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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5311 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Acorn - Sister Margaret | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5326 Registered: 05-2005 |
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 752 Registered: 10-2006 |
Lulu - Here comes the night Bit of a Bert Berns homage day today. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 753 Registered: 10-2006 |
Sir Mick - Memo from Turner | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2157 Registered: 10-2008 |
My Bloody Valentine. Only Tomorrow. The guitars on this just have to be heard to be believed. Ear splitting volume on headphones, its just off the scale in its brilliance. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 678 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael Chapman - Kodak Ghosts | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 754 Registered: 10-2006 |
Air - Cherry blossom girl Improving an otherwise lacklustre morning | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5328 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cosmo, I know Michael Chapman. I think it's a different Michael Chapman though. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 756 Registered: 10-2006 |
From Fully Qualified Survivor, anyway. Fine album. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 679 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, Michael Chapman the singer, songwriter and excellent guitarist who made the above mentioned Fully Qualified Survivor album in 1970(with Mick Ronson on electric guitar)? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2161 Registered: 10-2008 |
Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2164 Registered: 10-2008 |
Jubilee Street - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. James, I was reading last months Uncut today, it had a big feature on Mick Ronson. And there was a section of it that talked of Ronson making an album with Michael Chapman, somebody I've never heard of tbh. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5332 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cosmo, my Michael Chapman is an IT specialist on Sydney's Northern Beaches. He is aware of his namesake though. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5333 Registered: 05-2005 |
Loney Dear - Airport Surroundings | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5336 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fatima Mansions - You're A Rose. So I got a new sub-woofer and speakers for my computer. And the first track I played through the new speakers - still playing as I type - is You're A Rose. The new speakers (Logitech) sound great. Far better than the ones which gave up the ghost a couple of days ago. I should have replaced them years ago. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 680 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some of the album with Ronson on is Bowie like Kev. Check this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJrGUxa0S eU | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2168 Registered: 10-2008 |
Nice one James, Bowie like indeed. Very MWSTHW-esque. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 682 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hawkwind - The Spirit of the Age 'but your father refused to sign the forms to freeze you' this sounds better than ever to me | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 683 Registered: 05-2005 |
'Even this doggerel that pours from my pen Has just been written by another twenty telepathic men Word for word it says "Oh, for the wings of any bird other than a battery hen".' Bob Calvert (Hawkwind - The Spirit of the Age) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 684 Registered: 05-2005 |
'Even this doggerel that pours from my pen Has just been written by another twenty telepathic men Word for word it says "Oh, for the wings of any bird other than a battery hen".' Bob Calvert (Hawkwind - The Spirit of the Age) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 685 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sonic Youth - Disconnection Notice | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1038 Registered: 04-2006 |
since yesterday i am hooked by this song: higgs boson blues from the the new cave/bad seeds album. a magnificent song from an album that seems to be a great one. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2169 Registered: 10-2008 |
Agreed Andreas, and Jubilee Steet is even better in my opinion - I think this album will turn out to be a great one | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3137 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sounds like I should get the new album. I've tended to pick up approximately 2/3rds of Nick Cave's records. The last one I got was "Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues." I totally love about one-half of it and delete the rest. Is Ed Kuepper on the new one? Meanwhile, today's song of the day for me is False Lights -- Soft Hearted Scientists | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1039 Registered: 04-2006 |
Yes, Kevin. Jubilee Street is also a great one. And the title track, too. If I will buy the new album (and it seems so) it will be my first Cave/Bad Seeds album since 'The Good Son'. On Wikipedia I can read that this album is from 1990. 1990!!! Just 23 years ago. Crazy. The album and its predecessor (tender Prey) are long sold. My wife bought the Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues album which I can remember was a good one, too. Think I should listen to it immediately. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 758 Registered: 10-2006 |
Marie Pierre Arthur - Pourquoi From Softhearted Scientists to Leif Vollebekk to this... the ways of Youtube are strange and infinite... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3138 Registered: 03-2005 |
Quebecois. That's the reason it seemed so American to my ears. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 759 Registered: 10-2006 |
Byrds - Have you seen her face Particularly for the way the guitar snaps out at you. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 494 Registered: 03-2007 |
Panel Of Judges - Dainty Vagabond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0HKycTKY O0 | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3140 Registered: 03-2005 |
OMG, one of the guitarists is playing on the runty little Burns Sonic! I dropped mine off almost a year ago at a shop I've used for years to refurbish my instruments and I've not seen it since. Sigh. I'll have to drive in today and see if they even acknowledge to having it. If they're still in business. I do wish Panel of Judges records were easier to get. I'm still resisting the necessity to download an mp3 version of the newest album. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 495 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, you can download a FLAC version of the latest album ( Moods On The Move ) from Bandcamp for AU$7.00. That is what I have ( burned to CDR.) I waited a long time in the hope that the band would release it on cd but they have no plans to do so. They only put the album up on Bandcamp a few months ago. It is my favourite of their four releases ( Cool Fool; No Scandal - No Future - In Heaven; Bad Vibrations; Moods On The Move.) http://panel.bandcamp.com/releases 'Bad Vibrations' is available on cd from Mistletone Records for AU$15.00 ( inclusive of worldwide shipping ) and vinyl copies of 'Bad Vibrations' and 'Moods On The Move' can be had for AU$20.00 and AU$25.00 respectively. http://mistletone.net/shop/panel-of-judg es/ I like them a lot and was very disappointed when I heard that they had split up. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 496 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, A reasonably priced copy of 'No Scandal - No Future - In Heaven' available on cd from an AmazonCo Marketplace Seller ( RockingHorse.) http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing /B000ENUWE2/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=music&ie=UT F8&qid=1360959538&sr=1-1&condition=new Also available directly from the company themselves. http://rockinghorse.net/search-results.p hp | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3141 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for the info Hugh. I knew I could get a download of Moods on the Move. I've contacted Mistletone about a CD of Bad Vibrations. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2172 Registered: 10-2008 |
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away. The title track of the new album, and future Album Of The Year. If its not AOTY I can't wait to hear what beats it. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 497 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I think you are going to have to make do with a download of 'Moods On The Move.' I e-mailed the band last summer enquiring about a cd release. It took them several months to reply but, when they did, they said that it was extremely unlikely that the album would ever be released on that format. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3143 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yes, Hugh, the list of people I'll have to accept hearing in download form is lengthening. I'm old school. Well, at least I might have a copy of Bad Vibrations coming my way (haven't heard from Mistletone yet; it's Saturday in Oz.) And I just went to retrieved my Burns Sonic, so hooray! They had lost my phone number and therefore couldn't call me and tell me it was finished. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 761 Registered: 10-2006 |
Alice – Per Elisa The SanRemo festival often throws up nuggets from Italy’s musical past, and this year it’s this synth-laden stonker from 1981, with the rather stunning deep-toned Alice gloriously savaging either a) her ex’s new lover or b) his heroin habit. (“You can’t go out to get the newspaper without her, you can hardly even say two words to me about her…”) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qbLOpfG 2c She went on to have a rather weirdly interesting career for an Italian singer, collaborating with folk like Phil Manzanera, Jon Hassell, Peter Hammill and Gavin Bryars and doing covers of King Crimson, Popol Vuh, Jane Siberry… | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2178 Registered: 10-2008 |
Gram Parsons - Brass Buttons Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman Predictable perhaps, but two of the greatest songs ever written and recorded. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5394 Registered: 05-2005 |
PJ Harvey - Written On The Forehead. I love the sample of Blood & Fire. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 768 Registered: 10-2006 |
The Byrds - Set you free this time I wonder what would have happened if Gene & Gram had been in the group AT THE SAME TIME... | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 686 Registered: 05-2005 |
Death in June - 13 Years of Carrion a gorgeous song with a title that is as incongruous as Spinal Tap's Lick My Love Pump | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 780 Registered: 04-2005 |
Petula Clark - Cut Copy Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iM48qNM8 xI Forget the comeback from that overrated master-of- style-over-content Mr Bowie ! This is a much more remarkable return (and from an 80 year old). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5401 Registered: 05-2005 |
Shonen Knife - When You Sleep (MBV cover) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 695 Registered: 05-2005 |
Love the Petula tune Andrew, oh to be so cool at 80 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5406 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Go-Betweens vs. Future Pilot AKA - The City Of Lights | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 778 Registered: 10-2006 |
One more try with Marie Pierre... if the drums don't immediately suck you into this one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2DwFHcV rg | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 782 Registered: 04-2005 |
I liked it Stuart ! And very good drums indeed. How did you come across Marie Pierre Arthur ? Purely from YouTube ? | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 779 Registered: 10-2006 |
Oh, good! Yes, following my nose through YT, when I should be working. But one thing so easily leads to another. Her eponymous 2009 album is all on this level, just brilliant, warmly produced, in your face, tuneful pop, a real gem. Been dancing around the studio to it for days. The 2012 follow-up doesn't match it, unfortunately, sounding like a slightly pallid copy. I haven't checked the credits, but whoever produced the debut album really did a great job. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5417 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dominique A - Immortels. I love the use of bells on it. What is the song about? Andrew, anyone? | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 780 Registered: 10-2006 |
That's a great song, Padraig. It was apparently one of the songs written for Bashung to cover on his last album, but didn't make the cut for some reason. I could imagine Morrissey doing a good version. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 781 Registered: 10-2006 |
However, before Andrew wearies of our interest in French music, remember there is Google Translator, which, while far from perfect - thank god, or I'd be out of a job - does give you a general idea of what a song may be about. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 782 Registered: 10-2006 |
So: I've never told you But we are immortal Why did you leave Before I began to understand you You already knew Did you guess That the gods hid In our drunken faces All the kisses received Did you know they lasted, That biting your mouth The taste came back And there was blood Which would never dry You gave me your hand To drink the blood there I've never told you But we are immortal Have you sometimes thought Nothing would end And even when you are not there It is as if you were there And you who are here no longer It is as if you were here More immortal than me But I am near you I've never told you But we are immortal ...kinda thing... | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 783 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hey I'm learning things about French music from you all ! I've never heard that Dominique A song before and it is beautiful. Frankly my translating abilities are awful ,so I'll offer http://moineauenfrance.blogspot.fr/2010/ 06/dominique-immortels-ecrit-pour-bashun g.html There is apparently also http://bashung-in-english.blogspot.fr/, but I cannot vouch for its accuracy. My partner takes every available opportunity to tell me that I am no natural linguist. And she is correct. But I no longer have any fear in speaking French, even if I am always getting the gender of nouns wrong. But so does Jane Birkin, so I'm in good company. And the French seem to find that inability quite charming ! My fear is that I do not progress in French anymore and at the same time lose my English. And end up finally with an overall language level of an 7 year old ? | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 784 Registered: 04-2005 |
Just realised that you are a translator then Stuart ? One of my best friends back in Edinburgh makes his living as a translator and his first piece of work was a 3 month job on Italian technical documents on concrete floors ! Luckily he managed to carve out a niche in an area that interested him slightly more, cycling magazines and working for UEFA. Back on topic ! Song of the Day : The McGarrigles - Matapédia Long time since I heard this and it still sends chills down the spine. I once read an article about vocal duos and how sometimes there is almost a 3 voice that comes from the fusion. The Everly brothers definitely had that and for me, Kate and Anna McGarrigle too. Actually it may be Martha on that particular track too ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5424 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Stuart. It didn't occur to me to just google the lyrics and then use the online translator! Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5433 Registered: 05-2005 |
Changed my mind. Song of the day is obviously Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space [Elvis Version] | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 783 Registered: 10-2006 |
Serge G - Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais A documentary on the great man last night. I reckon he must have slept with a fag on his lip. This is a truly beautiful song of farewell. Did Air cop the instrumental section as inspiration for Cherry Blossom Girl? I seem to hear that lovely opening in there. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 784 Registered: 10-2006 |
The Christians - What's in a word This sounded brilliant thrumming out on the car radio as we drove up through the snow this morning - must be years since I heard it. Could not for the love of me remember who was singing it. Thank the lord for google. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5443 Registered: 05-2005 |
I Need Direction (alternative version which appeared on a CD which came with the Scotland On Sunday newspaper). | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 787 Registered: 10-2006 |
Solomon Burke - Fast train | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 789 Registered: 10-2006 |
Dave Gilmour - Fat old sun (live) One of my all-time favourite guitar solos. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 698 Registered: 05-2005 |
Current 93 - Lucifer Over London | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 790 Registered: 10-2006 |
Alain Bashung - Elsass Blues Wow, it would have been a real shame not to have this song at home. One of AB's most autobiographical pieces - which shows you how closely he worked with his lyricists: "I was born all alone in a border town... it's not easy to be from nowhere, an accidental kid..." The title is a neat play on where he grew up (he was actually born in Paris but shipped out by his mother and stepfather at an early age), the Alsace region of France, and his grandmother's name, Elsa, who brought him up and was apparently known locally as "the German" due to her own roots across the frontier (helping to explain the references to Bismark and Kraftwerk). |