LIST 80 - 02/12/11 (1991 special, part two)

Hello there,

It's the second and final part of the 1991 retrospective this time, with many bases covered once again - any List that includes Po! and Public Enemy can't be accused of being samey, I reckon.

With the festive period hoving into view, it's probably worth me pointing out that the appearance of Kirsty MacColl as a guest on Billy Bragg's track here, plus in a solo capacity next week, is as close as you're going to get to seeing F******** O* N** Y*** on That Music List. Familiarity can sometimes breed contempt, and I never liked the song much in the first place.

It'll be the eleventh anniversary of her passing on December 18th, and I wish more folk would mark the occasion by championing any of her many, many better other tracks, from the painfully autobiographical "Soho Square" to the commentary of "Free World". Go discover.

In that spirit of discovery, finding out just how heavily drenched in shoegaze Moonshake's debut single had been was a complete revelation to me - I missed it completely first time around. The Boo Radleys' fuzzy beginnings were better known to me, but less so "Tortoiseshell" even so. It's a pleasure to include this earlyish b-side as well. Teenage Fanclub's wrecking of "Like A Virgin", conversely, may be something you'd want to file under "play once and then destroy"...

J x


POPPY FACTORY - Stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05f7vzFULYI

FOREHEADS IN A FISHTANK – Happy Shopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1mgj9G0ntg

BLUEBOY - Clearer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTpe17LeF9s

CUBIC 22 – Night in Motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBlxKP0bXU

BILLY BRAGG - Sexuality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liNnCKPeEv0

MOONSHAKE - Gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-cmrJBIvGM

PUBLIC ENEMY – Can’t Truss It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am9BqZ6eA5c&ob=av3e

THE FATIMA MANSIONS – Bertie’s Brochures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAMwzwY-UsQ

THE BOO RADLEYS - Tortoiseshell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1g7o5z7JMw

808 STATE – In Yer Face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCXqRHk6JU

THE PIXIES – Alec Eiffel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf20Effo6ds

THEY GO BOOM! – Body
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e03P4HlljZA

SLINT – Good Morning, Captain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoH5MPIgM7c

LFO – We Are Back (remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFtRDuj2SsI

TEENAGE FANCLUB – Like a Virgin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPw1ddI89Wg

PO! – Fay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FDerh1nBaM

THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU – It’s Grim Up North
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtSdJaPCSI