LIST 50 - 24/09/10

So there it is, the first single off the new Belle & Sebastian long-player, complete with top-name actress talent and that. Hasn't grabbed me as the strongest song of those I've heard so far by any means; and with guitar acts almost universally failing to grab any sort of toehold in the hit parade nowadays, I will be looking at its progress upon its imminent release with interest rather than the usual hope and expectation.

Elsewhere, several of the acts turning out at this weekend's Nottingham Indiepop festie get an airing, as does the newest Tunng release as vaunted last week. The OMD comeback album is anything but a total triumph (not surprising given its origin as mostly re-imagined session / lost tracks), but part one of the title track has rightly piqued its share of radio interest and is featured here alongside something all of 30 years its senior from the same source.

The Orb's "Loving You" is a song with a story, having existed in its original form commercially for not much time at all before Minnie Riperton's legal team stomped on the then duo of Alex Paterson and Jimmy (KLF) Cauty. Even all this time later, it's still probably my favourite piece of work from the band in any of its many guises.

Oh, apparently this is the fiftieth That Music List. Compiling them has been a lot of fun so far - hours of my life I'll neither get nor want back! ;-)



BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Write about Love (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7ZYSNrn-Y

TUNNG – Hustle (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oFf6Rg7ICM

MILKY WIMPSHAKE – Lemonade (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOax5f0xbuE

CHROMEO – Don’t Turn the Lights on (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP7mxcvGejQ

THE ORB – Loving You (Bucket and Spade Mix) (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyK6_oqLg5k

THE SUNNY STREET – Insull (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTPTcgv3Lg

OMD – History of Modern Part 1 (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DV5mBT4rPk

OMD – Messages (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SlWPQGMCfQ

DARREN HAYMAN AND THE SECONDARY MODERN – Two Tree Island (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-LFy0XhAk

OI VA VOI – Waiting (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEMYmOD9zns

HOLY F*CK – Red Lights (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AE_WBB97MU

BETTY AND THE WEREWOLVES – Euston Station (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfxLPtf-s4

THE VASELINES – Sex with an X (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXc_IHcodpk

BJORK – Declare Independence (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOWR_-BXJU

DAVID GEDGE & THE BBC BIG BAND – Brassneck (live at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, 29th April 2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTW1X4A1bY4

COCOROSIE – Lemonade (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu3EcAHdHlE&ob=av2e

POPGUNS – Still A World Away (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmFdg5VGks

PETE GREEN – Subterranean Moseley Blues (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR4fCgvSG90