― blunt (blunt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
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Up On the Sun jangles more than anything REM ever did. Human Television fits a bit. though they're 00s
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Nobody replied, in complete shame as so many worship Mozzer & Marr.
― blunt (blunt), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
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― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, from Boston, Men & Volts, who alternated between doing a weird Beefheartian thing and really interested pop songs. 21-645 (who had a couple of 45s) are fantastic as well.
Also worth checking out are the Bird Nest Roys and the amazing Verlaines, both from New Zealand and on the Flying Nun label, of course.
The website www.littlehits.com has some amazing stuff, and a new song is added every day...check it!
― Marty McFly, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
The sad part is, that's a 2 cd, 46 song monstrosity, and I can still name about fifteen great songs that I can't believe aren't on it. How the hell can you have a Glen Campbell best-of without Roll Me Easy? Geez Louise!
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
If you can dig up anything by mid-80's NC band One Plus Two I'd highly recommend it.
I love the Reivers though the production on their Capitol records may sabotage the overall sound. There are moments of brilliance buried in there, worth searching out. "Saturday" and "End of the Day" still give me chills.
Early Hoodoo Gurus? Mighty Lemon Drops?
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Almost everything on C86.
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― late adopter, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 05:04 (eighteen years ago) link
The Sunflowers?no, wait - the Springfields. Them, anyway. None more jangly.
― bham, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Noz, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link
sleeve, would you happen to be able to share this (or the other stuff you mention)? i had an old gizmo's nth generation tape a loooong time ago, but it's gone and this is impossible to find now. as for the other bands you mention, i've never heard of 'em and would love to give a listen.
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link
OTM, actually. Funny enough, the covers album, Scattered, Smothered and Covered, includes covers of songs by a bunch of people mentioned (or who should have been mentioned) on this thread:
The SmithsR.E.M.The Silos54-40Vic ChestnutReiversDon Dixon
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jonathan DD, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
except that they completely fail at being a vintage '80s band!
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bren (Bren), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bren (Bren), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh! And the Windbreakers, as well. I used to have Terminal and Run, which were both cool
The Windbreakers. Wow, these guys are good.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Great name! Conjurs thin cheap jackets or people with too much intestinal air.
― Gorge, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Hands down the best power pop ever to come out of Mississippi. Not that there's much competition.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
wasn't sure where to put this, but has anyone heard Arrogance w/Don Dixon? I came across their name in the liner notes to a teenline comp years ago, but still haven't heard them. anyone?
― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Saturday, 30 January 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
not from the 80's exactly, but imperial teen are great and jangly. gravity talks by green on red is a good record, but i never thought of them as jangly. too much velvets in their sound for that, imo
― pobrecito (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 30 January 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm maybe i'll find a better thread for my arrogance query. according to allmusic they went from byrdsjangle/early-mid70s West Coast post-psych/pop/rock/folk-rock/country-rock to more rocking powerpop?
― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Saturday, 30 January 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Have a look on Youtube - search: arrogance don dixon
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah...thanks. wow, this is garbage.
― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
It was educational anyhow.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine & RosesThe Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power TripThe Silos - Cuba & self titled The Silos (which I think was their 3rd record)The Plimsouls - Everywhere at OnceThe Go Betweens - Before HollywoodCamper Van Beethoven - II & III, Our Beloved Revolutionary SweetheartRobyn Hitchcock- Globe of FrogsThe Church - HeydayThe Feelies - Crazy Rhythms & Only LifePylon - Chomp & Gyrate
― earlnash, Saturday, 30 January 2010 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link