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My second favourite piece of music, accompanied by a montage of scenes from my second favourite show.
Lost - Requiem for a dream

Lee Carey wrote:And now for an entry from one of the ten God Like Geniuses of Pop...

How odd - I very nearly did 'Showgirl' today. There's obviously something Hainesian about today's weather...

I think a little bit of Neil and Chris today...summing up my work day in its entirety! Debussy to a disco beat indeed.

Left To My Own Devices

Frank wrote:I think a little bit of Neil and Chris today...summing up my work day in its entirety! Debussy to a disco beat indeed.

Left To My Own Devices

At last! Something I'd actually listen to!

I think I'm sadly at odds with everyone else here.

You're welcome Sheringham. I have a very eclectic take in music and will sprinkle the thread with little bits of gorgeousness when I can.

sheringham wrote:

Frank wrote:I think a little bit of Neil and Chris today...summing up my work day in its entirety! Debussy to a disco beat indeed.

Left To My Own Devices

At last! Something I'd actually listen to!

I think I'm sadly at odds with everyone else here.

i've not heard lots of the stuff on here- but it's good to hear new stuff

i've gone for new order- the perfect kiss partly for the great video.

jonathan demme directs. the song. one take. in a room. brill.

delgadofan wrote:

Doc Filth wrote:We've had mainstream Floyd, but not early psychedelic Floyd. So, to rectify that:

Pink Floyd - Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun

That's comparatively late for early Floyd (so to speak), isn't it?

I'd plough earlier than that for psychadelic Floyd - ie anything from 1967's "Piper at the Gates Of Dawn".

Well, it's earlier than "Comfortably Numb", anyway .

If you're good, I might put up "Bike" before the end of the week...

More New Order from me...

New Order - Blue Monday

I've gone for the original not the (badly) edited version on the official video.

Johnstone McGuckian wrote:More New Order from me...

New Order - Blue Monday

I've gone for the original not the (badly) edited version on the official video.

The version to post is their Top of the Pops performance. During an era when absolutely no-one performed live on TotP, New Order decide to...

Suffice to say, the conversation the next day at school wasn't complimentary, and, unsurprisingly, the next week saw it plummet down the charts.

but that said, for all my criticisms at the time, it's a glorious performance, especially when Barney forgets the words and laughs at one point- perfectly in keeping with the wilful self destructiveness New order have always exhibited. after all, Blue Monday was the best selling 12 inch single of all time...

And still managed to loose Factory Records 5 pence for every copy sold!!!

I'm posting it here not as an entry, but an alternative to the one Johnston posted above.

You know, on the subject of New Order, I was driving down to Colorado Springs yesterday for dinner with the family and listening to my Best of New Order CD. "Touched By The Hand Of God" comes on, and I'm struck by how it seems to call to mind the incidental music from Time & The Rani.

Consequently, I changed discs and listened to Depeche Mode instead.

Graymalkin wrote:Resisting the urge to go 'What? What? WHAT?' at some of the earlier Muse-ings in the thread

At those who think they're jolly good or at those who think that they're portentious prog-punk for the under tens?

Alabama 3 - Mao Tse Tung Says
Apollo 440 - Pain In Any Language
Ash - Shining Light
Barbara Streisland - Happy Days Are Here Again
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beirut - Postcards From Italy
Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life
Blur - Beetlebum
Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom
British Sea Power - Remember Me
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Clint Mansell - Requiem For A Dream
Crazyhead - Medley
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
The Cult - Rain
The Damned - Noise Noise Noise
Danijela - Neka Me Ne Svane
David Bowie - My Death
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
Doctor Who Original Theme Music
The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love
The Doves - The Cedar Room
Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
Eels - Susan's House
Elastica - Line Up
Electronic - Disappointed
Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers - Cobblers Hornpipe
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa - Trouble Coming Every Day
Gary Williams - Song For Ten
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
Hawkwind - Masters of the Universe
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - The Passing Show
iLiKETRAiNS - THE BEECHiNG REPORT
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
The Jam - Beat Surrender
Johnny Cash - Further On Up The Road
Jon Pertwee - I Am The Doctor
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Julian Cope - Beautiful Love
The KLF - Doctorin' The TARDIS
The KLF - It's Grim Up North
Ladyhawke - My Delirium
Ladytron - Seventeen
Laibach - Geburt Einer Nation
Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palms
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Midlake - Roscoe
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
New Order - Blue Monday
New Order - Crystal
New Order - Perfect Kiss
Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
Orbital - Dr Who Theme
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
The Pogues - Sally MacLannane
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
Pop Will Eat Itself - The Fuses Have Been Lit
Pulp - Sorted Out For Es and Whizz
Red Priest - Four Seasons: Spring
Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
Robin Hitchcock - Madonna of the Wasps
Roxy Music - Ladytron
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Serge Gainsbourg- L'Initiales B.B.
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
Silje Negaard - Be Still My Heart
The Silver Jews - Punks In The Beerlight
Sparks - Beat The Clock
The Specials - Do Nothing
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Suede - Still Life
Supergrass - The Sun Hits The Sky
Thomas Lang - Feels So Right
Tom Waites - God's Away On Business
Ugly Duckling - A Little Samba
UK Subs - Stranglehold
XTC - Dear God

*Who did this peoples? I imagine it isn't just the sounds of the island...

New Order go into the lead!

stanmore wrote:Alabama 3 - Mao Tse Tung Says
Apollo 440 - Pain In Any Language
Ash - Shining Light
Barbara Streisland - Happy Days Are Here Again
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beirut - Postcards From Italy
Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life
Blur - Beetlebum
Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom
British Sea Power - Remember Me
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Crazyhead - Medley
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
The Cult - Rain
The Damned - Noise Noise Noise
Danijela - Neka Me Ne Svane
David Bowie - My Death
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
Doctor Who Original Theme Music
The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love
The Doves - The Cedar Room
Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
Eels - Susan's House
Elastica - Line Up
Electronic - Disappointed
Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers - Cobblers Hornpipe
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa - Trouble Coming Every Day
Gary Williams - Song For Ten
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
Hawkwind - Masters of the Universe
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - The Passing Show
iLiKETRAiNS - THE BEECHiNG REPORT
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
The Jam - Beat Surrender
Johnny Cash - Further On Up The Road
Jon Pertwee - I Am The Doctor
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Julian Cope - Beautiful Love
The KLF - Doctorin' The TARDIS
The KLF - It's Grim Up North
Ladyhawke - My Delirium
Ladytron - Seventeen
Laibach - Geburt Einer Nation
Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palms
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Midlake - Roscoe
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
New Order - Blue Monday
New Order - Crystal
New Order - Perfect Kiss
Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
Orbital - Dr Who Theme
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
The Pogues - Sally MacLannane
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
Pop Will Eat Itself - The Fuses Have Been Lit
Pulp - Sorted Out For Es and Whizz
Red Priest - Four Seasons: Spring
Requiem For A Dream*
Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
Robin Hitchcock - Madonna of the Wasps
Roxy Music - Ladytron
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Serge Gainsbourg- L'Initiales B.B.
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
Silje Negaard - Be Still My Heart
The Silver Jews - Punks In The Beerlight
Sparks - Beat The Clock
The Specials - Do Nothing
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Suede - Still Life
Supergrass - The Sun Hits The Sky
Thomas Lang - Feels So Right
Tom Waites - God's Away On Business
Ugly Duckling - A Little Samba
UK Subs - Stranglehold
XTC - Dear God

*Who did this peoples? I imagine it isn't just the sounds of the island...

New Order go into the lead!

yay!

thwe clip uses the soundtrack to the (somewhat depressing) film "requiem for a dream"- rather to my suprise the soundtrack was by clint mansell- ex pop will eat itself. he's come a long way since "beaver patrol"

Thank you, Barnaby.

My choice for today is Dr Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol. Two things you need for a healthy body and mind.

The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant

Lovely bouncy Indie Pop.

Starfighter Pilot wrote:The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant

Nothing to do with my alter ego, honest.

No Good (Start the Dance)
- The Prodigy.

Even if we've had some Prodge, it's time for more.

Hmm... Computer went a bit mad there. Sorry. Feel more than free to delete...

stanmore wrote:At those who think they're jolly good or at those who think that they're portentious prog-punk for the under tens?

The former. I mean they're alright, don't get me wrong, and I like Supermassive Black Hole in a school-disco Radiohead kind of way, but 'alright' is all they are...

ETA- Although if anyone likes them that's great, and I in no way wish to denegrate or cause offence. Perhaps mildly mock, but that's all. You've heard the kind of stuff I listen to, so what do I know?

Oh, and I reckon 'Doctorin' the TARDIS' should be The Timelords rather than The KLF, but that may be just me...

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Anyway, today it's a band I first saw supporting iLiKETRAiNS in a library (along with Married to the Sea, whose CD I also bought. The sign of a great gig when you buy CDs from both supports...);

Kyte - Sunlight

Skip Spence - Cripple Creek

The KLF are going to remain The KLF on the big list. I'm hoping they're not Timelords so they can't regenerate...*

*Technically I only know Doctorin' The TARDIS and (now) It's Grim Up North which was actually quite good... but I'm keeping this comment here anyway...

It's done it again! Gah!

One thing I would say peeps. The Music Library a great idea, and with the diversity of people here, we're bound to have a diversity of music. So if you really hate something that is linked, please be nice and don't have a go on here. One person's genius is another person's arsehole.

Any connection between the above and my selection for today is purely deliberate. Besides which, there's not a law in the land that says I can't go from ska/punk to fluffy pap in one easy move.

The Co=Ordinator wrote:If you really hate something that is linked, please be nice and don't have a go on here...

Yeah, I was a bit worried that was how I'd come across, hence my disclaimer. Sorry again.

One person's genius is another person's arsehole.

Or often both at the same time, if they're Kevin Rowland...

Any connection between the above and my selection for today is purely deliberate...

...and probably very wise...

Ah, Tight Fit. well do I remember there first appearance on Top of the Pops...

Or, rather, their effect on the fourteen year old adolescent boys in my class at school the next day.



Meanwhile, because the French do it better, here's


Alizee- Mademoiselle Juliette

I was going to post J'en Ai Marre, but I think that can wait for another day.

Bit of context for this one, for those of you whoi aren't comics-literate:

The original lyrics were written (along with sheet music) as part of a recap for Alan Moore's dystopian comic, V for Vendetta. The version I've linked to uses stills from the (inferior) movie adaptation; there is one on YouTube that uses the art from the original comic panels, but it cuts the beginning off the music, damnit. Anyway...

David J - Vicious Cabaret

Just for a change, a bit of pompous Goth pop from Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye
I was obsessed with them back in 1982 and certainly blame Daniel Ash for my appearance at the time. 'The Sky's Gone Out' album is still a particular favourite of mine.