The Associates: Have the years been kind?

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as much as i loved billy's voice, their eponymous instrumental was always a favourite of mine. what a great chuggy groove:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtC8zVAsJa8

o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 00:07 (one year ago) link

yes! so great! one of my fave 12"s ever.

stirmonster, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 00:26 (one year ago) link

Having only discovered the Associates and Billy McKenzie a few years ago (one of those, why didn’t I discover them sooner things) this is sad. Rankine and McKenzie were such a great team.

Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 01:16 (one year ago) link

Hey, never too late to realize how great they were.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link

I only discovered them a few years ago on a documentary about 80s scottish music. Sulk is by far my favorite thing by them and I really wish it could have kept going with that lineup. Will watch the Glamour Chase documentary soon and hope I can track down his solo albums someday.

Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link

Do they appear in the recent book Hungry Beat oral history thing on Scottish independent music. Presumably must do. I think the Pop Group do but had a very short look at the book.

Stevolende, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link

Very briefly.

dan selzer, Saturday, 7 January 2023 21:17 (one year ago) link

four months pass...

BA Robertson is so fucking weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhM-nO4Yjjw

MaresNest, Thursday, 18 May 2023 22:31 (one year ago) link


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