I bought anything and everything until the curse of teenage cool hit at about 14. Cue 5 years of very rigid tastes.
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I bought anything and everything until the curse of teenage cool hit at about 14. Cue 5 years of very rigid tastes.
Just logged off. Think I’ll save it for another time and listen to Guardian Football Weekly instead.
Mine is long gone. Should I be giving it a listen?
Really enjoying this. Only listened initially as he’s playing with Jane Weaver at the end of the month. Toes have been tapped and shoulders occasionally dipped.
Hurry up Harry still makes me smile. Bought the “That’s Life” album when it came out. Didn’t realise at the time they were attempting a Who style concept album.
Hmm, also bought that Sham 69 abomination.
Listening to it right now
Surprisingly, I bought ten of those. Already addicted at 13. Who’d have thought a 13 year old would have fallen for the charms of The Crusaders but I loved and still love that song.
That’s just mean
Love “AQOD” too. Has a fidgety intensity.
Communal lawns behind my block in Norton so only fair.
Soz
Worst thing about autumn? Trying to find your dog’s freshly minted turd amongst that.
Sorry to hear, Steve. They become family. Lost two cats (siblings) in 2016 within seven months of each other and the one left behind for those seven months was bereft.
Once owned it on vinyl but haven’t heard it in years so nothing to add apart from saying the two singles are great mid period Wire
Perfect autumn melancholy. The song I always put on a playlist to introduce someone to The Clientele.
Just scary
Echo your last paragraph. Have to use my local NHS hospital on a bi-monthly basis and they are never anything but kind, warm and brilliant at their job. And that’s before I begin to think how much my care would cost otherwise. NHS, WE LOVE YOU.
Saw Sugar in 92 and they were great but really really loud. Missed Nova Mob which I regret. Not sure if they ever played Sheffield.
Was lucky enough to see them twice. First time in 1986 has only been bettered by Pixies MK 1.
Husker Du
Josef K
Remember “Ahead” being the standout. Had such a propulsive momentum.
Was this one www.setlist.fm/setlist/wire...
I saw them tour this one in October 1988. “Kidney Bingos” is a perfect wonky pop shimmer.
30 August 1992. Truth be told, however great Nirvana were that night, Teenage Fanclub were better.
Don’t fight it.
“See me”, the dreaded two words when you opened it up after handing in the half arsed homework you had done on the bus.
I have a busy weekend, sir, so it will have to be a Sunday night job.
Well, I’ve missed it so far so they have with me.
I’ve listened to the album four times already so it’s obviously getting its hooks in.
Big fan of this one. “Ahead” with its motorik groove and “Ambitious”would both be shoe-ins on any Wire playlist I made.
Just arrived. First listen.
Thank God you didn’t mention you’re a fan of this band
There is a podcast with two gentleman music journalists of a certain vintage who can be illuminating and amusing when talking about the 60’s through to the 90’s. Their hot takes on Charli XCX and Taylor Swift usually begin with the phrase ”Here’s the thing about…” and are invariably clueless.
Strong recommend. I have seen and heard Mr Callahan and Mr Garratt perform this year and have also been to JT Soar which is run by good folks. The two combined will make for a wonderful evening. Ps. Bring earbuds. It will be loud.
29 August 1993. Only saw New Order’s encore as was watching the magnificent Big Star headline the tent. Other highlights were Grant Lee Buffalo, The Breeders, The Boo Radleys and The Lemonheads. Saw the latter this week and wished I’d settled for the memory of this day in 1993.
WTF is “back to school energy”?
A fourth album in the Our Swimmer/Midnight Bahnhof Cafe vein would have definitely suited me.
Saw them in 2011 and when they played the former my son told me I had a massive smile on my face throughout. As you should.
They were “so so good”
Love “Map Ref” and “The 15th” should have been a single too.
This is the one I heard first aged 12, owned by a friend’s older brother. Found it all a bit odd at that age although remember liking the tune to “Outdoor Miner’ and thinking “I Am The Fly” was funny. Now? Probably their best. Agree on “Used To” and “Another The Letter” is appealingly bonkers.
It was this one www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-...
Good news, Rob. My only trip to see The Teardrop Explodes in March 1982 in Leicester was the perfect hitching experience. Twenty five miles. One car journey all the way there and even dropped off outside the venue and then two coming home. Was home just after midnight. Ps. They were great.
Would recommend this if you haven’t read it www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
Wasn’t it their last ever show?
Yes. Pre mobile phones I lost my mates for a few hours and remember trying to find them in the rain. New Order were brilliant but The Sugarcubes were a perfect festival band to raise flagging spirits.
25 August 1989. The Friday night is the best festival line up I’ve ever been to.
Say what you mean though.
Just listened for the first time in a few years. Two thirds of it still sounds fantastic,spiky succinct garage pop at its best.
“Fish-fingers all in a line”
My Walkman soundtrack working in a publishing warehouse, autumn 1987. Whenever I hear it, I’m back there dodging a fork lift truck driven by Alec, the man with the thickest, most unintelligible Glaswegian accent i’ve ever heard.
Until I looked closer, I thought it was a picture of a lonely donkey.
I do prefer the version on this but it’s just a great song
I missed this at the time and have never seen it reposted online since. Everyone seems to say it was a fantastic piece of writing. His Creation book is fantastic.
Bring back pen pals!
Juggernaut of a song.
Ten years ago, if I’d left the flat without my phone it would have been “oh, well” and carried on. Now?
Strong agree.
Good call.
Do howsoever you please, Rob.
The Peel version of this is what I go to first if I need a short sharp blast of their genius. For a longer blast, it’s “Garden”.
Especially “The Darkest Part”
Have gone old skool and ordered the dvd second hand for a fiver.
It’ll put hairs on your back
12” bought in the bargain bin in Discovery Records for 50p. First two albums are perfection.
Cheers, Phil. Don’t have that but searches are saying Amazon too.
Looks like Amazon Prime so good to go.
Where is it streaming please? Need to finally watch this.
Started off old school. McCains jacket potatoes, Findus crispy pancakes and those awful pizzas wrapped in clingfilm the size of a 7” inch single. And chips.
Over 40 years now.
Thanks for reminding me that Fashion existed.
This, in another universe, should have been a hit. Bands in 1981 certainly loved a trumpet. The B’side “And yet again” is a gem too. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MWDm...
That s great news. With you on the love and blessings counted for the NHS.
Edwyn Collins
I saw them three times, always enjoyable and some good old fashioned pop songs. The press always seemed a bit luke warm, probably due to the absence of leather trousers.
Turned 20 a couple of days before, got “Rubber Soul” as a present. Funny what you remember.
It’s never not funny.
It is v poor. Does DM get a pass for Peep Show?
You heard a single, liked it and took a punt on the album if you could afford it. Didn’t always work obviously.
I was 12 when It came out so I have that as mitigation.
Me too. Long gone on vinyl and never replaced on cd. I keep meaning to stream it but fear it may be far worse than I remember.
I never managed to catch you live but loved the first single. I only ever made it to the B&G once but it was a memorable one. 18 June 1986 – THE WEDDING PRESENT/MIGHTY MIGHTY/THE CHESTERF!ELDS/THE CLOSE LOBSTERS/HYSTERIA WARD – London (Kentish Town) Bull & Gate.
Might even put “Lovely” on right now.
Only time I saw them was on a great bill at the LSE in June 86 alongside The Might Lemon Drops, The Servants and Pop Will Eat Itself.
The 80’s you rarely,if ever, read about in articles now. They were never off the Peel show.
@michaeldaly64.bsky.social Did you have the pleasure of seeing them live?
Memorable. It definitely wasn’t on my bingo card beforehand.
Yes. Definitely think the off kilter humour of it threw some people.
“TIWSL” from where the harmonies start to build onwards is definitely up there with my favourite pieces of music. Goosebumps every single time.
They were great but it wasn’t the usual gig experience I’d been used to. Was the second of two nights at The Dominion in London and far from full as I recall.
I saw them on this tour. At one point I remember a “policeman” wandered onstage during “The Occasional Flicker” to interrogate Kevin about “.the burning feeling’. This happened, right?
And, after said scrumping raid, has anyone ever bitten into a crab apple and then carried on eating it?
Genuine question. Is scrumping a regional term or used everywhere in the UK?
Uncanny
Sunday morning. Isn’t “Greensward Days”, with its lovely nod to Television, one of the best songs Mr Astor has written?
