happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Still waiting my review.
If I hear nothing I'll post a youtube playlist on Monday. Or Tuesday.
If I hear nothing I'll post a youtube playlist on Monday. Or Tuesday.
I haven't confirmed or denied yet. What you have to do is to post the tracklisting then [MENTION=12196]tinycowboy[/MENTION] has to give his opinion and then I'll say if it was me or not.
He'll get upset if you don't let him have a guess.
I’m going for Tiny,
A) because I have no real way of knowing,
B) was on my short list for whatever reason,
C) I can’t stand being responsible for the tears, albeit indirectly….Thank You hans kraay fan club!!
Thank You whoever it was, and yes nice handwriting.
As for my Santa’s identity, I can only really go by clues on the thread itself, as I don’t know any of the participants and haven’t read music threads on here previously. I am going to plump for [MENTION=19671]CorgiRegisteredFriend[/MENTION] as my first guess.
As for my Santa’s identity, I can only really go by clues on the thread itself, as I don’t know any of the participants and haven’t read music threads on here previously. I am going to plump for [MENTION=19671]CorgiRegisteredFriend[/MENTION] as my first guess.
Pure guess work but I’ll say TinycowBoy is my Secret Santa.
Well done Sully - Correct indeed although I guess it was pretty obvious with The Fall inclusion amongst others.( Sorry you did not enjoy the vocals there) Idea behind the compilation was to mix up some TV themes and cover versions but had more fun with the later. Regarding the British Sea Power track it is not representative of their output so please please do explore the band further. They have produced a handful of albums all of which are very good. And Ballboy are another band that I think you would enjoy listening to if it were their own material.
I am glad you managed a few listens to the songs and gave it a bit more time. Thanks for the review.
18. Boys Don’t Cry – Victor Malloy (The Cure)
A great song and a superb cover version. A soft, haunting version that really brings the emotion of the lyrics out. Gets my vote for my favourite on the compilation.
Review time
Well that was fun. Thank you very much to my secret DJ, loved the disc.
As I mentioned in a previous post the sleeve notes were written in Morse code. So, rather than translate all the notes I thought I’d listen to the disc and if I knew any of the tracks I need not translate the sleeve notes. This also enabled me to actually listen to the music rather than pour over the Google Morse code translator while I should have been listening, hey I’m a bloke I can’t multi task!
So the headlines. Out of the 18 tracks on the disc I have 8 in my music collection and I recognised a further 8, of the 4 remaining tracks I’d heard of 2 of the artists but the other 2 were new to me. The disc featured 2 of my all-time favourite bands and a truly moving song which never fails to reduce me to a blubbering wreck every time I hear it (more of that later).
Less of a review, more just evoked memories:
1. Roll over Beethoven – ELO. Cracking start to the disc, great rock and roll cover of the Chuck Berry classic and a reminder to me that I ought to get ELO2 out and give it a spin.
2. Bloody – Golinski Brothers. This lot were new to me but their infectious brand of new wave needs further investigation.
3. Tokyo (vampires and wolves) – The Wombats. Loved it will be buying CDs
4. Give life back to music – Daft Punk. French electro pop with soulful vocals. Reminds me of driving my wife’s car during the summer of 2013, top down and stereo up.
5. If – Pink Floyd. Nice acoustic little number from The Floyd, brings back memories of listening to Atom Heart Mother in smoky bedrooms at uni.
6. Death or Glory – The Clash. Hated The Clash when they were around originally, at the time I was listening exclusively to prog/metal. Now I love them and deeply regret being so narrow minded as a youth!
7. Bohemian like you – The Dandy Warhols. Great track, pure pop music.
8. Something in the way she moves – The Beatles. I’m not a huge Beatles fan and this song has never really done much for me (however, see track 15).
9. Aqualung – Jethro Tull. One of my favourite bands of all time ever ever ever . What can I say it’s pure “post blues early Tull” and contains one of Martin Barre’s best guitar solos.
10. Starlight – Muse. This lot are just it. Big drums, big bass, big guitar and unique vocals.
11. Stuck in the middle – Stealers Wheel. Fantastic, haven’t listened to this in an age.
12. If there’s any justice – Lemar. Nice voice great song, I suspect that my wife has this album, perhaps I’ll rifle through her draws when I’m back home in Sussex next!
13. What I got – Sublime. Never heard of them but they’re now on my CD shopping list.
14. River man – Nick Drake. Beautiful just beautiful.
15. And your bird can sing – The Beatles. Heard the track loads of times previously and loved it without knowing it was The Beatles (listening to it now it seems obvious) maybe I should investigate this small Liverpudlian beat combo a bit more.
16. Waterloo sunset – The Kinks. Love this song pure 1960s brit pop. I even included a version on the compilation I made for this year’s secret Santa.
17. Brimful of asha – Cornershop. Top pop music, I’ve always had a soft spot for this song and am always up for a spot of drunken dad dancing when it gets played at weddings.
18. The ballad of Andy Jacobs – Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman. What a way to finish a very fine compilation! In my humble opinion the best, and easily the most moving, song written to date about the miners’ strike. The song originates from the coal fields of South Yorkshire and tells the tale of one man’s experience as a striking miner and the effect the strike has on his life and family. I first heard it at Cropredy in 2013 and found it so powerful that I was crying by the end and I wasn’t the only grown man in the crowd wiping away tears! I don’t know whether my affinity with the area (I’m originally from South Yorkshire if you hadn’t guessed), having lived through the miners’ strike (albeit in Brighton) and having friends and family directly affected by the strike has anything to do with it but every time I hear this song it never fails to reduce me to tears. Thank you for including it in this compilation.
Pure guess work but I’ll say TinycowBoy is my Secret Santa.
Well, I think I have five of these tracks, and one features a member of the family, but it wasn't me SouthCoastOwl....
This is one of my favourite songs of all time, by one of my favourite bands, and I didn't know this cover existed.
I have long felt though, that the words alone were terrific, and would lend themselves to a softer cover. Then I thought about the *80sClassicSongQuietlyByAGirlF orJohnLewisAdverts* genre, and got badly put off the idea.
Going to find this and listen now, with some trepidation...
Nice enough. Doesn't really move me.
I'll stick with fat bob's version for now.
I would guess [MENTION=13947]happypig[/MENTION]