Try this.
― gooblar (gooblar), Saturday, 1 April 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)
― gooblar (gooblar), Saturday, 1 April 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)
― gooblar (gooblar), Saturday, 1 April 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)
― Emily B (Emily B), Saturday, 1 April 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)
― righteousmaelstrom (righteousmaelstrom), Sunday, 2 April 2006 07:23 (twenty years ago)
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 2 April 2006 07:47 (twenty years ago)
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Sunday, 2 April 2006 10:09 (twenty years ago)
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Sunday, 2 April 2006 10:33 (twenty years ago)
― Keith C (lync0), Sunday, 2 April 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 2 April 2006 14:18 (twenty years ago)
― xhuxk, Sunday, 2 April 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)
Happy Anniversary.
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3xJ2nyHiI
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 00:09 (six years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnxLjbwmJjM
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 00:16 (six years ago)
Hm, Spotify just told me this was one of my favorite albums.
― Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette Alone) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 March 2020 00:41 (six years ago)
Can't believe it was never mentioned here, but apropos of Kim Shattuck's passing last year, The Muffs did a ferocious cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31EKxbyx3Os
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Friday, 6 March 2020 01:13 (six years ago)
Heard about that somewhere else, on social media.
― Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette Alone) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 March 2020 02:18 (six years ago)
Every time I Zoom you
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 13:15 (six years ago)
And if you had told me a few weeks ago I would be sitting in my bedroom watching Steve Nieve and his wife live streaming from their living room I would have expected you to say...
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:35 (six years ago)
lol I hadn't seen this thread before and it totally got me
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:38 (six years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeMC7ZMnqw
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:07 (five years ago)
Also, too bad those lemonade ads of his dad went missing.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:08 (five years ago)
And this, which I will replace, now with commentary from you-know-who:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az0HdhdqfNs
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:12 (five years ago)
This one is new:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxkGwcHD9hI
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:13 (five years ago)
The Secret Lemonade Drinker plus some Britishes children's animated character I am unfamiliar with:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77C9epx-VM
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:15 (five years ago)
lol i've never seen the mr benn version
― mark s, Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:29 (five years ago)
v deep cut, only one series, 13 eps 1971-72
― mark s, Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:31 (five years ago)
Seems there were books before the BBC version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Benn
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 July 2020 14:42 (five years ago)
Here is the "Watching the Detectives" session demo version of this song mentioned upthread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSZUw8PTy8
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 July 2020 14:46 (five years ago)
So is that Steve Goulding on drums? Anyway, boy does that underscore what an incredible band the Attractions were. They brought so many ideas and so much personality.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 July 2020 15:00 (five years ago)
Yes, Steve Goulding on drums and Andrew Bodnar on bass.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 July 2020 15:34 (five years ago)
still the most baffling 'indefensible' thread on ILM, 'no action' is one of Costello's greatest songs.
― akm, Saturday, 4 July 2020 15:45 (five years ago)
very bizarre claim at top of thread that the Attractions had a bad rhythm section
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 July 2020 15:59 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYmVfF3WX_Q
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 July 2020 16:22 (five years ago)
I always thought the thread was a joke thread.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 July 2020 16:26 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9f6JEi3ZuE
― Lipstick O.G. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 July 2020 16:30 (five years ago)
A fantastically sequenced album from start to finish, No Action is perfect, w the actual f
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 4 July 2020 17:10 (five years ago)
Watched the RRHOF induction recently. Shocked and stunned.
― Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:25 (five years ago)
Of EC & the Attractions. SIr Elton's speech was good, Elvis's too. The bad energy with Bruce Thomas made the skin crawl. Then the Imposters played instead of the Atttractions.
― Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:28 (five years ago)
The demo version posted a little ways up sounds like Buddy Holly.
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:29 (five years ago)
That makes me think I would like to hear EC and Richard Thompson do "Learning the Game."
― Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:34 (five years ago)
It's really quite remarkable when you compare his demos to the band versions how many of his early songs are relatively early rock and roll simple, in terms of chords and whatnot. Early Beatles, Buddy Holly or whomever. The band brings so much.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 August 2020 13:36 (five years ago)
Yeah, trying to think of a comparable matchup, coming up with lint.
― Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:58 (five years ago)
This interview is good: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/magazine/elvis-costello-looks-back.html
― Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:00 (five years ago)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/elvis-costello-this-years-model-spanish-1197730https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc_MYgfqHXI
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:57 (four years ago)
is there a more wrong thread title/opening post than this on ILX?
― akm, Monday, 19 July 2021 19:45 (four years ago)
It was an April Fool, as the OP eventually confirms.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 19 July 2021 19:55 (four years ago)
So Nina Diaz singer/guitarist of Girl in a Coma is gonna do the Spanish language version
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 15:48 (four years ago)
Good, bad or otherwise...this is so very true.
“Initially I was just sort of shocked,” Krys says, remembering his reaction when Costello brought the concept to him. “And then I started thinking about it. One of the things I’ve always loved about Elvis as an artist is that he really follows the music and not necessarily what people expect."
― earlnash, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 15:54 (four years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swSoxoaryw
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 October 2021 00:04 (four years ago)
The Rhumba remake, wasn't far off after all...
― Mark G, Monday, 11 October 2021 12:34 (four years ago)
was wondering if he'd do ~that~ line but it looks like he rewrote the entire verse?
― frogbs, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:30 (four years ago)
Released on this day in 1978.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 March 2022 01:20 (four years ago)
My favorite EC album and still one of my very favorites. It's been reissued way too many times, remastered with more and ore compression but usually baited with different bonuses.
They remastered it yet again last year with only "Radio Radio" and "Big Tears" as a bonus, but it's actually the best it's ever sounded in digital by a good margin. (One caveat - "Big Tears" sounds like it has some unfortunate tape damage that wasn't present on previous releases. Everything else sounds great though.)
Otherwise, among the bonuses, Rhino's reissue still "looks" the nicest with the best print quality, full liner notes, and an extra disc of bonuses. Hip-O or Universal has a deluxe set that added a great February 1978 Washington D.C. show as a bonus, and IMHO it challenges Hollywood High as the best show on that tour (arguably the best tour they ever did).
No CD reissue completely duplicates the original LP pressing's cover, which intentionally made it look like the cover sleeve was printed off-center with color bars exposed to one side. MFSL did with their vinyl reissue but it used the altered, shorter U.S. album tracklist.
Avoid the Rykodisc CD, it's now the most worthless one due to redundancy and poor mastering. (For starters, they used the master for "Living in Paradise.")
― birdistheword, Friday, 18 March 2022 14:44 (four years ago)
*more and more
*they used the wrong master for "Living in Paradise"
― birdistheword, Friday, 18 March 2022 14:45 (four years ago)
and you're already lookin for another fooooooool like me
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 18 March 2022 14:51 (four years ago)
otm
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 March 2022 14:54 (four years ago)
It's that time of year again.
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 April 2022 00:31 (four years ago)