In a mood for guitar music this morning. I love The Psychedelic Furs, they had some big tunes back in the 80s. They provided the wicked theme tune to John Hughes’s Pretty In Pink but it’s their other tunes that I’m more into. Check this one for a slice of new wave goodness
I just picked up Dinosaur Jr’s awesome Where You Been album on vinyl on eBay the other day. I’ve not really listened to it in a good 10 or 15 years and was a little surprised that it still sounds great. I was gonna post up the first track, Out There, but decided on this one instead…
Not totally sure where the Ting Tings have disappeared to. They seemed to be all over the place for a bit but then disappeared. This was a cute little tune from their first album. Nice & simple guitar pop
It’s way too big to embed here but this map showing the paths in the history of Rock ‘N’ Roll is an interesting read. I’m not totally sure about Aerosmith being placed in between Dire Straits and Queen and certainly not sure that David Byrne would be happy with Talking Heads coming straight after Abba!
It’s probably a good thing that I’ve heard of about two of the bands on the pink line, right?
I’ve been slacking recently so I’ll do a few updates today. My fans have been ringing and knocking on my front door night an day moaning about the lack of big riddims being added so it’s time get back on the case.
I wish. I know how many people read this site and it’s embarrassing.
Anyway, this is something that you may remember from a memorable scene in a certain Matthew Broderick film. A cover of an amazing Smiths song, in fact probably my favourite of theirs, done by the weird and wonderful Dream Academy. There is a vocal version of this but it’s tosh. Proper nice vibes and ting…