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"Marvellous Boy" takes the "polite" thing a bit too far for me,
really, Dickon. I mean, I like listing cakes myself, but I don't
turn to pop music to hear other people doing it.
I adore the following Scarlet's Well tracks: "Miss Twinkle's Been On
Holiday Again", "The Water-Shrew Shuffle", "Edo Meridiem", "Willy
Whispers", "Sweetmeat", "Dark Dreams Aboard The Hesperus", "Old
McGhee" (which might be traumatic listening for Tom because of one
word alone), "Clop's Birthday", "Dragon", "Street Of A Thousand
Fools", "Raven's Treasure", "Lord Fishgarlic's Last
Expedition", "Fragment of a Parchment", "Azul Como El Diablo". Which
is most of them, I know, it's just the rest I can take or leave and
the occasional cod-music-hall tracks ("The Mayor's Song", "Luminous
Creatures") I actively dislike.
But what I like about them is the sense of being unashamedly
antiquated and outmoded in the sense of "exotica", which might
otherwise be tedious, but here is unbearably moving.
Plus I like to think that I live in Mousseron, sort of. There is
actually a sign down the road from me that says "Fortune's Well", an
inverted comma that is never actually used in practice. Which is
rather wonderful.
― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 24 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I should point out that, in response to Keith's post, The Monochrome
Set never actually wrote songs for the Would-Be-Goods, though they
were the backing musicians on the two albums.
After the first single, "Fruit Surprise / Hanging Gardens of
Reigate", which was penned by Simon Turner, Jessica Griffin, who IS
the Would-Be-Goods, wrote the bulk of the music and lyrics.
As for Bid and the Monochrome Set's own records, I pity anyone
unmoved by the timeless pop brilliance of "He's Frank", "Reach For
Your Gun", "I Love Lambeth", "Goodbye Joe", "Up", "Whoops What A
Palaver"...
― Dickon Edwards, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
And "Love Zombies", "Apocalypso", "Expresso", "The Strange
Boutique", "Straits of Malacca", "Cowboy Country", "The Twitch" ...
― Robin Carmody, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
one month passes...
What is the association with the Would Be Goods and Bad Dream Fancy
Dress? On the El site they say that The Camera Loves Me is the twin
sister album to Bad Dream Fancy Dress album Choirboys Gas. I love the
Camera Love Me, but have never heard Choirboy's Gas.
― Brian Nupp, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
six years pass...
So there's a bazillion El Records compilations, any one or two the best place to start? Something called _Too Good To Be True - The Best Of El Records_ came out within the last few years, will that do?
― Mr. Odd, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
They are basically all the same songs over and over no matter what compilation you buy. Ruling Class is a best of that comes with a bonus audio cd of Alan McGee and Mike Always and is pretty good. Seriously though they just keep repacking the same 20 or so songs over and over on their VA compilations. London Pavilion's are also a pretty good place to start.
― svend, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link