Wow, another version of the song I had never heard (and another great one!). Was this a “hit” in the UK? I don’t know the band...
I feel like the Love And Hates cover may have been most directly inspired by this version (the “One-two-three-four” count at the beginning...).
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
I don't think anything by bongwater could be called a hit, but they certainly have a cult following?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
The Impossibles not Bongwater!
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
I remember it getting some media coverage but it wasn't a hit.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
Kisses sweeter than wine was a minor hit
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
Yeah sorry I was taking about The Impossibles. Were they a UK band? Not finding much on them...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
Yes.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
Kevin Shields was involved in their first single (which featured a Dinosaur Jr.) cover. They probably would have had some indie chart hits execpt they were on a major.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
Hmm... they're not on Spotify, Wikipedia doesn't know them...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
I think they only put out a few singles. Sort of a made up band, but aren't they all?
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
A YouTube upload of their song "Therapy?" -- which seems to be a b-side from "The Drum" single -- was apparently posted by someone in Japan; so maybe they had a minor following there, which could explain the Love And Hates connection.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
I find it so cool that -- in addition to "The Drum" being one of the best songs ever -- it's a song by a UK-German group that was covered by an NYC duo, which cover was in turn covered by a UK duo, and that cover was covered by a Japanese duo...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
Also, what a bizarre career Anthony Moore has had.
For instance there's a couple of dozen soundtracks for experimental film directors like David Larcher, Werner Nekes and Dore O. to stand alongside his work with, er, Paul Young. None of his soundtrack work has ever been released apart from his the one for Dieter Meier's 1981 film "Jetzt und alles" - anyone ever seen this movie?
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― Scottish Country Tweerking (Tom D.), Friday, 14 September 2018 09:54 (five years ago) link
The band Medicine's new album is a cover album called "Scarred for Life" - the Slapp Happy song...didn't expect that. (They also cover Zappa, Scritti Politti, Miles Davis...)
― ernestp, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:51 (four years ago) link
― ernestp
...the Monkees...
― tantric societal collapse (rushomancy), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:55 (four years ago) link