Martin Stephenson & the Daintees: c or d?

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80s band. I have their compilation "There Comes a Time", which includes songs in quite a a few different styles. A band which is difficult to pigeonhole, which may in part be due to their changing personnel.

(I'd be interested to know what Pinefox thinks of them...)

― MarkH, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I saw them in '86 at our college. I'd just seen them perform Colleen on telly & liked the PfSprout-esque male/female vox & bought the Boat To Bolivia album. I think at the time, the indie pidgeonghole thing didn't exist..Kitchenware Records took on really diverse/original bands; & then coinicdentally, it was a KW signing - Hurrah! - who singlehandedly inspired Matt (of Sarah Records fame) to more-or-less invent the indiepop thing (possibly the start of the pidgeonholing).

Anyway, I think Martin Stephenson just does what he wants. I like some of the songs....I usually tend to go for songs as opposed to bands nowadays.

...& have a nice weekend!

Jez

― Jez, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

They/He =Rubbish. BUT...the thought that the once mighty Hurrah! inspired something so lame as Sarah Recds is disturbing. Say it ain't so.

― Dr. C, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I usually tend to go for songs as opposed to bands nowadays I must admit I don't do this in general, but the range of songs on the compilation I mentioned is such that it is difficult to imagine anyone liking all of them, though I can of course imagine someone liking none of them heh heh. I thinking I spotted the compilation album in a bargain bin some five or so years ago and it was one of those albums which I played once and forgot about, then "rediscovered" and found that it had a strange appeal. I had heard "Big Sky New Light" (which actually came out in 92, tho I still think of MS&D as an eighties band) once on Annie Nightingale and really liked the guitar on it and I probably bought the tape on the strength of that. My favourite song after that is "There Comes a Time", Martin sings well on it, the drum which starts part way through has a rather miltiary feel to it and works effectively. Of the other songs, some seem very country and "Salutation Road" reminds me of all kindsa stuff, including Alan Price and Van Morrison.

So it would appear that MS does indeed do what he likes....

I love the lyrics of "Little Red Bottle"..."a drunk is a man who is stronger by far than any teetotal would have you believe"

― MarkH, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

both classic and dud. he's a lovely man, very funny and has a lovely voice. often, he writes lovely songs, but equally often, he turns out a bag o shite.

personally, i prefer the stuff he did with the daintees to the later projects, which tend to get a bit self-indulgent. boat to bolivia is probably my favourite, and also happens to be the most country-n- western sounding stuff. i hope that's only a coincidence.

― dbini, Saturday, 26 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

I am managing Martin now so was really interested in all your comments.

You are right - MS does his own thing and he took a conscious decision to move away from the industry and take the B and C roads instead.

For your info Martin has a website - www.martin-stephenson.co.uk and a very friendly egroup martin-stephenson-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Martin's new album will be released in June - entitled Collective Force it features a whole host of duifferent styles and TOP musicians.

Feel free to contact me for further details.

Thanks

Andy ================= Miracle Marketing Ltd Tel: 0870 054 2047 Fax: 0870 054 2057 www.miraclemarketing.co.uk =================

― Andy Cairns, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

twenty years pass...

I wonder if the Andy Cairns above is the one who fronts Therapy? ?

― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link

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