Inducted into the NZz music hall of fame last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0ST1V8mMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYxFuKYt3m8
― etc, Thursday, 28 September 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
One, there's a NZ music Hall of Fame? Two, it took the Clean this long to get in?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 September 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
i think the clean turned it down at least once
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 September 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
The book on the New Zealand scene around Flying Nun by Roger Shepherd, In love With THese Times was a great read.Finally picked up this compi in the wake of getting it from FOPP last Xmas.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 28 September 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
Beatnik, Slug Song and Billy Two deserve better.
โ Bored of Canada (S-
otm, all three of these songs rule
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 06:32 (five years ago) link
no one has ever said this and i don't believe that it's true, but
"you can tell a lot about someone by what their favorite clean song is"
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 06:35 (five years ago) link
made this dumb gif so they can play infinitely
https://i.imgur.com/GGkYK7h.gif
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 07:38 (five years ago) link
Well, anything could happen and it could be right nowAnd the choice is yours to make it worthwhile
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 08:04 (five years ago) link
that's a lovely gif, thank you karl
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 08:18 (five years ago) link
Hard agree
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
Nice clean one, Karl
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
:D
it blows my mind that 'anything could happen' is a 1981 song. it is so proto-mid-90s slacker anthem, it hurts
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
getting older too
'why don't you do yourself in?'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
is this the main the clean thread?
i've been giving some more time to Getaway lately. i've heard songs from it via the Anthology comp, but the album itself is wonderful. maybe their best full length? i don't really know what i'm talking about. i love the clean
― Karl Malone, Friday, 22 January 2021 03:24 (three years ago) link
also i'm not sure which songs ira and georgia are on, but it could be any of them/all i guess. yo la tengo always resembled older clean songs in some respects, but by 2001 they seemed to be converging
― Karl Malone, Friday, 22 January 2021 03:28 (three years ago) link
hell yeah
Have you seen those clips of them live in Auckland from the early 80s? I want to be in that audience so badly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_TUP_d1nIo
― JoeStork, Friday, 22 January 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
Knee-level camerawork is severely underrated.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 22 January 2021 04:45 (three years ago) link
!!!
That's absolutely awesome footage. Is that their first time playing North Island?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 January 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euWHGZIBIHY
notes on the clip say: This was a private show, other bands on the bill included The Chills, Tall Dwarfs, Nocturnal Projections and This Sporting Life. The show was not only was filmed by North Television but was also recorded on a TEAC 4-Track by Chris Knox and Doug Hood; some of the audio subsequently released includes "Flamethrower" by the Chills as one of two B-sides to the Rolling Moon single (1982) and "Two Fat Sisters" and "Happy Birthday John" by The Clean, released on their posthumous 12" E.P. Live Dead Clean (1986).
― JoeStork, Friday, 22 January 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
quickstep live at the rumba bar in 82 followed by anything could happen would be my top votes. Why does NZ have such great music?!
― youn, Sunday, 23 October 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
Isolation lends itself to creative freedom?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 23 October 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
Musician Hamish Kilgour missing https://t.co/m75sUQibLl— Dr Stephen Clarke (@StephenClarkeNZ) December 1, 2022
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 December 2022 03:33 (one year ago) link
:(
― Evan, Thursday, 1 December 2022 03:51 (one year ago) link
oh no
dude's been going off the rails a bit lately, hope he's ok
― donald wears yer troosers (doo rag), Thursday, 1 December 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link
― donald wears yer troosers (doo rag), Thursday, 1 December 2022 04:43 (one year ago) link
Jeez. The last time I saw the Clean, several years back, it was David who seemed under duress. Hamish always seemed to have it together, though I can imagine his politics made the last few years unbearable.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 05:17 (one year ago) link
really hope he's found safe and sound
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Thursday, 1 December 2022 06:12 (one year ago) link
So, um, our Tyler, Tyler W., asked William Tyler for any news, and William Tyler apparently responded that Hamish had been found and was OK. But when I looked for the William Tyler tweet to post here, it had been deleted (?). So, Tyler W., any news?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 December 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
It seems Alley Records responded to the two Tylers that he is still missing:
Hey, William and Tyler, We are not hearing this from our friends in NZ, unfortunately โ they are still still very concerned there about Hamish, as are we. Checked in with folks a few minutes ago after reading this thread.๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ pic.twitter.com/gKyuPw95E8— Ally Records (@allyrecordsnc) December 3, 2022
― Mule, Saturday, 3 December 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link
Not good news:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300757350/iconic-kiwi-musician-hamish-kilgour-found-dead
― aphoristical, Monday, 5 December 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
ahhhh fuck
― tylerw, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
awful
― Evan, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
Thatโs sad. Iโm sure there are people on this board who knew him well, but Iโll just say I met him at a party in Brooklyn circa 1999 and he struck me as a very likeable and unassuming guy. Easy to talk to. I bumped into him a few more times in that general period and then one last time about 20 years later in Williamsburg when he was shopping for clothes. He may not have remembered me but I couldnโt help remember him, he had one of those looks and one of those vibes you donโt forget.
― Josefa, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
terrible news.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
Ughhh god, so awful.
― JoeStork, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
Awful. An FB acquaintance and someone who always struck me as following his ideals fiercely and to the fullest. A terrible loss.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
https://vimeo.com/15466755
― Evan, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
tragic. an absolute real one. RIP.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Monday, 5 December 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZpQe7sMk0k
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
RIP Hamish :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rBRxKd4T0
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
oh wow, this is horrible. RIP
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
Awful, awful news - RIP.
― etc, Monday, 5 December 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
Agh nooooooooo RIP ๐
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
RIP
― estela, Monday, 5 December 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
Very sad news. Such a tremendous band.
― Chris L, Monday, 5 December 2022 21:38 (one year ago) link
every time i see a live video of theirs the audience is jamming out so hard -- that's Hamish's unrelenting drumming at work & i guess we were lucky to have it for as long as we did
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
RIP great band, big loss :(
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
Here's from the last time I saw them, when a cranky David stormed off the stage and a fan begged the rest of the band to keep playing, which they did, with fans picking up the slack/guitar/vox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLuQslUbm8Y
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 December 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
that's Paul Nixon! (the fan, I know him)
― sleeve, Monday, 5 December 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link