Also, I only realised recently the Pretty Things are on the 'Dawn of the Dead' soundtrack! The part near the beginning where the hillbillies are shooting the zombies
― Gouty_Ted, Friday, 12 July 2013 07:48 (ten years ago) link
^^That's one of their "Electric Banana" library recordings!
Snapper repackaged the first two Pretties albums + bonus tracks in a little bound set a couple years ago that retails stateside for about $12 and is worth every penny.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 July 2013 07:59 (ten years ago) link
SF Sorrow feels epochal to me, like it just feels like the zenith of large swaths of the art-school blues rock acid psych trajectory that made up a huge portion of classic rock.
Like it's amazing that classic rock stations aren't just bumping Good Morning or Trust or I See You on the reg
― the gospel of meth (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:49 (ten years ago) link
Some Social Media Maven I've Never Heard Of Did A Sorta SFW Shoot For Playboy, And This Happened...
https://images.contentbody.com/7a1UB77tW8Usso2QeicC2g/embeds/13/w695_h576
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Surprised nobody mentioned Get The Picture by name since it's a great lp. First one that's mainly them writing and seems like a snapshot of the time.Do love the roughness of 1st lp and all the stuff up to Parachute. Would love a physical copy of the box set.
&if people are into the 1st 2lps, the Dutch band Q65 are worth seeking out.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 28 July 2016 00:24 (seven years ago) link
Doing a "farewell" concert in London next week with David Gilmour and Van Morrison guesting.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:09 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YYIc2RSf9Y1966
and a 1970 appearance on German tv that I just saw being circulatedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_FvlfVDFRU
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 11:23 (five years ago) link
LATE PASS PLZ
https://www.discogs.com/The-Pretty-Things-Real-Pretty/release/1587217
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Thursday, 27 June 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
so great
I imagine at least one member of the Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 was a big fan of "Balloons Burning"
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Thursday, 27 June 2019 04:26 (four years ago) link
october 26 is all time for me
and parachute a pretty incredible example of a band making a killer LP after the loss of a key contributor
― umsworth (emsworth), Thursday, 27 June 2019 07:02 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/KkwoYWFuN6A
Stooges, before Stooges.
Pretty Things are ao fucking underrated.
― nostormo, Monday, 23 December 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
budo jeru wrote this on thread In your view, who were the greatest rock band of all time? on board I Love Music on Mar 1, 2018it's the pretty things
it's the pretty things
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
sick video, thanks for sharing !
You welcome.
How can a band, who was quite mediocre before 67 and pretty awful after 1970, made such a great, versatile music between 67-70, including singles and the Electric Banana stuff?
― nostormo, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
HI DERE!Good question.
― Runcible Spoonman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
I don't agree with that pre 67 thing 1st lp is great as are next 2 even with the added strings on the 3rd.Love that first lp and I thought it was a major influence on a lot of US and Dutch garage stuff. Probably antipodean too.Get The Picture seems to catch the atmosphere of the mid 60s quite wonderfully and Emotions has songs on.it I love. Especially The Sun.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
yes
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
"mediocre before 67" is a weird take for a band that gave us "rosalyn" in 19 fucking 64
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
Christ, Dick Taylor's playing on "Why" is in the same league with Steve Howe's playing on Tomorrow's version.
― revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 05:44 (four years ago) link
are you referring to live hyde park '68 or live in amsterdam '69 ? haven't heard either, those recordings are hard to come by, or perhaps you're referring to something else
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 25 December 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 25 December 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
― budo jeru
this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9G9fKq6i90
it was linked on the sidebar of the "reincarnation" vid. so the pretty things never recorded "reincarnation"? that's a shame, it's a good number!
― revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
Wally Waller was one of their secret weapons during 67-70. his songwriting and husky voice are great. Sounds somewhat like David Gilmour.
― nostormo, Friday, 27 December 2019 08:25 (four years ago) link
https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/pretty-things-frontman-phil-may-has-died-aged-75-126634/
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 May 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
dang, RIP phil
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 May 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
Oh no! RIP Phil, such a cool frontman.
― Frank Bough: I Took Drugs with Vice Girls (Tom D.), Friday, 15 May 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
aw hell, RIP Phil May
― Brad C., Friday, 15 May 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Ah damn. I was really looking forward to this new acoustic project that Mark St. John talked about in the regular PT column in Ugly Things -- but very glad they were able to do the Final Bow shows.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 May 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
Bike accident..
WtR.I.P
Talented man, great band.The man with the thousand voices.
― nostormo, Friday, 15 May 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
Aw shit
I think they were the best 60s-era band I’ve ever seen live - small club, didn’t take anything for granted, worked hard to put on a brilliant show
much as I love Dick Taylor I think the era when he stepped away from the band is my favourite? Parachute rules, and October 26 is just a brilliant brilliant single, what a vocal and what a vocalist
RIP
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 15 May 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
midnight to eternity man
― last updated a group of five done twelve times ago (geoffreyess), Saturday, 16 May 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link