I'll stop. This could go on for awhile. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 215 Registered: 04-2006 |
kurt, thanks for the forward pass: pere ubu - humour me | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 216 Registered: 04-2006 |
this song contains all the criteriums of that thread. fine guitar solo and the HA,HA,HA,HA's. btw: looking forward to the new pere ubu album and their gig here in berlin. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 597 Registered: 04-2005 |
Do you know who's in the current Ubu lineup besides David Thomas, Andreas? I tend to forget they're still around. I guess the great Allen Ravenstine is gone, right? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 217 Registered: 04-2006 |
this is the site where you can read all about the new album and the line-up: http://ubuprojex.net/wihw.html | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 600 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm not sure I could bring myself to buy an album called "Why I Hate Women," no matter how ironically the creators may mean it. I hope they mean it ironically... Whoo-hoo! Post #600! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 807 Registered: 05-2005 |
I downloaded the new Ubu album from Napster the other day. I was only half listening to it in the background, but a few tracks seemed to have pretty interesting synth sounds on them. dodgy title though. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 603 Registered: 04-2005 |
I went back and read the link Andreas gave, and noticed that Thomas insists the title is NOT ironic, and that Ubu never deals in irony. But his explanation that the title is their version of a Jim Thompson novel makes sense. It's the title the Stranglers always wanted to use, but never had the guts to. Thanks for the report on your preliminary listen, Kevin. I'm disappointed that Thomas is the only original or long-running member still in the band, but that's no reason for me to not seek out some audio clips at least to hear what they're up to. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 205 Registered: 01-2005 |
Hardin, Dang, I dropped the "L" from Blinded. It sure could be the S&M version thought without it!!! The Pere Ubu title is unfortunate. Makes about as much sense as calling your band Rapeman, and I don't care if their was a comic with the same name. When I had long hair, I looked somewhat like Robert Pos, who at one time might have been the only person not named Susan in the group A Band of Susans. Now that was a cool band name when they actually had three Susans in the group! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 560 Registered: 03-2005 |
I need some guidance on Pere Ubu. I have a copy of the "Terminal Tower" antho which is brilliant. I bought it years ago. The next thing I bought was "Cloudland" which was such bland shite that I never tried anything with them again. Any recommendations or comments? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2006 |
Lots of good stuff above, plenty of which would make my list, too. And may I add, off the top of my head: Songs: Chills: "The Oncoming Day" "Look For the Good in Others..." Kid Creole & the Coconuts: "Endicott" "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" "The Lifeboat Party" Albums: The Housemartins one I posted about in Now That's What I Call What Are You Listening to IX Most any Ramones albums, especially the first four, and their live ones. Prince: "Dirty Mind" And then there's this: http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=764 which not only makes me dance like a fool but cackle insanely like one at the same time. Unrelenting...dance to any two songs and you've had your workout for the day, make it through the whole album and you'll see God. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 605 Registered: 04-2005 |
If you didn't like "Cloudland," Randy, stay away from their other late '80s/early '90s releases, as that was their short-lived commercial period. Thing is, for those of us who knew Pere Ubu from their early days, "Cloudland" was a fun and not unwelcome surprise. Who knew they could do catchy? "Terminal Tower" is very fine stuff indeed. From there, seek out their first two albums, "The Modern Dance" and "Dub Housing." After that, things get a bit dicey with Ubu--they started to lose the dark, menacing sound in favor of Thomas's surreal whimsy, and the music wandered away from their punk rock roots toward a kind of art-rock I didn't really care for. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2006 |
How could I forget: Nick Lowe: "Switchboard Susan" "Big Kick, Plain Scrap" "So it Goes" "Half a Boy and Half a Man" "Cruel to be Kind" "Ragin' Eyes" "You Got the Look I Like", "7 Nights to Rock" many more. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 398 Registered: 08-2004 |
Madonna - Into The Groove Associates - Love Hangover Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper St. Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Orange Juice - I Just Can't Help Myself Talking Heads - Totally Nude | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 212 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kurt has Pere Ubu pegged. I have "The Modern Dance" and "Dub Housing", but nothing else. I have contemplated buying the 3rd and 4th albums, but never got around to it. I never though ill of Thomas going for the populare stuff either. It's some cathcy music.I always thought that a song title like "I Hear They Smoke The Barbeque" was pretty clever as well. You can almost picture Dave sitting done to a big barbeque feast! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 757 Registered: 05-2005 |
walking on the moon by the police sends me skanking round the room which am ding now with this wonderful piece of white reggae trash! why does it always remind me of the theme from the show late 70's early 80's SHOESTRING! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 799 Registered: 03-2006 |
Be careful skankin', Spence - I hope your leg don't break! I agree - I think that song is the shit. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 802 Registered: 03-2006 |
Lookin' over everybody's lists, it sounds like they'd all make a helluva mix tape... Allen, excellent Nick Lowe choices...love all of 'em..."So It Goes" is said by some to be the first new wave single and it never fails to give me that "all is right with the world" feeling, though it seems to be a deeply cynical song...I'm sure "Heart of the City" is one of the "many more" you allude to...I like his new crooner phase, but the only drawback is that it's decidedly light on dance-able tunes.... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 580 Registered: 05-2005 |
A friend of mine once described Blink's It's Not My Fault as "a great going-out-on-Friday-night song". He was right. Blink are an Irish band btw, and the reason a certain US pop-punk band have 182 after their name. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 25 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah, Keith, "Heart of the City" is definitely one of the Many More, as is just plain "Heart" (the one from the Rockpile album, with, I think, Billy Bremner on vocals) and "I Knew the Bride," any version. Agreed about his latest phase...what I also miss from his last three records is his priceless sense of humor. But even though I shelved "The Convincer" after about four plays I'll keep buying his records until either he or I pass away because he's one of my all-time favorites and if I was able to pick one famous musician to be good friends with he'd be the one. A regular bloke in the very best sense of the term: smart, funny, warm, wise. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 760 Registered: 05-2005 |
Anyone see Brinzly Scchwarz on the old grey whistle test doing surrender to the rythm, on hearing this for the first time, i can see weller blatantly, (as he does so often love him!,) ripped it off for his speak likle a child single for the style council. love nick lowe. very intelligent, clever musician. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 400 Registered: 08-2004 |
I saw the Whistle Tests Brinsley Schwarz performance on a John Peel tribute show, around his 60th birthday. They had a great sound & the vocals are spot on. | ||
| Andy Robinson Member Username: Andyblue Post Number: 48 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence - I can't remember Shoestring. If you meant Bergerac I know exactly what you mean. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 761 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry thanks for correctig my poor speling! Yes Nick's vocals and effortless vocals are amazing. Andy, yes you are right it is Beregerac!!!!!! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 805 Registered: 03-2006 |
I saw Nick Lowe on a double bill with Madness on a riverboat in New Orleans - how's that for value for money. Nick had the band that was either his Cowboy Outfit or Noise to Go...they were great. With his huge schnozz, excellent rock and roll hair, and poised, seen it all demeanor, he seemed like the epitome of cool! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 764 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dancing to the Beta Band, esp: Assessmant, Human Being and Squares, briliant songs, timeless. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 909 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heres what the kids are dancing to. The NME took a poll of students and the votes are as follows 1. 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' - Arctic Monkeys 2. 'Mr Brightside' - The Killers 3. 'I Predict A Riot' - Kaiser Chiefs 4. 'Take Me Out' - Franz Ferdinand 5. 'This Charming Man' - The Smiths 6. 'Hounds Of Love' - The Futureheads 7. 'Naďve' - The Kooks 8. 'Last Nite' - The Strokes 9. 'Banquet' - Bloc Party 10. 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' - Joy Division I havent heard No7, I wish I hadnt heard Nos 2 and 3. The rest, apart from 5 and 10 wouldnt make my list but are ok I suppose | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 430 Registered: 08-2004 |
Have you got a problem with the younger generation, Kevin. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 910 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry ?? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 627 Registered: 03-2005 |
I think it's great that "Love Will Tear Us Apart" got onto the list. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 75 Registered: 05-2005 |
I can't believe 'This Charming Man' made the list of 'what kids are dancing to'. Its one of my all time favorite songs - but absolutely impossible to dance to. I dare you to try! It's something to do with the double-time beat. You can sort of oscillate wildly to it - but certainly not dance. I disovered this in a club in Berlin back in the early 80s when talked the DJ into playing it. Within a short space of time the dance floor had emptied and I was left jigging uncomfortably. |