Wings of a Sparrow 1,414 Posted November 13, 2022 A Queen tribute band on Cromer Pier last night. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. However my shout out for Brighton Rock went unheeded... https://youtu.be/Xd94WIfHuuY 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuff Said 5,135 Posted November 14, 2022 On 29/10/2022 at 10:18, FenwayFrank said: Autobiographies/books on music - any recommendations? I’ve read Johnny Marrs, Keef, Rick Bucklers, Joe Jackson and am a little way into John Lydon’s. I’m being asked what I want for Christmas so any suggestions appreciated. Anyone read Morissey’s? It’s on our bookshelves but there’s always something I’d rather read first. Is it worth it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuff Said 5,135 Posted November 14, 2022 On 29/10/2022 at 11:28, sonyc said: If you're / were a Pretenders fan then I might suggest Reckless. Chrissie Hynde is a decent author and it's very honest. She waited til her parents had died before publishing! Best of all though is Tracy Thorn's Bedsit Disco Queen. Just check out the reviews (e.g. Amazon). Honest, funny, moving - suppose like her music. I think her husband Ben Watt's book on his illness was also very well reviewed but haven't read it. Anyway, just a couple of ideas. Would send you mine but they are available secondhand for very little money.🙂 I had a problem with Tracey Thorne when she started getting sniffy about bands that end up on the nostalgia circuit, retreading their hits. I found it really thoughtless, especially as she basically got lucky when Todd Terry remixed Missing. Otherwise that could well have been her fate. And I say that as a big Everything But the Girl fan back in the day. I did enjoy Ben Watts’ book though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted November 17, 2022 Exceptional version of one of the great songs 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,758 Posted November 17, 2022 There's a coincidence KG. I found an old Uncut compilation of Neil Young cover versions, had it on in my car over the last week, and KD Lang's version of Helpless stood out.👍 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Raptor 1,206 Posted November 18, 2022 Not many people cover Neil Young and make it sound decent. Two good covers. Opened with After the gold rush last time I saw him. Fantastic. Here's Neil himself doing a great cover of A day in the life. Some funny lines but I think I stick to the original. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted November 18, 2022 At least we don't have to put up with Keith Allen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted November 18, 2022 Christmas is coming... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,459 Posted November 23, 2022 Found this in a charity shop this morning, made me think of you @Mr Angry 😁 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted November 23, 2022 I dedicate this one to our Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Cun- er, Hunt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,555 Posted November 24, 2022 20 hours ago, FenwayFrank said: Found this in a charity shop this morning, made me think of you @Mr Angry 😁 Oh yes, their other song 🤣 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,758 Posted November 27, 2022 I heard this on Radio 3 yesterday. Rather odd but very good imo. Traditional Japanese with a dub reggae bass line. Stick your bass up to full-phat.😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deptford Yellow 258 Posted December 2, 2022 On 29/10/2022 at 10:18, FenwayFrank said: Autobiographies/books on music - any recommendations? I’ve read Johnny Marrs, Keef, Rick Bucklers, Joe Jackson and am a little way into John Lydon’s. I’m being asked what I want for Christmas so any suggestions appreciated. Robby Krieger’s autobiography from last year is a really good read … ( if you’re if a Doors persuasion) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,758 Posted December 3, 2022 Talking Heads, early days, so early they're still a three-piece. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kick it off 1,952 Posted December 3, 2022 Went to see Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Harry Baker on Thursday as part of the "Noisenights" tour. A world renowned Cellist widely regarded as one of the best in the world and a highly accomplished, immensely talented composer/pianist playing in a small bar in Leeds. It was unbelievable. They played a mixture of stuff from folk, to jazz, to classical pieces, to improvised versions of various pieces of music. The tour doesn't go to Norfolk, its pretty much just big cities and the sheku/Harry run finishes tonight anyway, but the premise of the organisation running it is to bring classical musicians to intimate, informal settings and have them play interesting repertoire you wouldn't normally hear them play. Well worth keeping an eye on because it really was superb. https://www.throughthenoise.co.uk/noisenights 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,555 Posted December 3, 2022 Going to Greenwich tonight to see my mate Phil play in his Stranglers tribute band. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,555 Posted December 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Mr Angry said: Going to Greenwich tonight to see my mate Phil play in his Stranglers tribute band. Turned up at the pub, they’d cancelled due to illness, I hadn’t checked the website 😡 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deptford Yellow 258 Posted December 4, 2022 On 03/12/2022 at 15:45, Mr Angry said: Going to Greenwich tonight to see my mate Phil play in his Stranglers tribute band. ‘The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to line the walls, line the walls …’ Great stuff - second single I ever bought … 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 3,980 Posted December 4, 2022 Masterpiece. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted December 8, 2022 Wish I had seen the Nearly Human Tour. Magic for me. Todd is God 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,517 Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) Love Todd KG. I was even called Todd by my university mates because of my love of his stuff. A lot of formative influence too (politics, life / worldview). Weird how someone comes along and has that effect. But I love his pure interest in making music, the multiple styles and phases in his entire 50 year + output and disinterest in commercial success. .....away from Rundgren now and I've come across these from R6. Never come across SALT but they pack a punch. And this one from The Big Moon. Quite MOR in some ways but it sticks in your mind after one play. A perfect pop song in construction, hitting the first chorus on 45 seconds and then again a minute later followed by a quiet middle 8 and then double chorus to end. A love song too (clue in photo) - so it's universal. What's not to dislike. Radio 6 have been playing it a few times as it's been released only a few weeks ago. A female four piece. Edited December 8, 2022 by sonyc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Japanese/Bavarian chicken yodelling for me today. Some of the German pronunciation is that bad I want to invade. Edited December 9, 2022 by TheGunnShow 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 2,547 Posted December 9, 2022 That's a real 'what the hell did I just watch' moment! Bit of Polish-Georgian folk music as an antidote to that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thumbbass 318 Posted December 9, 2022 This one is a tad off-brand for Reuben but it's been going round in my head for a while and the Christmas song thread has got me going again, great harmonies, simple honest and just blooming good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,459 Posted December 9, 2022 Went to see Kula Shaker Wednesday night and they opened with this 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Not sure if I can trump the Japanese chicken yodelling (I'm pretty sure that is the only time in history that combination of words has ever been used together) but this was always a favourite for chucking in for WTF. Take part of France that used to be Germany (which used to be part of France, etc.), add their local dialect in GERMAN (they're near Strasbourg), get some accordions, there is some yodelling in there and you get what I can best describe as Mitteleuropa mariachi. Or something. I can't understand half of what they're singing but it's roughly a little tribute to the Alsace region of France where they live and come from. Edited December 9, 2022 by TheGunnShow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted December 11, 2022 Had the vinyl of this album, maybe up in the loft still under old carpets. Still sounds good to me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2600 301 Posted December 12, 2022 Just love this, the music and the fact the video is before the San Francisco earthquake 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2600 301 Posted December 12, 2022 And after Bake Off or whatever- I’m smitten 😍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites