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50p Bloke: February 2009
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Thursday, February 12, 2009. The Seeds - Pushing Too Hard. Sky Saxon and The Seeds get intense on a show called The Mothers In Law. The last word in mid-60s garage rock. One of the commenters says they'd go back to 1966 at the drop of a hat. I know what they mean. Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus. Another great freak-out (thanks again Phil). Who says the French can't do rock/pop? Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Find out about them via WFMU's Beware of the Blog.
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50p Bloke: Blab Happy - Never No More
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Blab Happy - Never No More. Yet more Blab Happy action on YouTube. Bit of a curate's egg, this song, though it does have some nice harmonies and chiming 12-string in the outro. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Other blogs are available. Mojo's Disc of the Day. The lovely Helen Barrett. Because Midway Still Aren't Coming Back. Nick Davies: Flat Earth News. Ken Garner: The Peel Sessions. Gabor Szabo - Stormy.
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50p Bloke: July 2008
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Blab Happy - Inside Out. Someone unknown to me or drummer Jez has put this on YouTube, and said nice things about us . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Other blogs are available. Mojo's Disc of the Day. The lovely Helen Barrett. Because Midway Still Aren't Coming Back. Nick Davies: Flat Earth News. Ken Garner: The Peel Sessions. Blab Happy - Inside Out. Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Vince Taylor and the Playboys.
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50p Bloke: Bedazzled - Peter Cook
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Wednesday, May 06, 2009. Bedazzled - Peter Cook. Groovy 60s paean to nihilism, contrasting exhortations of backing singers with Peter Cook's deadpan protestations: "You fill me with inertia" etc. Sung by Cook in character ("Drimble Wedge and The Vegetations") on the title track of the film. "Of its time" is a kind way of assessing the movie's merits. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Other blogs are available. Mojo's Disc of the Day.
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50p Bloke: April 2009
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Sunday, April 26, 2009. New Order - Turn The Heater On. A very strange track, that shouldn’t work at all. New Order do reggae! And, unlikely as it may seem, it does sound like reggae, and also like New Order. Turn The Heater On was recorded for a John Peel session in 1982. The band never recorded another version, or performed the song live. According to NewOrderOnline.com. And here’s Keith Hudson’s original. Tuesday, April 14, 2009. DAF - Der Mussolini. 4 It's p...
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50p Bloke: March 2009
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Thursday, March 19, 2009. Gabor Szabo - Stormy. Hungarian guitarist makes smooth, summery version of Classics IV's - er - classic. Perfect for sunny London spring day. The whole album, 1969, is great, by the way. The Marathons - Peanut Butter. Crazy instrumental - and very cheaply made, by the sounds of it. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Blab Happy - Never No More. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Other blogs are available. Mojo's Disc of the Day.
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50p Bloke: Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Wednesday, April 08, 2009. Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child. O-o-h Child is a transcendent three minutes of Chicago soul that has some of the uplifting gospel flavour and optimism of the international hit Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, but without mentioning God. In fact Edwin Hawkins Singers covered O-o-h Child on a later single. Other notable versions were recorded by Nina Simone and the Posies. But none can touch the Stairsteps'. Follow me on Twitter.
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50p Bloke: New Order - Turn The Heater On
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Sunday, April 26, 2009. New Order - Turn The Heater On. A very strange track, that shouldn’t work at all. New Order do reggae! And, unlikely as it may seem, it does sound like reggae, and also like New Order. Turn The Heater On was recorded for a John Peel session in 1982. The band never recorded another version, or performed the song live. According to NewOrderOnline.com. And here’s Keith Hudson’s original. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). DAF - Der Mussolini.
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50p Bloke: The Seeds - Pushing Too Hard
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Thursday, February 12, 2009. The Seeds - Pushing Too Hard. Sky Saxon and The Seeds get intense on a show called The Mothers In Law. The last word in mid-60s garage rock. One of the commenters says they'd go back to 1966 at the drop of a hat. I know what they mean. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Other blogs are available. Mojo's Disc of the Day. The lovely Helen Barrett. Because Midway Still Aren't Coming Back.
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50p Bloke: D.A.F. - Der Mussolini
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Records, records, records. And the odd CD. Tuesday, April 14, 2009. DAF - Der Mussolini. Scary but witty German track that ticks the following boxes:. 1 It's got a brilliant title. Scary, but the presence of the definite article provides comforting distance from fascism. 2 It's got brilliant lyrics: "Get up. shake your hips! Clap your hands and dance the Mussolini! Dance the Adolf Hitler! Move your ass and dance the Jesus Christ! Meaningless (or is it about the tyranny of the dancefloor? 5 DAF also had o...