music in the shed

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... and if that was a little too frenetic for you , put your feet up and relax to Paul Jones cover of the Sex Pistols " Pretty Vacant " .....

( Bought this single when it came out ....... Walked into Disc and Tape in Bristol , in the evening after work ... completely deserted in there apart from the girl behind the counter ..... asked for a copy of the Paul Jones " Pretty Vacant / Sheena is a Punk Rocker " single , which she had ....

Took it home and played it , noticed it was slightly warped ........ managed to fix this in the past by heating and bending ....... so held it in front of the fan heater and applied some pressure .... and it snapped in half ....

Oh well , it`s only a 7 inch single , I`ll get another one ......

Following evening , after work .... into Disc and Tape again , completely deserted in there again , same girl behind the counter ........" Do you have a copy of the Paul Jones " Pretty Vacant / Sheena is a Punk Rocker " single please ? ...........

She gave me a look as if to say " What`s this weirdo upto ? "....... or maybe thought it was Groundhog Day or something , or maybe thought I liked it so much I wanted another one to keep for best ......... Anyway , she had another copy so that was that .....

Disc and Tape was a Chart Shop ....... the Paul Jones single probably entered the charts at number 176 that week , then disappeared without trace ........ ......
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Reminds me of when I was twelve sending my mum into our price to buy “ St Valentine’s Day Massacre” Motörhead..
they must of thought she was a bit odd.
 
iis_iis said:
........ I like a bit of sax ....... yes me too, have eight here...

Wont take long until you search yt, and find Dana Colley playing Bari and tenor same time... Tenor and Bari are my goto's.. sure Morphine will attract even the fastest Rocket over Rail..... a smile here. Mark Sandman died on stage as it would happen or close as...j

Morphine in Australia, all members are good, sax especially so
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That was good ...... I also like the idea of a bass guitar almost as a lead instrument ...... Peter Hook , Les Claypool etc ........ I did get the feeling at 4:00 he was getting a bit fed up with the interviewer ..... " Yeah , some new sounds , but they`re indescribable ..... " ( so let`s leave it at that , shall we ... ? ...) ....
 
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That was good ...... I also like the idea of a bass guitar almost as a lead instrument ...... Peter Hook , Les Claypool etc ........ I did get the feeling at 4:00 he was getting a bit fed up with the interviewer ..... " Yeah , some new sounds , but they`re indescribable ..... " ( so let`s leave it at that , shall we ... ? ...) ....
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well picked, the interviewer is a worry, in Australia to be noticed you had to be a dill... Dillion had it sorted at being a non entity... best one i saw on yt, Frank Zappa being interviewed by a pup muso journo, Frank had run so many circles around the pup he was not even aware he was on show in the main arena at the county fair... very cringeworthy in the day, if you were in the mood to condescend ( the Jane Austin era "condescend" not the hijacked version in use today ).

Yes i watch Les a few times in a week, fabulous. There is a good clip of Les and muso mates doing "Holiday in Cambodia, Jello could not have done better, age for age... nice chats here i do enjoy them no end... j
 
iis_iis said:
well picked, the interviewer is a worry, in Australia to be noticed you had to be a dill... Dillion had it sorted at being a non entity... best one i saw on yt, Frank Zappa being interviewed by a pup muso journo, Frank had run so many circles around the pup he was not even aware he was on show in the main arena at the county fair... very cringeworthy in the day, if you were in the mood to condescend ( the Jane Austin era "condescend" not the hijacked version in use today ).

Yes i watch Les a few times in a week, fabulous. There is a good clip of Les and muso mates doing "Holiday in Cambodia, Jello could not have done better, age for age... nice chats here i do enjoy them no end... j
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Norman Gunston interviewed FZ:

FZ invited Norman to join him on stage at the Hordern Pavilion when he toured, wow!
cheers

bazzee
 
I was road tripping today with my music on shuffle and Love Letter by Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes came on. I’d forgotten how much I liked her, was she ever big in her home country?
 
Alzero said:
I was road tripping today with my music on shuffle and Love Letter by and the Bangin Rackettes came on. I’d forgotten how much I liked her, was she ever big in her home country?
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Changed her name, and went to the USA, recall of new name escapes me, find it later. Did well spotting a good song and backing vocals....j
 

Nina Hagen settles down for an evenings viewing ........ Takes the Tubes " White Punks On Dope " , throws away the lyrics , changing them from a story about a useless existence to a story about a useless existence ......

Only thing that dates it ....... at 2:14 she turns a switch instead of pressing a remote ........
 
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Another track which mentions motorcycles .......... " only thing that`s lacking is a 1000 cc bike " ...... ( looks like you`re out of luck , SF owners .... ) .......

There was a picture of them meeting the ( then ) Prince Charles with singer Ramona wearing a " F*ck Art , Let`s Dance " T-shirt ........ image seems to no longer exist .........
 
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Another track which mentions motorcycles .......... " only thing that`s lacking is a 1000 cc bike " ...... ( looks like you`re out of luck , SF owners .... ) .......

There was a picture of them meeting the ( then ) Prince Charles with singer Ramona wearing a " F*ck Art , Let`s Dance " T-shirt ........ image seems to no longer exist .........
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Laverda triple owners excepted "1200" are also out.

Paul
 
rocketonarail said:

Nina Hagen settles down for an evenings viewing ........ Takes the Tubes " White Punks On Dope " , throws away the lyrics , changing them from a story about a useless existence to a story about a useless existence ......

Only thing that dates it ....... at 2:14 she turns a switch instead of pressing a remote ........
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What to say, we must be related....Nina, where do you begin, outstanding a good beginning, just goes from there. Even her TV interviews are like a stage show... what a gal! Now just scare me again with you know of Scatterbrain " Dont call me dude" hard to go past a band that picks up a street granny, twirls her above his head and flings her into the fence or street.... indeed " Hey dude dont call me dude...." Lyrics of a pst generation, significant muso talent in that band Scatterbrain... white punks on dope... another classic to have in our closets..

oh Nina doing Ball Room Blitz... Sweet another band of combined talent greater than the individuals... and Karen O from Yeah yeah yeah... live act in Sydney of superior delivery and energies unrestrained. Waitresses "i know what boys like, another gal gone too soon....j
 
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Get the Music by Ry Cooder double album, it’s some of his best work ever. Some of it is Eno style Ambient, other cuts are more traditional songs like Across the Borderline sung and co-written by Freddie Fender, but it’s all great!

 
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A bit more border music: the Texas Tornadoes, Freddie, Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez and a few more greats. Ta Bueno Compadre is slang Spanish for Esta Bueno Compadre: is it good, friend? You can hear echoes of She’s about a Mover in the intro, Sir Doug’s ‘60’s hit.

 
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iis_iis said:
What to say, we must be related....Nina, where do you begin, outstanding a good beginning, just goes from there. Even her TV interviews are like a stage show... what a gal! Now just scare me again with you know of Scatterbrain " Dont call me dude" hard to go past a band that picks up a street granny, twirls her above his head and flings her into the fence or street.... indeed " Hey dude dont call me dude...." Lyrics of a pst generation, significant muso talent in that band Scatterbrain... white punks on dope... another classic to have in our closets..

oh Nina doing Ball Room Blitz... Sweet another band of combined talent greater than the individuals... and Karen O from Yeah yeah yeah... live act in Sydney of superior delivery and energies unrestrained. Waitresses "i know what boys like, another gal gone too soon....j
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Hi John ..... Can`t say offhand I remember Scatterbrain , but I do remember the first thing I heard from The Waitresses was " The Comb" ...... They`ve become a little better known over here due to their " Christmas Wrapping " single .... which is played quite a lot at that time of year ....... At least it makes a change from bloody " Fairytale of New York " which is played so often during December it could easily lead you into doing something irresponsible .......

Listening to " The Comb "again led me to this ...... Niagara and Ron Asheton from Iggy and the Stooges and Mike Davies ( I think ) from the MC5 .....

 
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