Listen To This No 18

One of the greatest songs ever written. Adore it you twats, and dare not mention that gaggle of soft metal twots from Sheffield!!

Entries of note in that chart. Hamilton Bohannon. Twice't. Next!

Listen To This! No 19

More Sensational Alex Harvey Band. No Complaints Department.

The song that gloriously rounded off their last LP. Or at least it did in the original pressings. Due to various obscure legal reasons too ridiculous to get into here, it was jettisoned from the later pressings of the original release, as well as in subsequent re-issues. Sad really, as it's the most wonderful, concise, bitter-sweet assessment of life I've ever heard.

The slide video lacks picture quality, but I like it nonetheless.

Listen To This! No 18

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band do their utmost to move an audience of Norwegian hippies towards something approaching a state of alertness, in 1974. Just.

For an idea of how much Harvey developed the routine for this song, here's the recording he did with his 'Soul Band' ten years earlier.

Listen To This No 17

Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream For Crow

Rather catchy actually, definitely Eurovision material........ :p

Listen To This No 16

Summer In The City by The Lovin' Spoonful.

So, that's where They Might Be Giants got Birdhouse In Your Soul from.............

The 1st day of summer is upon us, what with it's oppressive heat and cloudless skies. I suppose this sums it up perfectly.............

Except it fails to mention the sunburnt blondes, the hideous fashion disasters and pissed up neds shouting and breaking bottles outside your house........ I feel certain that John Sebastian held back on those verses to improve the songs commercial potential ;)

Listen To This No 15

Kleenex, before the snotrag people got on their case and they became Liliput. Swiss Punx Rool!

Listen To This No 14

Sneaky Feelings: Husband House.

Last in the New Zealand series. A lovely, lovely song. Lush as fuck, with that frail/angelic vocal. Nice video too, the dance moves on the beach are ace.

Oh, and the "Out Now On Flying Nun" message in the sand at the end made me smile. Now That's advertising!!

Listen To This No 13:

Verlaines: Pyromaniac

I love this song. Could listen to it over and over. Full of hooks, but kind of impenetrable too.

Listen To This No 12

Horribly recorded, yet unnervingly catchy. The Clean - Tally Ho.

No2 in tonights New Zealand Story.....

Listen To This No 11

Doledrums - The Chills. Hmmm.

Listen To This No 9

Part Two of the Friday Night Tartan Spactacular.

The Delagadoes: Everything Goes Around The Water. See also: Pull The Wires From The Wall and I Fought The Angels

Nice!

Listen To This No8

Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura

Lovely vid & sweet song, complete with dancing couple. Juxtapositionally Morose looking singer comes as an added extra.

Part 1 of a double bill.

Listen To This! No7

My Name Is Mud - Primus Och! It's everyone's favourite lead bassist Les Claypool and his band of merry motherfuckers, so it is..... Fine video & as close as you'll get to me admitting that bass slapping can be fun....

Listen To This! No6

Stiv Bators; Dead Boy, Lord of The New Church & hospital avoiding traffic accident statistic. Here he is jingle-jangling away with this rather catchy little New Wave number. Bless!

Listen To This! No5

Jale. Canadian early 90's female quartet. From Halifax Nova Scotia I think. Indie shmindie, but very catchy. That song is called Promise and it's ok. This one is 'Not Happy', & it's better, but the fuckers won't allow embedding for some reason or other. Enjoy!

Listen To This No4

Car by Built To Spill. I rather like the vid, constructed from Congress Library footage.

Duck And Cover!!

Listen To This! No3

"Don't Look To The Heavens, They Will Tell You Nothing......."

Cop Shoot Cop - Room 429

Never a fan, but this was a much played track on an old Big Cat Records compilation I still have kicking about somewhere. Typical early nineties vid, but none the worse for it.

Listen To This! No2

Amphetamine - Rocket From The Tombs. C.F. Dead Boys, Pere Ubu, Lords Of The New Church, Peter Laughner.

Listen To This! No1

Wipers - Window Shop For Love