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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6013 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spiritualized - Rocket Shaped Song | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 880 Registered: 10-2006 |
REM - She just wants to be | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6022 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Waterboys - Twa Recruitin' Sergeants | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6026 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Weller - Song For Alice | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 882 Registered: 10-2006 |
Miossec – En quarantaine When this came up on the Ipod, I though he was singing about the French town of Carentan, which sent me back to the lovely tragic poem by Louis Simpson: Trees in the old days used to stand And shape a shady lane Where lovers wandered hand in hand Who came from Carentan. This was the shining green canal Where we came two by two Walking at combat-interval. Such trees we never knew. The day was early June, the ground Was soft and bright with dew. Far away the guns did sound, But here the sky was blue. The sky was blue, but there a smoke Hung still above the sea Where the ships together spoke To towns we could not see. Could you have seen us through a glass You would have said a walk Of farmers out to turn the grass, Each with his own hay-fork. The watchers in their leopard suits Waited till it was time, And aimed between the belt and boot And let the barrel climb. I must lie down at once, there is A hammer at my knee. And call it death or cowardice, Don't count again on me. Everything's all right, Mother, Everyone gets the same At one time or another. It's all in the game. I never strolled, nor ever shall, Down such a leafy lane. I never drank in a canal, Nor ever shall again. There is a whistling in the leaves And it is not the wind, The twigs are falling from the knives That cut men to the ground. Tell me, Master-Sergeant, The way to turn and shoot. But the Sergeant's silent That taught me how to do it. O Captain, show us quickly Our place upon the map. But the Captain's sickly And taking a long nap. Lieutenant, what's my duty, My place in the platoon? He too's a sleeping beauty, Charmed by that strange tune. Carentan O Carentan Before we met with you We never yet had lost a man Or known what death could do. Googling which poem, up came a bit of criticism which reminded me why reading Seamus Heaney was such a pleasure: 'Louis Simpson has perfect pitch. His poems win us first by their drama, their ways of voicing our ways - of making do with our lives. Then his intelligence cajoles us to the brink of a cliff of solitude and we step over into the buoyant element of true poetry.' And then back to the song, which instead refers to quarantine, of course (or maybe even turning forty, since the word is the same) and seems to be about smoking, appropriate for another French singer who sounds like he’s both puffing a fag and gargling cognac while he sings, with a suitably enigmatic beginning: “If the cigarette isn’t quite snuffed out, Is that the ashtray’s fault?” The rest is pretty mysterious, however. From Miossec's album "1964", which is really worth having. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 873 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some velvet morning - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood. Is there any more in this vein? Also, MOODY BLUES!!!!!!!! The best way to travel and Knights in white satin! Good in small doses. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 830 Registered: 04-2005 |
Stuart, I just saw Chrisophe Miossec acting in Claire Denis' film "Les salauds". "Pretty mysterious" would be a good description of the film. And pretty disturbing. Good soundtrack by Tindersticks ! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 831 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oops forgot my song of the day ! chocolate genius - my mom From the "black music" CD. Heartbreaking. Reminded me of my reaction to Peter Milton Walsh's "21"; the artist using personal experience for a song and it feeling almost too private. In this case it is Marc Anthony Thompson singing about his mother and her dementia. In an interview he speaks about how he sought agreement from his family before releasing the song. There is an American TV version here (Marc Ribot on guitar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQHGVlnD k4 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6028 Registered: 05-2005 |
I love that album, and song, Andrew. A lost classic. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6032 Registered: 05-2005 |
Steely Dan - Bad Sneakers. In college I formed Bad Sneakers; The Steely Dan Appreciation Society. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 825 Registered: 05-2005 |
sLY AND THE fAMILY sTONE - wHAT'S tHAT gOT tO dO wITH mE massive previously unreleased tune from the new box set | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3275 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for that link Andrew. I sent it to a writer friend who has been looking after his slowly declining mother for several years now. She still knows his name but he says she asks what day it is and if she has anything she needs to do a half dozen times each hour. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 883 Registered: 10-2006 |
A pause that Harold Pinter would have been proud of... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6036 Registered: 05-2005 |
Steely Dan - Here In The Western World. I've only previously had it on the cassette version of Gold. How I loved that album. Just got Here In... now from iTunes. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 826 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon still remember the first time I heard this when my friend Carl played it in 1984, I think it was the first time I was really swept along with the lyrics of a song, a road to Damascus moment for me, up till that point it was all noise and choruses | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6042 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes - The Gates of Delirium (live) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6047 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pavement - Camera | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 874 Registered: 05-2005 |
Day After Day - Badfinger. What a perfect song! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6051 Registered: 05-2005 |
The 3Ds - I Believe In You. Fellow New Zealanders Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, and my fellow Limerick men Tuesday Blue also have great songs with this title. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 260 Registered: 11-2007 |
something witty from big Mike ;) For all the irish in us  https://soundcloud.com/mickpuck/arthurs- day | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6055 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brilliant. And accurate (or so I imagine - I've not experienced it). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6056 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wilco - I Might (iTunes session version) | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 832 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Bongos - The Bulrushes A 45rpm that I picked up for 10p many moons ago. Fine 80s power pop ! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6058 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just watched the video for it on YouTube Andrew. Fine song indeed. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 830 Registered: 05-2005 |
Devo - Girl U Want | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 833 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Weather Prophets - Almost Played I have the single somewhere, always loved it's Velvets chooglin' vibe. Saw the band live in a sweaty club in Brighton and this song turned into a 15 minutes mega feedback thrash... Never seen this Whistle Test performance before https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ayer_embedded&v=fxG2VNzPajI | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6059 Registered: 05-2005 |
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You. I was just flicking through the channels on the TV and got to the point where there are some radio channels. This is playin on channel 200, ABC Dig. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 886 Registered: 10-2006 |
Almost ... ? | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 834 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oooops ! That should of course read "Prayed" ! Cheers Stuart... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 887 Registered: 10-2006 |
One of my alltime favourite songs, anyway, Andrew. I do wish the Mayflower album would make a reappearance in some form or other.Speaking of unobtainable albums, I am trying to find David McComb's solo album for a mate's birthday, but it's another one that's impossible to get hold of, it seems... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 644 Registered: 03-2007 |
Love Of Will? Second hand prices are usually scary but the following German Mail Order company are advertising a used copy for sale at US$22.95 plus shipping. Condition is quoted as excellent and their feedback is good. They describe it as White Label Records D31071 which is the same Catalogue Number as my Mushroom Records copy. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 888 Registered: 10-2006 |
Which following German Mail Order Company, Hugh? | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 645 Registered: 03-2007 |
Stuart, Sorry about that. Forgot to post the link. :-) Fun Records Second Hand Mailorder. http://www.gemm.com/search.pl?&artist=DA VID+MCCOMB&title=LOVE+OF+WILL&mi=TE9WRU9 GV0lMTENEREFWSURNQ0NPTUI= | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 889 Registered: 10-2006 |
Excellent! Ta very much, Hugh. You'd think on the back of all the Triffid rereleases they could have included this as well; perhaps in the future. I just hope the quality is ok: in which case one Triff-loving mate will be an extremely happy chap come October. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 646 Registered: 03-2007 |
Hope everything works out okay. The Seller has a good feedback rating so hopefully the disc will be in a decent condition. I use Discogs and Gemm regularly and, in my experience, Sellers with good ratings usually grade fairly conservatively. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6060 Registered: 05-2005 |
The reason it has never been rereleased is because it came out on Mushroom/White Records, which was owned by Michael Gudinski. The label was subsequently bought by Festival Records, which was owned by News Corporation. News Corp then sold it to Warners. Then, four years ago, Gudinski bought it back from Warners. Who knows if the masters survived all these sales? Hopefully they did and it, along with some great EP tracks and, perhaps, out takes, will see the light again one day. I found Love Of Will for $7 in a second hand place in Auckland in 2002. I was back in Auckland recently and hoped the same shop would still be there. It's a bike shop now. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6062 Registered: 05-2005 |
Glen Campbell - Postcard From Paris | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3280 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for the interesting back story on "Love of Will" Padraig. It's nice that Gudinski bought back his old company. Presumably he didn't think Warners were doing much with the catalog. Obviously I would love to see a reissue of "Love of Will" and anything and everything else McComb did after the Triffids. I've been hoping Graham Lee would continue with that project. The album itself is a mixed bag with (IMO) weak rock tunes but some of the religious songs are brilliant. "The Lord Burns Every Clue" is one of McComb's greatest songs. "The Day of My Ascension" is another really good one. I'd love to know why he did these songs at that time. He also revived one of his old Triffids pre-LP songs, "Nothing Good" though I still prefer the snide youthful taunt in the original: "The last I heard you had a steady job at Maxwell's Liquor Mart." Beyond the album he did some great things with Stephen Street, before the actual album I believe. I'm thinking of songs like "My Friend Sleep" and "Home for Fallen Angels" and of course "Song of No Return." With his drugs and his Will Akers association he may have been less prolific than in the golden years with the Triffids but he still could come up with a hell of song on occasion. Sigh. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6064 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I don't know if it was Graham Lee told me this himself, or if I heard it from someone else, but I'm pretty sure he wanted to work on a Love Of Will rerelease but just couldn't get the rights. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 891 Registered: 10-2006 |
Houndstooth - Francis Opening track from the latest Uncut, this is a nice VU chug, after a bit a girl's voice comes in slightly muffled, there is some enjoyable guitar noodling around the higher notes. Once again raising the pertinent big What if...?, what the hell would modern music sound like if the Velvets had never existed? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6072 Registered: 05-2005 |
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy. "Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know, and offers coming over the phone." It's heartbreaking to listen to his rerecording of this song, with those lyrics, knowing it is almost certainly one of the last songs he will ever record. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6082 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blur - Country House. ABC Dig's playing it right now. Best song Madness never recorded. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 893 Registered: 10-2006 |
Always thought its b-side,their Francois Hardy collaboration Towards the end, was the best thing they ever did. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1131 Registered: 08-2004 |
David Bowie - Conversation Peace | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 833 Registered: 05-2005 |
Durutti Column - Tomorrow beautiful beautiful fragile and sad (and the cover version by Espers is drop dead gorgeous too) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6083 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ivy - This Is The Day | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 895 Registered: 10-2006 |
Leonard C - Show me the place | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 835 Registered: 05-2005 |
Manic Street Preachers - His Last Painting didn't realise they had done anything this jangly, recently discovered and very good old album track from Know Your Enemy | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6096 Registered: 05-2005 |
Steely Dan - King Of The World. An unheralded work of genius. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6100 Registered: 05-2005 |
Alex Chilton - Medley: Every Day As We Grow Closer / Funky National | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 899 Registered: 10-2006 |
Edwyn Collins - Don't shilly shally | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 900 Registered: 10-2006 |
Krause & Plant - Polly come home I mean, it would be nice to be around just one of those times, you know: "Hey Gene, come up with anything new recently?" "Well, now, I wrote this little thing last night..." Just to be the first person around to hear something so breathtaking. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 837 Registered: 05-2005 |
'in the balmy sky, the sun will shine on both the ridiculous and the sublime' | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 838 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sylvie Vartan - Jolie Poupee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUzDu_PeP OE 1968 (?) I think, this sounds a bit like the Cocteau Twins! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3290 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow, it really does Cosmo. Culture Factory, who do a lot of reissues in France, have a crazy 41 CD set for her for $350! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3291 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Culture Factory reissues are also available as separate albums. "Jolie Poupee" shows up on the album "La Maritza" from 1968 which is orchestrated by Jean Claude Vannier (also responsible for Gainsbourg's classic "Histoire de Melody Nelson" among others). This reeks of "must have." Thanks Cosmo! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3292 Registered: 03-2005 |
On the other hand, the title track to the preceding album "Comme un Garcon" is truly hideous so explore with care! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn5TgdH4G EU 1967's "Par Amour Par Pitie" is excellent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICMoHEW0U Y4 | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 840 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mark Kozelek & Desertshore- Sometimes I Can't Stop this is stunning stuff, absolutely gorgeous, this has me swooning at my desk | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 901 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hoping my copy of that will be here soon, cosmo. Mr k is certainly taking his vitamin tablets these days. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6107 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pendragon - The Wishing Well (parts I-IV). Unicorns, lions and dragons all make an appearance in part II. It could almost be a pastiche of prog rock, if it wasn't all so sincere. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6110 Registered: 05-2005 |
I.Q. - Promises (As the Years Go By) | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 903 Registered: 10-2006 |
Mighty Ballistics High Power - Springheel Jack This cracking reggaeish song with a worthy lyric was one of the few 12" I ever owned, and was stupidly sold off with all my other vinyl when I left Blighty... available only on Youtube now, I suspect! Still an all-time favourite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQGkQBb2 4XE | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 904 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hoodoo Gurus - I want you back This was the only track I seem to have thought worth recording off whichever HG album it was that I borrowed from a Stockholm record library... a belter, anyway, good to hear it again. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 226 Registered: 06-2005 |
Local Natives - Breakers Adam Dessener did a fine job producing Hummingbird, the harmonies and instrumentation are beautiful, favourite track on the album. |