I'm still hoping for a comprehensive list of single versions I need to track down.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
The re-recordings of MBWDBPBYG tracks on Kinky Cinema are some of the weaker bits on there. I'm actually going to post the re-make of Father Ubu Says because of the way he changes the lyrics to ones about how much he hates the song.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
"I was only 23 when I wrote it..." etc.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
Shrinky-Dink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-j6e0b8Xgo
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 March 2020 12:09 (four years ago) link
Pink Pop Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OYXBbsWZjQ
Stuttering rhythms give way to a bit of low-fi power pop, then synthesis
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 09:23 (four years ago) link
The re-recordings of MBWDBPBYG tracks on Kinky Cinema are some of the weaker bits on there.
Is everything on "Kinky Cinema" a re-recording?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 26 March 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
No, it's a mix of early demos, mid-period demos, re-recordings and new experimental bits in roughly equal proportions.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 March 2020 08:08 (four years ago) link
oh and the first ten tracks are the Kodak Nancy Europe ep
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 March 2020 08:39 (four years ago) link
Kabuki Actors Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRfG2ji8co
There! is! no! Santa! Claus!
This one is fairly new to me as I never had this EP, and there wasn't a re-record on Kinky Cinema.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 March 2020 09:53 (four years ago) link
So, I totally love this band and know these records really well but it's been hard to get into this thread. Breaking up something like Kinky Cinema (which is 60 >90 second songs) into individual tracks feels quite academic, like putting a frozen tissue sample under a microscope. Which is fine, even potentially revealing but to my ears reduces it to something like a historical artifact.
IMO, this would work better record-by-record than track-by-track.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
It will make more sense when I get to more substantial releases.Will continue this tomorrow as I finished a Twitter thing which was taking up all my time.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
The 7" singles and EP's are their most substantial releases! IMO
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
They are! But I want to give time to listen to both sides of Supermarket / The Career Saver for example.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
Ok, here we go again.
Candy Clark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_csKFu6iQ
Candace June Clark (born June 20, 1947) is an American actress and model. She is well known for her roles as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film American Graffiti, for which she received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Mary Lou in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 16 April 2020 12:34 (four years ago) link
I suspect checking out TYF references might be why I ended up going to film school.
Part one of a Chinese-themed double, this one mixes a falling-down-the-stairs bit with a more conventionally tuneful bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0e8_rd2ig
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 17 April 2020 08:46 (four years ago) link
Mao Tse Tung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_4_z5ZKLw
Funky Mao
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 19 April 2020 08:48 (four years ago) link
Father Ubu Says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHmBCIM3qRY
A song with lots of swears. Later on there will be another song to apologise for this one.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 April 2020 09:06 (four years ago) link
Frankenstein A Go-Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJbzvzJfvg
It's time to go go
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 10:19 (four years ago) link
The Opptical Meat Dress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZPdicUuqlI
This is one of my favourites, so many things happen in 50 seconds, that slap bass at the start. It's almost a Cardiacs song.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 09:05 (four years ago) link
Hm I should get back to these. One day.
Anyway, here is the greatest song ever recorded. It sounded wrong on the Piggy Wings CD, so I fixed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLA5-Ju01G4
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 25 June 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
Kodak Nancy Europe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 12:52 (ten months ago) link
Playing with Bis, Art Brut & Lung Leg in September
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/bis-saint-lukes-tickets/13446804
(Less excited to see Bis & Art Brut (though both are fine) but am hovering over buying a ticket to see Lung Leg / TYF on the same bill even though it means travelling up from Cambridge to Glasgow somehow)
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 25 April 2024 12:38 (two months ago) link
I saw that - same tbh, not that bothered about Bis and not really a fan of Art Brut but that looks like a fun gig
was gonna go to see Lung Leg in London about 18 months ago but there was a train strike on so I couldn't
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 25 April 2024 12:48 (two months ago) link
I remember there was a reason I couldn't go, completely escapes me now.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 25 April 2024 13:06 (two months ago) link
Missed out on that Lung Leg show for the same reason. Even though I would enjoy seeing bis, not sure I can justify a trip for this though.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 25 April 2024 16:17 (two months ago) link