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Julian H. Cope

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St Landrew

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What with old Doug Fieger from The Knack dying the other day, I've been meaning to listen to My Sharona again. I don't suppose I've heard it in 10-15 years. I remember when it first came out, in 1979, how it immediately sounded familiar. Remember, we were awash with Punk back then, and so to hear this tune, come crashing into the charts, loaded with 1960's Pop and RnB stuff was quite a knock out. I thought I hated it. It was American, but it sounded so British. It reminded me of The Dave Clark Five, The Beatles, Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick & Titch, The Troggs, etc... I loved it, and I think I still do, in a way. Not for the lyrics or the story of the song, but for the twang, the brashness and the excitement. A great tune.

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Rory

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The Drums. Off to see them in a minute. hopefully I'll get to goose Julian H. Cope.

 

I'm insanely jealous. My mate is on the phone to me now from the gig and it sounds brilliant. I saw them last Sunday and they were truly fantastic. Got mistaken for the lead singer as well, but I'm not sure if that's a good thing? They're currently performing Submarine.

 

I was listening to Shearwater -- Baby's On Fire (Eno cover)

Hamilton Saint

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiyGgWt6no

 

Fantastic performance of one of the best songs ever written. Just a shame for me that I never got to see them in their prime...

 

Hamilton, i'll give Brian Eno's stuff a more in-depth listen as he's got a rather extended discography on Spotify! Anything in particular that you would recommend as 'entry level' Eno?

 

There's a CD collection called Desert Island Selection on the EG label. It is an 11-track compilation of stuff taken from five albums released 1973-1978 (Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy, Another Green World, Before and After Science, and Music For Airports). Probably a good place to start.

 

I have 13 of his albums (some are solo discs, some are duets: e.g., with Robert Fripp, with Harold Budd, with Jon Hassell).

 

If you like quirky, upbeat rock stylings like Roxy Music, then the first two solo albums will be of interest (Here Come The Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy).

 

If you like laid-back singer-songwriter stylings, you might like Before and After Science.

 

If you like synthesizer noodlings (what he calls "ambient" music - a kind of intellectualised muzak!), you might prefer Discreet Music (which features a whole side of variations on Pachelbel's Canon).

 

If you like ethereal, spacey stuff, you might like Music for Airports, or the work he does with trumpeter Jon Hassell - Possible Musics, or the keyboard work with Harold Budd - Plateaux of Mirror.

 

Lots to choose from. Maybe start with the compilation and take it from there?!

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St Landrew

St Landrew

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Back with Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time [Album].

 

I'd quite forgotten how many Simple Minds album I had. I think it was my reaction to everyone buying Talking Heads albums. I bought one, then decided to come back to British shores. :)

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Block 5

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Funny you should say that Blockhead, I was in attendance at Fantazia back in 1993, and that is spooky.

 

http://www.niceboots.com/~1992/MP3/DJsets/Mickey_Finn@Fantazia_1993.mp3

 

I wasn't really at Fantazia; way too commercial for me.

 

But I was at the Spectrum.

 

PS. I edited my original post because I didn't want you to get upset and think that I might have been winding you up in some way.

 

PPS. Will you be my friend?

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