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Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 06:53 - Oct 6 by You_Bloo_Right
Never sure why these never had more commercial success. Timing probably.
They did have a hit single (Ships In The Night) but Bill Nelson made it known he didn't think much of his own song, probably wanted success on his own terms - who would have thought of it from a Yorkshireman ?
But as you say, timing. They were post punk before punk even got started, too self aware to appeal to the prog crowd, too adventurous to be a blues band, too flash for jazz, they fell between a lot of stools...Somehow The Blockheads trod a similar path but made it through but other bands didn't.
These two songs are up there with the best Ramones' songs.
From 1992, not long before the demise of the band and with Dee Dee no longer a member, they were written by him and given to the band in return for money to pay for a lawyer to help get him off a drugs charge.
The lyrics appear autobiographical in the sense of dealing with the various issues he faced, and sadly he died of a drug overdose in 2001.
"Well no one ever thought this one would survive Helpless child, going to walk a drum beat behind I lock you in a dream, I never let you go I never let you laugh or smile, not you
Well, I just want to walk right out of this world 'Cause everybody has a poison heart I just want to walk right out of this world 'Cause everybody has a poison heart"
"Walking through the cross fire heart Feeling heavy and hopeless and Wondering how I ever will see through this darkness Every drop of blood can be so beautiful And I sure was bleeding the drops by the bucketful"
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Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 08:14 - Oct 6 with 509 views
Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 16:09 - Oct 4 by DJR
I saw Be Stiff, the second stiff tour. The line-up (Wreckless Eric, Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Mickey Jupp, and Rachel Sweet) wasn't as strong as the first Stiff tour but four of them had some commercial success.
This was the stand-out song from the tour.
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Caught Wreckless Eric at a side stage at Latitude last year... I'd waited over 40 years to hear it live... [still not been to Tahiti]
Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 11:00 - Oct 4 by DJR
A song which probably didn't go much further than John Peel but is catchy and has some amusing lyrics, "Gonna put the fun back into being pretentious" being a great line.
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Not a real group. Got no video LP...
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Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 17:22 - Oct 6 with 390 views
Great that they're still touring. I had no idea about bias binding either - fairly sure they were a Leicester band and fabric production was a big thing there possibly?? I saw them at the Poly
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Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 19:01 - Oct 6 with 328 views
Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 19:01 - Oct 6 by You_Bloo_Right
Frankie Who? Frankie Fecking Miller That's Who
On the countries' music thread I posted a link to Dougie MacLean's Caledonia but Frankie Miller also did a great version, which also featured in a Tennant's lager ad.
Whilst he didn't have a great deal of commercial success, I didn't realise how highly regarded he was by his peers. or that his musical career had been ended at the age of 45 due to a brain haemorrhage.
Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 08:23 - Oct 7 by DJR
On the countries' music thread I posted a link to Dougie MacLean's Caledonia but Frankie Miller also did a great version, which also featured in a Tennant's lager ad.
Whilst he didn't have a great deal of commercial success, I didn't realise how highly regarded he was by his peers. or that his musical career had been ended at the age of 45 due to a brain haemorrhage.
I didn't know about the brain haemorrhage but I am always surprised that he is still with us given his reputation for hell raising earlier on. And you probably know this already but:
'When Frankie Miller recorded his 1991 version of the song for a Tennent's Lager television advertisement and subsequent single release, MacLean replaced the original line "I have kissed the ladies and left them crying" with the new lyric "I have stolen dreams". MacLean grew to prefer this updated version and has continued to perform it with the changed lyric ever since.'
Friday's forgotten hidden gems on 12:25 - Oct 7 by WeWereZombies
I didn't know about the brain haemorrhage but I am always surprised that he is still with us given his reputation for hell raising earlier on. And you probably know this already but:
'When Frankie Miller recorded his 1991 version of the song for a Tennent's Lager television advertisement and subsequent single release, MacLean replaced the original line "I have kissed the ladies and left them crying" with the new lyric "I have stolen dreams". MacLean grew to prefer this updated version and has continued to perform it with the changed lyric ever since.'
Yes, I was aware that he had slightly sanitised the lyrics.
Had he not, I might not have played it at my dad's funeral.
And I thought of you when I read this article, although Skye isn't quite as remote as Shetlan or the Outer Hebrides
I'm glad I exchanged my diesel Octavia for a petrol X-Cross a couple of years ago now but I'm still making as few journeys as I can. The inexpensive bus fares help, although I have an eleven mile drive to pick up a coach.
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