The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

General music discussion.
Heston
User avatar
God of Thunder...and Rock 'n Roll
Posts: 38356
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 4:07pm
Location: North of Watford Junction

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Heston »

Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 4:20pm
Heston wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 4:13pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 1:10pm
Back when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
Everyone knows Bucks Fizz did the best version...

Not sufficiently different from the original, so it doesn't exceed any nostalgic pull. (Man, that singer looks like he was pulled out of a catalogue for mid-80s male pop singers.)
Yeah, it was the bigger hit here, so pulls that nostalgic chain for me.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

gkbill
Unknown Immortal
Posts: 4725
Joined: 23 Jun 2008, 9:21pm

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by gkbill »

Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 1:10pm
Back when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
Hello,

I saw them pre-Talking in Your Sleep. They were pretty good live. I recall the first album being pretty good energetic power pop.

Dr. Medulla
User avatar
Atheistic Epileptic
Posts: 115978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
Location: Straight Banana, Idaho

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Dr. Medulla »

gkbill wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 4:48pm
Hello,

I saw them pre-Talking in Your Sleep. They were pretty good live. I recall the first album being pretty good energetic power pop.
I only know "What I Like About You"—talk about ubiquitous—but I read at one time that they started out on CBGB's scuzzy circuit, so I can see them having a rougher edge earlier on.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

Marky Dread
User avatar
Messiah of the Milk Bar
Posts: 58881
Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Marky Dread »

Heston wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 4:24pm
Love this version of On Melancholy Hill...

Excellent, I love the melody in that track.
Image

Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

"Without the common people you're nothing"

Nos Sumus Una Familia

Marky Dread
User avatar
Messiah of the Milk Bar
Posts: 58881
Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Marky Dread »

Heston wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 4:13pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 1:10pm
Back when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
Everyone knows Bucks Fizz did the best version...

They both sound really bland. I think I actually prefer the vocal on the Bucks Fizz version. Fuck why do I come here and listen this dross. That Medulla kid has a lot to answer for!
Image

Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

"Without the common people you're nothing"

Nos Sumus Una Familia

daredevil
User avatar
Unknown Immortal
Posts: 4978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 6:35pm

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by daredevil »

JennyB wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 2:22pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 2:12pm
JennyB wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 2:03pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Aug 2017, 1:10pm
Back when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
AGGGHHHHHHHH. This is one of those songs that I have a (irrational, I know) hatred for.
No, my nostalgic appreciation is what's irrational. It's pretty blah.
It is blah, which is why it's so weird that I harbor such hatred for it. It shouldn't engender this much passion on my part.
After all these years, I still love this song.

Dr. Medulla
User avatar
Atheistic Epileptic
Posts: 115978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
Location: Straight Banana, Idaho

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Dr. Medulla »

Another song from my adolescence that just bubbled to the surface, a Madness-esque Canadian band called The Villains.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

Dr. Medulla
User avatar
Atheistic Epileptic
Posts: 115978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
Location: Straight Banana, Idaho

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Dr. Medulla »

Didn't think much of these guys at the time, but this is a cracking good single.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

gkbill
Unknown Immortal
Posts: 4725
Joined: 23 Jun 2008, 9:21pm

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by gkbill »

Hello,

If you are ever lacking energy, watch this:



"Thank you. Does anyone have any questions?"

Marky Dread
User avatar
Messiah of the Milk Bar
Posts: 58881
Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Marky Dread »

Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Aug 2017, 8:42pm
Another song from my adolescence that just bubbled to the surface, a Madness-esque Canadian band called The Villains.
Not bad, a nice slice of jaunty pop/ska.
Image

Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

"Without the common people you're nothing"

Nos Sumus Una Familia

Dr. Medulla
User avatar
Atheistic Epileptic
Posts: 115978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
Location: Straight Banana, Idaho

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Dr. Medulla »



Pretty much all Flying Lizards covers are superb in stripping down the original into a minimalist early industrial sound that is nevertheless mesmerizing, but I probably dig "Sex Machine" the most because of how distant it is from the original in sound and feel.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

Marky Dread
User avatar
Messiah of the Milk Bar
Posts: 58881
Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Marky Dread »

Naked Truth "Green with Rage". Album produced by Bernie Rhodes 1991.
Image

Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

"Without the common people you're nothing"

Nos Sumus Una Familia

Dr. Medulla
User avatar
Atheistic Epileptic
Posts: 115978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
Location: Straight Banana, Idaho

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Dr. Medulla »



Simultaneously goofy as fuck and earwormy. Any kid who doesn't love the ooga chucka part has grown old too fast.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

JennyB
User avatar
Mossad Van Driver
Posts: 22256
Joined: 16 Jun 2008, 1:13pm
Location: Moranjortsville

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by JennyB »

Dr. Medulla wrote:
04 Sep 2017, 6:53pm


Simultaneously goofy as fuck and earwormy. Any kid who doesn't love the ooga chucka part has grown old too fast.
I hate that fucking song. Sorry, Doc!
Got a Rake? Sure!

IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M

" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy

Dr. Medulla
User avatar
Atheistic Epileptic
Posts: 115978
Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
Location: Straight Banana, Idaho

Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

Post by Dr. Medulla »

JennyB wrote:
05 Sep 2017, 10:26am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
04 Sep 2017, 6:53pm


Simultaneously goofy as fuck and earwormy. Any kid who doesn't love the ooga chucka part has grown old too fast.
I hate that fucking song. Sorry, Doc!
I won't say I love it, but that beginning has a certain goofy addictive quality.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

Post Reply