[Houdini]

Maurice Gibb walked off the Clive Anderson Talks Back show a few years back.  He didn't like being called a tosser, which is odd, for a tosser.

[Bubba]

That was hilarious - he did come across as a humourless twat.

[Houdini]

The best bit of that was where Maurice left his little speccy brother to sit uncomfortably for a minute before leaving too.  So naff.  So great!  Aren't they Australian?

I wonder if that's got anything to do with C. Andersons' disappearance from UK terrestrial TV.  I liked him sometimes, he had no neck movement at all - kinda odd.

[Bubba]

He is no-neck, but can be really funny. All 3 Gees are/were from the Isle of Man.

I thought the brother was cool to stay on, he was the only one not being an arse...but then he had to go otherwise no doubt Maurice would have slapped him with his hair or something.

[Johnny Brown]

No, they're from Oldham. Also home of the tubular bandage and Barclay James Harvest.

[Bubba]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/454410.stm

..."We're thrilled, we're from the Isle of Man, it's where we were born,....

[Johnny Brown]

They grew up in Oldham, a fact the locals are very proud of - ask dense.

Shame Hot Chip didn't win though.

You got into the rest of the album then? Dunno why they put the worst track first though.

Anyone who thinks the Roses are overrated is a fool. In only two albums and a few singles there is more gold than most artists manage in a lifetime. Just keep the thread in perspective, I'll mention U2 and The Beatles again.

[Bubba]

I like both Hot Chip albums, though they do go off into lyrical madness from time to time. I think Boy from School is my favourite track though.

U2. Exactly. Cunts.

I think The Beatles were awesome within the context of their time, but it all seems a bit wet now days. Still like some of their stuff though.

[Johnny Brown]

Unbelievable. Before someone else corrects me:

Born in Douglas, on the Isle of Man, Barry and twins Robin and Maurice Gibb started their singing very young  -when they were nine and six years old- in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, where the family had moved in 1955. The three brothers and two friends of theirs started performing as "The Rattlesnakes" and "Wee Johnny Hays and The Blue Cats" in some movie theaters in Chorlton. In 1958 the family moved again, this time to Australia,

Three years in Chorlton and for some reason the good folk of Oldham are crowing about it fifty years later. Retards.

[Houdini]

Anyone who thinks the Roses are overrated is a fool.

Boy am I so comfortable to be called a fool over the Roses.  They are cunts.  Mani....  Fuck!  I am the resurrection!  Yep.  And I'm a cream cheese bagel.

They take half a decade to record their 2nd LP.  And boy was it worth the wait.  I'm glad the guitarist took up cycling.  Student music - at best.

I do like some of Browns' solo work though, in particular the song and video to F.E.A.R.  Which is quite touching.

The Stone Roses did at least have the grace to split when they hit rock-bottom - an act some bands prolong far too long.



I confess to feeling something for Depeche Mode.  Yes, I know I should rinse my mouth out straight away... but I like them for reasons I don't fully understand.  It could be the Umek remixes.

[Bubba]

Why? Depeche Mode were excellent.

Almost everything becomes dated, but it doesn't mean it's overrated. It's cunts like U2/Madonna/Robbie who keep churning out bollocks today that are the real villains.

[Houdini]

Why? Depeche Mode were excellent.

You mean you don't rate them now, but did in the Yamaha DX7 days?  I bought Playing the Angel recently and found it fairly uncomfortable listening.  Violator is buch better.

My girlfriend is overly fond of Dave Gahan (cunt) but I really like his voice.  Sometimes they really hit the spot.  I've been trying to find a Umek remix of I feel loved which I think is very neat indeed, but only found small clips not worth  posting.  (It's the penultimate track on his Torture Chamber 2 mix CD).

Sometimes, but only sometimes I think DM get on top of themselves and make great music eg.  Enjoy the Silence.  A great smack song, perhaps as good as Golden Brown.  I also like their association with Anton Corbijn, a very good photographer indeed.

And I don't think it's fair to blame modern musics' medicrity on Madonna/Williams et al.  Being shit doesn't really correllate with populaity - in all cases.

(I wouldn't have a Coldplay LP in the house.  Or Snow Patrol.  But then I'm a music-nazi...)

[soapy]

depeche mode will always be clarse


mani, got me thinking, him and that gobshite drummer from jamc, what's his name, bobby...?


fucking wank band that, screama-fucking-deli-wanka



liked vanishing point and exterminator tho

[RASTATA]

Torture Chamber 2 mix

Realy like this mix. I think that is one of the best mixes Umek ever made. Nasty!!

[Houdini]

Yep.  I said that.  Me.  Too.   

If you like this RASTATA then find  Intecnique, A Continuous Mix by Valentino Kanzyani.  Umeks label pal/peer.  Dead groovey, and not pummelling.  He does good things with Fakes' Outhouse track.  Here's some Umek & Kanzyani together.  Right here!

[SA Chris]

depeche mode will always be clarse


mani, got me thinking, him and that gobshite drummer from jamc, what's his name, bobby...?

Gillespie. Makes Shaun Ryder look the model of health.

Everything Depeche Mode did up to and including Violator was class. Ground breaking at the time, but sounds dated now.

Can I propose Kasabian for a good kicking?

[soapy]

ref TC2 mix, check out http://www.mininova.com , there's a torrent d/l available

[Houdini]

Did I hear you right there Soaps?  Did you defend Kajagoogoo?  (Chibs himself in thigh for reality check...  Argh!  No!  You did!)


Is that Nodder in the middle?

I have a persistent ancient memory of a school visit to Eyam (the plague village) @ the time Hush hush aye aye hush hush aye do aye was popular.  For that whole trip my head was full of that Kajagoogoo song.  Fuck you Kajagoogoo! 

[soapy]

the clothes

the hair

and

the music, man, the music

they r.a.w.k.e.d.

 




*see also milli vanilli*

[Houdini]

Fuckin' witchcraft!

[soapy]

he who lives by the ey'm dies by the ey'm




*see also sigue sigue sputnik


















oh dear, i've just remembered annabella lwin and bow-wow-wow



i mean, she was fuckin' nude!!!

[Houdini]

Martin Degville....

I'm ashamed I know his name.  At their peak, the Sun was fond of lampooning Degville & the Spunkniks and his sticky-out ears that needed pinning back.  Presumably to fit the fishnet facemask over...

Check it!  He's a special case so I'd like to recommend death by skinning follwed by dunking in Sarsons Vinegar.


 Fuck it!   Skin them all.  Starting with Tony James.

[Johnny Brown]

Hush hush aye aye hush hush aye do aye

Come on now - it was 'too shy, shy, hush, hush, eye to eye'

Are we just naming new romantic acts with crap hair now? Flock of Seagulls anyone?

[soapy]

*hides torn fishnet glove*


it's just the late 70s / early 80s was such a creative miasma

[Houdini]

Remarkable Adam, I've spent over 20 year trying to forget the words & you come up top trumps 1st go!  Remarkable.  I'm guessing you've got it on signed coloured vinyl...

Soaps - smell that glove!

I'll take your Fuck of Seagulls and raise you one Wonderful Life by Black.