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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 9, 2022 12:01:37 GMT
This thread brings the painful memories flooding back of what a dead loss the mid-late 80's was for bands; House of Love Mighty Lemon Drops The Wonder Stuff Pop Will Eat Itself The Wedding Present Carter USM ...and they were exciting compared to that 'C86' twaddle. YAWN Thank christ for Rave. I enjoyed both genres. And the stuff in between… Beloved, Mondays, Roses, Underworld, Stereo MCs…. |
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Post by andyloneshark on Aug 9, 2022 13:02:48 GMT
Whaattaa TUNE!  |
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Post by zeopold on Aug 9, 2022 15:19:42 GMT
Whaattaa TUNE! The only thing I remember about them is that their singer was really ancient |
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Post by stu77 on Aug 10, 2022 16:10:14 GMT
I'll be buying the book though I have to say I played the songs from C86 last night and was a little underwhelmed.
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Post by stu77 on Aug 12, 2022 4:00:35 GMT
Read a big chunk of the book earlier.
It's fantastic , a real page-turner.
Haven't detected any bitterness either which is good. 😉
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 24, 2022 13:05:19 GMT
Read a big chunk of the book earlier. It's fantastic , a real page-turner. Haven't detected any bitterness either which is good. 😉 An Amazon reviewer writes…. A real labour of love to even find protagonists from the bands concerned. A couple of those featured are two of my favourite bands from whom I have everything they have ever recorded. However, the most interesting chapters were on the bands I was either less aware of or dare I say it, barely aware of at all. Anybody with a passing interest of the C86 bands or “Indie” as a genre will love this book. Every contributing band has a story to tell and whilst it was heartening to read of so many still playing or engaged in the music industry for a living, it was equally sad that a number of former band members had sadly passed in the ensuing years since the tape was assembled. Beautifully written, a fabulous read and highly recommended. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 26, 2022 17:06:08 GMT
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Post by wardance on Oct 26, 2022 18:31:24 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 15, 2022 8:43:44 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 2, 2023 20:29:42 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 26, 2023 16:01:21 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 15, 2023 14:13:25 GMT
I came across this suggestion on LTW and written by our old chum Ged.... The seeds of punk were sown far and wide and a dozen independent and very different variants bloomed – and one of them was the anorak/shambling Talulah Gosh strain With the benefit of hindsight, it was arguably more radical and forward-looking than Goth or Discharge or Scritti Politti. It stuck to the staunchly independent DIY label model of New Hormones, Fast and Postcard. (Creation and Factory were the ambitious exceptions). It avoided explicit ‘politics’/protest -why preach to the converted? It incorporated an instinctively natural kind of diversity – boys could reject machismo, girls could be androgynous – no-one was bothered as long as the music melded sixties idealism and punk energy and charity-shop Sixties chic. What do you think? Agree? ^ Just for you jsm This band was mentioned on another thread. Never heard of them before, but I am ignorant of lots of things. I quite like it. Talulah Gosh - Steaming Train [1986]
^^^^^^ This was their finest moment> Fabulous song. |
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