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[Susan]

Thanks Nigeyb - you too!

[Nigeyb]

Hey Hamiltonians - it's that time of the week again


It's nearly the weekend so let's celebrate in the only way we know how...

A bonafide punk classic from the recently reformed The Drones...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBcb...
The Drones - Bone Idol

ESG. What a fantastic band. The Scroggins sisters with more magnificence from the Big Apple, South Bronx division

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_U-...
ESG - Erase You

Hard to imagine a cover of Bauhaus’s Bela Lugosi that comes close to the original. Strange to report that Nouvelle Vague pulled it off. Their versh of Bela Lugosi’s Dead is nearly as good as the original...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5QL...
Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Another cover. Well kinda. Protoje samples Prince Buster's “Girl Answer Your Name” in his own “Answer To Your Name”. S’great n all. Obvs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0fNQ...
Protoje - Answer To Your Name

Here’s a track from the album The Male Eunuch by The Pre New that came out last year. From the ashes of Earl Brutus and World Of Twist came The Pre New. Flaccid Astronaut tells of a space-race-obsessed child filled with moon-landing-inspired visions of a glittering future and “…then nothing happened, and I just hung around”. Didn’t we all?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIizK...
The Pre New - Flacid Astronaut

Have a bloomin blimmin lovely weekend

[Mark]

In a bit of a rush this morning, so I'm going to make it a One-For-Friday sort of day... but what a one... the brand new Dexys video for the first single off their forthcoming album...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c_7l...

[Nigeyb]

^ Oooh not heard that yet - thanks Mark, will settle down with a cup of tea and give it all my attention later today

[Nigeyb]

There are some seriously well dressed people in that video. I like that version of Both Sides Now too - especially at the end when Kevin lets rip a bit. Marvellous stuff that augers well for the album. That said (and full disclosure here), I am one of the few people who will happily admit to loving Kevin's solo album of covers - My Beauty - the one where he took to wearing womens' underwear to almost universal ridicule. The songs are still fabulous.

[Susan]

A Bank Holiday weekend too - just drove to pick up my daughter from school and it started raining, then snowing, and then the sun came out - typical BH weather here in London!

[CQM]

Because after Friday day comes Friday Night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_K5...
Because Big Star are just superb...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc5eH...
Because Delaney and Bonnie rock!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT6KO...
Because It's all been American music so far and because it's a beautiful song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkt8E...
Because it's only a short jump from C&D to JB and this is a great tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfdea...

[Nigeyb]

^ Lovely selections CQM2 - have you read Big Star: The story of rock's forgotten band - Revised & Updated Edition? I have it on my shelf but have yet to get to it. I'm immersed in Crowley's uniform... sorry I mean Any Day Now: David Bowie The London Years 1947 1974, but that's by the by...

In the week that Leicester City FC win the most improbable Premier League title ever (5000-1 outsiders) let’s celebrate with Leicester’s greatest ever band (no, not Kasabian), it’s Family...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVic...
Family - My Friend The Sun

I had the pleasure of seeing Johnny Moped play live last Friday. A great night of rock n roll exuberance. All the new songs sounding great. Here’s Simon Can’t which tells you all you need to know about what Johnny thinks of the abominable Mr Cowell...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZkG...
Johnny Moped - Simon Can’t

I saw another of my favourite recording artistes last week too (the night after Johnny Moped), and another punk legend and all round lovely fella, Mr Vic Godard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRoTz...
Subway Sect - Chain Smoking

There’s no such thing as a bad song by Orange Juice. Even by their high standards this is something special...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJuNW...
Orange Juice - Felicity

What makes The Beach Boys great...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIG7C...
The Beach Boys - Surf’s Up


Have a great weekend you lovely Hamiltonians

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[CQM]

Nigeyb wrote: "^ Lovely selections CQM2 - have you read Big Star: The story of rock's forgotten band - Revised & Updated Edition? I have it on my shelf but have yet to get to it. I'm immersed in C..."

I've not read that Nigey but I was lucky enough to see the later lineup of Big Star a couple of times before Alex Chilton's untimely demise.

[Nigeyb]

^ Now I'm jealous. I never saw AC at all, let alone in Big Star. He'd be a legend if all he had ever done was produce The Cramps Gravest Hits & Songs the Lord Taught Us. Factor in The Box Tops, Big Star and all the solo stuff and, well, there ought to be a statue of him in Memphis. Perhaps there is?

[CQM]

Nigeyb wrote: "^ Now I'm jealous. I never saw AC at all, let alone in Big Star. He'd be a legend if all he had ever done was produce The Cramps Gravest Hits & Songs the Lord Taught Us. Factor in The Box Tops, Big..."

Agreed on every point Nigey.

[CQM]

Johnny Cash at his mournful best on It Takes One to Know Me. This song always shivers my spine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMUM...

Townes van Zandt as good as anyone on I'll be Here in the Morning. This song always comes to mind when I am considering my next walking trip, the opening lines just make me want to become a hobo riding the rails. (unfortunately ticket inspectors on Southern are worse than Ernest Borgnine in Emperor of the North)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qpcu...

The much maligned Embrace with That's All Changed Forever. Alright they weren't a great band and he couldn't sing for toffee but that first album was full of corking tunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSB9I...

Another maligned (if remembered at all) band Whiteout with No Time. Oasis once supported them, also known by some wags as the Greenock Faces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsoyN...

The Monkees also with No Time. Having just listened to No Time by Whiteout I couldn't help but move swiftly on to the Monkees song of the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qwYt...

Rock on!

[Nigeyb]

^ Rock on indeed. Heartwarming selections CQM2. Hopefully my five is a soon come situation...

[Nigeyb]

Let’s kick things off with a wonderful tune from Essex soul boys The Milk whose album is one of those slow burns and which inveigled its way into my affections before I could resist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMLh...
The Milk - Don't Give Up The Night

You probably don’t need me to tell you that Fountains Of Wayne are purveyors of fine, fine popular musical tunes. Here’s proof, and of my many fave FOW tunes….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE0-z...
Fountains Of Wayne - Sick Day

Billy Fury? Not only one of the best rock n roll names ever but also a marvellous performer. I discovered he covered Bowie’s (v early tune) Sill Boy Blue which is surprising to me, anyway here he is in full effect in that Wondrous Place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZEO...
Billy Fury - Wondrous Place

I got tickets this week to go and see Ride play live in October so what better reason than that to revisit the magnificent…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4JZI...
Ride - Leave Them All Behind

And finally a new name to me, but I’m learning to love their tongue in cheek mash up of Killing Joke, PiL, Hawkwind and who knows what the jeff else…and another band I’ll be off to see play live later this year...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hong...
Evil Blizzard - Are You Evil?

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

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[CQM]

Nigeyb wrote: "Let’s kick things off with a wonderful tune from Essex soul boys The Milk whose album is one of those slow burns and which inveigled its way into my affections before I could resist...

https://www..."

I have 3 Ride related stories of varying interest. I stood next to mark Gardener at Glastonbury watching Paul Weller. (that's pretty low on the interest scale but it's up all the way now)
Steve Queralt made me a cup of tea.
And vaguely Ride related my friends and I were backstage at a Hurricane No. 1 gig (due to the Steve Queralt connection) and got mistaken for the band and almost escaped with their tour bus.

[Nigeyb]

^ Great stuff - I love anecdotes like that. Here's a few random ones from my own casebook. I don't have time to elaborate now... Alan Rickman once shouted at me; I spent a night drinking with Shane Macgowan (hardly unique that one); and... actually I'll stop there for now. Watch this space for more from my "footnotes from history" series. Next up Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69 and how I changed his life.

[CQM]

Nigeyb wrote: "^ Great stuff - I love anecdotes like that. Here's a few random ones from my own casebook. I don't have time to elaborate now... Alan Rickman once shouted at me; I spent a night drinking with Shane..."

Always leave 'em wanting more eh...

[Nigeyb]

Indeed CQM2 - I've just remembered another.... the night I offended Kevin Rowland. So much so that he turned on his heels and marched straight out of the place we were both in.

The self same Kevin Rowland who also used to admire my badminton skills every week for a period of about 3 months. Strange but true. I should add he used to live down the road from me so I used to see him about quite a bit.

There are eight million stories in the naked city...

[CQM]

There is no greater pleasure than insulting the famous in my humble opinion.
In my time I've irritated Max Beesley (while Scary Spice sat in their car trying to ignore my colleague blatantly staring at her)
Annoyed Ian McCaskill, who can swear like a trooper when he puts his mind to it. And embarrassed Fern Britton.
Good times...

[Mark]

CQM2 wrote: "Johnny Cash at his mournful best on It Takes One to Know Me. This song always shivers my spine...."

I spent the better part of a decade, much to my dismay, working as an art director at Sotheby's, designing all their advertising and marketing materials. As you might imagine, I didn't strike up anything resembling friendships with the vast majority of my co-workers, but one of the few friends I had there, who was a photographer for their catalogues, rang me up one day to say that I needed to meet him in Studio 7A immediately, ringing off before I could ask why. Being the amicably compliant sort that I always strive to be, I went. Turns out that he'd just received all of the lots to be included in the sale of The Estate of June Carter & Johnny Cash, and he suspected -- quite fucking rightly -- that I might perhaps care to play some of Johnny Cash's guitars. In short, I played all of them. An incredible experience... it might not bear the re-telling, but it's my only Johnny Cash story.

Go good into your weekend, ladies and gentlemen...

[CQM]

Mark wrote: "CQM2 wrote: "Johnny Cash at his mournful best on It Takes One to Know Me. This song always shivers my spine...."

I spent the better part of a decade, much to my dismay, working as an art director ..."

That was a good man that tipped you the wink.
I have to ask, what did you play on the great mans guitar?

[Mark]

CQM2 wrote: "Mark wrote: "CQM2 wrote: "Johnny Cash at his mournful best on It Takes One to Know Me. This song always shivers my spine...."

I spent the better part of a decade, much to my dismay, working as an ..."

Luther Perkins' guitar riff from 'I Walk the Line' and, because it somehow felt right, 'Blitzkreig Bop.'

[Nigeyb]

^ Perfect. I wish I could have witnessed it.

[CQM]

Mark my friend, you are a legend in your own lunchtime, and I wouldn't be at all suprised if you snuck into Nigey's and mine too

[Nigeyb]

It's Friiiiiiday...



Takes me back to my youth with Steve McGarrett and Danno. What a perfect instrumental...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcvo4...
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O

A few years later, here’s a proto-punk classic. If you don't know what I mean, then you better look out...LOOK OUT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrtwm...
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Teenage Depression

Classic slice of 77 punk from the north east of England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIP4B...
The Carpettes - Radio Wunderbar

And, whilst we’re in the north east, here’s one of my all time favourites which should have been (and wasn’t) a massive hit..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00vul...
Spearmint - Sweeping the Nation

And finally the magnificent Lovers of Today because we ARE lovers of today..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PIaK...
The Only Ones - Lovers of Today

Have a great weekend

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[Greg]

Thanks for this selection Nigeyb. I like the Spearmint track, love the Eddy and the Hotrods track, and ditto The Venture.

The Australian movie of some years back called The Dish, starring Sam Neil, about the satellite dish at Parks NSW. There's a scene in the film, where the American ambassador visits, a special funtion is held at the town hall, the mayor organizes the local band (teenage boys) to play the US national anthem. With hands on hearts, very dignified occasion, the band lets rip with Hawaii Five-O, they thought that was the anthem.

[Nigeyb]

^ Sounds like a great scene Greg

[Nigeyb]

It’s #Friday & here’s yer #fiveforfriday.....



The Stairs' "Mexican R’n’B” album took their sixties pop imitation to extremes by recording it in mono. Released way back in 1992, on Go! Discs, I was reminded about The Stairs by noticing that they are, apparently, back, and playing near me in a week. Amazing. Not sure what they’re like live but the music is great so probably well worth finding out for yerselves. Here’s "Weed Bus"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dETw...
The Stairs - Weed Bus

The House of Love were at their best whilst still on Creation Records, and before getting glossed up on Fontana, and, of course, before Bickers and Chadwick fell out. Here’s the Creation version of "Shine On" which is far superior to the version that came out on Fontana…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg4nE...
The House of Love - Shine On (Creation version)

Here’s renaissance man Matt Berry and his always welcome “Take My Hand” theme to the wonderful Toast of London. And, yes, I can hear you Clam Fandango.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdqu-...
Matt Berry - Take My Hand

Since first hearing this in Good Fellas I have always had a soft spot for "Bobby Darin Beyond The Sea"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8OlD...
Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea

And, talking of Scorcese, and having watched The Wolf Of Wall Street this week, here’s a tune from that film’s soundtrack, and a wonderful Summer tune...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6Co...
Malcolm Mclaren - Double Dutch

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Have a great weekend

[Nigeyb]

I got more records than the KGB


Love this. Still sounding wonderful and always good to hear "Straight to Hell” in any shape or form. So far as I can make out this is the only decent track by M.I.A., but I’d love to be proved wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZ...
M.I.A. — Paper Planes

The sound of my youth (part 75), RAK inspired magic. Every 1's a Winner. RIP Errol...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3pf7...
Hot Chocolate — It Started With A Kiss

Surely the best Bond theme of theme of them all? Though Live and Let Die runs it a close second. Here’s Howard’s take on it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyIhh...
Magazine — Goldfinger

Call me a predictable old cliche but I blimmin love ABC’s Lexicon of Love II (2016). A worthy successor to one of the defining albums of the 1980s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrJP2...
ABC — Kiss Me Goodbye

I was reminded of this whilst recently watching “The Wolf Of Wall Street” - what a classic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4rXE...
Cannonball Adderley — Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

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Have a great weekend

[Nigeyb]

It's Friiiiiiiday....


As featured in the wonderful film “American Hustle” here’s the equally wonderful ‘Long Black Road’ by ELO...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab1sO...
Electric Light Orchestra - Long Black Road

This came up on shuffle the other day and, since then, I have been playing it a lot. Originally released as a limited edition seven inch single in its own hand-stitched denim sleeve. ‘Soft’ features an uncleared sample from Chicago's 'If You Leave Me Now' with a vocal track taken from an archive episode of the religious "Pause for Thought" segment of a BBC Radio 2 show. In short, genius….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6EiP...
Lemon Jelly - Soft

I have just finished Gary Valentine’s memoir “New York Rocker” and I recommend it. Gary wrote a few early Blondie tunes including X Offender. He jumped up and down a lot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjvpL...
Blondie - X Offender

Here’s another Gary Valentine tune that was a Blondie hit, this time it’s Gary’s own version...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnEcj...
Gary Valentine - (I'm Always Touched By) Your Presence, Dear

With the recent release of The Lexicon Of Love II, I’ve been delving back in ABC’s back catalogue and I thought this still sounds rather marvellous….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgNB9...
ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now

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Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

[Nigeyb]

I’ve been a big fan of Michael Head’s music since hearing “Thank You” way back in 1982. I still love the Paleys, Shack, the Strands, The Red Elastic Band. Barely a week goes by where I don’t give “Abegele Next Time” a spin, here’s why….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKUHR...
The Pale Fountains - Abergele Next Time

Here’s one that always used to get me shaking my thang down at the Punk Rock Disco. Indeed, I suspect it still would, if I were ever to revisit the Punk Rock Disco, where it is still, to this day, on heavy rotation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgGN...
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Der Mussolini

New music by The Divine Comedy is always a cause for celebration and, what do you know, Catherine The Great is their brand spanking new single from the forthcoming album “Foreverland" released on 2nd September 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4V7W...
The Divine Comedy - Catherine The Great

I’ve been really enjoying "These People”, the new album from Richard Ashcroft, over the last few weeks. His schtick never really changes but, when it’s this good, who cares….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36V2F...
Richard Ashcroft - This Is How It Feels

And, as this very depressed English person reluctantly waves goodbye to the EU, this seems more relevant than ever..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-uW...
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

Have a good weekend

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[Susan]

Have a great weekend, Nigeyb. Let's hope the sun stays out :)

[Nigeyb]

Thanks Susan. It's lovely today here in Brightonia.

[Nigeyb]

I have been so depressed since the referendum result that I need some upbeat tunes to take my mind off the crisis that has engulfed dear old Blighty since this time last week. So, with that in mind, let’s get on the good foot people...

One of my all time favourite dance records, if this doesn’t get you grooving and smiling, and smiling and grooving, then a visit to your friendly neighbourhood physician is in order (if you can get an appointment that is)….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCqH...
Coati Mundi - Que Pasa / Me No Pop I

As Morrissey so nearly said, Madchester, so much to answer for. It never got better than this did it….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyZp1...
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit

^ What a song. “Sounds good to me”

Have I peaked too soon. Nah, not a bit of it. Inspired by Barry Gibb, guesting with Coldplay at Glastonbury, in a wonderfully life reaffirming moment, much needed in a weekend of such negativity, here’s the one, the only Stayin’ Alive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izv...
The Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive

What’s that? You want a bit of social comment in with your party bangers? Understandable the way sterling has crashed and with the economy is tanking, I predict money will ineed be too tight to mention for most of us…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ehT...
The Valentine Brothers - Money's Too Tight (To Mention)

And, finally, how good was it to see LCD Soundsystem at Glastonbury? One of many highlights. Doesn’t get any better than this does it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wnb...
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Have a great weekend

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[Susan]

What a disaster it has all been, Nigeyb, quite agree! I am not overly impressed with our politicians at the moment....

[Mark]

Susan wrote: "What a disaster it has all been, Nigeyb, quite agree! I am not overly impressed with our politicians at the moment...."

Speaking strictly as an American, I'm unbelievably pleased with the result, if only because it serves as concrete proof that Americans aren't the only ones foolish enough to vote against their own best interests or allow things like demagoguery and racism triumph over reason and common sense.

[Nigeyb]

^ You got that right Mark. Sad, sad times. Though, if Trump prevails, then things get even worse. I often think if Hollywood came up with him as a villain he would seem implausible, and yet, there he is. He is a real person. Unbelievable.

[Nigeyb]

Summer might not have properly arrived here in the UK but, thanks to the latest Dexys vid we can pretend that Summer’s here and every public park is full of middle aged groovers in vintage gear having the time of their lives. Can you dig it baby?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU8yD...
Dexys - Grazing In The Grass

How is Pictish Trail not better known? Something of a sonic hermit, Pictish Trail has spent the past few years in his caravan on the Hebridean isle of Eigg, feverishly working on the follow up to Secret Soundz Vol. 1&2, his critically-acclaimed double album of DIY electronic folk-tinged croft pop. So, with a new album due on 9th September 2016, and this, Far Gone (Don't Leave)’, the first single from that very album, a skewed haunting noir pop classic with this accompanying video that evokes Kevin Wheatley and is an off-kilter tourism ad for Eigg, surely success beckons...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCjDn...
Pictish Trail - Far Gone (Don't Leave)

You’re probably also pretty damn happy about new music from Metronomy. Course you are. Bit of an Abigail’s Party vibe here but that unravels fast into something a bit more disoncerting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CiVF...
Metronomy - Old Skool

Anyway, that’s quite enough new, happening sounds, let’s have a revival selection. Here’s The Story of Bo Diddley...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hCpl...
Bo Diddley - The Story of Bo Diddley

POST, one of me fave contemporary groups, was born in a Partickhill basement in Summer 2010. The band members are Graham Wann, Craig Forbes, Adam Florence, and Chris Elkin. POST are the other band of Graham Wann from The Sexual Objects. And, just to prove, that in this post-BREXIT world, nothing can be taken for granted, the group formerly known as POST are now known as HIGH. Reassuringly they are still blimmin’ brilliant as this new song “I Don’t Mind” deftly demonstrates...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSP1r...
HIGH - I Don't Mind

Have a great weekend



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[Nigeyb]

It’s #Friday & here’s yer #fiveforfriday

Scott Walker retells Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterpiece in just under 5 minutes. From "Scott 4" (1969). Get in....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUk1...
Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal

Absolute classic from Big Audio Dynamite. One of their very best. The Strummer/Jones songwriting team coming up trumps yet again. No. 10, Upping St. - what an album eh?

I gotta get a message through, tell everybody the news…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRvrU...
Big Audio Dynamite - Beyond The Pale

Talking of best tracks by an artist, how does “Save It For Later” grab you as a contender for best tune by The Beat. So many brilliant songs, but this is right up there with their very best innit…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0w...
The Beat - Save It for Later

Michael Kiwanuka’s brilliant new soulful album 'Love & Hate' is on heavy rotation on the nigeyb soundsystem, here’s why...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMZ4Q...
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

Paint My Aubergine, paint it red and blue…. reminds me of The Tubes which has got to be a very good thing… Paint My Aubergine, it’s so obscene...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGxn...
Johnny Moped - Paint My Aubergine

That’s yer lot

Have a great weekend Hamiltonians

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[Susan]

Have a great weekend too, Nigeyb!

[Mark]

Just one for today, but... man, what a one!

This track's from the forthcoming new Ian Hunter album, due mid-September. I love knowing that something with so much vitality can come from someone at 77 years of age. Absolute classic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqA5a...

[Nigeyb]

^ Yes indeed. I love Dandy - a great tribute to great man

[Mark]

A bit early, and far shy of five, but I reckon this one needed posting. Brand new one, off the forthcoming album by Hugh Cornwell & John Cooper Clarke...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBH-...

Brilliant yet twisted...

[Nigeyb]

^ Does indeed sound like a goodie Mark.


Let’s glam things up a bit. Does it get any better than Navy Head…?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fb96...
Earl Brutus - Navy Head

And keeping on a somewhat skewed glam tip here’s Suzi’s superb cover of the classic by The Normal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do-aF...
Suzi Quatro - Warm Leatherette

Love, love, love this Winston Matthews (of Wailing Souls) heavy Studio One version of ‘Sun is Shining’….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vszyi...
Winston Matthews - Sun is Shining

And in honour of the Super Furry Animals coming back to Brighton, for the first time in eons, to play their first two albums….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1sik...
Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic

And finally, because it’s great..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-EM...
The Prisoner Opening Theme

I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! My life is my own.

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[Nigeyb]

Portishead's cover of ABBA's "SOS" was featured in the recent film, High-Rise, an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel. The Ben Wheatley-directed movie stars Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, and Elizabeth Moss. The cover is Portishead's first new song since 2009's “Chase the Tear.” The band has just shared a music video, which ends with a quote from the recently killed British MP Jo Cox: “We have far more in common than which divides us.”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVe-9...
Portishead - SOS

You know what? “Every human being has a weakness of kind or he ain't no human at all”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pN5Y...
Chicory Tip - Cigarettes, Women and Wine

Like right thinking folk the world over, I’ve been digging the new Ólafur Arnalds Island Songs LP and here’s why...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEj7x...
Ólafur Arnalds — Particles

I blimmin loved the Netflix Original 'The Get Down' from Baz Luhrmann - all about disco and early hip hop in 70s NYC. Superb. This tune cropped up on the soundtrack...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoH9v...
C.J. & CO. — Devil's Gun

And finally new(ish) music from Brighton’s own Rag'n'Bone Man….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wKz...
Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

http://nigeyb.tumblr.com/post/1508140...

[CQM]

“Every human being has a weakness of kind or he ain't no human at all”
Well I'm more of a beer man than a wine man but otherwise Chicory Tip and me have stuff in common!
Now I feel like I should add some tunes, feeling particularly jazzy today...
1. Bix - Flashes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze_dq...
2. Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats - Who's Sorry Now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEt3o...
3. The Ken Colyer Skiffle Group - This Sporting Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqXzu...
4. The Chicago Rhythm Kings - There'll Be Some Changes Made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pNo...
5. The Boswell Sisters - Lonesome Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVMiL...
Enjoy, or not...

[Nigeyb]

Jazzy is your middle name CQM. I'm diving right in.

[CQM]

Nobody knows my middle name, the Q is merely for added mystery.
Hope you enjoy jazzing one off.

[Mark]

Thanks for that, CQM. Despite being musically obsessive well beyond the point where it starts to be viewed by many of those around me as a major character flaw and a massive annoyance, I've never taken the first steps down the Skiffle road. If your Colyer track's anything to judge by, I think I need to fix that asap.

So... where's the best place to start? Any particular artist recommendations? Apart from Lonnie Donegan, whose work I'm already familiar with.

[Nigeyb]

A few years back I bought a v cheap CD called Skiffle: The Essential Collection....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Co...

This Amazon review says it far better than I could...

There are 50 terrific tracks giving over 2 hours magnificent music on this double album CD, and on the basis that the CDs relate to only British skiffle the album may truly be regarded as an `Essential Collection'. Normally I shun such titles because it is impracticable to make selections from innumerable examples of whatever music is being considered - but it is attainable for skiffle where the genre's popularity lasted such a short period with lots of amateur practitioners so that there was only a comparatively small range of recording artists. Skiffle's life was short-lived but it was a springboard for `rock and roll' and `pop' that followed - it was a creative craze that allowed raw and raucous playing with emphasis on vocals amongst the youth of post-war years with limited skills and with improvised instruments like wash-board, tea-chest string bass, kazoo etc. Many claims are made to the origins of skiffle, but as for jazz it developed amongst African-Americans in the South with jug bands and rent parties, and its roots are in folk and blues as well as jazz. In Britain it emerged as a craze in the 1950s and it is generally agreed that it was given form by Lonnie Donegan playing in Ken Colyer's jazz band and stepping in to entertain audiences whilst giving the front line a break. His first popular smash hit, with Chris Barber's band, was a quick tempo version of Huddie Leadbetter's classic `Rock Island Line' and it is fitting this number is the first track of CD1. What follows is a veritable feast of skiffle music with contributions by all main protagonists of the craze. There are numbers to appeal to folk enthusiasts as `Pick A Bale Of Cotton' by the Vipers Skiffle Group, or to blues aficionados as `Kansas City Blues' by Beryl Bryden's Backroom Skiffle, or to jazz lovers as `Careless Love' by the City Ramblers Skiffle Group. Most are `favourites' and there is little doubt many popular tunes and words will be fondly recalled as listeners take advantage of Amazon's product page with its preview facility to permit listening to samples - as well as full track listings, bands, singers etc. After sampling - buy it and revel in the full performance - what a great value album!

Now then, disclaimer time, I know very little about skiffle, so if and when CQM pops up and suggests that none of what I have said is correct, then please disregard and listen to CQM who clearly knows far more than me on this topic.