Re: I can hardly believe I saw them AND I can hardly believe I didn't go and see them
At least they were slightly better when Peter Gabriel was lead singer which was the case when I saw them. He wore bat wings on his head for some reason.
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Re: I can hardly believe I saw them AND I can hardly believe I didn't go and see them
Although I have got most of their albums and saw them countless times I still got the name wrong - what can it mean? Mind you I think The Amazing Alex Harvey Band is a pretty cool name...
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The vocals are the clincher on this album. She's outstanding. An urgent but playful style without much yelling. The music reminds me a lot of some 90s indie rock, like the post-Slint, more gentle sounds of The For Carnation and the like, or predating that, some Go-Betweens. A couple of songs would've sounded spot-on late Weddoes if David Gedge had started singing. Very consistent instrumentation throughout, not a lot of fucking around with different sounds or styles. The songs are fairly pop-structured but can have stretches of that repetition we so love. There's not a lot of grit in here - not a complaint given the overall tone. It works. I don't know that I'll have it in heavy rotation, but I'll definitely be listening to it more. I have to admit I tainted my palate in a good way this morning by listening to both sides of Entertainment! by GO4 and this one brought my blood pressure down.
Again, the singer makes it - thanks, Scott for mentioning her spoken word work. I'll check it out.?
Speaking of Glaswegians, I still listen to Prolapse all the time. I think their apex was the version of "Visa for Violet and Van" that was on one of the Volume compilations, but the earlier, darker stuff is always a good, lurking evil and I still like the brighter, poppier later stuff. Another band that did its thing then dispersed to get on with life.?
Rich Kidd, are you here? I think I ask you every 10 years if I remembered to send you that Prolapse/Ears go FFF split 7" so let me know - my head's in a better place now and I have the ability to remember to put it in the mail to you.?
Let us know what the album is like.
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Thank you for this! Great song and I've just bought the album. Shame they only were around for a single studio album, but sometimes that's for the best!
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This sounds like Scanlon/Burns/Hanley/Riley/Hanley-era Fall with Annabella Lewin singing. Or is it just me!?
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Brilliant stuff! I love them. Sue Tompkins is one of the most original and idiosyncratic vocalists ever. Her spoken word stuff is really good too.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 11:41 AM David Bivins < dabivins@...> wrote: The Michael Kiwanuka album - Kiwanuka - is outstanding. One of my favorites of the last couple of years. About as far from The Fall as you can get, but magnificent.
BTW it was Ezra Furman that played it on Radio 6.
Ezra played some really good tracks and some crap!
Another corker was Pastor TL Barrett & Youth For Christ Choir. Almost had me believin'.
Another goodie was Hero by Michael Kiwanuka who I'd never heard of.
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Thanks Stefan, splendid! I see the Google Map image predates the mural, a new window and an additional HVAC vent! The changing urban landscape brings to mind the work of curmudgeonly , contemporary English landscape artist. Good stuff.
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And right around the corner from Mark and Una's flat on Kingswood Road.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 12:59 PM Stefan Cooke < fallnews@...> wrote: Just off Bury New Road and a few doors down from Bargain Booze in Prestwich.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 12:26 PM PERRY VASQUEZ < plvasque@...> wrote: Is anyone in the group familiar with this mural of MES by the artist Akse (photo byJeff Higgott)?
I presume it is somewhere in the friendly confines of Prestwich...
Wonderful and frightening, yes?
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Just off Bury New Road and a few doors down from Bargain Booze in Prestwich.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 12:26 PM PERRY VASQUEZ < plvasque@...> wrote: Is anyone in the group familiar with this mural of MES by the artist Akse (photo byJeff Higgott)?
I presume it is somewhere in the friendly confines of Prestwich...
Wonderful and frightening, yes?
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The Michael Kiwanuka album - Kiwanuka - is outstanding. One of my favorites of the last couple of years. About as far from The Fall as you can get, but magnificent.
BTW it was Ezra Furman that played it on Radio 6.
Ezra played some really good tracks and some crap!
Another corker was Pastor TL Barrett & Youth For Christ Choir. Almost had me believin'.
Another goodie was Hero by Michael Kiwanuka who I'd never heard of.
adam
?On 01/09/2021, 16:45, "[email protected] on behalf of Alastair Reynolds via " <[email protected] on behalf of alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote:
? ? Yes, very good - totally new to me, as well.
? ? Got a "Theme from Joe 90" vibe right at the start. Probably just me.
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Is anyone in the group familiar with this mural of MES by the artist Akse (photo byJeff Higgott)? I presume it is somewhere in the friendly confines of Prestwich... Wonderful and frightening, yes? Perry 
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No it's not just you.
It's such an accurate ethnic forgery that were Smif alive today he'd have something caustic to say about it.
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This sounds like Scanlon/Burns/Hanley/Riley/Hanley-era Fall with Annabella Lewin singing. Or is it just me!?
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BTW it was Ezra Furman that played it on Radio 6. Ezra played some really good tracks and some crap! Another corker was Pastor TL Barrett & Youth For Christ Choir. Almost had me believin'. Another goodie was Hero by Michael Kiwanuka who I'd never heard of. adam ?On 01/09/2021, 16:45, " [email protected] on behalf of Alastair Reynolds via groups.io" < [email protected] on behalf of alreynolds2004@...> wrote: Yes, very good - totally new to me, as well. Got a "Theme from Joe 90" vibe right at the start. Probably just me.
On Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 16:16:36 BST, David Bivins <dabivins@...> wrote: Thank you for this! Great song and I've just bought the album. Shame they only were around for a single studio album, but sometimes that's for the best! On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 6:50 AM Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > This sounds like Scanlon/Burns/Hanley/Riley/Hanley-era Fall with Annabella Lewin singing. Or is it just me!? > > > > adam > > > > >
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Yes, very good - totally new to me, as well.
Got a "Theme from Joe 90" vibe right at the start. Probably just me.
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I just listened to it another 10 times on the trot!
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If you want another nailed on classic then try this:
– not Fallesque though.
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What a pleasant way to start the day, Adam.
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What a pleasant way to start the day, Adam.
Cheers.
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Let us know what the album is like.
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Thank you for this! Great song and I've just bought the album. Shame they only were around for a single studio album, but sometimes that's for the best!
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Thank you for this! Great song and I've just bought the album. Shame they only were around for a single studio album, but sometimes that's for the best!
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This sounds like Scanlon/Burns/Hanley/Riley/Hanley-era Fall with Annabella Lewin singing. Or is it just me!?
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Adam, surely thou art correct.
The breakdown to the bass at 2.03 is classic.
Great track!!
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Re: Take Two: Prolly Olde/Yesterday's Newsvetc
Rehash of a paragraph from a 30-year-old feature in Q.
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Take Two: Prolly Olde/Yesterday's Newsvetc
How Black Sabbath Convinced Mark E. Smith To Become A Musician
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