| Author | Message | ||
     spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1745 Registered: 05-2005 |
I loved Robert's forword for the DVD booklet. I'd read similar interviews with him regarding what he viewed as his striped sunlight sound, but this was really beautifully put. One thing I did notice, was that a lot of his sss (for the booklet anyway) was American!! Allowing a little self indulgence... What's your sss? Here's mine, (if i can remember!): Scorched playing fields of '76, George Harrison's Swet Lord, its the sun on my twin daughter's cheeks and in their eyes, its the back garden at Yew Tree lane, its the smell of sunlit heat in the middle of my old boxr dog's head, the little curved but that gathers dust, its what I imagine the studio for the recordings of REM's Murmer should have been like, Scotland '75-80, Love's History - The Winnebago Orchestra, the heat and the light and the smell on the plastic seat of a Maroon Ford Cortina mk III, MW handheld radios, the River and reeds in Tywn Wales, dreams of Australia, sunshine on my wife's hair, The Lilac Time's first album, Orange Juice's I can't help myself's guitar hookline, Endless Bob Brown audio cassettes. Its the amphitheatre in Cyprus, its Telvision in London '04, Forever Changes. Stop. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 700 Registered: 08-2004 |
New Order - Technique Pet Shop Boys - Introspective The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society The Jam's "When You're Young", "That's Entertainment" & "Thick As Thieves" remind me of Summer hols as a kid. Going out with friends, cycling for miles getting into trouble etc. A lot of House 12" singles from 1990 the soundtrack to Italia '90. Bring that hot a sticky sunshine feeling, kind of a continuation of Technique/Introspective: St. Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart & Kiss & Make Up Primals - Loaded & Come Together Love Corp. - Give Me Some Love Boca Juniors - Raise The Grid - Floatation | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 499 Registered: 04-2006 |
without those striped sunlight's the world will be a sad place. fortunately there are a lot of that sss bringing joy to my world. here a just a few thoughts: guitar drones and a big fat drum, playing with my son, hiking in the alps, the sound of falling snow, a sweet and simple melody, reading a good book, yosemite, early childhood skiing through the fields, john fahey, the taste of wine, watching stars, motor-scooter driving in cyprus(hello spence) and not to forget the people on this message board, | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1768 Registered: 05-2005 |
Celtic Park on match days, especially when we beat Rangers. My kids, even when they are being annoying and loud!! Family holidays/birthdays/Christmas's. Playing reggae on vinyl. Having a few beers with your mates. The thrill of buying a much anticipated album on release day when I was a teenager(still get thrill now but not as much  ) | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 273 Registered: 07-2006 |
can i share your stripe jerry? your summer o' love picks anyway... i love the farley mix of come together. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 186 Registered: 05-2005 |
Right now? It's the smiles my 3-month old godson gave me yesterday. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 152 Registered: 01-2007 |
Marine Drive Woolacombe Beach, Marine Drive Southport,Summers in N.Devon sand in your toes as you step onto the beach,smell of a bonfire in Autumn,Smile and kiss from my daughter and wife and other family times,looking out on to my garden full of hammocks,loungers. remembering the first time I played Thunder Road and all subsequent times. Van Morrison at Glastonbury, Skiing down a mountain in Canada, latenight meal drinks in San Francisco New LPs Costello,G-BS | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1749 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nice Frank! Woolacombe is greeeaaaaaat!!!! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1750 Registered: 05-2005 |
Did I ever tell you all about the time a client said to me responding to a question "To be frank, Spencer...", he didn't geddit!!! Nor will anyoone else outside the UK, bar Randy and Pad probably | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 194 Registered: 05-2005 |
Classic!!! I assume your response was to fall out of your chair laughing? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1778 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thats brilliant Spence. Almost as good as the scene from Boys From The Blackstuff, when Yosser Hughes was in the confessional. The priest had earlier said that Yosser could call him Dan(rather than Father), Yosser was in a bit of a state and blurted out "I'm desparate Dan". Guess that one wont translate outside the UK either, Desparate Dan was a kids comic character. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1751 Registered: 05-2005 |
He was a miserable stuck up bastard, I was 20 and my boss let me drive his car, I screamed with laughter when I got back to the car down this house brick of a mobile phone. My boss screamed back as calls were £3 a minute then!!!! | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 195 Registered: 05-2005 |
When I was in college, the Students Union President announced events over the PA, including an Acid House disco (it was 1990..), He announced to the whole canteen that it "should be worth the trip out..." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 637 Registered: 09-2006 |
U.S. Kinks fans would probably pick up on that one, kevin, even without more knowledge of the character than the name. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1697 Registered: 05-2005 |
That line from Boys From The Blackstuff is a classic. A mate of mine from Liverpool loves it too. |