What are you playing tonight?

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:29 pm

Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination (while I read the link on HypnoBirthing Midlands).

(It like to make it plain that I loathe Simple Minds now - but a couple of the early albums were the beesknees way back when.)

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:46 pm

Little Green Man wrote:
(It like to make it plain that I loathe Simple Minds now - but a couple of the early albums were the beesknees way back when.)

See, I'm the same with U2. They did this gig with SLF back in about 1980 or somesuch which was featured on BBC2, and I just thought wow, they're great. So I wandered off down to Edwin P Lee's and bought Boy, and then went back and bought October and then War, and then just lost interest as they morphed into this stadium filling act that I couldn't relate to.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:25 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Little Green Man wrote:
(It like to make it plain that I loathe Simple Minds now - but a couple of the early albums were the beesknees way back when.)
See, I'm the same with U2. They did this gig with SLF back in about 1980 or somesuch which was featured on BBC2, and I just thought wow, they're great. So I wandered off down to Edwin P Lee's and bought Boy, and then went back and bought October and then War, and then just lost interest as they morphed into this stadium filling act that I couldn't relate to.

Hehe, forgotten about them, shades of Peter Pell.

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:21 pm

A shameless plug for Edinburgh's finest festival busking outfit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjbhlWqp24

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:34 am

Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Revolt into Style

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:06 pm

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:11 pm

Killers, Sams town

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:16 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7mXC4Kd_0

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:58 pm

The Bluetones' Thank You, Not Today, from their last album, because the words remind me of LSL's quandaries and the endless circular arguments on here

Sure they wouldn't mind a smidge of lyric reproduction in context and given you can buy the album on that link above

You, with an empty page and a quiet rage
Feel the doubters creeping in
Reach for the savoir-faire but it isn't there
Your whole facade is wearing thin
Are the cracks about to show? If they were, how would you know?
Should you try and soldier on if the appetite has gone?
And is lying to yourself really such a crime?
Words get thrown away

When did you fix your ways? Is it just a phase?
Well that's not so hard to believe
There are rumours in the room, there are harbingers of doom
So you've done a Kerouac, so you're never coming back
Well we won't lose any sleep, 'cos talk is cheap
Words get thrown away
Thank you, not today

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:20 pm

Starsailor - Love Is Here

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:56 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:Starsailor - Love Is Here

Was playing the album the other day for the first time in yonks. A favourite of Mrs Barnet's when the Barnettas were due, and they're six this week. Good Souls, Alcoholic, Lullaby... where did it all go wrong? Oh aye, when he started banging coke and shagging models. Sure he enjoyed it at the time...

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:57 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:The Bluetones' Thank You, Not Today, from their last album, because the words remind me of LSL's quandaries and the endless circular arguments on here

Sure they wouldn't mind a smidge of lyric reproduction in context and given you can buy the album on that link above

You, with an empty page and a quiet rage
Feel the doubters creeping in
Reach for the savoir-faire but it isn't there
Your whole facade is wearing thin
Are the cracks about to show? If they were, how would you know?
Should you try and soldier on if the appetite has gone?
And is lying to yourself really such a crime?
Words get thrown away

When did you fix your ways? Is it just a phase?
Well that's not so hard to believe
There are rumours in the room, there are harbingers of doom
So you've done a Kerouac, so you're never coming back
Well we won't lose any sleep, 'cos talk is cheap
Words get thrown away
Thank you, not today

had gone to a gig in liverpool and staggered back into the travelodge with the mrs and mark from bluetones was coming in. i recognised him so said "where you been tonight" and we got chatting and the boy put us down on the guestlist for preston the next night

he'll do for me

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:08 pm

Quality live band, The Bluetones. Also, Cut Some Rug has never even got remotely close to receiving it's just recognition. Especially it's lyrical content in view of our man's confussion with the whole rave scene. A Masterpiece in every way.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:11 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:had gone to a gig in liverpool and staggered back into the travelodge with the mrs and mark from bluetones was coming in. i recognised him so said "where you been tonight" and we got chatting and the boy put us down on the guestlist for preston the next night

he'll do for me

He's absolutely lovely - they all are. Met 'em on Barry Knight night, and guitarist Adam (a Brentford fan) was very supportive of the text-based agony I was going through. Glad they're still chipper despite the vicissitudes of fortune and fame. Mate of mine interviewed Mark a few years ago, Mark's first question was "mind if I skin up?" Shared it, too...

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:18 pm

Just got the Joy Division back catalogue through the post as a promo for its release. Feck yes.

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:21 pm

The Fall - Grotesque

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:02 am

And now

The Good, the Bad and the Queen

Albarn and Simonon amongst others

Give it a whirl

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:26 am

Verbal wrote:Just got the Joy Division back catalogue through the post as a promo for its release. Feck yes.

I, er, ahem, used the internet to get that one.

Tranmission remains my favourite.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:37 am

Fine choice sir, though for me I think I'll have to say Disorder

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:52 pm

Right now, Stray Cats are doing "Rock this Town" followed by Sister Christian's "Night Ranger", on Hits of the Eighties-The ultimate collection.

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