Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
23 minutes of being transported back to 77.
0:00 - Listen To My Heart 1:45 - California Sun 3:35 - Judy Is A Punk 4:53 - I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 6:38 - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 9:06 - Loudmouth 10:56 - Beat On The Brat 13:20 - Blitzkrieg Bop 15:39 - Glad To See You Go 17:35 - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 19:17 - Rockaway Beach 21:19 - Commando
Recently a local 16 year old Radstock lad was fatally stabbed in the centre of town. It has rocked the community to its very soul. Very strong feelings have been displayed. Read a news article on it here
This was very influential to us RnB fans. Still have my copy. Reissued on pink vinyl. Count Bishops wiki
This is a great song. 70 Gwen were a Peel band that's where we heard them. Read about them on the Peel wikia. If you like this and want to hear more the Peel sessions album is on Spotify. If you are wondering who Richard Dadd was here is his wiki. We had the Peel sessions album but I lent it to someone but glad it's on Spotify.
Should have posted this on August 1 (Lammas) but it's still appropriate. Wicker Man music.
This lyrics are based on a song by Robert Burns The Rigs O' Barley
A record we bought - a Bristol band with the jazzy influence which was common among Bristol bands.
The Standells did some pretty cheesey things but I am glad they did. From a movie.
Set in the historical West about a female Comanche so it moved into my radar. Wiki
My son told me about it.
Here. Susan is a Joni Mitchell fan. We discovered recently she lived in Frome in the 80s so we might have passed her in the street. This is the song about the festival.
When I was a teen i used to spend my summers staying with my Uncle Graham in Porthtowan Cornwall. I did a variety of jobs collecting empty glasses at the Commodore pub or doing a milk round. We used to hang out at the Surf lifesaving shack. One year i think 76 the heath surrounding the village caught fire so we were beaters of the flames in the night. Travelling at break neck speed on a fire engine in the night clinging on for dear life. Good times.
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Here in full. This is an old British movie that Susan and I have watched many times and always enjoyed it. Perfect to watch when it is hot. Wiki here. A great look at newspaper creation using the real Daily Express building in Fleet street so good for us old printers.
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This is a good rocking track for Saturday night. Wiki on the song. I had this when I was a teen on a double l.p. of Jerry Lee tracks.
Classic clip. This song reminds me of when we started playing we busked in the centre of Frome just for the fun of it - didn't make any money and Nigel with some home made maraccas. Crazy.
A French band the Dictaphone are going to do a cover of this so asked me for the lyrics so I thought I would make a post about it. Our first self composed song to be recorded originally with me singing.
Render us Harmless
They sit and watch their sales rise
We see our movement fall
For they contribute nothing
And they will take it all
We see them take everything
And while they take they render us harmless
And while they take they render us harmless
We’re put in terms of pounds and pence
Turned into stocks and shares
Diluted for the wider taste and nobody seems to care
Chorus
The critics hold the key card
Make values rise and crash
They contrive our work for what they want
And turn us into cash
Chorus
This film shows the Frome Susan and myself grew up in.
Derek Jones takes a look around the Somerset town of Frome.
Lots of interesting stuff on Butler and Tanners and so forth. A gem.
Love this song. We go on double-deckers a fair bit. Susan likes to go upstairs. Wiki on the band here
This is one we tried to cover in the early days of Animals & Men but failed. Good song though.
Another band we got to like from listening to Peely in the 90s was 70 Gwen Party. Not famous enough for a wikipedia page the Discogs entry describes them as Experimental rock band from UK, centered around guitarist Victor N'Dip.. They nearly had a record out on Mark E Smith's Cog Sinister label when they started out.
I like this one - have half memories of slow dancing to this as a teen.
I really like the Wicker Man soundtrack and have from time to time thought about covering it. Here is a version I just heard on the radio. It's good.
This is good. Songs from To Bring You My Love lp which we bought on CD.
I like this. Sounds very of its time which is good. Crazy lyrics but fun. They sort of are like a real life Carrie Nations but Dutch.
I used to like Stevie Wonder when I was growing up - I had this on a Music For Pleasure compilation.
Check out the trailer for Medieval, an upcoming movie starring Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, and Til Schweiger.
Clip. This is pretty good if you like that early 80s r'n'b sound.
This is one of my favourite YouTube videos. When the late Lew Lewis was on harmonica. They were so good. There are three tracks by this set up on tv, the others are Writing on the Wall and Get out of Denver. All of them are phenomenal and never bettered. They were part of my youth when I was 16.
From 40 years ago. Weekends were a big thing for us at this time and we wanted to try and capture it.
From the movie Punk in London. I have posted this many times but I like it so much.
One of their best I think. On the Smell of Female EP which came out in 83.
I like songs about coal mining and this is pretty corny but good anyway.
I like this one - see what you think - it's not gospel. Susan dislikes the lyrics on this.
Susan and me bought this at the time. Very good. Dutch. Sounds a bit like the Rolling Stones.
A song that didn't appear on any studio album it is a good one.
For you who are 'burning up like a paper cup'. This is great. A current single at the time. Wiki. Granada TV (UK) show 'Don't knock the rock'
From the 1965 film Gonks Go Beat. Having a heatwave at the moment so when Atlantic tunnel played it i thought I would post here.
Saturday night selection. A great song that will never grow old. Listen here
Mickey Bradley just played this. Hadn't heard it in 50 years when my big sister was a fan.
Mickey Bradley just played this. The cool original. Exciters wiki which is worth reading. They opened for the Beatles among other achievements.
I thought we had better commemorate 60 years of the Rolling Stones. When I was young the kids at the park divided into Mods and Rockers - Mods liking the Beatles, Rockers the Rolling Stones. I would be on the Beatles side. But I was about 6!
I don't know this band but it seems alright. Know them?
Midsomer Norton's big summer event M-fest was on - we watched Bath psyche band Ulysses. They were great.
This is very good and worth watching (20 or so minutes). I particularly liked seeing them recording We're Gonna Get Married which is a song I love. Also shows records being made. There is a song I don't know called something like Look at that go-go which is cool.
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