LIST 136 - 22/12/14 (1994 special, part one)

Hello there,

Jeeeeust about enough time left this year to share a couple of Lists of things from 20 years ago!  

The dependably desperate NME gave over virtually a whole edition to "1994 - the greatest year for music" or some such hyperbole earlier in the year, and then proceeded to substantiate that claim with Britpop and not a right lot else.  There was, of course, rather more going on, as hopefully today's List and next will prove - starting here with the stunning rural psychedelia of Flying Saucer Attack, the start of Johnny Cash's creative rebirth, the cut and paste of Evolution Control Committee, and much else.

J xx

JOHNNY CASH - Delia's Gone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOPhh_DgPA

EVOLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE - Hurdy-Gurdy Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWf0Qnq9U0A

SEBADOH - Rebound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_YsBHWVag

DREADZONE - House of Dread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQtUnKXWno

ORBITAL - Are We Here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUcwh2vbqY

LUKE SLATER - Quad-Fonik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=186PHv7eK7Q

PAVEMENT – Cut Your Hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTgpTeb0Z8   

FLYING SAUCER ATTACK - Land beyond the Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4fJmLuAGS0

THE HIT PARADE – Hello Hannah Hello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFFIPyJcv0k

SALT TANK – Charged Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkkjqEH9zY0

ASH – Jack Names the Planets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUixl9oelVQ

IVY – Wish You Would

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzdCf1NgXCQ

SONIC YOUTH – Bull in the Heather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JGBNkLM9_8

DONE LYING DOWN – Just a Misdemeanour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ7pWMoYP9Y

FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON - Lifeforms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpWQcLZzIY

NORTHERN PICTURE LIBRARY – Dear Faraway Friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNAAvGSotes

LIST 135 - 19/12/14

Hello again,

Last one for this week, and a pleasure to include, among other things, the duet between Darren Hayman and Emma Kupa that's proved a fulfilling enough experience for both parties for them to announce a tour as that double act in the new year.  Fingers crossed their and my paths overlap at some point.
 

J xx

FRÀNÇOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS – The Way to the Forest (2014)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vygth8QdDN0 

FUJIYA & MIYAGI – Tetrahydrofolic Acid (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs7HMybUliM

PJ HARVEY – A Perfect Day Elise (1998)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3tD9EPOEik

ENO HYDE – DBF (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwnxypgED6s

MIDLAKE - Antiphon (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyzs9_Oifik

SIGUR ROS - Kveikur (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1__PhECzg

BILLY BRAGG – A Pict Song (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyuCjwyj1Hk

SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP - Shock Shock (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRGSks7Myl4

SEBASTIAN TELLIER – Aller vers le soleil (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6OYyFrPAu0

RUN THE JEWELS - Get It (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jzfq35S5hs

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Nanobots (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4HyEA6eodQ

THE WALTONES – She Just Looks Right Through Me (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2RnveKMrmE

FRESCHARD – And The Rain (live at Union Chapel, London 18/01/14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6l3vRlscuk

DARREN HAYMAN & EMMA KUPA – Boy, Look At What You Can’t Have Now (2014)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3sL4M7Fz4g

NICOLE ATKINS – Who Killed the Moonlight? (2014)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4dbim7-8zA

THE ABYSSINIANS – This Land is for Everyone (1978)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUbIIrGlKes

THEE AHS – Spooky Luv (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMjdUpAA2o

BENJAMIN SCHOOS – Le Combat (2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ70tLPJ-D0

THURSTON MOORE – Speak to the Wild (2014)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bsQ-rqsxc

 

LIST 134 - 18/12/14 (1984 special, part two)

Hello again,

Following on from yesterday's List, here's another selection from 30 years ago this year.  Includes yer man Everett True pre-fame; the heroically flawed attempt to get a message of support for the Miners' Strike broadcast on live TV; virtually the first sightings of what was already The Brilliant Corners (The Brilliant Corners) and what became Juno Reactor (The Flowerpot Men); and some bouncy fun from Sparks' (wrongly) oft-maligned mid-late 1980s oeuvre.  

J xx

PROPAGANDA – Dr Mabuse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px4xHQd9h14

THE LEGEND! – Arrogant Bastards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL5v3eTNr5I

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – Seven Seas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbYxP11rbSM

THE UNKNOWN CASES – Masimbabele

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7v_B4aHs7w

THE WAKE – Everybody Works So Hard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpNl3hCbqwI

DANIELLE DAX - Pariah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXPtDVpBzLI

NEW ORDER – Thieves Like Us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ldXDJicY

THE REDSKINS – Keep On Keepin’ On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9CF0qEGq8

THE REVOLVING PAINT DREAM – Flowers in the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnCg_NEC0Vw

THE FALL – Lay of the Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVegCDlbkA

COCTEAU TWINS – Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5Xgw6d3h0

SPARKS – Pretending to be Drunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kTURS-4tcA

THE MEMBRANES – Spike Milligan’s Tape Recorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YexO3-acfw0

THE BRILLIANT CORNERS – Big Hip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-LCL-WDj8

THE ICICLE WORKS – Hollow Horse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klR6YQzUNEs

THE FLOWERPOT MEN – Jo’s So Mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTOd_5azK7U

THE DURUTTI COLUMN – Without Mercy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9lziXViLR4

LIST 133 - 17/12/14 (1984 special, part one)

Hello again,


There's one small drawback of changing That Music List to a December season, of course - when doing 10, 20 or 30 year ago retrospectives, the year in question has almost come to an end!


And so it comes to pass that here we have a first collection of songs that are, only just, hailing from 30 years ago this year.  The Run DMC and Anne Clark ones will be familiar to sample spotters; the lead guitarist of Care will look very familiar to Lightning Seeds fans; and Stewart Lee's favourite cabaret act-cum-Foster's Comedy Award winners make an appearance as well.


J xx

RUN DMC – Here We Go (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJCedFL36O0

XTC – All You Pretty Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfw1uW8_JWU&sns=fb

THIS MORTAL COIL – Kangaroo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByGMjdejD4

I START COUNTING – Letters to a Friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-cT9qhevbc

CHINA CRISIS – Wishful Thinking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj20LKdg8-8&sns=fb  

CARE – Whatever Possessed You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r11ehGq4wYM

THE FARMERS BOYS – Phew Wow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCS5H4fwLLQ&sns=fb

THE MONOCHROME SET – Jacob’s Ladder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqOGSjA2HPY

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – In The Ghetto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ChE4c_g4B0

CYBORTRON – Techno City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3owC4lV6cE

THE HIT PARADE – My Favourite Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mikvvWe1tYc

FRANK CHICKENS – We Are Ninja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXZanbZ6PWs

ANNE CLARK – Our Darkness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rK7oT1mnf8

BERNTHOLER – My Suitor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfEs8W4i9zw

ORANGE JUICE – Lean Period

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ299Kr-dVQ

SECTION 25 – Looking from a Hilltop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zwqfQ__9cI

THE SMITHS – You’ve Got Everything Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1gAKAqCkEs

THE VERY THINGS – The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpgyVxP8OG8