Quote: lofthouse @ 13th March 2014, 9:49 PM GMTPicture This is my fave
Has anyone ever heard any of their early punk stuff?
They were part of the whole cbgb's punk scene era
The afore-mentioned Rip her to shreds.
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Quote: lofthouse @ 13th March 2014, 9:49 PM GMTPicture This is my fave
Has anyone ever heard any of their early punk stuff?
They were part of the whole cbgb's punk scene era
Yeah, I have their first two albums, which are a bit more punky/new wavy; I remember reading that they weren't rated very highly by their contemporaries at CBGB's, almost a bit of a joke.
"Parallel Lines" is one of the most perfect pop albums ever, produced by Mike Chapman who produced the Sweet, Suzi Quatro and Mud hits with Nicky Chinn.
I saw Debbie Harry with Chris Stein at the Hammersmith Odeon in the mid/late 1990s; great gig; I remember they encored with a blistering cover of Led Zep's "Rock and Roll".
I saw them about the mid 80s.
Iggy Pop made an appearance. They also did a version of Heroes with Robert Fripp.
Iggy Pop & Deborah Harry - Well, did you evah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjejqJVUYOU&feature=kp
video directed by Alex Cox.
Quote: George Kaplan @ 13th March 2014, 10:57 PM GMTIggy Pop & Deborah Harry - Well, did you evah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjejqJVUYOU&feature=kp
video directed by Alex Cox.
I so love that.
I've already posted that somewhere on the forum.
Quote: Chappers @ 13th March 2014, 10:43 PM GMTI saw them about the mid 80s.
Iggy Pop made an appearance. They also did a version of Heroes with Robert Fripp.
Apparently it was 12 January 1980. I thought it was much later.
I remember being disappointed that Debbie was wearing a jumpsuit.
I think no one mentioned the B 52's here. Lot's of great singles.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 13th March 2014, 11:31 PM GMTI think no one mentioned the B 52's here. Lot's of great singles.
I think they should be second.
great pop/rock songs + sexy singers.
Rock Lobster!!!!!
Blur
The script is a very good band
James made some crackin pop songs in their time
I like James too; when they're good, they're very very good. But I also have some stuff of theirs that's a bit iffy/nondescript. I noticed they're back and playing a festival (maybe a few?) this summer.
Quote: lofthouse @ 16th March 2014, 11:29 AM GMTJames made some crackin pop songs in their time
They were never my favourite Britpop survivors. They had some decent-enough songs ('Tomorrow' is a great song), but in terms of safe, crowd-pleasing post-Britpop fare, I prefer the overall output of The Bluetones and Supergrass.
The Lightning Seeds made a lot of good pop songs. Jollification might be the most cheerful album of all time...
James predate Britpop by years
They started having hits in around 1989 during the whole Madchester era
They were even on Factory records for a time
I tend to merge Madchester and Britpop into each other; although as a 31-year-old, I was only directly exposed to the latter (assuming the cross-over to be around 1994). Either way, plenty of DNA from the former scene ended up in the latter.
Pulp, Blur, Cast, The Charlatans, Oasis, Supergrass, The Bluetones, Elastica, Suede, Sleeper, The Lightning Seeds, Ocean Colour Scene, Space - f**king hell, it was awesome. There were also some great individual songs by the likes of My Life Story, The Supernaturals, Kenickie, Shed-7 and The Boo Radleys.
That, added to the presence of slightly more 'out there' bands around at the same time - Mansun, Skunk Anansie, MSP, Radiohead, Garbage, Three Colours Red, Ash (the first album, at least), Symposium and some great British electronic acts like The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Massive Attack (etc.).
I have sometimes wondered if I am misty-eyed about the mid-90s only due to being 12-16 years old when it happened. Maybe everyone raves about the era when they were that age. However, I really believe something special happened around that time.
After the late-90s pop lull (endless girl bands, and terrible Europop), there were some good heavier UK albums around the Millenium (King Adora, My Vitriol, early-Muse, Cooper Temple Clause, Idlewild etc.). Also, after the nu metal fad, 2003-2004-ish seemed another good little period for UK guitar music (Kaiser Chiefs, middle-Muse, Franz Ferdinand etc.).
It's been bad since though IMHO. But maybe this is what everyone says after their mid-twenties...