Why Has No One Told Me About This Band? – Page 5

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?

June 10th! According to Louder Than War …

When we lost one of the UK’s most remarkable singer/songwriters Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks in 2018, we also lost the chance to hear him tell the stories behind some of the songs we love so well, or so it appeared.

However, in 2020, recordings surfaced of a series of long, personal and in-depth interviews between Pete and close friend Louie Shelley. The two had spent hours discussing details of Pete’s life, moving song-by-song through Buzzcocks’ output to reveal his memories of the punk explosion and how he came to write songs such as ‘Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)’ and ‘What Do I Get?’.

Now, to be published in print for the first time and with the blessing of Pete’s estate, these conversations offer us the chance to hear one of the finest songwriters of a generation in his own words at last.

FUN FACT: That cover is based on the 45’s cover art, which is based on Duchamp’s Fluttering Hearts, as described over the phone to the art director!

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 // 3 Comments

The Stars Were Shining Bright

Guitar player numbers his Les Paul’s like Pete. Singers have real talent. And they’re doing an Elvis song. Let me see, what else is interesting here…..

May 21, 2021 // 2 Comments

Madness 101, US Edition

These are the songs I remember, anyway. They had way more hits in the United Kingdom.

April 23, 2021 // 2 Comments

Spooooooooorts!

Have a great weekend, you dirty bastards.

April 21, 2021 // 3 Comments

A Song That Changed Music

I’ve really been enjoying Warren Huart’s channel recently.

Here’s a sampler.

April 2, 2021April 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

Friday Anthem

<a href="https://saiyingpunx.bandcamp.com/album/manic-city-panic-city">Manic City/Panic City by Sai Ying Punx</a>

Apologies if this is (appropriately) filtered out by your IT overlords. This is going on my Smoko mix.

Enjoy!!

March 31, 2021 // 2 Comments

The Clean

Name says it all. How have I never heard of these guys?

March 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

I Always Forget About These Guys

But I love everything I’ve ever heard by them!

Where should I start for a deeper dive?

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 // 4 Comments

For the uninitiated, Music from “The Elder” was KISS’s greatest misstep in a long career with more than a few. After 1980’s Unmasked bombed (they didn’t even tour behind it!), the band decided it was time to get back to basics, working again with the producer who had given them their most successful album, Destroyer. Instead, Bob Ezrin’s cocaine habit talked Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley into a concept album to rival Pink Floyd’s The Wall.

This is hilarious for many reasons, but especially funny when you consider that 99.998% of previous KISS songs were about partying and getting laid. Even Ace Frehley, the crazy, off-the-rails alcoholic in the band, knew this was a terrible idea. It was conceived as a soundtrack to a movie that didn’t exist! Here’s the story, courtesy of Wikipedia …

The basic plot of “The Elder” involves the recruitment and training of a young hero (The Boy) by the Council of Elders who belong to the Order of the Rose, a mysterious group dedicated to combating evil. The Boy is guided by an elderly caretaker named Morpheus. The album’s lyrics describe the boy’s feelings during his journey and training, as he overcomes his early doubts to become confident and self-assured. The only spoken dialogue is at the end of the last track, “I”. During the passage, Morpheus proclaims to the Elders that The Boy is ready to undertake his odyssey.

How could this be anything but a cocaine album?

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