Ludo's terrific, yes (a friend had the first verse of "Good Morning, How Are You, Shut Up" as her answering machine message for a while). But if I had to OPO... maybe "Go and Sit Upon the Grass," the best song ever written about ideology and how it's communicated...
― Douglas, Wednesday, 21 August 2002 12:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
We got away with playing that in a club over the weekend. Needless to say it didn't exactly fill the dancefloor.
― Jez, Wednesday, 21 August 2002 12:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
my own favourite has to be "jammy smears" mainly for the song "a wooden tree". you can get some mp3's of live performances (about two cd's worth) from http://www.ivorcutler.org/sessions.html - for song based ones here go for "women of the world" and the godlike "good morning how are you shut up"
― commonswings, Wednesday, 21 August 2002 12:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 22 August 2002 09:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Friday, 1 April 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 1 April 2005 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 1 April 2005 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link
On April 19th 2005, we'll be celebrating our 20th anniversary by seeing Bebo & Cigala at the Festival Hall.
I might therefore be the only person on the planet who gets soppy and sentimental over Ivor Cutler records.
If your breasts are too bigYou will fall overUnless you wearA rucksack.
BOO HOO HOO I'M THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 1 April 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Friday, 1 April 2005 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link
"I opened up its lipsand spat in lots of pipsnow my toy is full of forest"
― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 2 April 2005 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom May (Tom May), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
I really really want a copy of "Prince Ivor" myself.
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
i havent really listened to anything else except him since seeing it. Good Morning... and Beautiful Cosmos are my favourite songs i think
― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― ladyintheradiator (ladyinradiator), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
seen this in stores, a compilation of his earliest releases from the early 60's. song titles look great: 'gravity begins at home', 'a cowpuncher and a bird', 'get away from the wall'... anyone heard it?
Velvet Donkey is the one with "Grass" and Frith helping out with the music
― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
"Get Away from the Wall" is a wonderful little song, though.
― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 July 2005 07:48 (eighteen years ago) link
not great .. but i suspect not heard by many IC fans thats for sure
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 21 July 2005 07:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Does anyone know the state of Ivor's health, I heard a rumour that he's no longer living in his flat but lives in an old folk's home, can anyone confirm this?
― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 21 July 2005 08:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 July 2005 08:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 21 July 2005 09:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Thursday, 21 July 2005 12:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 31 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Cheered that it's not so.
― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 1 January 2006 10:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Mentioned upthread but worth repeating - It's a faff but if you can be bothered to join up, this...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ivor-list/
Is a good group with lots of music on it. If Ambrose is still keeping tabs on this thread I'm pretty sure they've got the Prince Ivor "opera" on there.
― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 1 January 2006 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 1 January 2006 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― antonio, Monday, 2 January 2006 00:40 (eighteen years ago) link
For those with Freeview or just those with Sky Arts, at 11pm tonight:
Ivor Cutler By KT Tunstall
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
I found this just the other day, never seen it before - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RX1fMWkims
― Maresn3st, Monday, 18 January 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link