i love "annie i'm not your daddy"
― the next grozart, Sunday, 24 August 2008 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Odd, just played "Mr. Softee" this morning.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 24 August 2008 11:25 (fifteen years ago) link
they're such a wonderful thing, baby.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 24 August 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Was just reading about the Cristina version of "Is That All There Is?" in the Franklin Bruno article about that song in the EMP book.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 24 August 2008 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
-- the next grozart, Sunday, 24 August 2008 11:17 (4 hours ago) Link
― PappaWheelie V, Sunday, 24 August 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
because if i was in your blood then you wouldn't be so ugly
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 24 August 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Finally found a used copy of Tropical Gangsters, so now I have all first four of his albums. I had the compilation since 1990 or so and was so frustrated the individual albums weren't available. Overall none of them are very consistent, but it's still great to hear all the album tracks finally, filler and all, even if there's nothing that would replace the hits that have been included in my party mixes of the last 18 years.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 18 September 2008 04:22 (fifteen years ago) link
That comp looks awesome.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 18 September 2008 11:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes it does. So awesome I've just ordered it, along with the Strut Funky Nassau comp.
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 18 September 2008 12:37 (fifteen years ago) link
it is awesome
― ban deeznuts (The Reverend), Thursday, 18 September 2008 12:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I found the Coati Mundi record thanks to this thread, I need to listen to that again.
my radio station got Funky Nassau, sounds really good on first listen.
― sleeve, Thursday, 18 September 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band's 'Winter Love' is tremendously overlooked/underrated.
Easily one of the best.
― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 18 September 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't see this "Tropical Gangster" being a Chic ripoff thing. I mean, Chic, in their heyday were very puritans about using only "real" organic instruments, whereas Kid Creole used a lot of synths on that album.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 18 September 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't know this existed.
I have no objectivity when it comes this clan. Especially Cory Daye.
Cory Daye & Coati Mundi
― (temporary) ilxor (goon) (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 5 December 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
This has always been a gem I wish wasn't overlooked:
Cory Daye - City Nights / Manhattan Cafes
― (temporary) ilxor (goon) (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 5 December 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
hearing 'me no pop i' followed by 'i'm an indian too' on a big system on the weekend was a bit of a "woah!!" moment, i gotta say.
― resident advice whore (haitch), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 04:22 (fifteen years ago) link
AUGUST & ANDY Episode 1 - Essence TV Show - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
AUGUST & ANDY Episode 2 - MTV Basement Tapes - Interview Kid Creole & The Coconuts
― i like to fort and i am cozy (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
"Dancin' at the Bains Douches" is marvelous, sly fun.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I adore this comp.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 June 2009 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Just watched "Against All Odds" this week (don't ask), and enjoyed every nanosecond of the club scene wherein Kid Creole & the Coconuts play "Male Curiosity."
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 11 June 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPzWI5k3Ss
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 11 June 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Love the "Tropical Gangster" album. A lot of great music. And the lyrics to "Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" are great too. :)
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 11 June 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"Part of My Design."
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLNc5Kk3YKc
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://web.me.com/a_kaegi/Site_18/Welcome.html
― stirmonster, Thursday, 26 November 2009 08:03 (fourteen years ago) link
at the first i thought he opened a hotel.
― meisenfek, Thursday, 26 November 2009 08:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally got I, Too, Have Seen The Woods, most of which sounds like he's competing with Scritti Politti and True Blue-era Madonna, and succeeding half the time.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
give a minute and the other half'll work too. dude is seriously one of the smartest ever to play the game in my opinion.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 30 April 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
one of the oddest experiences of my life was being phoned up on xmas eve by bongo eddie out of the coconuts to thank me for giving his daughter's album a good review. (his daughter being binkie out of electrik red.)
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 April 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
The girly vocals on "Consider Me" and "Agony...Ecstasy" are just perfect.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 April 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Just found out the Coconuts released one record of their own (with Darnell pulling the strings, of course):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iehIMLGnMik
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
The new album is better than anyone could have expected.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
Had missed that there's a new album, but I'm about to go hunt it down.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
one thing that i never hear people talk about is the coconuts' "solo" record. it's rad!
― jaime, Monday, March 17, 2008 4:08 AM (3 years ago)
i buy a copy every time i find one in a dollar bin. the version of maladie d'amour on that record is so good.
― JS, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, used to use "Ticket to the Tropics" in a show...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
hunting will fare better in about two weeks when it comes out.
― beta blog, Thursday, 1 September 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, figured that out not too long after posting.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 September 2011 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeAjn6rTGxw
― ███★★★███ (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 25 September 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
weird. i spot this thread jump back into action, just as double on back drops on 6music.not heard it before, tis good.
― mark e, Sunday, 25 September 2011 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOpxy2B2o10
― ███★★★███ (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 25 September 2011 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
My piece on the man: http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-09-14/music/kid-creole-and-the-coconuts-fresh-fruit/
― beta blog, Sunday, 25 September 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Like I said last month, the album is quite vital.
You know what old Kid Creole comes to mind at least once a week? "Part of My Design" ("...was givin' the world some bonhomie").
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 September 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Someone please tell me more about this Lori Eastside person:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G77dFrH-fiA
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Sunday, 25 September 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
Also, btw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuCxNlWWe3g&feature=related
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Monday, 26 September 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
nice piece, beta blog!
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 26 September 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit, so this Coati Mundi album from last year is really good.
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Monday, 26 September 2011 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:31 AM Bookmark
!!
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Monday, 26 September 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
yup i was at home in the countryside, barely any phone reception, had to lean out of the kitchen window in the snow to take the call while my mother yelled "who? who?" every time i said a name
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 September 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO06a2KNBOs
― fennel cartwright, Thursday, 29 September 2011 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
fuck, whats up with me and formatting tonite
Been listening all morning.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:35 (three months ago) link
I have had “My Male Curiosity” in my head since this thread was revived.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 4 January 2024 17:35 (three months ago) link
we're having a moment in my drive-the-kids-to-school CD player with Fresh Fruit -- this is sort of technically his first album, since the actual debut, Off the Coast of Me, was intended as a demo. (It's still great though imo.) The opening track, "Going Places"...like, this is the best, best music to me, the absolute best, just shockingly fresh and wonderful, so much character it's like a feast, and that chorus...like...you can never have set foot in NY in your entire life, and when he sings "Believe me, I know / when you leave New York, you go / nowhere" you'd still be like "You're right, Kid Creole, you're right."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIPfRdZmxl0
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 January 2024 18:38 (three months ago) link
and then three songs later you get a ballad this wonderful, this rich, this dense? this thing that sounds like a Rufus Wainwright ballad from 1982?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzsMmC7N0t8
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 January 2024 18:42 (three months ago) link
like I'm not young any more but when he sings "If I choose to live my life / loving you / it's my right to" I am so young.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 4 January 2024 18:43 (three months ago) link
Wow -- that vinyl edition sounds thick.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 January 2024 18:45 (three months ago) link
Bill Caprenter’s exceptional AMG review:
Musical gumbo of esoteric lilting, jazzy, laid-back disco, an acquired taste.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:35 (three months ago) link
Nice work, Bill Carpenter.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:40 (three months ago) link
the strut compilation is one of my favorite compilations ever:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1730975-Kid-Creole-Going-Places-The-August-Darnell-Years-1974-1983
― fpsa, Friday, 5 January 2024 04:20 (three months ago) link
Almost kind of a Chic thing happening on the unrelenting unappreciated greatness front (prolly not by now really but like as of uh, 10? + years ago) both in the rhythm section and the arrangements. Like the consistent airtight snap of the piano/rhythm guitar/background vox parts alone, just unimpeachable and fully singular
― Deverly (Bangelo), Friday, 5 January 2024 07:01 (three months ago) link
This is not to elude the songwriting which goes w/o saying imo
― Deverly (Bangelo), Friday, 5 January 2024 07:03 (three months ago) link
-elide
― Deverly (Bangelo), Friday, 5 January 2024 07:05 (three months ago) link
looks like addy is starting a patreon account.
https://www.patreon.com/kidcreoleandthecoconutsarchives?fbclid=IwAR2K2QR7rfnU4lsUlRg3k-hrL6DJcnrHNAOS4SW47pDkYGT7kKp64MwLndQ
― Thus Sang Freud, Friday, 5 January 2024 14:38 (three months ago) link