Yup...I'm in there. Left hand side. Grey t-shirt. Baldier than I like to think I am. Way fatter than I'd like to be. But at 47, I can still get up on a dance floor with the best of them.The occasion was the latest Nationalpopleague event, compered by none other than John Blain Hunt of Butcher Boy. As ever, it was an astonishingly good night. With a set-list like this, it is impossible to fail:-
JOHN CARPENTER - HALLOWEEN MAIN THEME
CHORDETTES - MR SANDMAN
SHANGRI LAS - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
ROBERT WYATT - SHIPBUILDING
VINCE GUARALDI - A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
FURNITURE - BRILLIANT MIND
INSPIRAL CARPETS - MOVE
LOTUS EATERS - FIRST PICTURE OF YOU
NICO - THESE DAYS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - SIMPLE THINGS
GO BETWEENS - THAT WAY
CARLY SIMON - WHY?
BRILLIANT CORNERS - BRIAN RIX
LESLEY GORE - MAYBE I KNOW
KING - TASTE OF YOUR TEARS
JAM - THE BITTEREST PILL
SMITHS - YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW
SONS AND DAUGHTERS - DANCE ME IN
MONOCHROME SET - EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS
CHRIS KERSEN - MON AMI
EVIE SANDS - I CAN'T LET GO
RAILWAY CHILDREN - A GENTLE SOUND
HEFNER - SAD WITCH
ISLEY BROTHERS - HARVEST FOR THE WORLD
AZTEC CAMERA - PILLAR TO POST
GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE - THE RATTLER
JAMES - HYMN FROM A VILLAGE
DAVID BOWIE - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
A CERTAIN RATIO - SHACK UP
MAGNETIC FIELDS - STRANGE POWERS
LOFT - UP THE HILL AND DOWN THE SLOPE
MCCARTHY - CHARLES WINDSOR
HUGGY BEAR - HER JAZZ
SLEATER-KINNEY - START TOGETHER
JUNE BRIDES - IN THE RAIN
SERGE GAINSBOURG - INITIALS BB
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - WHEN YOU WAKE YOU'RE STILL IN A DREAM
VOXTROT - FOUR LONG DAYS
FIELD MICE - CLEARER
LIGHTNING SEEDS - PURE
LEFT BANKE - I'VE GOT SOMETHING ON MY MIND
YAZOO - NOBODY'S DIARY
SAINT ETIENNE - YOU'RE IN A BAD WAY
ROXY MUSIC - OVER YOU
MCKINLEY SISTERS - SWEET AND TENDER ROMANCE
FALL - CREEP
PRIMITIVES - STOP KILLING ME
REM - GARDENING AT NIGHT
DEL SHANNON - RUNAWAY
TINDERSTICKS - BATHTIME
MELBA MOORE - THE MAGIC TOUCH
VERONICA FALLS - BEACHY HEAD
FELT - BALLAD OF THE BAND
TALULAH GOSH - TALULAH GOSH
ELVIS PRESLEY - HIS LATEST FLAME
SMITHS - RUSHOLME RUFFIANS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - MY WANDERING DAYS ARE OVER
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - ECHO BEACH
VELVET UNDERGROUND - ROCK AND ROLL
LOVE - ALONE AGAIN OR
PIXIES - HOLIDAY SONG
ORANGE JUICE - BLUEBOY
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - THE SOUND OF SILENCE
STONE ROSES - MADE OF STONE
TALKING HEADS - ONCE IN A LIFETIME
PAVEMENT - UNFAIR
PAVEMENT - GOLD SOUNDZ
MORRISSEY - YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE ON YOUR SIDE
GO BETWEENS - BYE BYE PRIDE
OMD - ELECTRICITY
KIRSTY MACCOLL - A NEW ENGLAND
TRASHCAN SINATRAS - OBSCURITY KNOCKS
DEPECHE MODE - ENJOY THE SILENCE
HIDDEN CAMERAS - BREATHE ON IT
LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS - RATTLESNAKES
JOY DIVISION - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
MAGAZINE - SHOT BY BOTH SIDES
MADONNA - LIKE A PRAYER
SLITS - HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPVINE
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING
WEDDING PRESENT - KENNEDY
SMITHS - ACCEPT YOURSELF
SHIRLEY ELLIS - THE CLAPPING SONG
JACKIE WILSON - HIGHER AND HIGHER
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - GENO
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - THERE'S TOO MUCH LOVE
ARCADE FIRE - REBELLION (LIES)
ASSOCIATES - PARTY FEARS TWO
I arrived at the venue as The Bitterest Pill was being played. I first got on the dance floor to Hymn From A Village. I didn't sit down too often after that. Personal highlights on the night:-
mp3 : Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
Some did a twee dance all the way through. I prefer to semi-pogo during the chorus. I think the cool things were horrified
mp3 : OMD - Electricity
The joy of realising you can readily do the Ian Curtis to this - dont move anything from below the waist and wave your arms around a lot.
mp3 : Wedding Present - Kennedy
In which I totally lost it.
mp3 : The Smiths - Accept Yourself
Immediately after TWP, somehow I still had the energy to do my best Mozza impression - during which a young lady, probably half my age, joined in and said she was having a great time. Whether she meant for that particular song or for the whole evening, I will never know.......
Thanks John for an unforgettable night. And apologies to anyone on the dancefloor who I bumped into in my exuberance....
13 comments:
Absolute class. :)
Jesus, look at those tunes!! This chap must be the bravest DJ in the world ... back when I was DJing myself, people would most probably have killed me if I had followed The Shangri-La's by Robert Wyatt (or Simon + Garfunkle by The Stone Roses).
Then again all of them were ignorant bastards anyway. Well, usually.
Is it too much to ask whether a recording of this set is existing?
Hey! You danced like a total twee radge AND you found Wally! :)
It looks like you more than just 'bumped into' the girl in the purple. From the look on her face, she's screaming wildly in a bid to escape.
.....and is Mr Stripey checking out your moves or your ass? Both quality no doubt :0)
Great post- you admit these things so the rest of us don't have to!
by the by do you know about the edwyn collins session on 6Music on Wednesday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vt176
"twee radge"? what's that mean?
Er, ok, 'twee radge', I kinda made that up as I was going along. I was suggesting, in a somewhat oxymoronic way, that JC was doing his best fay / tortured artist / twee / indie-schmindie dancing whilst also engaging in a spot of rather mentalist 'come ahead if you think yer fucking hard enough, CUNT' behaviour (as witnessed by the facial expressions in the photo). But, please, where the fuck is "Where's Wally's" hat? We need to know, red stripe boy!!
'Electricity' was my absolute favorite song to dance to as a much, much younger man. If I wasn't already on the dance floor, the opening notes of that song got me there in a hurry. Bravo to you for getting back out there.
The Warden
How do you dance to 'Past, Present, and future'?
Usually in a gold lame fishtail dress, Sonny
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