The SUBSIM Music Thread

[Eisenwurst]

[vienna]

A whole new genre...


Punk Block!...


(Dave Vanian never looked better...)...





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[vienna]

,,,and a band with a lead singer who looks like he was made of LEGOs...









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[Eisenwurst]

From the Album "Brickus Norvegicus"

A pity there's not some of their early stuff.

There's a GREAT music video of a 1978 live open air concert version of "Nice n Sleazy" with strippers ( beautiful ones too !!! ) , but I'm pretty sure it can't be posted here.

They always put on a good show but were "hated" ( professional jealousy ??? ) by their peers. Nothing new there

[vienna]

The Stranglers had a real bad bit of misfortune when they did their first US tour; one of their gigs was at the legendary Whisky-A-Go-Go here in LA; it was booked long in advance, however, when the band got to LA, it was right in the midst of a city-wide panic over the infamous Hillside Strangler murder spree; the moment the Whisky put up the group's name on the marquee, there was an instant backlash and uproar; some people even tried to accuse The Stranglers of booking the gig to capitalize on the tragic murders as a publicity stunt; IIRC, the Whisky did take the name off the marquee, but the damage was done by that time...





Worldwide, in different cities, regular citizens have been making daily public tributes to the brave people who are facing the Covid-19 crisis as first responders and medical staff; in New York City, at 7:00 PM, people open their windows and applaud, cheer, and make noise as a show of support; I found this posted to YT...











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[vienna]

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[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

That clip brought back a lot of memories; it is from a TV Special Bowie did for the US weekly late night music program, Midnight Special in 1973; it was filmed in Soho at the Marquee Club, an old haunt of Bowie's; there were problems with the production since Bowie, who by this time was more used to live gigs in large arenas and venues, seemed to have forgotten just how small the Marquee actually was; it also had a rather low ceiling and made some of the hoped for cinematic effects Bowie desired difficult if not impossible...

Bowie's band included Mick Ronson and a couple of other holdovers from the Spiders From Mars band Bowie had broken up a few months before, Guests on the show included The Troggs and Marianne Faithful. The bit of dialogue between Bowie and Amanda Lear is actually a slightly modified recitation of the first meeting of Alice and The Caterpillar from Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland book...


The song, Sorrow, appeared on Bowie's Pin Ups, an album of song covers of titles Bowie admired and enjoyed as a fan; Bowie's cover of Sorrow was based on the 1966 recording by The Merseys (formerly The Merseybeats) on which studio musicians played including one half of the future Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones), and future Cream bassist, Jack Bruce...





The Merseys' recording was itself a cover; the song was originally recorded by the US band, The McCoys, in 1965; it was B-side on the McCoys' second single; The MCCoys had a hit with the song Hang On Sloopy; notable on this recording of Sorrow: the guitarist is Rick Derringer who would later go on to have a solo hit with the song Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo; Derringer and the McCoys evolved into Johnny Winter's backing group, And, as in Johnny Winter And...









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[Jimbuna]

You certainly know your stuff

[Commander Wallace]

^ Vienna certainly does.


Awesome song I haven't heard in a while.


" Arms wide open. "

[Jimbuna]

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

You certainly know your stuff

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

^ Vienna certainly does.
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You live long enough and, if you spend a large part of your early life absorbing music magazines and talking with musicians, there's a good chance you pick up a bit or two...


The Cat Stevens song Morning Has Broken: there was a local LA Rock radio station from the 60s thru the 90s that started each new broadcast day by playing the opening few lyrics of the song, "Morning has broken..." followed by a series of loud crashing and banging sounds; always made me smile...






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[Rockstar]

Wow, gonna have to take a closer look at NGC6720 next time, who knew all that was going on inside!

[vienna]

Thinking about Bowie's 1980 Floor Show, I looked up on YT if there might be a posting of the whole show, and there is, and more; one of the postings is an eight (8) hour long post of what appears to be not only the show itself, but also a whole lot of raw footage, rehearsals, and outtakes; there is one comprised solely of footage of just Bowie and Marianne Faithful; if the lock down lasts any longer, I may take a slog through watching the whole thing...

There are a lot of posts of segments of the program and some highlighting a song or performer; this is what appears to be the closest to the broadcast performance and closest to what I remember seeing in 1973; what is missing are the performances by the guest stars on the bill like the Troggs, and others; the quality is VHS-like, so you've been warned:





From what I recall was reported at the time, the filming was a bit of an ordeal since the size of the stage required striking each set, repositioning lights, cameras, etc., between takes rather than the usual single set concert setup; time was also spent retaking flubs; since Bowie approached the performance as an art gig, all the setups were done and redone until he was satisfied with the result; for both performers and audience, it was a long, long shoot...









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