Official video: Howard Devoto has already been mentioned here at Teatro Triste del Clown as the pre-Pete Shelley lead singer of The Buzzcocks. He went on to form Magazine, who are featured prominently later on in my collection. Anyhow, in … Continue reading
Official video: You need no further proof of my youthful idiocy than for me to tell you that I was turned off by “Me and the Farmer” in 1988 because it had the word “farmer” in the title. I didn’t … Continue reading
Fan video with lyrics: Apparently, “The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death” is about the English royal family. I just thought it was an upbeat song about people who were poor and starving but kept on smiling anyways. See, I … Continue reading
3642. “Five Get Over Excited” by The Housemartins
Official video: At-the-time new Housemartin drummer Dave Hemingway kidnaps former drummer High Whitaker at the start of the video. Hilarious. Even after the band member left the band and the band eventually split up, they all remained friends. No mean … Continue reading
Fan video: The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death isn’t available on iTunes or Amazon, so I was fortune that a good friend of mine was willing to share four tracks from the album with me. I’d not previously heard … Continue reading
Live because its more impressive and just as lovely: The Housemartins’ a capella cover of Isley-Jasper-Isley’s “Caravan of Love” was a surprisingly enormous hit for the band in 1986. I didn’t care for it when it came out many years … Continue reading
3639. “Happy Hour” by The Housemartins
Official video: As it happens, The Housemartins would have been a significant band even if they hadn’t future members of The Beautiful South as well as the man who would become Fatboy Slim. This is because they were the fourth … Continue reading
3638. “I Don’t Know Why I Love You” by The House of Love
Official video: The House Of Love and I passed like two ships in the night when I was DJing at KTUH in 1990. While I never much listened to the band’s critically beloved debut album when I was at WRBC … Continue reading
3637. “Sun Gone Down” by House of Freaks
Official video: House of Freaks is a band that I must have played at some point in 1989. I don’t know if this was at WRBC or at KTUH because I’m not 100% sure of when their album Tantilla was … Continue reading
Official video: I love being reminded of a song I really liked but forgot about. While researching a bit about The Hothouse Flowers to write about “I’m Sorry,” I rediscovered “Don’t Go,” which is a superior song in nearly every … Continue reading