Just had a shower and for some unknown reason I started singing this one. No idea why, because it's probably been 20 years since the last time I heard it...still a pretty good song though! Love and Money - Halleluiah man
If you'd have asked me two decades ago (let's assume for a second that you'd have been aware of my existence two decades ago) what my favourite song of all time was, I'd have nominated Jocelyn Square by Love & Money. Sure, it's slick and smooth and very polished in that late-eighties guitar-pop-funk way, but I've always had a soft spot for it, and it still sounds great to my ears even now. Beautiful lyrics too. When I was 18 I thought lines like: "Sometimes you don't know something's open till it shuts / I loved you [...]
Love and Money - Candybar Express (New York Mix) (12" Single, 1986)
There are a few records of mine that I often wonder why they weren't more successful. Why didn't more people hear what I heard? What was it about them that didn't quite grasp the record buying public in sufficient numbers to propel them on to commercial success? The blogosphere is full of bloggers asking the same question about their favourite bands/artists. There are a few that spring to my mind. Vinyl Villain has championed one such artist in the shape of Paul Quinn and the other neglected voice [...]
Thanks to everyone for participating in the 'vinyl vote' this week. I've already digitized the Spoons album Talkback and the Keep It Dark album 1st Down And Ten . Based on the latest poll, I will be doing The Silencers and New Musik next. Great choices too. I've hit a technical snag in that my new mixer/preamp suddenly decided it only liked one channel. I may be retro but I'm not planning on working in mono anytime soon. So it will be a few days before hopefully [...]
The handsome chap in the photo is my kid brother Stevie.....and the snap was taken three years ago today. So he's now 43 as of this morning.....I don't see him all that often as he lives in Florida with his wife and two kids (one of whom is in fact 'the face of The Vinyl Villain on the right hand side'), but I know he has a read of this nonsense almost every day.Stevie's taste in music isn't as
Hits In The Car
Too Much Apple Pie
Mine For Life
THE VINYL VILLAIN
A Place to Bury Strangers
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
How High Can You Hear? Test Your Hearing Now!
Taste And Try Before You Buy
BAND OF HORSES – The Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix)
K-Holes - "Frozen Stiff"
