Fine Young Cannibals plunder “Treat Her Like a Lady” and Spencer Davis Group’s “I’m a Man”. Damn, Roland Gift has packed on some pounds!
Mar 052008
Mar 052008
I just saw this last night — a commercial featuring The Kinks’ “Everybody’s a Star (Starmaker)” from Soap Opera. Song choices in advertising are getting more and more obscure. How soon till Apple gets its hands on “Think Visual”?
Mar 052008
The major — yet extremely irrelevant — hit
The minor — yet extremely excellent — hit
The extremely irrelevant cover of the minor yet extremely excellent hit
UPDATE: Just wanted to confirm what a number of you were already thinking: that the subject of this edition of “Mystery Date” was none other than England’s The Marmalade! You’ll find interesting videos of the band in action above. The two tracks posted in my original post came from a patchily excellent comp of the band’s largely psych mid-60s ouvre, which is worth paying a couple of bucks for.
Remember — when discussing this band, it’s helpful to pronounce their name correctly: “The Mar-mah-lahhhd.”
Thank you for your attention.
HVB
PREVIOUSLY…
Continue reading »
Mar 042008
Greetings! With this post, we inaugurate a new series of fun and games here at RTH, entitled “If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…” — as in “if you can’t say anything nice about somebody, don’t say anything at all.” You know, like your Moms taught you when you were a kid. The principle here is similar: RTH posts a song or video or image for you to consider. Then — if you can — it’s your job to say something nice about what you’ve witnessed. The most convincingly “nice” set of observations wins a coveted RTH No-Prize.
Today, we’re inaugurating the series with a fascinating performance by Deep Purple (but mainly Ritchie Blackmore) at California Jam, in 1974. Have a look, and let us all know what you think. But remember: if you can’t say anything nice…
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
Mar 042008
“‘Ambient?’ Long live The Power and Glory of Rock!”
OK, that wasn’t all the powerful and glorious, but I bet you’d never seen it before.
Mar 032008
Me three!
Oats wrote, in response to a write-in answer on our current poll:
I’d like to hear more from the Eno-haters who voted in the current poll.
Me too! I don’t think anyone doubts the depth and sincerity of your feelings, but I believe Oats and I are not alone in wanting to hear more about how you arrived at this conclusion, the criteria you feel Eno does not meet for “greatness,” and so forth. Please share. Some may bark, but we will ensure against biting. In fact, we’ve decided to grant Rock Cool Points Immunity to any Townsperson stepping forward in support of his or her poll answer.
I think I can safely say, We look forward to your responses.
Mar 032008
Just the other day, Mr. Mod posted a few tracks for the weekend download from a great and much bootlegged Elvis Costello show at the Hope and Anchor in 1980. This show is notable because it’s the only live document of the short-lived 2-guitar lineup. As you already know if you read the previous posts on this subject, Martin Belmont replaced Steve Nieve, who was in a serious car accident, and the result is an absolutely ripping set featuring material from his 1st 4 albums, a B-side (“Girls Talk”) and covers that he’d rarely, if ever, play again. I first heard this show on a bootleg Lp called “Something New”. A few years later, I found a cd-r called The Land of Hope and Anchor. It contains not only this entire show, but his appearance on the Tomorrow Show with Tom Synder in 1981 (performing 2 songs from Trust) as well as some BBC session tracks from 1978 and 1980. Thus I’ve decided to make it available for download. Enjoy!
Elvis Costello, The Land of Hope and Anchor
