City Rocker

9 hours ago, phantom said:

Does anyone know what these signs are pointing at? 

Is this off Malago Road? If so, I wonder if the sign is pointing at Massive Attack studios (what used to be Unit 3, for those from the Bristol muso community). 

22 hours ago, AppyDAZE said:

More than 40 years ago?? 

Give ******* over

Another album I have a lot of room for.

Pop. Prog, Heavy, Punk, New Wave, post this, post that... I love it all

It's music and it's great music.

So frightfully camp it made you laugh, tomorrow I'll buy myself a dress...

One of my favourite albums when I was 16, I haven't listened to this for years; still love those nursery rhyme melodies and jangly guitar hooks. More DIY/garageland than The Clash. 

Very underrated and influential, Orange Juice were. 

Thank you Nige, you've been a breath of fresh air for my club, and you deserved far, far better treatment than you got from the higher-ups. But hopefully you realise the high regard we have for you round the ground.

Wish you a healthy and stress-free future. 

I'm honestly struggling to believe the powers-that-be at my club have done this. It's not what we do and clearly not what the fans wanted. And it is our club.

Sad day

8 hours ago, Topper 123 said:

What a cock 

8 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Thanks 

Enlarged prostate? 

Hello ladies! 

Brilliant remix of one of the best records ever made. What a voice, and what a groove..... Let's get it on.... 

3 minutes ago, bearded_red said:

Well done to Rovers for almost having a thousand more than Yeovil managed in the Conference South!

And for forcing a very creditable home draw with Stevenage. That's.... Stevenage. 

7 hours ago, jj77 said:

Will Still

I still won't 

Well it was great to hear the alternative Cornick song 'Hurry Up Harry' by Sham 69 played in the ground pre-match on Saturday.

With all due respect to Herman's Hermits, if ever there was a band whose songs were literally written for shouting at the top of your voice on the football terrace, it was these herberts. The lyrics actually have to be written in shouty block capitals with exclamation marks, otherwise they don't quite work.

COME ON! COME ON! HURRY UP HARRY COME ON!

WE'RE GOING DOWN THE PUB! 

I sense a 'livelier' atmosphere than of late, incoming. 

On 19/10/2023 at 14:36, Port Said Red said:

This one? 

I was expecting you to say you are on it somewhere.

Yeah that's the one, thanks, I haven't seen it for about 40-odd years! 

I was only 14 when the record was released, but there are one or two people on there I've met over the years since. Not least the Blue Aeroplanes legendary front man Gerard Langley, who is credited for quite a few of the photos on the poster.

And there we are, 'Melanie Dicks' vocals on 'My Dead Mother' by Double Vision - Alan Dicks' daughter, I believe. 

7 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

That's a shame, well who knows, you may never had the time to contribute so effectively to this forum.

Talking of next big things I remember Bristol band Essential Bop being interviewed by Paul Morley with him calling them next year's (1980?) band to watch. I think it was bands like ABC, Wah! and Heaven 17 that were also mentioned.

Anyone else have a copy of this album? Chronicle by Essential Bop is excellent and My Dead Mother was also written by Steve Bush from the band. 

 

 

I saw them live somewhere, can't remember the venue, but I remember being literally right in front of Steve's microphone and they covered "So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star" The Byrd's, brilliantly.

 

Yes I still have my vinyl copy of Avon Calling, it came with a free poster that adorned my teenage bedroom for a while. Some really good tracks on that record.

Pretty sure I saw Essential Bop and some of the others at the Bristol Bridge Inn and/or the Stonehouse. 

If I recall correctly, I think the singer of My Dead Mother was, bizarrely, the daughter of Alan Dicks! Or did I dream that?! 🫨

15 hours ago, PunkRockDad said:

Saw Hard-Fi in Liverpool last night and they were excellent - A band I never thought I'd see again. Last saw them at The Cooler, Bristol around 2010 / 2011. 

Excellent band, Hard-Fi, and a good bunch of lads. In about 2004, I and a band I was in at the time played with them at a joint music industry showcase at the Camden Barfly, one of those 'next big thing' events.

And hey, guess what? Hard-Fi became the next big thing! And we.....didn't

Bored of the England Australia game, I've popped over to watch some of the second half of Bris v Leicester.

Good to find the Bears 25 - 7 up as it stands, but WTF is that big blue circle doing on our pitch?!! Not happy about that! 

1 hour ago, Port Said Red said:

I can't let this thread go any further without bringing in one of the great under rated singer song writers, Rickie Lee Jones. As other songwriters have appeared on the scene, I can hear her influence and invariably they fade in comparison. The album "Pirates" is considered by many to be her masterpiece, but her eponymous debut album is just a stunning way to start her career.

On Saturday Afternoons in '63, apparently written while looking at old picture of herself with her schoolmates, gets me emotional every time, and Last Chance Texaco is a work of art.

https://youtu.be/2ZWRPse9BZ8?si=fTFArUr7_sy1RPE9

And another achingly beautiful song from a female artist in the same era, this is one of my all time favourites. Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me 'till Dawn

1 hour ago, Port Said Red said:

I can't let this thread go any further without bringing in one of the great under rated singer song writers, Rickie Lee Jones. As other songwriters have appeared on the scene, I can hear her influence and invariably they fade in comparison. The album "Pirates" is considered by many to be her masterpiece, but her eponymous debut album is just a stunning way to start her career.

On Saturday Afternoons in '63, apparently written while looking at old picture of herself with her schoolmates, gets me emotional every time, and Last Chance Texaco is a work of art.

https://youtu.be/2ZWRPse9BZ8?si=fTFArUr7_sy1RPE9

A beautiful song, I love Rickie Lee Jones. Strangely, I was listening literally last night to Chuck E's in Love, another amazing track. 

It's getting kind of late now, I wonder if you'll stay now... Or will you just politely say good night? 

23 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

He certainly did, and I noticed ittoo Top man.. and hey,  he is a quality vocalist. This is the first time I've seen the band since '79 when Feargal was fronting.

19 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

Those were great days, I remember them fondly. Saw SLF live a few times, the Damned loads of times, XTC, pretty much all the quality bands, and a few less so  

PS fav Untertones track, and it went down brilliantly on Friday, Get Over You. Sang EVERY BLEEDIN WORD.

Same, we used to go and see them all, The Clash, Jam, Damned, Ramones, Buzzcocks, Ruts, Siouxsie, SLF, Stranglers... and all the 2Tone ska and mod bands, I was into it all.

Have seen the Undertones dozens of times since then. I've always wished they'd managed to capture their awesome live sound on record. Don't get me wrong, the records are fantastic, but in concert they really are something else. 

4 hours ago, AppyDAZE said:

Saw them last Friday at O2 in Bristol...  Absolutely superb.

Wonderful playing, great sound balance, great vocals, guitars, drums, bass,

loads and loads of tunes. One of the best things I've seen in quite a while.

The Rezillos weren't so good. All sounded a bit samey.

I was there too, fantastic gig wasn't it? Did you notice Paul McLoone chanted BRISTOL CITY! in the middle of My Perfect Cousin? Legend! 

The Undertones remain one of my lifelong favourite bands, having been the first gig I ever went to, aged just under 14, in 1979. The Locarno was supposedly an over-18s venue, but was always full of spikey little schoolkids when the punk and new wave bands came to play, which was most weeks back then. Good times. 

32 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

I feel like I may actually be in love with him

I saw him first, you cow! 

3 minutes ago, One Team said:

You know what they say about team that play shit but still win. 

Shit team, got lucky?

The Undertones 'Just Like Romeo and Juliet' is an absolute stunner of a cover version. 

It's thanks to the Undertones that I discovered the seminal Nuggets compilations, and Michael & The Messengers version of 'R&J" is one of the standouts.

I could literally listen to this Undertones version all night on repeat, it's ace. 

34 minutes ago, Super said:

Wonder if the manager will start getting linked to bigger jobs?

31 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

Maybe.
 

But with the way they’re going, why would you leave?!

Well quite. The only bigger jobs right now are top half Premier league.