The 1990s are poppier, less Fall-y
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 16 January 2010 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
They're back!
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-yummy-fur-reuniting-for-fall-north-american-tour-w-bodega-future-punx/
Nov 23 – Costa Mesa, CA – The Wayfarer *Nov 24 – Los Angeles – The Echo *Nov 25 – San Francisco – Rickshaw Stop *Nov 27 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *Nov 29 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern *Nov 30 – Vancouver – Biltmore Cabaret *Dec 02 – Toronto – Adelaide Hall ^Dec 03 – Brooklyn – Elsewhere Zone One ^Dec 05 – Philadelphia – Kung Fu Necktie ^* w/ Future Punx^ w/ Bodega
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 July 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
Holy moly, ok!
― city worker, Saturday, 13 July 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
Amazing, but wish they would tour the UK, one of my 3 favourite bands and never seen them live
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 13 July 2019 10:18 (four years ago) link
Was expecting the comic, but Chester Brown went kinda nuts anyways.
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Sunday, 14 July 2019 01:01 (four years ago) link
Jade Green from Lungleg has just uploaded this brilliant footage from I think 94 or 95
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl3dK4bVbF8
Also I'll be seeing them live in just a couple of weeks!
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
Amazing! Rest of the channel is worth checking out inc. Lung Leg footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-onf93bdBVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODy_mysNDzI
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
There is no Lungleg thread on ILM, for shame!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fYD2Rf6LVc
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
Don't they have a message of singles and whatnot that's uncollected? Would love a comprehensive sweep up of that stuff.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 October 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
There's a career-spanning compilation coming out next week but it's an overall best of:https://shop.rockactionrecords.co.uk/browse/rock-action-records/products/the-yummy-fur-piggy-wings-lp
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 09:57 (four years ago) link
signing and gig at rough trade east on the 24th
― koogs, Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:39 (four years ago) link
Circa 2005 there was talk of a compilation and reissues on Bada Bing records but nothing came of them. Shame, as they would have benefitted from the Franz Ferdinand mania of the time (I even remember seeing a photo of the YF in a tabloid article about FF). Would be nice if the singles are not all vinyl tips but they don't strike me as the sort of band who would look after their masters
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link
rips
Yeah when I saw news about a release I was a bit annoyed it's just a best of. Most of their stuff is way OOP, I have a bunch of singles but only 1 album. My local record shop was playing the Sexy World LP the other day and I went and asked how much it was but it was their personal copy and not for sale!
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:47 (four years ago) link
I might see if I can get to that rough trade gig though, it's pretty near my office and I am in the office that day
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:49 (four years ago) link
i have the first couple of eps but don't recognise any of the track titles. (mainly because the eps had names that weren't track names. Kodak Nancy Europe, Music By Walt Disney But Played By Yuri Gagarin Thus a Political Record...)
wikipedia says there was already one comp - Kinky Cinema (Guided Missile CD, 1997) but discogs has no details.
― koogs, Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:59 (four years ago) link
It is on discogs but you have to search for it, for some reason it doesn't show on the main Yummy Fur page
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 10 October 2019 11:45 (four years ago) link
Kinky Cinema has a lot of re-records on it, despite having a billion songs on it it's not even comprehensive of the band up that point
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 11:48 (four years ago) link
Off the top of my head (it's been years since I've heard it), tracks from this EP and later singles do not appear in their original superior forms https://www.discogs.com/The-Yummy-Fur-Music-By-Walt-Disney-But-Played-By-Yuri-Gagarin-Thus-A-Political-Record/release/401865
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
That one is on the Seven Unlucky Sevens Slampt compilation, which I do have!
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:00 (four years ago) link
So happy to see interest in The Yummy Fur.
Kinky Cinema is fantastic, but does include many re-records / alternate versions, it isn't at all a comprehensive selection. (Most egregious omission for me is 'Typical of Boys' which I've uploaded to Youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVdV3Pe5_s
There is a comprehensive TYF fansite here which has a proper discography.
http://www.mcgazz.co.uk/yummyfur/
I've been trying to get hold of everything in one form or another in order to put together a proper compilation for myself, would like to share it on here but right now nothing is available to buy and nothing is on spotify, only a few things on Youtube too, so ideas welcome. If people can make decent rips of the early EPs that would be great too of course.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:05 (four years ago) link
I was at that Lungleg Slampt show but sadly there aren't any crowd shots so I can cringe at how dorky I look
― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:08 (four years ago) link
I found this second hand in Monorail a few years ago. Contacted John and he said someone made a bunch of them for the band members so someone must have sold their own copy. https://i.imgur.com/Ry7kxgq.jpg
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link
Amazed by that, it even has 'This Is Andrew Sinclair' which I have never been able to find.OTOH it has a few duds and no 'The Career Saver' which is imo the best thing they ever recorded.Still 9/10 would very much like to hear.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:28 (four years ago) link
From memory it was all good rips at the correct speed etc. Would be happy to share
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:29 (four years ago) link
Would love it! I'm centuriesofsoundmail at gmail dot com
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 10 October 2019 12:49 (four years ago) link
Ditto, I'm geraldmcbb (at) h0tmail d0t c0m
I was hoping that fan site discography would detail which tracks were re-recorded on "Kinky Cinema", anyone have that info?
Camrade - I have mp3s of the Supermarket 7", email me for them.
It's sometimes hard to tell, since they mess with titles, but here's what's unavailable anywhere:The Grand Monophonic Yum Yum - from their self-titled cassetteNight Club - from Babies In The Cockpit split cassette
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 October 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
PaulTMA - I'd love to hear that as well! i'm stadtwerker at gmail
Are you the TMATMATMA on youtube who put up the 1998 Yummy Fur show at King Tuts ages ago? If so, thanks!
― city worker, Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
will send along ASAP
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Adding to this queue if you don't mind -- ned at kuci dot org
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 October 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Paul - thanks for sharing all this stuff! Listening to "The Walt Disne Murder Club" comp, damn they should release this for real so I can pay them!
Is it just me or is "Mondo Coyote" only coming out of the right channel?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Fuck I forgot about this, downloading now, quite excited.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
TYF are playing this show at Rough Trade in London next Thursday (a signing session with a gig first) - I will be there.
https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/events/rough-trade-east-the-yummy-fur
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
Hope I’m not too late, but I too would appreciate a link if possible.
mattybalaam
at that bit email provider
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 10:39 (four years ago) link
that would be *big* email provider
sorry, need more clues
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 10:52 (four years ago) link
this is like the Yummy Fur version of the Da Vinci Code
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
I think he means Shmoogle. They're pretty big. Or maybe Softromike.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 11:56 (four years ago) link
germ mail
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 12:14 (four years ago) link
Just got ticket to the Rough Trade gig
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
North American tour cancelled unfortunately.
Have to sneak out of work a bit early tonight, what a rebel
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 24 October 2019 09:47 (four years ago) link
Camaraderie at Arms Length - if you want to say hello I will be the tall guy with glasses wearing a red, white and black checked shirt
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
oh hello cp, sorry I didn't see the thread bumped before, I will be wearing a suit as I've also come straight from work.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
It is? Damn, haven't seen anything yet, will check...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Yummy fur Tour of United States and Canada update. Unfortunately this tour has been cancelled. The decision was made a few weeks ago to not go ahead but the cancellation process has been convoluted and this news has been slow to surface. We have waited this long to give everyone involved time to put their house in order. We apologise to the many people who may already have made or be in the process of making travel and accommodation plans. The tour will hopefully be rescheduled for next year.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Ah yes, see it now. Well that sucks.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
I don't know if it's partially down to seeing one of my favourite bands for the first time ever, or not having been to other gigs in the last decade, but fucking hell they were brilliant and I'm still smiling two days later.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
There is a good new interview here, explaining what they are up to generally
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/the-yummy-fur-interview-2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
I am tempted to blog their whole discography on this thread, somebody please tell me not to do that.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
I'm not gonna stop you. was cool to meet you the other night!
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 26 October 2019 22:36 (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 (two years ago) link
Kodak Nancy Europe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 12:52 (eight months ago) link