NEU! Negativland
No apologies for sticking with the Hunnish groove. From their excellent 1972 debut album.
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Reparata and the Delrons: Whenever a Teenager Cries
This was written by Ernie Maresca and released in America in December 1964, making No 60. It was released in Britain in January 1965 but did not chart.
Faust: It’s a Rainy Day (Sunshine Girl)
More hypnotic Krautism, this time from Faust’s 1972 album So Far. Very strange pictures from Roman Polanski.
A war grave in Italy
ON September 13, 1944, Captain George Wordingham Scarf of the Royal Artillery was on manoeuvres in a Jeep near Cattolica, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, when he was killed by a … Continue readingA war grave in Italy
Can: Mother Sky
What a hypnotic band they were. I saw them in Newcastle in 1974 and must confess that I did not get it. But since then I have learned to love … Continue readingCan: Mother Sky
The Shangri-Las: Maybe
Considered to be the first ‘girl group’ number, this was written by George Goldner and Richard Barrett. Arlene Smith, lead singer of the Chantels, is believed to be an uncredited … Continue readingThe Shangri-Las: Maybe
David Bowie: Station to Station
A live version from 2000, 25 years after the original. Does he remind you of that bloke out of Shameless?
Not for sissies
Watch the head-high tackles fly in as Chelsea face Leeds in the two-part 1970 FA Cup final. Proper men. It makes you wonder how Paul Pogba would have coped in … Continue readingNot for sissies
The Beatles: Please Please Me
This was written by John Lennon and credited as always to Lennon-McCartney. It was the group’s s second single (after Love Me Do) and their first No 1. (Wikipedia says: ‘The … Continue readingThe Beatles: Please Please Me
Sugar: Where Diamonds Are Halos
Another grungy pick, this time from the mighty Bob Mould.