are those two Gadgets albums a dime a dozen in the U.K.? i never see them here. i only see The Blue Album. which i like a lot.
― scott seward, Thursday, 25 April 2024 15:31 (one month ago) link
not something I've seen around, but I have picked up a Jeremy's Secret LP and a Colin Lloyd Tucker solo album in the last few tears
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 25 April 2024 17:31 (one month ago) link
EVERYONE HERE should listen to The Gadgets just in case they have passed you by. that stuff is awesome.
― scott seward, Thursday, 25 April 2024 17:38 (one month ago) link
I can't decide if the Doug and the Slugs vibe is more Kids in the Hall or Barenaked Ladies
https://imgur.com/a/xbNBCjM
― sox concrète (bendy), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:01 (one month ago) link
i think just "Canadian" will do.
― scott seward, Friday, 26 April 2024 20:07 (one month ago) link
Could a Canadian help me parse the tam-as-comedy-signifier? Or am I overfitting connections between D&TS, BN Ladies and Nardwuar?
― sox concrète (bendy), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:08 (one month ago) link
im obsessed w this one right now ... such a cool vibe, amazing video, feels so on trend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeufM5V1iGg
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:02 (one month ago) link
also may I recommend the 'rubble mix'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v88H6OSdOQ
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:03 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-1wqx7sJPY
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 April 2024 14:29 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezzz0CQUlEY
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 April 2024 14:35 (one month ago) link
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10314622_10153023568797137_5874618969430183496_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=AD3DzRZN7Z4Q7kNvgHMoVsM&_nc_oc=AdgzJLRq8SF6WCOsLCePXnwplVarSE7UUDyGMaHWXh5tLSHS0N-6HyqS2gJFjJg5Qr42baGy7zs9grO6GwBg0sol&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfAYAVcRrEb23a4bPLqhOBpirdTs0AVDrppxSvKl_e6ffg&oe=66599096
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:07 (one month ago) link
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10245435_10153023568717137_396000155325350552_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=5XxMWLO4yiIQ7kNvgGKB-Wv&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfDw4uEpMrB0IA5kxa6Nd8eACBGhkx_1644IW6JC8dMcWQ&oe=66599751
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10313380_10153023568847137_8940435341772417595_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=396kd3stU2oQ7kNvgF41EHw&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfDamQ19EA18SqQ_KFYzoXCfbOwp1AgXIFIcc6v6A0ekdw&oe=6659A702
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:08 (one month ago) link
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10168049_10153023568947137_6712729758405686441_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=ZHh7sZzB7nsQ7kNvgESXy_W&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfCUC8-s-ZEOLDd0CsUf1pHXtThiOc258ZeZ1uUhAoEATw&oe=6659AD01
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10295810_10153023569037137_6425497312064379209_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=YrpwJtKFcY0Q7kNvgGo9ww7&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfB8ODEDj4u2O89Oaxj00_cnTu8RWEZMch4tS6C_hjwIjg&oe=6659B53F
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:09 (one month ago) link
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10173716_10153023569117137_9076406885877087495_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=stwDuh3yzR0Q7kNvgHS4IHo&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfD4Vn_-oBmwd_6mIiHmKr_Qza8Ll8az5w_Cn1p0UFZgbw&oe=6659BCE3
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10295810_10153023569272137_3960124836535055293_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=rwOLrLsdioYQ7kNvgH80zTP&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfDA8LA3quZhhwHB8ZkDFyutS-UzsfD_N37hx0ZLl_XsQw&oe=66599985
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:10 (one month ago) link
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10268631_10153023569312137_6573802928938267230_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=11xk2hlkIiAQ7kNvgHxWGao&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfC0aeabXt6IXqen_w34t2QBxBLpXOxgxM709XZoCSqzRA&oe=6659A2EE
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― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:11 (one month ago) link
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/10311770_10153023569522137_239656792429411060_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=xZ1vR-FWGV4Q7kNvgF-aegH&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfCc7QTiEAOKehIzT5Y1o4JmbPF2qFubLgPVhg2X2e55MQ&oe=665987A8
Oi! and crust punk were so much more popular than anyone wanted to admit. Nice to see GG at #6 in the hipster chart though.
― a fatal dose of irony (Matt #2), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:45 (one month ago) link
Amazing snapshot in time. Reminds me of trying to gym class that winter as the teacher tried to get us to properly rotate nine-person vollyball teams. Is this from Sounds? How long did/could the rockabilly chart last I wonder. "Nutbush City Limits" as a metal standard. I guess the New Pop New Romantics erased all that oi and crust a few months later.
― sox concrète (bendy), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:26 (one month ago) link
* reminds me of gym class that winter as the teacher tried to get us to properly rotate nine-person vollyball teams.
― sox concrète (bendy), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:04 (one month ago) link
"when our love passed out on the clash"
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:00 (one month ago) link
that american albums list is some serious 8th grade flashback stuff. its a lot of what kids were listening to where i was. i had bought kings of the wild frontier in 1980 so i was already well on my way to becoming whatever the hell i became. new wave/punk/metal fan of the 80s.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:10 (one month ago) link
1980 was that weird year where my favorite bands were judas priest, the kinks, and adam & the ants.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:11 (one month ago) link
yeah the american lists are so "what i talk about when i am talking about the 80s."
it was utterly immersive omnipresent and hard to avoid. there's like 20 other charts posted above and there were like 8 ppl hearing that lol.
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:15 (one month ago) link
Great post, Scott. Kinda wild that the Geordie cover of Ike and Tina would end up being an AC/DC audition around this same time. Wild to see the Misunderstood archival album in the indie chart.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:21 (one month ago) link
cherry red and john peel were misunderstood super fans.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:41 (one month ago) link
this is certainly handy to have online.
https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Misunderstood
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:43 (one month ago) link
i actually read that book-length story of the Misunderstood that Mike Stax wrote for Ugly Things magazine. it could be a slog but the Peel stuff was always interesting.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:44 (one month ago) link
Weird thing was that IIRC there was still one last part of that story to go about what happened after the band fell apart and I don't think that ever got published?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 17:11 (one month ago) link
i don't remember. i thought it went on to Juicy Lucy and the move to England and all that and someone dropping out and going to India...? its all a blur. that thing was very very long.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 17:24 (one month ago) link
i was a teenage Shop Assistants and Fuzzbox fan but i didn't know about Chin-Chin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBX1qVGDd4
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 May 2024 15:53 (one month ago) link
chilly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUx5cPLAM0
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 May 2024 15:54 (one month ago) link
do i need to listen to Will & The Bushmen or The Windbreakers?
― scott seward, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:31 (one month ago) link
Trouser Press was hot on the Windbreakers, but the one record I bought never warranted a second listen. I think I mentally file them with Dwight Twilley: meat and potatoes, straight ahead, workmanlike rock that I don't get what the big deal is.
― enochroot, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:47 (one month ago) link
this one's for you, ILM.
https://i.discogs.com/Di3DC6jffrS6iEmPzXDzXRa7ZXwH2X_3G8EVGHB19lY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:376/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1MjA5/MTE1LTE1ODgxMzA2/OTUtMTM3MS5wbmc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:24 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/T0vLIOZvEiwjHeOvBOqoQdpr5bkeoVystZ6raP8mNwI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:374/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1MjA5/MTE1LTE1ODgxMzA2/OTctMjE3NC5wbmc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link
original title. because, yes, there are have to be different versions.
https://i.discogs.com/ghpzI7-ZFgy-3Rs1vLUqURdtneGvCEoErn8SrTBDK0c/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:585/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMjY5/Nzg1LTE1MDA3OTMw/MjctMTI0Ni5qcGVn.jpeg
https://i.discogs.com/EGS_ezCzE-pe1msJqEJbXFS_JAoN65rQOcnNCugHwkk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:587/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMjY5/Nzg1LTE1MDA3OTMw/MzEtMTg1OC5qcGVn.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link