shit, moving this to the right thread: The Boo Radleys, Classic or Dud?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 22 August 2010 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Are there any other concept albums about hangovers?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 30 October 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Man, "Wake Up Boo" is such a fucking dark song. "For what could be the very last time" - what are you saying here, Martin?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 13:42 (one year ago) link
Why the heck is “Put Your Arms Around Me And Tell Me Everything’s Going To Be Fine” missing from that Kingsize reissue?
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
I know it was a US only track but it’s really excellent
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:36 (one year ago) link
Agreed and one of their best songs.
It's actually called "Put Your Arms Around Me and Tell Me Everything's Going to Be OK" and yes, where I got my username.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
I'm going to admit it here. I have listened to the new album a lot this year. It's pure AOR crap but with Sice singing it works for me.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
Not on the reissue IMO because Cherry Red has a tendency to lift from retail UK CD singles. It's possible whoever compiled didn't know it existed. C'Mon Kids bonus 7" tracks and Kingsize single promo tracks also get overlooked. I have a quite a few of their reissues and this appears to be a common theme
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:55 (one year ago) link
Marcello on WUB (and the glorious Wake Up! in general): http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-boo-radleys-wake-up.html
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 01:36 (one year ago) link
I thought this album was pretty shit at the time, after liking the previous 2 and the EPs. Sold it years ago. Still think It's Lulu was a terrible song for a single. Maybe it's worth another listen
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 02:17 (one year ago) link
It's Lulu is embarrassing trash imo, but the rest of the album is lovely Beatlesy melancho/psychedelia
Quite annoying the B sides from this era are missing from Spotify, and I'd love a deluxe reissue with those on, but here's an alternative tracklisting for Wake Up I made (It's Lulu swapped out for Bench at Belvedere)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0nH15duwTKTYLvM23hC0aB?si=zwnly104QHifai02d_WOow&utm_source=copy-link
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 06:07 (one year ago) link
Love that Marcello write up. Interesting he mentions High & Dry at the end. One of my first property concerts as a teenager was the Boos on their Belvedere tour at Cambridge Corn Exchange, and I remember the venue piping High & Dry through the foyer on the way in and thinking momentarily that the Boos had already started playing
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 06:25 (one year ago) link
Heeeeeyyy what's that noise?? Do you rememberrrrr?? Do you remember??
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 09:11 (one year ago) link
*proper
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 09:52 (one year ago) link
I did buy the new Boo Radleys' album to help it make a mark in the album chart (failed..).
Played about half of it, it's nice but..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 11:20 (one year ago) link
I feel bad about this, but I just don't want to hear it.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
I'm ignoring it completely.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Would love to have Sice as therapist <3
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
It's like a beef chili without any chili in it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
a couple of months ago i found both cd singles for 'wake up boo!' in a charity shop bin.the second cd has a rather mad 9 minute track : 'music for astronauts'kicks off with the standard track and then morphs into a full on excess of timestamped baggy beats enhanced with acid squiggles and samples.i.e. it's rather wonderful, and something i did not expect.however, the final track on the ep, 'the history of creation parts 17 & 36' will never get listened to again.
― mark e, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
I still have never heard “blues for George Michael”, it’s supposed to be a super mental bside yeah?
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
does your ilx email work ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
Blues For George Michael is my favourite song by them
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
It's super mental
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
ta, mark!
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
"Blues for George Michael" didn't make my ballot when we did the Boo Radleys polls but a bunch of B-sides did make my ballot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCVEtWKPTw
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link