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Jeremy Andrew

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:50:35 +1200

I cannot. Get. That. Fucking. Earworm. Out of my head.

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Who would have thought that bringing together greasy german metallers with a tweeny pop princess could be so good.

Wait, that didn't sound right....

Then whatever you do, don't browse the rest of the bootiemashup site,…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:22:31 +1200

Expiration date...
You leave me Breathless
yeah, as the French Canadians
say what's that a bout...
... de souffle ?
wait till you see the whites of their eggs!!

I'll see your 1958 with some French Cheaters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSJQLT2jco&feature=related
even without subtitles it is pretty easy
to follow the plot -…

Russell Brown

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:27:59 +1200

Finally I find a download of this:

Eric B.and Rakim – I Ain’t No Joke (COPYCAT’S Slight Re-edit)

Australian DJ Copycat is turning out some super funk and hip hop edits on Soundcloud, but you have to be in the first 100 punters in the world to get the MP3…

recordari

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:02:42 +1200

La Viaccia (1961)
with Claudia Cardinale & Jean Paul Belmondo

You leave me Breathless. Well, maybe it was the movie.

Anyhoo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvAgbyI8ris

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:28:52 +1200

"Where you can't keep you mind off/ the crimes of Paris..."
which reminds me of an oblique reference to the point where a dyslexic Ladyhawke meets Jean Paul Belmondo (and at the risk of Godwinning the thread...)
Is Paris Burning?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYMX12KgiYk

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:54:45 +1200

Anyone know what this slightly risqué French offering is? Not that I'd be interested or anything. Just asking.
oooh – I love a challenge.
the envelope please...

and the answer is...

La Viaccia (1961)
with Claudia Cardinale & Jean Paul Belmondo
and it's an Italian production, but first released at Cannes…

3410

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:28:14 +1200

Faces – Open to Ideas (Jan.1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA-L45gEYSI

recordari

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:27:38 +1200

Hey, why stop when you're on a roll.

For what might be considered obvious reasons, I love this track to bits. The video is 'interesting' however. Someone is posting King of America tunes on YouTube with random Black & White movies. Anyone know what this slightly risqué French offering is? Not…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:43:44 +1200

And I'm listening to the bonus disc of King of America RIGHT NOW!

I was listening to the main disc yesterday – how's that, huh? First time for ages – I'd forgotten what a truly wonderful long player that is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22MZ21S2Syo

Posted that on FB yesterday, and my comment there…

Kumara Republic

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:21:53 +1200

Let's see now... Hong Kong has reverted back to Chinese ownership, the London 7/7 bombings happened, Palestine is still a hotspot, apartheid has ended...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVwrrkt22Ag

Rich Lock

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:07:39 +1200

But did you Whip Your Hair? Or even Bang Your Head?

Jeremy: I cannot. Get. That. Fucking. Earworm. Out of my head.

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Who would have thought that bringing together greasy german metallers with a tweeny pop princess could be so good.

Wait, that didn't sound right....

Rich Lock

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:04:40 +1200

It's a perfect, if a bit chilly, day in Auckland.

I'm glad I spent it with you.

while we wait patiently (cough) for the next one,

He just keeps us hanging on. He just keeps us hanging on.

Sacha

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:53:52 +1200

Scary

And sad

Danielle

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:19:13 +1200

Well, shit, if we're in Scary Elvis Mode, have a cover of One of the Scariest Songs Ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJaZrf8FLA

"Seems I was holding a wrench, Mama
Then my mind just walked away"

Shudder.

Sacha

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:22:00 +1200

Ok then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knTvHRz_qnU&feature=related

Danielle

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:11:08 +1200

this has certainly been a good revival of all things Elvis Costello

And I didn't even have anything to do with it! And I'm listening to the bonus disc of King of America RIGHT NOW!

I feel like a bit of an Elvis-booster failure, TBH.

recordari

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:04:43 +1200

Oh look, we've made a Friday post last a whole week. Anyway, while we wait patiently (cough) for the next one, this has certainly been a good revival of all things Elvis Costello.

It's a perfect, if a bit chilly, day in Auckland. Here's one for the road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA2BjakmejM

Hebe

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:24:13 +1200

As a regular concert goer I would say, hell yeah.
As a parent of three promising 'hell-raisers', I'm not so sure either
Parenting is complex. Not a situation that twit Nigel Latta would have to deal with I bet.

recordari

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:14:49 +1200

I don't know whether we should be proud.
As a regular concert goer I would say, hell yeah.
As a parent of three promising 'hell-raisers', I'm not so sure either.
it was pleasant enough.
It seems possible that if you looked up 'damning with faint praise' it would have this…

Rich Lock

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:08:18 +1200

Didn't hear much about this year's BDO appearance.

I was distinctly underwhelmed, but it was pleasant enough.

Hebe

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:16:02 +1200

My stepson was pointed by Iggy at that BDO as a particularly good hell-raiser. I don't know whether we should be proud.

recordari

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:48:23 +1200

And then there was this, which should be read in the context of this.

That's just so... rock 'n' roll. Being on Iggy's hit-list is probably about as much street cred as is humanly possible.

Simon Grigg

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:40:18 +1200

I still rate his first BDO appearance in 2006

And then there was this, which should be read in the context of this.

recordari

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:31:02 +1200

A few of us took Iggy to The Cook Street Markets party in 1980

Amazing really. I still rate his first BDO appearance in 2006 (shit that seems unlikely!) as one of the best live shows I've seen. He ripped the space between audience and performer to shreds, and then…

Simon Grigg

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:43:52 +1200

Way back in the dark ages, Iggy apparently appeared out the murk at the Androids gig at the British in Lyttelton and got onstage.

A few of us took Iggy to The Cook Street Markets party in 1980 (it was his birthday and we'd had a cake and a few…

recordari

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:10:48 +1200

I saw Sonic Youth encore with the opening chords of 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and then IGGY CAME ON STAGE AND SANG IT.

Vids or it didn't happen.
Apparently it did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSRwx4UfIdg

Bloody hell that's awesome!!

Hebe

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:09:53 +1200

Way back in the dark ages, Iggy apparently appeared out the murk at the Androids gig at the British in Lyttelton and got onstage.
A weird one: I saw The Troggs at the Quinns Post in Lower Hutt in 1981. The bar barn was practically empty. Troggs were fat and…

James Butler

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:47:42 +1200

I saw Sonic Youth encore with the opening chords of 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and then IGGY CAME ON STAGE AND SANG IT.

Vids or it didn't happen.

Russell Brown

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:59:08 +1200

Did I ever tell you about the time I saw Destiny's Child at the Houston Rodeo for seventeen dollars? There was a flaming hoop involved.

No, funnily enough, you didn't. That sort of street cred is impossible to falsify.

I saw Sonic Youth encore with the opening chords of 'I…

Rich Lock

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:46:09 +1200

At my stage of life, hair to whip and a neck that will support a decent 'edbangin' session are the stuff of memories.

Now, where did I leave my zimmer frame...

Edit: I was entrained enough to wave my bald spot back and forth to the second one of those…

Jeremy Andrew

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:27:48 +1200

I may even have bobbed my head.

But did you Whip Your Hair? Or even Bang Your Head?

recordari

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:11:11 +1200

Did I ever tell you about the time I saw Destiny's Child at the Houston Rodeo for seventeen dollars? There was a flaming hoop involved.

No, funnily enough, you didn't. That sort of street cred is impossible to falsify.

Was it the one where they did this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE

Danielle

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:55:44 +1200

Once you open that lid, there’s just no closing it.

Did I ever tell you about the time I saw Destiny's Child at the Houston Rodeo for seventeen dollars? There was a flaming hoop involved.

Rich Lock

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:42:26 +1200

That A.Skillz remix of California Soul really is irresistable. My toes suffered inadvertent involuntary entrainment. I may even have bobbed my head.

recordari

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:01 +1200

Beyonce does Prince's Beautiful Ones and segues into Sex is On Fire by KOL at Glastonbury. Once you open that lid, there's just no closing it. You have been warned.

Sacha

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:33:08 +1200

Nah, that would be "peppered with stupid".

Tim Michie

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:30:18 +1200

debate was peppered with personal invective and swearing not at all like the herald comments then..?

Simon Grigg

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:41:28 +1200

One more Costello – the video he didn't want you so see, EC & The Attractions do The Merseybeats whilst legless:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dA6szdfBA

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:44:02 +1200

The Gorilla in the room…
I too love Death Cab for Cutie
…this is the one you mean isn’t it?
;- )

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

(the original from Monty Python precursor – Do not adjust your set )

and be sure to check out this full colour version from Magical Mystery Tour…

nzlemming

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:45:17 +1200

Oh. My. God. Yeurch. But I must admit to being on YouTube watching the Jesus and Mary Chain just as the Feb 22 earthquake hit down here.

See, that's what did it. The earth just cannot stand that shit.

Yamis

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:17:18 +1200

Was just wondering the other day what had happened to Missy Elliot.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/5192149/Missy-Elliot-reveals-health-battle

recordari

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:12:59 +1200

Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello

Hebe

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:44:13 +1200

Oh. My. God. Yeurch. But I must admit to being on YouTube watching the Jesus and Mary Chain just as the Feb 22 earthquake hit down here.

recordari

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:38:52 +1200

I discovered all those wonderful Death Cab for Cutie vids.

Welcome.
I know. What an ensemble!

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:31:17 +1200

EC and Purple Rain..Hmm. Not sure. It just doesn't seem right, somehow.

Yamis

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:29:29 +1200

This kinda fits with the other thread on insurance companies really ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFLrTnue9s

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:28:18 +1200

Thank you so much for leading me in this direction, which meant I discovered all those wonderful Death Cab for Cutie vids.

Hebe

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:57:15 +1200

I was too ripped to leave London. Forgot Glastonbury was on.
Excellent Bono shirt; glad I'm not the only one who just loathes him.

recordari

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:26:03 +1200

but this cover is may not work

That's definitely on my 'please God don't cover this song' list. Meaning even God would mess it up. Still can't watch the video without welling up.

As apposed to Wellering up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnTHBNGTz-0

Simon Grigg

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:15:49 +1200

I'm a long vocal Elvis fan, but this cover is may not work (from his current US tour):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFQFTqK7MBk

The ABBA link goes further though. He was quite open about the fact that he lifted the the piano line from Dancing Queen for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGYKCvWnQc

recordari

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:51:41 +1200

I've got a pocket full of Pretty Green!

I imagine many will be living in A Town Called Malice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY
The ghost of a steam train – echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere –
just going round and round
Playground kids and creaking swings -…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:58:17 +1200

Jammy Bastard...
or outrageous good fortune?
Under that heading it seems that someone should play a track by The Jam.
And not the obvious one. Channeling some anger for Christchurch.
well, er, landcheck tells me
that here in Shirley I live in
a pocket of pretty green...

Paul Weller makes…

recordari

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:13:11 +1200

The intro/bridge is remarkably similar to that of a certain Sex Pistols song.

Indeed. It was interesting, at least to me, to note that;

In the city; released on 29 April 1977
Holiday in the sun; 14 October 1977

Tamsin6

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:16:51 +1200

The lovely Ayesha Kee (Bella Kalolo) will be staying in my house (on the floor if I don't get organised to sort out a spare bed by next weekend) after her stint at Glasto and can't wait to hear how it goes for her. Just hope she packed her gumboots!

Kumara Republic

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:54:52 +1200

Under that heading it seems that someone should play a track by The Jam.

The intro/bridge is remarkably similar to that of a certain Sex Pistols song. The subject matter is no less relevant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=227m9lw5CcI

Bruce Wurr

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:19:33 +1200

Oh Bernard, Bernard......great New Order track Russell, his improvisation is simultaneously cringe inducing, fascinating and car crash like. But great though!

Don't think they were ever the best band at jamming.....

Crunchy Weta

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:32:48 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfgY9HdbFc0

Sacha

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:10:28 +1200

bitch needs to harden the fuck up
For those not playing at home, here is Drinnan's whine (last heading on page) about how those big bad interweb peoples called him names.

But a Herald item about taxpayer funding for Ladyhawke prompted such howls of indignation on the musos' website dubdotdash, I…

recordari

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:03:20 +1200

Under that heading it seems that someone should play a track by The Jam.

And not the obvious one. Channeling some anger for Christchurch.

In the city, in the city
In the city there’s a thousand things I want to say to you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivm0inFdJL8

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:03:17 +1200

I should have followed John Drinnan's advice and stayed well clear of those blog things.

Jeebus, bitch needs to harden the fuck up. Isn't amazing how all those potty-mouth interwebz weirdoze have crushed the dissent of the media reporter of New Zealand's largest newspaper? Poor darling...

recordari

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:27:12 +1200

I've been advised I may have to retract that comment, but first I better go check my tie (not wearing one) and blow dry my hair.

Rex Widerstrom

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:56:46 +1200

Well in light of the topic of the previous post I can only recommend a song, the lyrics of which manage to include:

All research on successful drug policy shows
That treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing minimum mandatory sentences

and yet is still eminently listenable.…

recordari

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:51:49 +1200

That man knows how to do a cover or two.

We loves him, yeah, yeah, yeah, but... I'll stop there, because I don't want to get into trouble.

I prefer this Smokey offering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bena5I6822Y

It's an ABBA thing. After listening to Arrival all through my formative years, I arrived somewhere…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:48:42 +1200

If only a New Zealand musician were to be able to use Fassavoy imagery in their videos, it would be something like a cultural perfect storm.

Fassavoy vs The Feelers. It is obvious who would win.

Fassavoy vs Fits-era Shayne Carter, quite a tough battle.

Danielle

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:14:46 +1200

A. Skillz' irresistible new remix of Marlena Shaw's version of 'California Soul'

I only just got a chance to listen to this. Goodness gracious me. It is... far too short. :)

Elvis Costello

That man knows how to do a cover or two.

Andre Alessi

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:05:11 +1200

And thanks, Russell, for the mention. It's quite exciting seeing it right up at the top of the page. (Though I'm just as excited as news of the UMO album. Yus!)

You do have fantastic taste, Robyn! If only a New Zealand musician were to be able to use Fassavoy…

Russell Brown

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:03:08 +1200

I should have followed John Drinnan's advice and stayed well clear of those blog things.

Danielle

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:59:04 +1200

Truer words were never spoken.

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:55:39 +1200

Ahem. Techno-hippy.

You can't just prefix a word with 'techno' and pretend you're fly for a white guy.

Jackie Clark

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:51:43 +1200

Ahem. Old techno hippy.

Russell Brown

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:48:32 +1200

Hippy.

Ahem. Techno-hippy.

Robert Fox

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:39:18 +1200

http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glastonbury-festival-1987.html
This should bring back some fond memories. Also reminded me about the heavy vibe around the Peace Convoy and also of how crappy things had been in the UK during the 80's. The last time I went was 1995 and although the festival had become corporatised and lost some…

Danielle

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:33:35 +1200

Hippy.

Russell Brown

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:24 +1200

Magic mushrooms, Mutoid Waste Company Car Henge

Me too! One of the most amazing experiences of my life.

My buddy Greg and I were there till dawn on the Saturday night, bashing bits of metal on the mutated cars and just soaking up the techno-pagan vibe.

And then dawn broke…

Emma Hart

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:11 +1200

Little Tom is adorable.

Robert Fox

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:20:33 +1200

Ahh Glasonbury 1987, my first as well. Spent a whole week there. Magic mushrooms, Mutoid Waste Company Car Henge, Gaye Bykers on Acid, New Order on the Pyramid stage with lasers. I never really came home that one.

BenWilson

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:15:28 +1200

LOL, what a blast from the past. Couldn't help but guffaw at the awesome grand prize, I fine example of which I recently saw covered in slime, dumped in the Whau Creek.*

Lockwood made some suss judgments too, on some wrong answers. But it didn't affect the outcome. Is that…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:43:59 +1200

Also, I can't wait to read Robyn's analysis of this particular video in which our favourite bad man about town is ROBBED, TOTALLY ROBBED.

Music videos only, but perhaps that one is worth a special mention.

Actually, that video is one of the two vids I watch if I'm feeling…

Sacha

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:36:22 +1200

stirrer

Joanna

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:32:35 +1200

Also, I can't wait to read Robyn's analysis of this particular video in which our favourite bad man about town is ROBBED, TOTALLY ROBBED.

giovanni tiso

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:35:04 +1200

She has the knack of writing beautifully about plain things.

Has she ever.

Dave Patrick

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:28:45 +1200

Jude Abbott from Chumbawumba
Think you'll find that's Chumbawamba

And maybe Bono just forgot......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7-YxONzfzs&feature=related

Marcus Turner

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:16:58 +1200

I can't listen to this without moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YU9taowvW8

Joanna

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:52:59 +1200

Dude, throwing yourself a website tenth anniversary party is so 2009.

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:51:52 +1200

It sounded better if you were there, of course. It always does.

And much as I adore the spectacled one, Abba always sounds better with the close-harmonies and shimmering pop production intact. (Ingmar Bergman you can dance to!)

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

Public Address

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:51:52 +1200

Discussion from blog post.