Heartland

new model army-don't care whether they were miming or not but would dearly love to own an"only stupid bastards do heroin" t-shirt.

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:new model army-don't care whether they were miming or not but would dearly love to own an"only stupid bastards do heroin" t-shirt.

Thanks for your input Lee.

Nite, nite.

Loki wrote:I'm not having a pop Andi but your list ...

Burn wrote:Stunning TOTP performances would include
The Jam ~ Going Underground
The Sex Pistols ~ Pretty Vacant
The Clash ~ London Calling
The Rezillos ~ Top of The Pops
B52's ~ Planet Claire
Buzzcocks ~ Promises
The Damned ~ Love Song

...suggests miming. I think it's only in the last five years (help!) that TOTP have permitted live performances. Going Underground was always the vid with the white background and the Pistols never played TOTP. The PV vid was designed purely for that purpose as they were banned from TOTP.

So, all the stunning performances were either vids or mime.

I could be wrong but I have the Nirvana 'Teen Spirit' mime from 91 so guess I'm not.

But some bands mime better than others.

point taken wise sage...except...

The Jam did infact play live in the Studio for TOTP when Going Underground went straight to No 1...something to prove i believe...but it could equally be that they hadn't finished the video in time

@ Burn - And I'll also stand corrected after reading a mini-biog about Sid today:

Mini-biog about Sid wrote:The Sex Pistols travelled to Copenhagen on 13 June (77) for the start of the tour. While away, their promotional video of 'Pretty Vacant' was shown on TOTP, and the band appeared on the programme on their return

That would have been around the 1st/2nd week in July. All I ever remember was the 'live' vid. Destroy long-sleeved cheese-cloth, UK hanky on the head of Mr Jones and Sid in his biker jacket with no tee.

I could be wrong.

Fair point about Weller and co.

Loki wrote:Pistols never played TOTP

I thought they performed "pretty vacant" once? (mimed of course)
I saw them on TOTP2 once which would imply that it had originally been on TOTP1

The (mighty)Who got banned from TOTP for playing live (5:15) but using backing tapes for the brass section, which were played by John Entwhistle, their bass player

nothing is new. there are no genuinely original bands out at the moment - there never were.

even the mary chain only took the best bits of VU and filtered it through a cheap drum machine and s**t guitar playing.

its always been about finding a few bands with sounds you like and mixing & matching elements to come up with something vaguely "different" to everything else.

in theory, the more sounds you f**k about with and the wider your influences (up to a point) the more original you will sound.

if you just use one or two sources you will only ever sound like a 3rd rate tribute band... witness shed 7

obviously if you have just way too many influences you will end up sounding very generic. as with all things its a case of "everything in moderation".

i've only heard a couple of tracks by this band but they sound quite cool. they make a nice racket.

Shed Seven

Their lead singer tried to cop off with mrs fiend's sister once in the cockpit:

"I'm in a band, you want a drink?"
"What band are you in?"
"Shed Seven."
"Never heard of you. P!ss off."

BEST COME ON LINE EVER!

Cheers Fiend, the explosion of laughter that was wrung from my body just snapped the back of my chair.
The bill's in the post.

We aim to please.

Shed Seven good lord...

... god they were s**t weren't they?

boudicca wrote:Shed Seven good lord...

... god they were s**t weren't they?

I resent that! They had their moments, not many admittedly but Dolphin is a damn fine tune.

...and the drummer is a FoF.

Massive following at the early T in the Park festivals too, for some reason.

Quiff Boy wrote:even the mary chain...

steady now DR, hear him out

Quiff Boy wrote:only took the best bits of VU

and the Beach Boys

Quiff Boy wrote:and filtered it through a cheap drum machine

You calling Boaby a machine? He'd probably be flattered

Quiff Boy wrote: and s**t guitar playing.

Right! that's it! outside now

....actually you're right

i loves the mary chain i does.

ever heard the one about billy idol hearing "automatic" and wanting them to produce his "cyberpunk" album? then someone played him "psychocandy" and scrapped the idea

Quiff Boy wrote:

i loves the mary chain i does.

I ken

Quiff Boy wrote:ever heard the one about billy idol hearing "automatic" and wanting them to produce his "cyberpunk" album? then someone played him "psychocandy" and scrapped the idea

Actually I hadn't heard that, class!

"Cyberpunk", lol, Oh dear Billy

DerekR wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:

i loves the mary chain i does.

I ken

Quiff Boy wrote:ever heard the one about billy idol hearing "automatic" and wanting them to produce his "cyberpunk" album? then someone played him "psychocandy" and scrapped the idea

Actually I hadn't heard that, class!

"Cyberpunk", lol, Oh dear Billy

indeed

bloody awful album that one. and he should have been strung up for doing that to "heroin"

ahem.. back on track.. i might be interviewing maximo park on wed. pm me any q's you might have..

Job done. what nice people, and what a smashingly entertaining gig.

emilystrange wrote:Job done. what nice people, and what a smashingly entertaining gig.

@ Jo-Jo. The girl done good. How fab.

A transcript to my Yahoo would be nice ..?

Loki wrote:

emilystrange wrote:Job done. what nice people, and what a smashingly entertaining gig.

@ Jo-Jo. The girl done good. How fab.

A transcript to my Yahoo would be nice ..?

Don't do it Emily. You know he'll just sell it to the nationals.

He blimming well won't!

The interview will be posted on the fanzine's website when 1. i've typed it up and 2. said website is relaunched @ 1st June.

i may edit the bit about laminating cucumber slices

emilystrange wrote:He blimming well won't!

The interview will be posted on the fanzine's website when 1. i've typed it up and 2. said website is relaunched @ 1st June.

do you want an interview with black wire btw? or have you emailed them already? their tour starts today so they might be busy for a bit...

yes i flipping well do!
i mailed dan, but got no reply. do what you can, my boy, and my gratitude will be undying.