Heartland

The first song on the player.
Patchwork grace's new version of the fat transvestite's biggest song


http://www.myspace.com/pwg

If Bob were an emo, well a thinner emo...

A wise man once said, "Ye cannae polish a jobbie"

oh, they've just distorted bass and guitars

Crap. And I say that in full recognition that the original wasn't exactly a staggering work of heartrending genius either.

Also, I didn't think it was possible for a singer to sound like a bigger wuss than Fat Bob, but I stand corrected.

I dunno, I kinda liked it. It's trashy. The female vocals are pretty good, if standard fare. But it would be nice (on their other songs) if she would stop trying to sound American though, she winds up sounding like a cross between Pink and Avril Whatsherface. Which is not necessarily, a Good Thing. I expect them to do extremely well on the high school circuit in the States.

nice....that's all

ormfdmrush wrote:oh, they've just distorted bass and guitars

Exactly. It's a very straight cover, isn't it?

Syberberg wrote:I expect them to do extremely well on the high school circuit in the States.

Yep! Blech.

So, what were you listening to at that age Sinnie?
Just curious you understand - This is not some thinly veiled sarcasm ...

reactiv8 wrote:So, what were you listening to at that age Sinnie?
Just curious you understand - This is not some thinly veiled sarcasm ...

Not that you asked me, but at that age I was listening to the Misfits. Oddly enough, I still am. Gloriously stupid, but something about Earth A.D. seems very appropriate for a warm spring day.

I saw them live a while ago. Didn't think much to 'em. Then again they were on after NYAAA and I was in deep shock...

reactiv8 wrote:So, what were you listening to at that age Sinnie?

...bands that almost no one else at school was listening to at the time (believe it or not!), namely,

this lot:


these dudes:


this chap (and his pals):


these ruffians:


these folks:


yes, even this lot, briefly (go ahead and laugh, I don't care! ):


these blokes:


these geeks:


this (vastly-underrated, imho) bunch:


and this illustrious personage:



...among at least 100 others (but I don't have all day, and I've already hogged enough bandwidth, innit )...




ETA: I was listening to most of these folks from junior high school (around age 12-13) through high school and beyond, actually...

Sinnie! You listened to Icehouse? So did I, and I still think their first three albums are great! Really a vastly underrated band outside Australia...

I saw them support Simple Minds on the Sons and Fascinations tour

James Blast wrote:I saw them support Simple Minds on the Sons and Fascinations tour

how many centuries ago?

James Blast wrote:I saw them support Simple Minds on the Sons and Fascinations tour

as did I Rock City, Sept 17th 1981 Look, I did Rock City a lot in them days, it didn't matter a jot who was playing

They look a bit tasty.. But the MySpace music player never seems to want to work for me.

Eva wrote:Sinnie! You listened to Icehouse? So did I, and I still think their first three albums are great! Really a vastly underrated band outside Australia...

Oh, aye.
Thank goodness for the early days of MTV (you know - back when they actually played music ), or I'd probably not have found out about them until years later!

Ol' Iva (Ivor, actually) was awfully easy on the eyes back then, too...

SINsister wrote: Ol' Iva (Ivor, actually) was awfully easy on the eyes back then, too...

Oh, yes! *sigh* Until some dark clad twit with a deep voice ruined my taste in men for at least a decade...

2nd Division Roxy Music from Oz.... Next!

• I got you - that's all I want
  I won't forget - that's a whole lot
  I don't go out - now that you're in
  Sometimes we shout - but that's no problem
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
  Look at you - you're a pageant
  You're everything - that I've imagined
  Something's wrong - I feel uneasy
  You show me - tell me you're not teasin'
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
  There's no doubt - not when I'm with you
  When I'm without - I stay in my room
  Where do you go - I get no answer
  You're always out - it gets on my nerves
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes you can tell that I'm not lying
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lying

fookin' great song

I have a lovely (and I use that word advisedly) BBC recording of them live - 55mins or so of SE (when they happened, for a bit):
I Got You
One Step Ahead
Shark Attack
etc.

a guid pop band

*it's on cassette, taped right there, right then.. does that help?

weebleswobble wrote:

• I got you - that's all I want
  I won't forget - that's a whole lot
  I don't go out - now that you're in
  Sometimes we shout - but that's no problem
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
  Look at you - you're a pageant
  You're everything - that I've imagined
  Something's wrong - I feel uneasy
  You show me - tell me you're not teasin'
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
  There's no doubt - not when I'm with you
  When I'm without - I stay in my room
  Where do you go - I get no answer
  You're always out - it gets on my nerves
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes you can tell that I'm not lying
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
  I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
  You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lying

fookin' great song

Agreed.

That there band's part of the 100 or so other faves of mine from that era, of course...