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     peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 325 Registered: 06-2005 |
If you like The Go-Betweens there's a reasonable chance of you liking The Blue Nile also. The link below is to a very nice radio documentary broadcast over Christmas by Journalist & Go-Betweens fan Ken Sweeney. If you grew up in Glasgow during the 80s you may also get something from this as they spin round Kellvingrove in a cab & retrace where it started for them and follow the story through to its end, in a defunct glass lift of a Galway Hotel! A very entertaining and affectionate trip down the Blue Nile: http://www.rte.ie/culture/2016/1220/8402 13-in-search-of-the-blue-nile/ | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 399 Registered: 05-2005 |
And if you like the Blue Nile, there is a reasonable chance you like It's Immaterial also.  Just to say they're releasing a "lost" album this year. http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/itsi mmaterial | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 326 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Blue Nile documentary is worth a listen even if Ken Sweeney (what was the name of his band - was it 'Brian'?) is a bit sycophantic at times imho. The bit about being signed by Linn, the hi-fi company (as demonstration artists for their equipment) is almost as obtuse an angle of entry into the music biz as Nurse with Wounds': they recorded their debut album when they were hired in to paint a studio one weekend. Needless to say, they didn't subsequently prove as popular an artist as the hi-fi demonstrators. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1131 Registered: 04-2005 |
Thanks a lot Peter ! A great enjoyable listen. I love those 2 first records. And those Glaswegian accents make me feel a little homesick. What they say about the success of "A Walk Across The Rooftops" being down to many personal recommendations (and well before social media) was certainly true for me. I remember buying the record, as I heard good things about it, and then giving it away just a few days later. It was a friend's birthday but I had no money, so taped the record before giving it to him. It was one of those releases that you wanted everyone that you knew to hear. It still sounds in a world of its own today. Quite unique. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1814 Registered: 08-2006 |
Looking forward to hearing this. "Rooftops" made a big impact on the young me - I'd never heard anything like it. I guess I'm not surprised, but they barely made a blip here in states and even among music fans, I often get blank stares when I bring them up. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 539 Registered: 01-2007 |
I love this record, I bought it in Camden the day before it was released. Still regularly played , I never get tired of listening to it | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 400 Registered: 08-2005 |
Trou, I think I commented on this at a similar time last year (though I could be wrong). We seem to be posting at a similarly quite leisurely rate on this forum. On a more relevant note, maybe I should check out the Blue Nile; I only know Tinseltown in the Rain. |