Playlist 25 November
The sugary sweetness of the Freshies epic is off set by the dirty guitars of The Avengers and Johnny Moped. The intro of Mr Moped's performance live in The Roxy is something to behold, to read and learn off by heart. Basically. The Avengers reference the JFK assassination, which happened forty seven years ago this week. There's an anger there, but it was 1980 in California. What's to be angry about ? Sun too hot ? Too much chlorine in the swimming pool ? The Radiators must be considering a re release of their 1978 spark of genius although one million dollars won't get you far these days. "Seventy Billion Euro Hero' doesn't scan as well as the original, though.
Radiators - Million Dollar Hero
Gymslips - Big Sister
VΜύ - Need
Freshies - I Can't Get Bouncing Babies By The Teardrop Explodes
Avengers - The American In Me
Johnny Moped - Hard Lovin Man
Doors - Love Me Two Times
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Guana Batz - Loan Shark
Au Pairs - Ideal Woman
Fleshtones - I've Gotta Change My Life
Captain Beefheart - Diddy Wah Diddy
Mumps - I Like To Be Clean
Magazine - Upside Down
Died Pretty - MIrror Blues Pt 1
Comment number 1.
At 26th Nov 2010, edgeley wrote:you were right - it was sacharinny. Funny how I remember it as being good. False memory! Thanks anyway.
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At 29th Nov 2010, mickeybradley wrote:But, jethro, at the time it was radical to do a song in that style - piano, lounge singer, etc. A joke, in other words. And it's alright until someone loses an eye. Or their head turns to papier mache.
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