| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5451 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight). Just fantastic. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5459 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Beatles - Anna (Go To Him) | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 792 Registered: 10-2006 |
Richard Thompson - Devonside Standout track for me on the Hand of Kindness album, which, come to think of it, I no longer have. Dark and brooding melancholy, what old Dick does best. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2503 Registered: 01-2005 |
I still have my old Hannibal recordings on vinyl and CD from the 1980's of the Hand of Kindness album. I got hooked on Richard and Linda Thompson as well as RT era Fairport Convention around 1982. Oddly, I stopped buying Richard Thompson solo albums (aside from the odd one here and there) a few years later. Song of the day - A Family Affair by Sly and the Family Stone. Speaking of which, my 84 year old dad had a vein transplant yesterday from his groin to his right leg in an effort to save his last leg from being amputated. It looks good so far, as his surgeon gave him a 70% chance of success after the operation. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3167 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow, that sounds really painful Michael. Best of luck to your dad. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 793 Registered: 10-2006 |
Judy Collins - Send in the clowns Every journal here has been quoting this song since the latest election results, but none of my friends actually seem to have heard it, which is a shame. The arrangement on the JC version is particularly lovely. My mother, to my shame as I came down the road from school, could often be heard trilling this out the kitchen window. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 794 Registered: 10-2006 |
Salome Leclerc - Partir ensemble More from Quebec, the opening track for Salome's Sous les arbres album. It's a grower, I think, far less immediate than Marie-Pierre Arthur's debut, far less sprightly and sunny, musically very spare: here there's someone thumping a dustbin, a bit of Shadowy guitar, a nice ethereal choral part - try to stick around to 1.30 when it suddenly gets a bit gutsier. Intriguing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAY6DcIEV Vw | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5481 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brendan Benson - You're Quiet | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5488 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pavement - Here | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 702 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Pretenders - Talk of the Town 'you arrived like a day and passed like a cloud, I made a wish, I said it out loud' | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 704 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pretenders! no The | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 795 Registered: 10-2006 |
Bitter springs - Gathering dust I can't imagine why a band so perfectly up my street managed to avoid me for so long... Meanwhile, have discovered that Inverness has a pretty decent record shop called Imperial Music...it will be a bit of a scurry between buses, but I'll have to try... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 510 Registered: 03-2007 |
Stuart, I adore them and I have to say I am surprised that they do not appeal to more people on this forum. Do you own a copy of 'Best Bakers On The Island' by the band? It is a compilation album. Bitter Springs - Muggers Take A Beating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTKt1A-AR aQ | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 796 Registered: 10-2006 |
I only have Sentimental Slush, at the moment, Hugh. I ordered another one, but it failed to arrive for some reason. Either I'll get some more via internet or buy a few when I'm back in Scotland... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 511 Registered: 03-2007 |
Suggest you start with 'From The Parish Of Arthritis.' It's a cracking album. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2206 Registered: 10-2008 |
Spotify have quite a few albums by The Bitter Springs - including Best Bakers On The Island and From The Parish Of Arthritis as recommended by Hugh. Surprised that I havent heard of a band from England that has been going as long as they have. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 512 Registered: 03-2007 |
Kevin, They started off in 1986 as the Last Party and changed their name to the Bitter Springs in 1996. Most of their material has been released on their own label ( Harvey.) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2207 Registered: 10-2008 |
Yes Hugh, just checked them out on Google, Wiki and Allmusic. Have already clocked two references to the Go-betweens, noticed they were tied in with Vic Godard, and the guys on Allmusic mentioned The Fall, Belle and Sebastien, Stephin Merritt and Tindersticks. All of which definitely got me interested. The song One Punch/Lights Out is terrific, even on first listen, so I'm optimistic for the rest. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 513 Registered: 03-2007 |
Here you go. http://www.thebittersprings.com/home.cfm | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3170 Registered: 03-2005 |
I remember Hugh linking me to a Bitter Springs track a while back but I didn't bond with it. It might have been the Christmas song. Reading all these recent posts I decided to order a copy of "From the Parish of Arthritis" figuring it might be good to start with a relatively early release of theirs. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 797 Registered: 10-2006 |
The song "Barbara" won me over immediately.They seem to have the mix right of what should appeal to a GBs/Smiths/Fall sort of person, a knack for tunefulness, sardonic, funny lyrics, and a non-hectic, slightly gravelly voice - that reminds me terribly of someone I can't put my finger on - which doesn't need to shout to get the message across. This board has certainly humbled me in terms of what I used to think I knew about music! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1049 Registered: 04-2006 |
i have to admit that i never heard about the bitter springs and maybe much more stranger never heard about the last party (the band named before they went to be the bitter springs). at least in th eeighties this music could have been ''favourites'' of us, or? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLGr6lrpQ 9I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yinr4eCkL 98 | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1053 Registered: 04-2006 |
alexander tucker - the glass axe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9zWXs9kL N0&feature=player_embedded | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1055 Registered: 04-2006 |
and this one, too The Deep Dark Woods - The sun never shines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMtbS70_ Ik | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 867 Registered: 05-2005 |
R.E.M. - Welcome to the occupation | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5492 Registered: 05-2005 |
Johnny Marr - Upstarts | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 802 Registered: 10-2006 |
Joni Mitchell - Amelia :- ) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 708 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2216 Registered: 10-2008 |
Joni Mitchell - Carol Rebecca And Patsy. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 709 Registered: 05-2005 |
which album is that one on Kev? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2217 Registered: 10-2008 |
The Jazz Years. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 710 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brilliant (as my son Benjy is found of saying when I make an excellent joke......hang on a second?) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 711 Registered: 05-2005 |
He is also fond of saying it | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3174 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hawkwind--Mirror of Illusion | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 811 Registered: 10-2006 |
Joni Mitchell - Free man in Paris Just to push ahead with JM a moment: I didn’t know this was about Dave Geffen, though it obviously deals with some music industry bigwig: it’s a neat little character sketch of a man under a lot of pressure who suddenly finds himself absolutely out of it all in Paris, and the whole impetus of the tune captures this – it sings airiness and freedom. Geoff calls Court & Spark slick, but, listening to her first 8 albums, none of her work can really be described as raw or loose – her gift expresses itself through structure; so when jazz encouraged its unfettering, it really did her a disservice. Favourite moment, when her voice slides up on “wander…down the Champs-Élysées…” – it’s as giddy as a hang-glider taking flight, a perfect image of release. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 717 Registered: 05-2005 |
Current 93 - Locust | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5509 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kraftwerk - Computerlove (The Mix version) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 722 Registered: 05-2005 |
Human Beinz - Sueno | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1728 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, Stuart, that's a lovely post about "Free Man in Paris." Made me go back and play the song immediately, which only really compelling music writing does. You nailed that tune. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 723 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes reading your posts is always a pleasure Stuart and interesting and probably accurate thoughts on the negative influence of her 'jazz' direction. I was happy to go along with her journey up to Mingus at least and always thought she was striving for an artistic freedom that wasn't available in the traditional singer songwriter form or format which she clearly excelled in. The breaking down of that form is interesting and I love Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, personally I just wasn't ready for total breakdown. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 728 Registered: 05-2005 |
Plastic Cup - Low first track on new Low album is stunning, great vibe (Jeff Tweedy production) and brilliant lyrics, song of the year so far for me | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 730 Registered: 05-2005 |
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Beautiful City Rattlesnakes out-take | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 788 Registered: 04-2005 |
Lou Doillon - Devil or Angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gr-lVm VTM The second single from her album. The album (made with Etienne Daho) all sounds a bit samey, but I like the two singles. Part of France's bohemian unofficial royal family...Jane Birkin's 3 daughters together here on same TV show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t3E7foY 6kM | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 816 Registered: 10-2006 |
Shot up in Glencoe, too, Andrew, and bits of Glasgow! Be quite nice to bump into a lass like Lou out on a hike... | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 733 Registered: 05-2005 |
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (demo) this is just Stevie Nicks voice, organ and a bit of guitar and is gorgeous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpICbfRbD GQ the intro is longer on the Rumours special edition that has just come out than on this youtube version | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 817 Registered: 10-2006 |
Bob Dylan - Workingman's Blues No.2 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5521 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5530 Registered: 05-2005 |
Echo & The Bunnymen - Evergreen | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 740 Registered: 05-2005 |
Elephant - Skyscraper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crZEforiK p0 heaven | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 529 Registered: 03-2007 |
Emily Jane White - Victorian America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9XE6dlzt Iw | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5538 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joe Pug - I Do My Father's Drugs | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 742 Registered: 05-2005 |
Super Furry Animals - The Matter of Time one of my favourite SFA songs and a strong candidate for best b-side of all time (How Soon is Now in the mix too) | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 791 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Firmly as I am in the Brian-Wilson-is-not-a-genius camp, this came on the radio today (Tom Wolfe was being interviewed and chose it) and I stopped what I was doing to properly listen to it. And this song is perfection. What must that have sounded like in 1966 ? French radio has been playing a new song by Sarah Blasko ("God Fearing"). Any reports on the last release ? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5550 Registered: 05-2005 |
For yesterday: The Afghan Whigs - My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony (live) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5551 Registered: 05-2005 |
For Sunday (Australian Eastern Summer Time): Songs - Looking Without Seeing | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 743 Registered: 05-2005 |
Soft Pack - Pull Out (radio session) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENr5kaL3L oY | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1060 Registered: 04-2006 |
Bonobo - Cirrus reminds me on the beginnings of Warp. beautiful song. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5561 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Bitter Springs - All Your Own Work |