i've enjoyed reading other's lists-so i thought i'd pass on a few bands from an anglophile in LA: GBV, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Melt, Magoo, The Male Nurse, David Wrench, Father, Pink Kross and Palace would be a current top ten. Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, Wedding Present, Orange Juice, Brilliant Corners, June Brides, Lemonheads, Pavement, Patti Smith, Replacements would make me happy on a desert island as long as i could bring my B&S collection. Ornette Coleman, Tipsy, Miles Davis, Tortoise, John Coltrane, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Steve Reich, Sonny Sharrock and Sun Ra would pass the time if i couldn't play any pop music. as my good friend iggy pop once said: "Thank you for your kind indulgence!" clem lane nrbqlover@aol.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello, As we are on the subject...... I have been listening to a bit of Northern Soul !! Well, to be honest, I know very little about it, so I went out and bought the "Wigan Casino Story" Volumes 1 and 2. Both are excellent. Maybe I should buy more. But buy what ? I don`t fancy going to seedy holiday camps and paying 100 quid for a single (or spinning on my back either to be honest !). Anyone have any great insights into the murky world of Northern Soul ? Cheers, Tintin. -- David Walker The Walker Homepage And Guide To Bolton: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/6411/ Got A Paul Weller link ? Need A Paul Weller link ? Check.... http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/6411/links.html (Unfinished version now up and running) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
At 07:05 PM 12/1/98 +0000, you wrote:
Hello, As we are on the subject...... I have been listening to a bit of Northern Soul !! Well, to be honest, I know very little about it, so I went out and bought the "Wigan Casino Story" Volumes 1 and 2. Both are excellent.
Maybe I should buy more. But buy what ? I don`t fancy going to seedy holiday camps and paying 100 quid for a single (or spinning on my back either to be honest !). Anyone have any great insights into the murky world of Northern Soul ?
A murky dredged darkly majestic like world it is. From what I have read the band where in the throes of breaking up whlst recording A Northern Soul. They ended up splitting for a while Lo and behold the title track which is one of the most mind pummeling songs you're ever likely to hear is about Noel Gallagher when he left Oasis for a brief period. Anyhow enough of that as I have learnt that Oasis is a five letter swear word in many parts. The brilliance of this recording to me is down to Nick McCabe's gorgeous darkly textured guitar and the general soundscapes brought upon by the production, which I think owes a lot to him, and less to the much lauded songwriter sex symbol (mad) Richard Ashcroft. Emotions I think of are oceans, flying, darkness, isolation and in some way sheer survival. Oh god this sounds like and undergraduate record review So completely unlike Belle and Sebastian (do B&S balls only exist in Australia by the way? B & S being Bachelor and Spinster, they occur in the country and are an excuse for over drinking and other canoodlings nudge nudge). Anyhow I digress. A Northern Soul is their best album, and a great title, for all it's majesty, it is northern soul. I didn't really say anything much hear I guess, but I do recomend you all getting it, and then follow that up with a Dirty Three CD, and I will take to your with warmness. Pete ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pete wrote:
At 07:05 PM 12/1/98 +0000, you wrote:
Hello, As we are on the subject...... I have been listening to a bit of Northern Soul !! Well, to be honest, I know very little about it, so I went out and bought the "Wigan Casino Story" Volumes 1 and 2. Both are excellent.
Maybe I should buy more. But buy what ? I don`t fancy going to seedy holiday camps and paying 100 quid for a single (or spinning on my back either to be honest !). Anyone have any great insights into the murky world of Northern Soul ?
A murky dredged darkly majestic like world it is. From what I have read the band where in the throes of breaking up whlst recording A Northern Soul. They ended up splitting for a while........
.........
.......Emotions I think of are oceans, flying, darkness, isolation and in some way sheer survival. Oh god this sounds like and undergraduate record review
....... Anyhow I digress. A Northern Soul is their best album, and a great title, for all it's majesty, it is northern soul.
I didn't really say anything much hear I guess, but I do recomend you all getting it, and then follow that up with a Dirty Three CD, and I will take to your with warmness.
Pete
I'd just like to waste everyone's time by saying this is the best message we've had on the list for a long time. I kept waiting and waiting for the punchline but it didn't come, and is all the better for that. Next time I see that album at a knockdown price I will snap it up as a tribute. Or get it taped. The other Nortern Soul is a bit of a murky world as well. I don't know how it is defined but it seems to cover just about anything you want it to. I've got quite a few of the Kent compilations and I like them a lot, not least because they represent excellent value for money. They are mostly uptempo things that go bum bum bum in a Motown or Fine Young Cannibals style, but there is also a CD entirely devoted to end of the evening smoochers for lovers in the dark. I haven't got it because I don't think anyone wants to snog with me for seventy-odd minutes. Most of the CDs cloudly proclaim the inclusion of singles that cost a hundred quid in holiday camps. There is also something called Southern Soul, so called because it is from the South. Volume Three of The Heart of Southern Soul describes itself as "gritty church-based vocals testifying to the joys and pain of sexual relationships", which brings us neatly back to Belle and Sebastian. More fun'n'frolics to be found at : http://www.acerecords.co.uk The good thing about these albums is you can listen to them loads of times without getting bored. There are also some fantastic fashions on display. How I long for a lifesize poster of Bobby Powell. Better still, his outfit. A collar the size of Concorde, big puffy sleeves, double breasted waistcoat and big fuck off flares. All in a lovely shade of orange. Intersted parties can borrow them from the Virgin Mega Library, tape them and then take them back. I still find that hard to believee. Don't you even have to make up some excuse about it being a present but they already had it? The times they are a changing. According to Phil Collins. Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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