Dexys - new release

[laxman]

Live session on the Chris Evans show this morning.

Geno, Both Sides Now, Come on Eileen, You to me are everything. From about 2 hours in, spread through the last hour

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078x7r8

[Marky Dread]

Live session on the Chris Evans show this morning.

Geno, Both Sides Now, Come on Eileen, You to me are everything. From about 2 hours in, spread through the last hour

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078x7r8

[101Walterton]

Live session on the Chris Evans show this morning.

Geno, Both Sides Now, Come on Eileen, You to me are everything. From about 2 hours in, spread through the last hour

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078x7r8

Thanks Lax that's my Sunday afternoon on the couch sorted.

[laxman]

Live session on the Chris Evans show this morning.

Geno, Both Sides Now, Come on Eileen, You to me are everything. From about 2 hours in, spread through the last hour

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078x7r8

Thanks Lax that's my Sunday afternoon on the couch sorted.

No problem, all four songs are great.

[101Walterton]

The band sound great I'd love to see a live show.
I lknow Both Sides Now is a cover but I know it from somewhere in my childhood I just can't place where or when.

[Marky Dread]

The band sound great I'd love to see a live show.
I lknow Both Sides Now is a cover but I know it from somewhere in my childhood I just can't place where or when.

Joni Mitchell's song has been heavily covered down the years. Neil Diamond, The Osmonds, Roger Whittaker,Cilla Black, Engelbert Humperdinck, Glen Cambell, Paul Young with Clannad, Susan bloody Boyle, So there's every chance your parents had a version when you were a dustbin lid. Judy Collins had a hit with it in 1967 and I think it was used in the TV show Mad Men.

[101Walterton]

The band sound great I'd love to see a live show.
I lknow Both Sides Now is a cover but I know it from somewhere in my childhood I just can't place where or when.

Joni Mitchell's song has been heavily covered down the years. Neil Diamond, The Osmonds, Roger Whittaker,Cilla Black, Engelbert Humperdinck, Glen Cambell, Paul Young with Clannad, Susan bloody Boyle, So there's every chance your parents had a version when you were a dustbin lid. Judy Collins had a hit with it in 1967 and I think it was used in the TV show Mad Men.

Yes I looked it up on wiki and suspect it may be the Andy Williams version. My Mum used to listen to him.

[Low Down Low]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m ... y-i-wanted

Decent interview in today's Observer. I especially liked the last line, has a kind of Joe vibe about it. Not that I think the quality is comparable, but I have a definite sense of these as Kevin's Mescalero years, although I expect he'll get longer to enjoy it. And I like what I've heard to far of the new record, takes some talent, as well as a fair bit of madness, to be able to bring something extra to these old classics and looking forward to hearing the rest.

[101Walterton]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m ... y-i-wanted

Decent interview in today's Observer. I especially liked the last line, has a kind of Joe vibe about it. Not that I think the quality is comparable, but I have a definite sense of these as Kevin's Mescalero years, although I expect he'll get longer to enjoy it. And I like what I've heard to far of the new record, takes some talent, as well as a fair bit of madness, to be able to bring something extra to these old classics and looking forward to hearing the rest.

I agree with you and love the tracks I have heard BUT I can't help but think they are wasted doing covers and Rowland should be writing his own songs for this band.

[Low Down Low]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m ... y-i-wanted

Decent interview in today's Observer. I especially liked the last line, has a kind of Joe vibe about it. Not that I think the quality is comparable, but I have a definite sense of these as Kevin's Mescalero years, although I expect he'll get longer to enjoy it. And I like what I've heard to far of the new record, takes some talent, as well as a fair bit of madness, to be able to bring something extra to these old classics and looking forward to hearing the rest.

I agree with you and love the tracks I have heard BUT I can't help but think they are wasted doing covers and Rowland should be writing his own songs for this band.

I sincerely hope he is too. Though this does seem to have been a 30 year itch that had to be scratched as opposed to the creative well merely running dry. They've got a bit of momentum behind them now, hope they keep pushing on.

[101Walterton]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m ... y-i-wanted

Decent interview in today's Observer. I especially liked the last line, has a kind of Joe vibe about it. Not that I think the quality is comparable, but I have a definite sense of these as Kevin's Mescalero years, although I expect he'll get longer to enjoy it. And I like what I've heard to far of the new record, takes some talent, as well as a fair bit of madness, to be able to bring something extra to these old classics and looking forward to hearing the rest.

I agree with you and love the tracks I have heard BUT I can't help but think they are wasted doing covers and Rowland should be writing his own songs for this band.

I sincerely hope he is too. Though this does seem to have been a 30 year itch that had to be scratched as opposed to the creative well merely running dry. They've got a bit of momentum behind them now, hope they keep pushing on.

I hope you are right mate however 5 albums in 35 years doesn't exactly bode well well for an album onslaught! Having said that it worked for Madness after releasing The Dangermen Sessions then going on to create arguably their best album in Norton Folgate.

[laxman]

Official Dexy's Youtube page. Clip from an interview posted plus a track from this month's Uncut magazine CD plus Both Sides Now video.

https://m.youtube.com/user/dexysofficial

[Low Down Low]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m ... y-i-wanted

Decent interview in today's Observer. I especially liked the last line, has a kind of Joe vibe about it. Not that I think the quality is comparable, but I have a definite sense of these as Kevin's Mescalero years, although I expect he'll get longer to enjoy it. And I like what I've heard to far of the new record, takes some talent, as well as a fair bit of madness, to be able to bring something extra to these old classics and looking forward to hearing the rest.

I agree with you and love the tracks I have heard BUT I can't help but think they are wasted doing covers and Rowland should be writing his own songs for this band.

I sincerely hope he is too. Though this does seem to have been a 30 year itch that had to be scratched as opposed to the creative well merely running dry. They've got a bit of momentum behind them now, hope they keep pushing on.

I hope you are right mate however 5 albums in 35 years doesn't exactly bode well well for an album onslaught! Having said that it worked for Madness after releasing The Dangermen Sessions then going on to create arguably their best album in Norton Folgate.

To be honest, nothing more than wishful thinking on my part. And hard to say where Dexys will go without Talbot, Jimmy Paterson and Pete Williams. Kevin seems to take a bit after his great hero Brenan Behan, the muse doesn't visit all that often but bestows wonderful blessings whenever she does! Agree about Norton Folgate, great concept brilliantly delivered. I haven't bothered with music videos since around 1984 but the video for Forever Young tears me up everytime.

[Low Down Low]

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music ... -1.2696343

Reasonably interesting interview from KR today. Like his Ali story and the fact that the album seems to be selling very well indeed, much better than I'd anticipated anyway. And great to see him give the shout-out to Lisa O'Neill as well, one of the best singer/songwriters to emerge for a few years I think.