| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8425 Registered: 05-2005 |
Weezer - Get Right, an almost perfect power pop/soul song. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3843 Registered: 03-2005 |
St. Christopher -- Say Yes to Everything I never heard of St. Christopher prior to buying Cherry Red's 2014 anthology a couple years ago. Glenn Melia must have been a huge Joe Meek fan, because nobody but NOBODY has updated the feel of the often-ridiculous (but ridiculously catchy) pre-Beatles U.K. kids pop that Meek purveyed in, say, 1961 or 1962. The backings are often florid--here we have what sounds like kettle drums--and the singer mincing and at least borderline poofy. Plug this song into your car stereo on an empty roadway after dark and see how it travels with you. Superb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DodD8TJJ Gcc | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3844 Registered: 03-2005 |
Just to give you an idea of the obvious musical connection, here is a 1963 Meek single. Meek forced his singers to smile at all times while they sang into the mike because he was convinced their voices sounded different. He also was notorious for making the bands play the music slowly so that he could vari-speed the recording up and "youthify" the voice of the singer and put more sparkle in the sound of the instrumentation. Geoff Goddard -- Sky Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWQGVwOd UPk We really need those Sky Men here in the States right now. Probably in the U.K. as well. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8428 Registered: 05-2005 |
I must dig out my Joe Meek compilation. Think it's in the garage. Four Hours Sleep - This Song Can Save You (David McComb on vocals) | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 391 Registered: 11-2007 |
Ryan Adams - My Winding Wheel | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8430 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Go-Betweens - Too Much Of One Thing | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1187 Registered: 04-2005 |
Laura Marling - Rambling Man | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1425 Registered: 10-2006 |
Waterboys - Peace of Iona If you’re going to write a song about the island of Iona and record it in the Findhorn community’s universal hall, and you have a romantic streak a mile wide, and your name is Mike Scott, then the temptation to come over all mystical must be irresistible. But he makes it work here, with the simplest of means and some oneiric fiddle playing. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 497 Registered: 08-2005 |
Swedemason - Trump vs Talking Heads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuregWh lWk | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8433 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stuart, I love that song. Truly beautiful. The album it comes from is underrated in the Waterboys canon. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1426 Registered: 10-2006 |
I was thinking that myself, Padraig. I'd probably never have bought it if it hadn't turned up in the racks of a new record shop that a brave couple recently opened down in Ancona... how great to be in one again! A rich and varied selection and a good classical corner too. So I spent an hour or two and a small fortune... a hastily googled positive comment in the Guardian suggested Universal Hall might be worth getting. The Scott lad should never be underestimated. And then off for a curry for lunch... what a civilised day! | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 498 Registered: 08-2005 |
The Seekers - California Dreamin'. Got this thing got this thing for Judith Durham at the moment, especially Georgy Girl. Great voice, lovely song, and lyrics by Carry On star Jim Dale. Not sure her version of California Dreamin is better than the Mamas and the Papas, but it's a good version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxF8hfx x64 | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1188 Registered: 04-2005 |
Dominique A - Toute latitude First extract from new album, out in March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow9JLmGl G4Y | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 392 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Rhythm Method – Party Politics lovely song ! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3846 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for the link Andrew. With an artist as old and established as Dominique A the worry is always "when will he put out a dud?" Hopefully not this time. At any rate I can promise you a great live show. Simon, you are definitely drilling down into the odd sort of territory more often expected of me with your Judith Durham exploration. It's ironic for an Aussie to do "California Dreamin'" because that is a genuine coals to Newcastle example there. For years we folks here in California thumb nailed Australia as "a giant California." Today we add the modifier "before California became crowded." For this particular song the intensity and almost-desperation of the original wins. After all, the former Mugwumps really DID have to suffer the cold before reinventing themselves out on the Left Coast. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 393 Registered: 11-2007 |
Shame - Concrete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVLqZpn wow | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1189 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hey Randy I started the Judith D. love-in on this board!!! I'm sure that I've already mentioned how the "Live at the Talk of the Town" was my ever first record. On the back cover are black and white photos of the group...and at a tender age I had a huge crush on Judith Durham, because of that photo. She just looked so...bohemian! PS Have you seen this clip of Dominique A filmed in the Musée D'Orsay...goodness knows how they got the permission to do that, but it makes for a fantastic backdrop. Amazing to think that the building was almost demolished ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EEfZYRq FHM | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3847 Registered: 03-2005 |
That's a nice video Andrew. While I realize he isn't known to the average French person on the street I like to think that Dominique A is recognized as one of France's most valuable living music figures among the cognoscenti, perhaps with the consequence that the sort of person who might be in charge of the Musee d'Orsay might be among his admirers. He had a good healthy devoted audience at the mid-sized Trianon in Paris in 2016. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 421 Registered: 05-2005 |
Happy new year Randy (and everyone), If you like Dominique A, try also Albin de la Simone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1187SR4c Bkw For me, his last record (the only one I know from him) is a winner. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1054 Registered: 03-2007 |
Cats On Fire - Horoscope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBL0EIw0 xkY | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1427 Registered: 10-2006 |
Always good to have another French figure to investigate, Trou! Albin has apparently worked with a number of interesting artists, including Miossec, Emiliana Torrini and Bastien Lallement, as well on his own solo stuff. Thanks!! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1861 Registered: 08-2006 |
Brand new Rolling Blackouts C.F. single, "Mainland." Plus, just-announced dates in Australia, the US and Europe. Boys are gonna be busy. It's all right here: http://www.rollingblackoutsband.com | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1056 Registered: 03-2007 |
Thanks Rob. Will try and catch them at the Centre For Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, on Sunday 20 May, 2018. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 500 Registered: 08-2005 |
Big New Prinz - The Fall. One of my favourites of the band's varied oeuvre. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8435 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fall - Lost In Music. One of my favourite ever covers. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3849 Registered: 03-2005 |
This afternoon, before I logged onto this Board and learned of Mark Smith’s death, my iPod tossed up this fine example of great late period Fall . . . . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvOjr9oOz g I thought about how sometimes MES could still come up with vital music even after he had a right to never do anything good again. He was one year younger than I. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3850 Registered: 03-2005 |
Btw, I agree with your choices Simon and Pádraig. I used to deploy “New Big Prinz” to try to make new converts to the Fall. I didn’t think anybody with ears could overlook the excitement of that number. And covering a Chic disco number was so great, such a perverse move by the ultimate antidote to disco. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1190 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Fall - Chicago Now (from Extricate) MES was the real thing. Maybe an obnoxious individual, but a great artist. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3851 Registered: 03-2005 |
Chicago Now, another great. A post-punk film noir theme. I remember being totally surprised at how good "Extricate" was as an album. Brix was gone, which I assumed at the time would be fatal. They had signed up with Polygram god forbid and, yes, the production definitely has the sound of a bit of money behind it. And the damn album is one long string of inspired moments. The obligatory cover was of a failed Searchers single from long after the time anybody wanted to hear from them, an inspired choice only a true music geek could have come up with. The title song is probably the only thing I'm not all that keen on. Ok . . . "British People in Hot Weather" can get on the nerves too. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8439 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fall - C.R.E.E.P., as close as they were ever likely to get to a pop/soul song. It could have been a Motown hit, which I presume is what Scanlon and Hanley were aiming for. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 502 Registered: 08-2005 |
The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray | ||
| Fred Tadrowski Member Username: Ftadrowski Post Number: 70 Registered: 03-2015 |
The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist. It is a cover but a damn good one. Great video also. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8444 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sam Sanders - Summer Mist. One of the most beautiful instrumentals ever. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1428 Registered: 10-2006 |
Wooden Shjips - These Shadows You could wish for the vocals to have as much character as the guitar and discreet VU organ, but I guess you can't have everything. | ||
| Fred Tadrowski Member Username: Ftadrowski Post Number: 71 Registered: 03-2015 |
We Free Kings - Gold. I do remember there were some posts a couple years about this 80's Scottish band. I only know the band from their album "Hell on Earth & Rosy Cross", which I found on vinyl, and some youtube videos. Mike Scott mentions them in his autobiography and he stole one of their members. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1193 Registered: 04-2005 |
Fred, On a good night, an amazing live band! Their recordings fail to capture their energy and originality. I think Mike Scott "stole" quite a lot more than one of their members (Colin Blakey)...Fisherman's Blues would never had existed if Scott hadn't met up with the Kings. I think that they all shared a house in Fife together for a while. One of my most memorable gigs was a "Friends of the Earth" benefit at Carlton Studios in Edinburgh with both bands on the bill. They joined forces for several songs at the end of the night... | ||
| Fred Tadrowski Member Username: Ftadrowski Post Number: 72 Registered: 03-2015 |
Thanks, Andrew. They seem like they would have been a great live band back in the day. I did see the Waterboys live in Seattle on the Fisherman's Blues tour on a night that Mike Scott had a verbal confrontation with a member of the audience and he then walked off the stage without an encore. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 422 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Clientele - The Neighbour, my song of the week. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3857 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ocean Party — Something Stupid When I put together a suggested sampler of this group for someone a couple months ago I overlooked this little gem. it’s not the Frank and Nancy ditty. It comes from “Split”. Unfortunately I can’t seem to find a playable version of it on YouTube. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 397 Registered: 11-2007 |
Husky Loops - Fighting Myself Italians living in London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWPHPDWU qWw | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 423 Registered: 05-2005 |
They opened for Spoon in Bruxelles. Noisy. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 398 Registered: 11-2007 |
Dream Wife - Somebody ... of their first album - another noisy band  | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 400 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Monochrome Set - - Silence Is Rusty | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1432 Registered: 10-2006 |
Blur - The universal Out for lunch with the wife! On a Friday, for heaven's sake!! And this comes on!!! On Italian radio!!!! Must mean something... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1433 Registered: 10-2006 |
Nouvelle vague – Just can’t get enough Since a genius young chef took over the local wine bar, this has been my favourite food stop, the only problem being that he has the radio constantly switched to a jazz station that scats me up the bleedin wall. The first half hour of dinner however is usually straightforward pop, which is when this song came on, and very nice it sounded too. As far as I can make out, the NV concept, and what a great one it is, is to round up a bunch of doe-eyed French waifs, herd them into a studio, and get them to sing along, more or less spontaneously, to a slightly jazzy version of some post-punk classic. I didn’t even recognise that this was a Depeche Mode song, but I only know about three, so not a surprise. Well, it's a great concept for about one album, anyway, I don’t know if you can spin a career out of it, though they seem to be trying. |