It's kind of a lazy post, but three requests that emerged from last week's posting on The The are well worth it if you want my opinion.Son Of The Rock mentioned that he had been surprised a few weeks back when one of my contributions to the Contrast Podcast had featured this :-
mp3 : The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television, The Drug Of The Nation
An utterly beguiling and amazing piece of music from 1992 with lyrics that if anything are even more relevant 18 years on. Incidentally, I only have the version that was released on the LP Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury. If anyone has the remix versions that were made available on the single, I'd love to hear from you.
SotR also mentioned that, and I quote, "it would be peachy" if I posted the 12" version of a song whose clarinet intro I had raved about. Glad to oblige:-
mp3 : Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye (12 inch version)
Finally, Davis McArdle having enjoyed the 12" version of Perfect said he was going to renew his efforts to find the track that was on the b-side of the 12" of This Is The Day. You should have just asked amigo.....
mp3 : The The - I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life) (Special Mix)
This was another piece of vinyl that I picked up in Canada two and a bit years back. It was something I knew existed but had never seen. The price was $7.95 (the sticker is still on the sleeeve). I still reckon I got away with a bit of daylight robbery....
Happy Listening.
PS
Just after putting the above words together, someone by the name of djethell left a comment on a posting from way back in mid 2007 and asked if I wouldn't mind replaying this:-
mp3 : Scritti Politti - Faithless (Triple-Hep N' Blue)
Happy to be of service.
9 comments:
Here's the 'Ultimatum' remix of 'Television' for you.
Regards/
Thanks Mona.
Appreciated.
Have you heard the original version of Television from Franti's earlier band The Beatnigs? Much heavier (and better in my opinion)
Well the On-U Remix of the Beatnig's version is here if you are interested in that one. I also have the original if you want that too.
Regards/
all versions gratefully accepted!!!!
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Jim
thank you very much "it was peachy" fantastic piece of music.
TDHOH I have not listened to the lyrics carefully for many a year but how relevant & profound they are now maybe even more so. I love the line " when imagination is sucked out of children " I have a six year old son who protests when the TV is switched off but after a few minutes a magic thing happens imagination! hoover fittings are spaceships TV controller is a hammerhead shark it's brilliant. I know as a busy parent we all use it to buy time but I urge you to use it less & watch the results.
This is going straight to my list of good advice songs beside the much panned but fantastic Wear Sunscream.
Thanks again Jim.
Son of the Rock.
Aw, Mr Villain, thank you indeed. Genuinely didn't mean the previous post as a sneaky hint - I would have simply asked politely, except, as you say, it seems to be an elusive bugger, that 12 inch.
I've still got the double-7", & can remember going back to top myself up with the 12" at the longlost but fondly remembered The Other Record Shop in Abdn about a fortnight later, only to discover it'd mysteriously disappeared off the face of the earth. It's nagged me ever since, on & off.
Can also recall Matt Johnson doing this number on C4's Switch, back in the day, him & Zeke Manyika battering buggery out of a rack of syndrums, only to be cruelly faded out for an interview with Gary Numan.
One of these days, when the world has tilted on its axis & the laws of physics no longer apply, I'm gonnae nip back in time & save all of Switch for future generations. What a show. Off to youtube now to see if that clip of Soft Cell & Foetus doing Ghost Rider's still up there...
Thanks again. And belatedly: Lang may yer lum reek!
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DMcA
What a trio of perfection. Hiphoprisy have the Cope seal of approval BTW, so I'm in, obviously.
The The were always amazing, and Soft Cell were always a favourite of mine, although I think their high water mark was "Torch", but this one runs it a close second.
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