Chindie Posted December 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2021 One of the best songs of the last decade IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2021 Another cracker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2021 There's elements of this I kinda hate, but in the end I really like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I recently read a Sinatra biography and reading about his technique and phrasing, I suddenly found out what all the fuss was about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 If you told me that this was a parody I would probably believe you. It's either genius or the worst thing created in the last 20 years. I don't think I am the man to decide. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted December 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2021 On 03/12/2021 at 08:38, theboyangel said: Heard this this morning on the Chris Hawkins BBC6 music show - cannot profess to have known about them but since found out, they formed after Buzzcocks ended Anyway - great tune (in a bizarrely proggy, post punk type way!) Post-punk proto-supergroup. Howard Devoto left The Buzzcocks and formed Magazine with John McGeoch (Siouxsie and the Banshees, Armory Show, PIL), Barry Adamson (Bad Seeds and solo), Martin Jackson (The Freshies) and then a bit Later Dave Formula joined McGeoch, Admason and Formula were also the rump of the band behind Visage. Later Robin Simon joined who was also in Visage (and Ultravox) Hugely influential band, they released 4 albums in the late '70s / early '80s. You should check out more of their stuff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, Seat68 said: If you told me that this was a parody I would probably believe you. It's either genius or the worst thing created in the last 20 years. I don't think I am the man to decide. Genius. It's bloomin ' brilliant. First time I heard it I was driving through Knowle high street (slowly) and it came up on a podcast I was listening to. When I got home I found it on the youtubes and it's been an earworm ever since. This is the youtube I found, and I think it's better than the official video - it captures the fun of it really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, blandy said: Genius. It's bloomin ' brilliant. Album out in the new year I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, blandy said: Genius. It's bloomin ' brilliant. First time I heard it I was driving through Knowle high street (slowly) and it came up on a podcast I was listening to. When I got home I found it on the youtubes and it's been an earworm ever since. This is the youtube I found, and I think it's better than the official video - it captures the fun of it really well. This is one of them things I just don't think I will get. If I am right people love this tune at the moment, it seems like a joke to me, like a sketch show doing a parody of an indie tune. I think my wife likes it so that tells me everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, Seat68 said: it seems like a joke to me, like a sketch show doing a parody of an indie tune I've listened to them doing interviews and stuff and it's basically the two girls having a laugh and fun around their lyrics (not just that song) and riffing off each other, and the rest of the band kind of laying down the backing. I love it not (just) because it's slightly silly, but because it is fun and you can kind of see in the interplay that they're really good mates enjoying themselves, for themselves - it's genuine and a bit different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, blandy said: I've listened to them doing interviews and stuff and it's basically the two girls having a laugh and fun around their lyrics (not just that song) and riffing off each other, and the rest of the band kind of laying down the backing. I love it not (just) because it's slightly silly, but because it is fun and you can kind of see in the interplay that they're really good mates enjoying themselves, for themselves - it's genuine and a bit different. Those are the same reasons I love The Regrettes. I take that Wet Leg just isn't for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Must have been 1986 I heard Fairytale of New York. I despised it. Hated it, loved the album if I should fall from grace with God and was a fan, loosely of The Pogues. I did however **** loathe Fairytale of New York. Everybody loved it, over played shit. Then every year it would get played and re enter the charts. Appearing on Christmas compilations. **** awful awful song. Then last year from nowhere it wasn't even gradual, I went from hating that dogshit to thinking it is one of the best songs ever written. Not even joking, overnight and I don't know why. Nothing happened just my opinion changed and I started loving it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 When I was driving back on Saturday, this came on my Spotify play-list What a tune. Had it ear bleeding loud! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 It's always funny when your library throws up a song you haven't listened to in years but just wouldn't stop playing when it was new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - 'Bob Wills Boogie' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2021 Rightly a classic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Listening to this I hear the influence Chet Baker had on Elvis Costello's Almost Blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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