Only Ones: Classic or Dud?

Well, did anyone see them on Jools Holland last night?

A very wonky version of AGAP, but still magnificent to see them again. Vocals were VERY dodgy, both Perrett's and Perry and Mair's backing vocals. The performance was pretty energetic though. Great tone from John's magnificently battered olympic white Strat, although he simplified the middle solo a bit (to accomodate for aging fingers?) He's still pretty much my favourite guitarist anyway. Perrett was playing a horrible PRS (ugh!) instead of his Tele and Mair was playing a very unusual Les Paul bass. Mike Kellie looked exactly the same, and as you'd expect, played like a God.

They'll be on Saturday's show doing 2 songs I should expect.

Man, I would love to see that. I guess it'll show up over on the Ovation channel in a few years.

I saw them live last year. Good. Not loud enough though.

Classic, if only : for Years they would say "he doesn't look forty" in a good way. Now he looks like a biltong.

I suspected as much as on that old VHS video documentary he was interviewed with a backing light...

Kind of annoying that you can't find this thread using the "Thread Search" option.

Yeah but google came up trumps.

Biltong - yes, sadly.

There's supposed to be a new album out later in the year according to Mojo.

He is the portrait of Keith Richards in Keith Richards loft.

OK, I'll stop now.

Can't POO, can POV

AGAP
Lovers of Today
Prisoners (studio)
Flaming Torch ("in the wrong place at the wrong time," with the archaeology theme, hilarious)
The Whole of the Law (Yo La tengo do a pretty great cover of it too)

Classic.

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/the-only-ones-the-only-ones-round-50-toms-selection/

CLASSIC.

I listened to the Special View comp recently and still prefer the Peel Sessions by a wide margin.

peel sessions CD is definitely my fave by them.

The Peel Sessions are the whole of the law.

Dud. Can't stand them, and I don't want to hear 'Another Girl Another Planet' ever a-fucking-gain, tbh.

bummer.

The Peel Sessions are the whole of the law.
only problem with them is that they don't have that song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxUSgrAv7VQ

What a song.

Dud. Can't stand them, and I don't want to hear 'Another Girl Another Planet' ever a-fucking-gain, tbh.
is this song really popular/ubiquitous in the UK?

Was on an TV advert for a while. It's fairly well known, I suppose.

RIP Mike Kellie

RIP :(

Hadn't remembered that Mike Kellie had played on "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory."

Man, there are lots of covers of "Another Girl, Another Planet" on YouTube. Including one by the Libertines with Peter Perrett himself singing.

I guess a bunch of them probably were inspired by a Blink 182 version.

Phew, was fearing PP RIP.

Reading 'Squeeze: Song by Song' at the moment and discovered that Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze was also in an early incarnation of The Only Ones and even lived with Perrett. Perrett hooked them up with Miles Copeland got them their first deal.

He plays on some songs on "Remains".

Did not know any of that, interesting. Was that early version actually known as Peter and the Pets?

I recently acquired a good copy of England's Glory, which is Perret's 1973 album with Harry Kakoulli of Squeeze, including the aforementioned "Peter And The Pets" song. An interesting mix of glam and pre-punk!

Peter Perrett has a new album

New track "how the west was won" is excellent

Yeah, heard that and the other one.

"An Epic Story"

Giving an ear to a full advance now -- it's very enjoyable, and pretty much is what to expect sonically. But given how few actual albums he's done, I can't begrudge him.

I recently acquired a good copy of England's Glory, which is Perret's 1973 album with Harry Kakoulli of Squeeze, including the aforementioned "Peter And The Pets" song. An interesting mix of glam and pre-punk!

Also, the name of that public school he went to with Steve Harley broke my brane. Tom D. to thread!

How the West Was Won is pretty good.

Friend Andy was at the London show by Perrett the other night and had this to say:

Ferocious, post-VU-sounding band. Set included all of the (incredible) new album; seven or eight as-yet-unrecorded new songs that were just as good—he told us that he wasn’t even going to play his best new ones because he doesn’t want them on YouTube; and half a dozen Only Ones songs. “I’m not a fuckin’ oldies act!” he said, correctly; it was all about the new stuff, and it was great. Buy your tickets for the American tour now.

And speaking of said dates:

LIVE SHOWS
Nov 07
Concorde 2
Brighton, United Kingdom

Nov 13
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nov 14
Point FMR
Paris, France

Nov 16
Botanique/Witloof Bar
Brussels, Belgium

Nov 20
Badehaus
Berlin, Germany

Nov 22
Sala Sol
Madrid, Spain

Feb 28, 2018
Horseshoe Tavern
Toronto, Canada

Mar 02, 2018
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY

Mar 03, 2018
Brighton Music Hall
Allston, MA

Mar 05, 2018
Subterranean
Chicago, IL

Mar 07, 2018
Turf Club
St Paul, MN

Mar 09, 2018
The Roxy Theatre
West Hollywood, CA

Mar 11, 2018
The Independent
San Francisco, CA

*bump*

Also, don’t think this was posted here yet: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-only-ones-another-girl-another-planet

Produced by Alan Mair? Never knew that.

xpost I always knew there was something hinky about those drums!

Lol

“Miles From Nowhere,” for one, has something interesting going on with the drums as well.

Lot of good Only Ones content on private FB Squeeze group.

Well not that much really but sometimes some good pictures like today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Db6qxWyo0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07QlHcRndn4

The only thing I ever had was Special View, which is not a good place to start, I've been told on ilm, but his sheepy whiney voice was what turned me off, don't know how much another producer or better songs could do to fix that (songs might've been ok, but voice v. distracting)

Peel Sessions is the one to get.