Heartland

paint it black wrote: ↑

Today, 00:00

I meant me, and was musing Gift is quite a difficult listen for an outsider to the scene, when compared to the hit (in more than one way) laden Floodland.

Aha, a bit asking 'Do you like my Etchings?' and putting Stop The World on the stereo

Rain From Heaven has a groove that is missing from most of Gift. I always wondered what might have happened to the track if Steinman had been let loose on it.

Pista wrote: ↑

18 Jan 2021, 20:12

I'd posit his main (possibly only) contribution to music was to add so many layers to it so it sounded completely different to anything else on jukeboxes & AM radios in the 60's.

The Jim Steinman of his day then?

robertzombie wrote: ↑

17 Jan 2021, 17:55

'90s Eldritch cringe.

He was a headline whore back in the WEA days. Semi-retirement has calmed him down since then.

Total Mass Retain - Yes

It'll be more likely to be faggots used as the lure in the Midlands. Pies are way too northern for the gravy slurping Fat Sam.

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

Robert Fripp here too btw

Cemetary In My Mind - Midnight Oil

The thought of Von "knocking one out" has put me right off my socially distanced snow ball fight.

paint it black wrote: ↑

14 Jan 2021, 19:10

How do you do a rolling round in the floor pissing myself emoji

To be fair Gift never pulled the birds in the same way as Floodland did.

So now we know, it was all done as a favour to attract feathered snacks for Spiggy.

Get well soon.

The regularly over-flowing toilets were the scariest thing about the Phono in '82/3 :lol:. In those days you never joined a taxi queue you just walked back up the hill to the wasteland around the Uni, usually via Tony's caf. The Warehouse of a weekend was much more upmarket with a fair few new-roman...

Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro

Mr Whizz, as the song says, there is 'hope in my heart'. Just need to see off those Red Mancs at the weekend.

A single release or a 'radio session' might be nice though.

Event Horizon wrote: ↑

12 Jan 2021, 19:21

27 years (cough)...

Well, I waited longer for Liverpool to win the league again so there is always hope

As I understand it the current vaccines prevent a significant number of people (90%+) from suffering the severe form of the illness and so lessen the chance of death. They don't confer immunity or stop transmission. I stress I'm not a virologist or a GP and I'm eagerly awaiting my place in the queue...

The Only Living Boy In New Cross - Carter USM

The damned virus.

The 1975 have just cancelled all their planned 2021 European gigs.

To be honest, it was the 'Giving Ground' single that was the two fingers to Wayne and Craig. I have always viewed Gift as basically an extended 12" release of that single as, to me, there was little extra there to warrant much repeated listening. The 1990 Wembley Arena gigs equalled The Mish's UK ar...

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

The difference being that a significant number of our 'fisherpeople', as I believe the current acceptable phraseology is, in the south-west and east coast voted for Brexit and so are happy idiots and compliant to the will of the blond horror.

Middle age, and, I assume, an improved diet has made Von slightly less ghostly than of old.

Road To Your Soul - AAE