I'm not sure what your criteria are here but having just excavated The The's Infected from the rubble in my desk I'll add that. Piss stinking shopping centres and all.
Risk of Proclaimers precludes any Albannach activity, yo.
"Rip it Up" might come hard but "Love Plus One" sees it off like it's Haircut's Hadrian.
Their secret weapon might be a PMG Sheena Easton or Jesse Rae but he'd rather be out of it, IIRC (His vinyls had "Import" on them if they were going South of the Border. 100% true).
There is some bottom feeding creeping in now.
The Police? Duder? DUDER?
Anyways, It's Not Unusual is a great song, and has the virtue of capturing both Tom and the boy Page (although there are so many versions of that story, the truth is now a blur). But Tom is way too Vegas to fit my model.
Likewise, choose Teh Fall's 'Victoria' and capture them and the Kinks in one swoop.
If we have no mutually agreed spec by Monday, just start a thread, throw as much at the wall as you want and see how it goes.
And Neil: New York / Newport
I saw what you did there
"Brown has since pursued a solo career and made a brief appearance in the 2004 film "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"."
Ha ha.
Actually, I was nonplussed by the reaction of some people I know to the upcoming gigs, fervent ticket grippage, but reading John Robb's twitter last night, the anticipation was vaguely exciting. I'd go and see 'em, if it was free. And near my house.
One of the most overrated bands of recent memory. Covering all the bases from lad rock to dad rock.
In hindsight, "Fools Gold" sounds like a massive fluke on their part.
Ditto.
I have been nonplussed by them since like 1987. When they did the Queens Hall in Widnes. Really, beyond "Fools Gold", the rest is what I've always called "Student Music". Begrudgingly, Brown's solo work was more interesting but after the infamous Chinese Takeaway Snub incident, their privileges have well and truly expired.
BONUS BRIT-TRIV : An acquaintance of mine, Sylvan Richardson Jr., was the bassman and musical director for Brown. He's now the physio at LFC.
One of the most overrated bands of recent memory. Covering all the bases from lad rock to dad rock.
In hindsight, "Fools Gold" sounds like a massive fluke on their part.
Ditto.
Only track by them I've ever liked. Some of their other fluff (I Am The Resurrection) falls into the thread about tracks that girls love dancing to but leaves the guys cold (Smack My Bitch Up sitting on the other side of the fence).
I got some Ozric Tentacles tapes from squatters. Dunno if they were anarcho... Clogs and dreads (whiteboy-R). One of the birds was going out with Swampy IIRC. One of them might have been Swampy, actually. Nick Van Gelder (OG Jamiroquai drummer) was in the Ozrics before JK gave him the gig. Stu Zender was with that Archaos travelling circus at some point too. IIRC.
Sure I've mentioned this before, but the most facemelting display of bass virtuosity I ever witnessed was by Rainy of anarcho ??ber-noise monsters Discharge. At the 100 club, stage was a foot high, monochrome punters in entirety going berserk but couldn't avert the gaze.
200mph, hands flying up and down the fretboard, fingers a blur of feverish activity and righteous fury.
WARS NO FAIRYTALE GUNS AND BOMBS AREN'T FUCKING TOYS
NO NO TV SKETCH NO NO TV SKETCH
IT'S A MESSED UP FUCKED UP FUCKING SYSTEM
DECONTROL DECONTROL WE'VE BEEN SHIT ON FAR TOO LONG
Visiting the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire last week, I was struck by two things. First, the amazingly beautiful animals, basking in the unseasonal sunshine. And second, the profileration of greengrocer???s apostrophes on the signage (we were invited, among other things, to inspect the ???egret???s???).
It???s one of the tragedies of being a grammar nerd that the loveliest day can be ruined by a misplaced comma or rogue conjunction. Worse still is when you find out you???re in the wrong: during a discussion inspired by this week???s Spectator, I learned that I???ve been pronouncing ???Jubilee??? wrong all my life (the stress should be on the first syllable, not the third). Hoist by my own petard. Or is it ???with????
Visiting the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire last week, I was struck by two things. First, the amazingly beautiful animals, basking in the unseasonal sunshine. And second, the profileration of greengrocer???s apostrophes on the signage (we were invited, among other things, to inspect the ???egret???s???).
It???s one of the tragedies of being a grammar nerd that the loveliest day can be ruined by a misplaced comma or rogue conjunction. Worse still is when you find out you???re in the wrong: during a discussion inspired by this week???s Spectator, I learned that I???ve been pronouncing ???Jubilee??? wrong all my life (the stress should be on the first syllable, not the third). Hoist by my own petard. Or is it ???with????
Me too. "-Lee" man all my days.
HOW SILLY DO/MUST I LOOK?
I've always said it Jew-bil-ee.
Gutted to know I might be working with exams actually. Really looking forward to getting drunk and quoting Churchill.
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I don't want to know what Glitter has blown :lalala:
Where do Dire Straits fall?
Police could be in there.
Whatever, state the criteria and let's roll.
Rest assured there's no Rolling Stones in whatever selection I make.
Can't think of any overtly Scottish or Welsh entries, unless I take it totally PMG and do a power pop list.
NI might make it in with Van and SLF.
Lizzy is a difficult call. One meriman and a bona fide Dubliner; but one golden era Scot and the main man was technically English.
Speak definitively on the subject at hand and let's start the thread. Queenie's 60 years is imminent.
With a weird '80s Brit commercials themed video, mindgarden material:
John Cale would be the perfect choice were it not for the fact that he is 100% more New York than Newport.
Risk of Proclaimers precludes any Albannach activity, yo.
"Rip it Up" might come hard but "Love Plus One" sees it off like it's Haircut's Hadrian.
Their secret weapon might be a PMG Sheena Easton or Jesse Rae but he'd rather be out of it, IIRC (His vinyls had "Import" on them if they were going South of the Border. 100% true).
Manics have a valid claim to something. I will ride for the Nicky stuff, they sold it to me.
I will add Sir Tom and Dame Shirley have valid claims to membership here too.
The Alarm to fall back doe.
I have a lot of time for "The Holy Bible", but not much time for anything else Manics related.
As for Tom and Shirley, it's 99% garbage. Only the Johnny Harris tunes are worth repeated listens. I'd take Gorky's Zygotic Mynci over both of them.
There is some bottom feeding creeping in now.
The Police? Duder? DUDER?
Anyways, It's Not Unusual is a great song, and has the virtue of capturing both Tom and the boy Page (although there are so many versions of that story, the truth is now a blur). But Tom is way too Vegas to fit my model.
Likewise, choose Teh Fall's 'Victoria' and capture them and the Kinks in one swoop.
If we have no mutually agreed spec by Monday, just start a thread, throw as much at the wall as you want and see how it goes.
And Neil: New York / Newport
I saw what you did there
::heartily approve::
Dire Straits... I like Sultans Of Swing. But these guys are surely more Americanised than the Stones I guess.
bonus:
It's never going to happen, is it?
Who'd give up Modric, Bale, Walker and them for what amounts to an ageing Gerrard and the impending clusterfuck Implosion of Suarsehole?
Nah, never happen.
On the other hand, all parts of Liverpool are more desirable than Tottenham High Road.
You are welcome to him.
He's gone as far as he can go with Tottenham.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9287130/Stone-Roses-play-first-show-in-16-years.html
Apparently they are very popular.
Discuss.
"They've never played so well together," said 43-year-old Andrew Rudder, from Ashton under Lyne.
But opinion was mixed over the quality of singer Ian Brown's voice. "He can't sing but he never could," said Tom Six, 35, from Liverpool.
Ha ha.
Actually, I was nonplussed by the reaction of some people I know to the upcoming gigs, fervent ticket grippage, but reading John Robb's twitter last night, the anticipation was vaguely exciting. I'd go and see 'em, if it was free. And near my house.
Never seen anyone so stoked in anticipation. I'm talking like, since about January.
In hindsight, "Fools Gold" sounds like a massive fluke on their part.
Ditto.
I have been nonplussed by them since like 1987. When they did the Queens Hall in Widnes. Really, beyond "Fools Gold", the rest is what I've always called "Student Music". Begrudgingly, Brown's solo work was more interesting but after the infamous Chinese Takeaway Snub incident, their privileges have well and truly expired.
BONUS BRIT-TRIV : An acquaintance of mine, Sylvan Richardson Jr., was the bassman and musical director for Brown. He's now the physio at LFC.
Same with me mates. Tickets for every gig, nuts. I do like some of Ian Brown's solo stuff, but the Roses mostly leave me cold.
I'm trying to think of a band reforming that I would go through hell to see, but I can't think of any. Must be SOMEONE.
Only track by them I've ever liked. Some of their other fluff (I Am The Resurrection) falls into the thread about tracks that girls love dancing to but leaves the guys cold (Smack My Bitch Up sitting on the other side of the fence).
Oh wait...
Actually I would wet my Ys for the original Zounds with Laurence Wood and Josef Portar to join the continued resurgence of Steve Lake.
I assume this means nish to dudes here, but I'd be so stoked, psyched, amped etc.
80s anarcho-squatter-R
I got some Ozric Tentacles tapes from squatters. Dunno if they were anarcho... Clogs and dreads (whiteboy-R). One of the birds was going out with Swampy IIRC. One of them might have been Swampy, actually. Nick Van Gelder (OG Jamiroquai drummer) was in the Ozrics before JK gave him the gig. Stu Zender was with that Archaos travelling circus at some point too. IIRC.
200mph, hands flying up and down the fretboard, fingers a blur of feverish activity and righteous fury.
WARS NO FAIRYTALE GUNS AND BOMBS AREN'T FUCKING TOYS
NO NO TV SKETCH NO NO TV SKETCH
IT'S A MESSED UP FUCKED UP FUCKING SYSTEM
DECONTROL DECONTROL WE'VE BEEN SHIT ON FAR TOO LONG
They don't write em like that anymo'
Jazz Hip Trio - Orange Boom
Jazz Hip Trio - Spell Of Three
:coolhmm:
Me too. "-Lee" man all my days.
HOW SILLY DO/MUST I LOOK?
I've always said it Jew-bil-ee.
Gutted to know I might be working with exams actually. Really looking forward to getting drunk and quoting Churchill.
The Wenger one is brilliant.