https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbY0BJfhB5k
Ages and names
― youn, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
This reminds me of Prefab Sprout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oua2EArBQy0
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty sure it's not the version on the album on which it was originally released, which might also be of interest. There are probably no major differences.
― youn, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 17:14 (two years ago) link
(Maybe the need for there to be an extended version is itself a bad sign, but I still love Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, and I am pretty sure the Prefab Sprout comparison was meant favorably?)
― youn, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 17:26 (two years ago) link
Dug *Standards* out tonight. Found the album during the first lockdown and, accordingly, love it unconditionally. 'Myrtle and Rose' is such a great track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-hCpAoCZak
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 20 January 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
She telephoned to say that she'd cut her wristsInstead she beat the walls with her fistsTil they bledRunning redRunning backAgain
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Friday, 20 January 2023 23:31 (one year ago) link
His last few albums have been great. "Broken Record" and "Standards" are exactly what you want and expect from Lloyd, but his last one, "Guesswork", is Lloyd adding a synthy/krauty kind of album and it's fantastic. A great example of an artist stretching their style.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 20 January 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
Those lyrics are great. xp
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Saturday, 21 January 2023 00:31 (one year ago) link
Agree with all the above.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 21 January 2023 10:40 (one year ago) link
Him talking about Limmy absolutely ruined him for me.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bltQ07N6HxQ
― houdinisaid, Saturday, 21 January 2023 12:50 (one year ago) link
Lived in Glasgow for four years, taught himself Flash, he could almost have been Limmy, only he would have written a better book.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 January 2023 13:02 (one year ago) link
https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limmy#yinthreid!
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 January 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link
Sorry, reading Scots just makes me laugh.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 January 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link
I'll no let that worry me.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 January 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
How do we even know it is real Scots and not just the work of a Septic bairn?
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 January 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
It may as well be, it's like trying to resurrect Shakespearean English in the 21st century. Plus there's the horrible bigoted element of arseholes in Northern Ireland saying the Fenians have got Gaelic so we want Ulster Scots to he treated as a separate language too.
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 January 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
"Him talking about Limmy absolutely ruined him for me."
that is the 2nd time I've listened to that R4 book show clip, and he sounds like an even bigger wanker this time.
― calzino, Saturday, 21 January 2023 23:21 (one year ago) link
OTM
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 January 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link