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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 17, 2020 17:18:29 GMT
We know Stu is a big fan... ...Anyone else? I've tried a few times to get into them but have not succeeded I neither like nor dislike them It's very odd I feel one day their music will click with me as so many people I know and respect really rate them |
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Post by zeopold on Sept 17, 2020 20:00:59 GMT
The only time I heard them was when they did a soundcheck at the T&C in Kentish Town 86-ish, my group were opening for them. They were thoughtful and atmospheric like Talk Talk.
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Post by stu77 on Sept 17, 2020 20:04:45 GMT
They're a bit of a Marmite band
But those who like them tend to be fanatical
This is their punkiest song (was in the 1982 Festive Fifty)
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 17, 2020 20:08:14 GMT
As with The Sound, The Chameleons got overlooked first time round, but retain a cult following now. I saw them as Chameleons Vox a few years back. The albums are OK, but the production sounds rather flat - however, the Peel Sessions album is AMAZING!!  |
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Post by stu77 on Sept 17, 2020 20:16:04 GMT
The singer was in a band called the Cliches before he joined the Chameleons
He is also the person putting cake in Johnny Rotten's hair in the footage of the Huddersfield Xmas Day 1977 gigs.
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Post by stu77 on May 8, 2021 21:06:50 GMT
The Chameleons: Post Punk's Most Influential "Lost" Band
The Chameleons are the post punk band who've had the most amount of impact with the least amount of coverage. From In Shreds through to Strange Times and beyond, the Manchester (or rather, Middleton) group have influenced countless bands (from Interpol to Flaming Lips) and genres, including dream pop and shoegaze. So underrated is the work of Mark Burgess, John Lever, Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies that they may well be indie rock / alternative rock's ultimate cult band.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 9, 2021 7:42:26 GMT
The Chameleons - Nostalgia
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 9, 2021 10:25:41 GMT
This is how you kick off a tune...
The Chameleons - Looking Inwardly
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Post by stu77 on Oct 10, 2021 0:29:49 GMT
I was listening to a Peel British Forces radio programme from 1983 recently and he played two songs from their first album before going on to say that the album was too long.😁
He seemed to go off them after the second album which is a shame because they did some of their best stuff after that.
Like this
And this
And this
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 11, 2021 8:18:56 GMT
I was listening to a Peel British Forces radio programme from 1983 recently and he played two songs from their first album before going on to say that the album was too long.😁 He seemed to go off them after the second album which is a shame because they did some of their best stuff after that. Like this....
Great stuff Stu
Love it - and I am now really waking up to their many many attributes
This one could easily go on the life reaffirming tunes thread
What a banger...
In Shreds (1981) |
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Post by andyloneshark on Oct 11, 2021 8:38:31 GMT
...i reckon this is better still. For me, as much as their records were great, on their Peel Sessions, they totally and utterly NAILED it!
Listening to this again makes me wonder... why weren't this band massive?? ...but maybe it was a good thing they were not
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Post by Billy Idle on Oct 11, 2021 8:42:19 GMT
...i reckon this is better still. For me, as much as their records were great, on their Peel Sessions, they totally and utterly NAILED it! Listening to this again makes me wonder... why weren't this band massive?? ...but maybe it was a good thing they were not Very under rated and now only those who know know . Some bands are just destined to stay cults . |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 11, 2021 15:04:49 GMT
...i reckon this is better still. For me, as much as their records were great, on their Peel Sessions, they totally and utterly NAILED it! Listening to this again makes me wonder... why weren't this band massive?? ...but maybe it was a good thing they were not Another wonderful tune I need to get that Peel comp |
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Post by stu77 on Oct 11, 2021 20:39:07 GMT
Second Skin is a masterpiece, one of their few Festive 50 entries, I don't really understand why they didn't have many many more.
They had more than a few gems that didn't even get released until years after the first split.
Like these:
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Post by stu77 on Oct 12, 2021 0:35:37 GMT
After the split in 1987 two bands were created
The Reegs and the Sun and the Moon
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