The Duke of Harringay wrote ...
Perfection As A Hipster wrote:
The first comparable tune that stroke my mind when obtaining "The first big weekend" 7" was "Mike the bike" by the Claim which can be found on the "Birth of a teenager" 7" (UK/Caff 08/'90) ...
Andreas, i love you, but you knew that already :-) The Claim were fucking genius, as the boy Hopkins will also testify, and 'Mike The Bike', with one Vic templar on the speech front, was, to coin the hopkins phrase book, a copper-bottomed classic. 'Birth Of A Teenager' was no slouch either. If anyone wants to hear The Claim mail me and i'll make a tape...
Actually I've dropped the Claim for your delight and knew that you would continue this thread. ยง;^D Anyway, following my experience I thought I'd mention that the complete Claim output suits a C60 cassette perfectly, but you could also compile a C90 cassette adding some early Hurrah! stuff for the clever listees pursueing your generous offer ... "Hip hip" ... or ... "Are you scared to get happy ?" Andreas The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella But more upon the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella (Charles Baron Bowen) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Someone said a couple of days ago that they thought B&S fans fell into 2 camps, obscure indiepoppers or Manics/Suede types. I've been thinking about this, and I reckon the vast majority of people on this list seem to fall into just one category; that our musical tastes are eclectic. When we find some music we like, we'll buy it and listen to it; it doesn't matter what type of music it is. After all, that's probably how most of us got into B&S in the first place. Personally my taste in music would appear pretty random to a lot of people (Dweeb but not Bis, Catatonia but not Sleeper, Carter USM but not Red Hot Chilli Peppers etc); but the fact is that that was the music that did something for me at a time. I've often suprised people (and even sometimes myself) by liking some band or other unexpectedly; and I'm sure that's why I don't think I've ever met anyone with exactly the same taste as me. I expect most other people on this list are the same; our taste is so varied that it is impossible to define. We are the people that the major labels and the music press, with their love of pigeonholing every band into a suitable genre, must hate, because they can't predict what we're going to like. And neither can we. On another matter, this business of basically talking over an instumental track isn't unique to Arab Strap by any means. Pulp have made it one of their trademarks, and even Blur have done it (with some success) on Essex Dogs. It may not have a name yet (any suggestions?) but it is easy to see it becoming as popular in the future as rapping has become over the last ten years or so. I very much doubt if Century Of Elvis will remain a one-off. The Tall Git ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Stuart Gardiner wrote:
Someone said a couple of days ago that they thought B&S fans fell into 2 camps, obscure indiepoppers or Manics/Suede types. I've been thinking about this, and I reckon the vast majority of people on this list seem to fall into just one category; that our musical tastes are eclectic. When we find some music we like, we'll buy it and listen to it; it doesn't matter what type of music it is. After all, that's probably how most of us got into B&S in the first place.
I totally agree. I like BRA, Marylin Mansun, Hootie &TB, and many others and don't care what anybody else thinks.
On another matter, this business of basically talking over an instumental track isn't unique to Arab Strap by any means. Pulp have made it one of their trademarks, and even Blur have done it (with some success) on Essex Dogs. It may not have a name yet (any suggestions?)
I've always called it speak-a-pop and it has been done by loads of people before. Theres a couple of cool examples on the Abuse Your Freinds album sampler. A b-side on the new Strangelove single is apparently patrick reading his diary (aloud :o) over a moody backing. They did this before with the excelent track "Ghost Haddock" on the Beautiful Alone single. Richard Anderson. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Anderson wrote:
I've always called it speak-a-pop and it has been done by loads of people before. Theres a couple of cool examples on the Abuse Your Freinds album sampler. A b-side on the new Strangelove single is apparently patrick reading his diary (aloud :o) over a moody backing. They did this before with the excelent track "Ghost Haddock" on the Beautiful Alone single.
Early examples of speak-a-pop, would have to be Richard Harris ("There are too many soldiers on my cross"), and worryingly Fish from Marillion, who was prone to go off into spoken ramblings. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the TRAUMATONE/Great Northern Electrics/Bacchanalian Revel homepage: http://www.geocities.com/~greatnorthern/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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