You can't get 33:9 on a clock, so you'll have to settle for this. For a change this installment of 33 isn't slipping in just before midnight because I was lazy, distracted, or couldn't be arsed. It's actually being written in advance, on Thursday, since I'll I'll be out galavanting somewhere on Friday night. Pete Wylie is a pain in the arse for anyone who likes to keep their music collection carefully aphabetised. Wah!, Wah! Heat, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! the Mongrel, all different [...]
You can't get 33:9 on a clock, so you'll have to settle for this. For a change this installment of 33 isn't slipping in just before midnight because I was lazy, distracted, or couldn't be arsed. It's actually being written in advance, on Thursday, since I'll I'll be out galavanting somewhere on Friday night. Pete Wylie is a pain in the arse for anyone who likes to keep their music collection carefully aphabetised. Wah!, Wah! Heat, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! the Mongrel, all different [...]
The heart of the song: I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend I'm a friend of a friend but you don't know me I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend And if I come on the night Can I get in free? So really, these characters aren't real friendships at all, are they? They're names being dropped at a door in a bid to wangle a free guestlist slot. In effect, then, Friends is the spiritual father of this, from Kicks Like A Mule: [...]
A bunch of guys I'd seen loads were going crazy about Subway Sect. Actually, most of them were standing looking at just this one guy, who was going crazy on his own. This guy was a bit of a loudmouth. I'd noticed him in Probe before. But his face was so animated, I stood and gazed at him. He wore a black leather jacket and black combat pants. He had a Clash T-shirt under the jacket, which was zipped halfway. His hair was a natural black and gelled into a boyish quiff. In fact, everything about him was boyish. He [...]
Justice Tonight Tour In Aid of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign Featuring Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) Pete Wylie (The Mighty Wah) The Farm Plus very special guests The Academy Friday 30th March After playing a number of celebrated dates around the UK in December the Justice Tonight Tour has announced an Irish date at The Academy on Friday 30th March. The Justice Tonight Tour will feature Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) with Pete Wylie & The Farm, they will be joined by some very special [...]
Following on from a previous very special one-off show at Liverpool Olympia in aid of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign earlier this year, the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough football disaster , the Clash and Big Audio Dynamite's Mick Jones , Pete Wylie , the Farm and special guests have announced a tour called Justice Tonight that will be gigging around the UK in December to raise awareness of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. If you're not a footy fan, [...]
It's sinful, it's tragic. But enough about Pete Wylie's dancing! The song still sounds great! Mildly Interesting Pop Fact(s) : Sinful originally charted exactly twenty-five years ago, where it peaked at number 13 in this very week (well, the corresponding week in 1986). There's an alternative video for Sinful , sans embarrassing dancing and which feels strangely lacklustre in comparison to the one above. I suspect it may have been for the benefit of the American market or MTV, or both. Anyway, it's not great. With [...]
As it's Record Store Day I thought I'd get all whimsical and recall the olden days spent at my favourite Indie Record Store ! ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ____ If you're of a certain vintage you'll doubtless recall those halcyon days when supermarkets sold food, Burtons supplied gentleman's clothing and the best music was discovered via your local independent record stores. As it should be. These Record Stores were not the neutral homogeneous metrosexual Megastores we now have in our midst today. They were not owned by 'big music' their window displays did not promote the [...]
Pete Wylie From: Liverpool, United Kingdom Pete Wylie was, is and always has been a god. His godlike status is confirmed with the rousing 'The Day Margaret Thatcher Dies' a cross between the Troggs , The Beatles ' Tomorrow Never Knows and the Rolling Stones ' classic 'Get Off My Cloud' . It [...]
That's my agenda for today (not at the same time though). So no time for reading, writing, blogging, whatever, so instead I've dug out this old favorite that hopefully one or two of you will enjoy! I remember buying the 7" single way back in 1986 (old fart), while on a short stop in Stockholm , before travelling on to meet my family in Finland .
This is potentially fascinating: David Morrissey has bought the rights to Julian Cope's Head On and is trying to secure funding to turn it into a movie. At the moment, Morrissey is thinking of being Bill Drummond and - inevitably - Rhys Ifans is being muttered about for the Cope role. (Really? Is it now a law that Ifans is the only person in the UK who can pretend to have done drugs in front of a camera?) No word yet on potential casting for Pete Wylie, but I hear that Pete Wylie might [...]
When we were out in Italy on our holidays Mrs. Toad and I had very few CDs with us but one of them was an Uncut compilation of prison blues and murder ballads which, amazingly, given the very promising subject matter, really wasn't very good. In fact, it was rotten, so I've made a podcast based on the self same concept, but with what I personally think are vastly better songs. Most obviously, to my mind, there were very few contemporary songs in there, and I thought that was a little weird. Now, I actually think that the [...]
There's some folk out there who will put Pete Wylie on a pedestal and then kneel down and worship him. There's others who would gladly nail him to a tree... The fact he can produce such contrasting reactions and opinions tells you that he's certainly someone it's impossible to ignore. He's now had a recording career that spans the best part of 30 years, either under his own name or some sort
I got an email a couple of days ago from Ruth. You may not think you know who Ruth is, but I bet you do really: she is in two of my favourite recent discoveries, The Moulettes and Modernaire. In fact, the only reason I know about Modernaire in the first place is [...]
I don't know if the ongoing slump in record/CD sales is being mirrored similarly in the circulation figures of music papers and magazines. Nowadays I'll only buy something if there's the promise of a decent-length article on someone I particularly admire. Failing that, I'll grab a hold of a magazine or two to take away on holiday just in case there turns out to be a hellishly long flight delay
Growing up in the musical wasteland of the 1980's didn't feel half bad at the time became if you took a good peek into its more obscure corners there was quite a mine of essential tracks. For a time 'Icing On The Cake', 'True Faith', 'Brilliant Mind', 'Running Up That Hill' and this song were my top 5 and given what was on offer it doesn't stack up too badly even now. 'Sinful' remains absolutely
Aye Tunes
Aye Tunes
No Rock And Roll Fun
Inveresk Street Ingrate
State Magazine
There Goes the Fear
Too Much Apple Pie
The VPME
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Hits In The Car
Song, by Toad
THE VINYL VILLAIN
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I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
REMIX SUNDAYS- May 27th, 2012
(Re)Covered, Vol. XXVI: New Covers of… The Band, Paul Simon, Bill Withers, Springsteen, Dylan, & more!
