The Mighty Musical Observations Thread

[Silent Majority]

The Pogues' brilliant track NW3 became the coke braindead trash of the Popes' Mother Mo Chroi.

[Wolter]

I don’t know where the line is between demo and unfinished studio track, but there’s a lot of Elvis Costello gems from the early days that he later cannibalized (often for inferior songs, IMO).

Thinking about this, and in hindsight it’s not shocking that Goodbye, Cruel World is a dip in songwriting*, considering several Punch the Clock songs are overworked versions of songs from previous sessions. He was running out of steam and needed a recharge.

*the godawful production didn’t help, of course. Even the good songs on it work much better in early demo/live versions.

[Flex]

A Mighty Musical Observation: Fan Club by The Damned is so, so fucking good

[Kory]

A Mighty Musical Observation: Fan Club by The Damned is so, so fucking good

Definitely, and very different from the other stuff of the time.

[Wolter]

A Mighty Musical Observation: Fan Club by The Damned is so, so fucking good

Definitely, and very different from the other stuff of the time.

It took me a few years to really get into the Damned relative to their peers, but once they clicked, they became one of my all time favorite bands.

[Kory]

A Mighty Musical Observation: Fan Club by The Damned is so, so fucking good

Definitely, and very different from the other stuff of the time.

It took me a few years to really get into the Damned relative to their peers, but once they clicked, they became one of my all time favorite bands.

I would think they were good for the scene because of their sense of humor and inability to take the whole thing so seriously, even if that got them sort of blacklisted. But the music is balls-out and that's hard to argue with. I might say I would rather have been at a Damned show than a Pistols show at the time.

[Marky Dread]

A Mighty Musical Observation: Fan Club by The Damned is so, so fucking good

Definitely, and very different from the other stuff of the time.

It took me a few years to really get into the Damned relative to their peers, but once they clicked, they became one of my all time favorite bands.

I would think they were good for the scene because of their sense of humor and inability to take the whole thing so seriously, even if that got them sort of blacklisted. But the music is balls-out and that's hard to argue with. I might say I would rather have been at a Damned show than a Pistols show at the time.

I love both the Pistols and The Damned. I never got to see the Pistols until Finsbury Park in '96 but I saw The Damned as The Doomed in '78. Those punk gigs at the time were riotous affairs. I've seen The Damned every year they have played ever since.

The recent Mont de Marsan '77 remaster I posted has Captain Sensible creeping on stage at one point letting off stink bombs. Only to be thrown off by the Clash road crew. Then he was taken to hospital. Back to the venue the next day to share some beers with The Clash. Punk camaraderie.

...and Fan Club is indeed awesome.

[Silent Majority]

Down By The River by Ray Wylie Hubbard feels like it has always existed, just a song that grew in the forest next to an oak tree.

[Flex]

Down By The River by Ray Wylie Hubbard feels like it has always existed, just a song that grew in the forest next to an oak tree.

RWH utterly fucking rules in general and that song is great, good call

[Dr. Medulla]

PSA for a Kickstarter for a Swans documentary:

Just got my copy in the mail today. So, Heston, I need your mailing address so I can get you a copy, toot sweet.

[revbob]

Free ska sampler
http://www.jumpuprecords.com/wedotheskatoo/

[Heston]

PSA for a Kickstarter for a Swans documentary:

Just got my copy in the mail today. So, Heston, I need your mailing address so I can get you a copy, toot sweet.

[Dr. Medulla]

PSA for a Kickstarter for a Swans documentary:

Just got my copy in the mail today. So, Heston, I need your mailing address so I can get you a copy, toot sweet.

Well, I could upload it for you if you prefer. Anything for you, buddy.

[Marky Dread]

PSA for a Kickstarter for a Swans documentary:

Just got my copy in the mail today. So, Heston, I need your mailing address so I can get you a copy, toot sweet.

Well, I could upload it for you if you prefer. Anything for you, buddy.

Heston just made like a Swan and took a dive.

[Dr. Medulla]

PSA for a Kickstarter for a Swans documentary:

Just got my copy in the mail today. So, Heston, I need your mailing address so I can get you a copy, toot sweet.

Well, I could upload it for you if you prefer. Anything for you, buddy.

Heston just made like a Swan and took a dive.

He's just amazed at how much I care about him.