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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Aug 9, 2024 10:25:09 GMT
Fellas - we need some system on this thread… it was never meant to be a closed shop. I want to hear ivangolac ’s stuff and Frankfurt Saint ’s and anyone else that wants a go. I’m discovering great new stuff every week and loving it. How can we make this work better? Agree who hasn't gone yet that posts regularly. Come on saintsfan73 we know you like a bit of sing songing Or anyone who doesn't but mainly lurks... the more the merrier dunno if StEtienne still lurks, but he knows some choons
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Post by saintsfan73 on Aug 9, 2024 11:41:44 GMT
Ok… just Don’t call me Baby Right, that's it. I'm out.
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 9, 2024 19:46:57 GMT
So, am I next or is someone else jumping in (would be great to see others join)
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Aug 9, 2024 20:58:33 GMT
I must take a turn but never seem to find a good week.
Next week I’m in the office so might struggle to do it justice.
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 12, 2024 7:31:54 GMT
Am I picking up the baton this week or do we have any new volunteers?
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Post by threehundred on Aug 12, 2024 8:15:28 GMT
Am I picking up the baton this week or do we have any new volunteers? Get in there, Sir… ivangolac Frankfurt Saint - how about you take next week and the week after, then we slip back into the initial order..? Everyone happy with that..? insert code here
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 12, 2024 8:48:29 GMT
OK baton accepted.
I didn't really have a theme for this week and so I'm not sure how this one will pan out. I like music and I like films and so I figured I'd try to loosely couple the two things a bit this week. I'm going to go with bands/artists that feature prominently on movie soundtracks - but I'm not going to feature the songs from the films, but something different.
Today's choice is one of my favourite live acts, Eels. Honestly, if you haven't seen an Eels live show, go! Eels became the soundtrack to a lot of children's lives in the early 2000s when Shrek was released with a number of their songs on the soundtrack. For me Shrek never had the appeal of Toy Story etc... but I know it wasn't for me and it's been a success with the kids so it's done it's job. That said the soundtracks for Shrek have always been a bit good and Eels feature prominently.
Today's song (not from any Shrek soundtrack) is Last Stop This Town
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Post by threehundred on Aug 12, 2024 9:39:17 GMT
OK baton accepted. I didn't really have a theme for this week and so I'm not sure how this one will pan out. I like music and I like films and so I figured I'd try to loosely couple the two things a bit this week. I'm going to go with bands/artists that feature prominently on movie soundtracks - but I'm not going to feature the songs from the films, but something different. Today's choice is one of my favourite live acts, Eels. Honestly, if you haven't seen an Eels live show, go! Eels became the soundtrack to a lot of children's lives in the early 2000s when Shrek was released with a number of their songs on the soundtrack. For me Shrek never had the appeal of Toy Story etc... but I know it wasn't for me and it's been a success with the kids so it's done it's job. That said the soundtracks for Shrek have always been a bit good and Eels feature prominently. Today's song (not from any Shrek soundtrack) is Last Stop This Town New one on me. I’ve never explored Eels, but love Susan’s House and Novocain for the Soul - both of which I know backwards…
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 12, 2024 12:07:26 GMT
OK baton accepted. I didn't really have a theme for this week and so I'm not sure how this one will pan out. I like music and I like films and so I figured I'd try to loosely couple the two things a bit this week. I'm going to go with bands/artists that feature prominently on movie soundtracks - but I'm not going to feature the songs from the films, but something different. Today's choice is one of my favourite live acts, Eels. Honestly, if you haven't seen an Eels live show, go! Eels became the soundtrack to a lot of children's lives in the early 2000s when Shrek was released with a number of their songs on the soundtrack. For me Shrek never had the appeal of Toy Story etc... but I know it wasn't for me and it's been a success with the kids so it's done it's job. That said the soundtracks for Shrek have always been a bit good and Eels feature prominently. Today's song (not from any Shrek soundtrack) is Last Stop This Town New one on me. I’ve never explored Eels, but love Susan’s House and Novocain for the Soul - both of which I know backwards… Dive in, deep. Honestly so good. Probably a good starting point is Meet the Eels a best of that covers the first 10 years - But I'd encourage any sort of a dive into the back catalogue to be honest
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 13, 2024 8:50:11 GMT
Day two and I'm already breaking my own rule of the theme. I wasn't going to use any music from actual films, just artists who are known for being a big part of movie soundtracks. But then I remembered one of my favourite albums of all time is the Super Fly soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, it was a dream as a young bass player to discover this album. Now of course I could select a huge number of tunes by Mayfield here but I had to give you my favourite and it's from the soundtrack album.
This is Freddie's Dead - but here's a live version.
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Aug 13, 2024 10:08:04 GMT
Day two and I'm already breaking my own rule of the theme. I wasn't going to use any music from actual films, just artists who are known for being a big part of movie soundtracks. But then I remembered one of my favourite albums of all time is the Super Fly soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, it was a dream as a young bass player to discover this album. Now of course I could select a huge number of tunes by Mayfield here but I had to give you my favourite and it's from the soundtrack album. This is Freddie's Dead - but here's a live version. I love that album too, but I can't remember playing it for a while, or even seeing it... thanks for reminding me to have another look for it.
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Post by ivangolac on Aug 13, 2024 20:51:48 GMT
OK baton accepted. I didn't really have a theme for this week and so I'm not sure how this one will pan out. I like music and I like films and so I figured I'd try to loosely couple the two things a bit this week. I'm going to go with bands/artists that feature prominently on movie soundtracks - but I'm not going to feature the songs from the films, but something different. Today's choice is one of my favourite live acts, Eels. Honestly, if you haven't seen an Eels live show, go! Eels became the soundtrack to a lot of children's lives in the early 2000s when Shrek was released with a number of their songs on the soundtrack. For me Shrek never had the appeal of Toy Story etc... but I know it wasn't for me and it's been a success with the kids so it's done it's job. That said the soundtracks for Shrek have always been a bit good and Eels feature prominently. Today's song (not from any Shrek soundtrack) is Last Stop This Town Strong. I love eels. Sit in the drawer marked ‘Weezer and other American curiosity’. Great shout this.
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Post by threehundred on Aug 13, 2024 21:20:50 GMT
Day two and I'm already breaking my own rule of the theme. I wasn't going to use any music from actual films, just artists who are known for being a big part of movie soundtracks. But then I remembered one of my favourite albums of all time is the Super Fly soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, it was a dream as a young bass player to discover this album. Now of course I could select a huge number of tunes by Mayfield here but I had to give you my favourite and it's from the soundtrack album. This is Freddie's Dead - but here's a live version. Jeez, man - I didn’t know much about Curtis, so read his bio on Wiki. He was paralyzed from the neck down after stage lighting equipment fell on him while he was being introduced at an outdoor concert on 13 August 1990 - 34 years ago today. Awesome track.
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 14, 2024 5:40:18 GMT
Day two and I'm already breaking my own rule of the theme. I wasn't going to use any music from actual films, just artists who are known for being a big part of movie soundtracks. But then I remembered one of my favourite albums of all time is the Super Fly soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, it was a dream as a young bass player to discover this album. Now of course I could select a huge number of tunes by Mayfield here but I had to give you my favourite and it's from the soundtrack album. This is Freddie's Dead - but here's a live version. Jeez, man - I didn’t know much about Curtis, so read his bio on Wiki. He was paralyzed from the neck down after stage lighting equipment fell on him while he was being introduced at an outdoor concert on 13 August 1990 - 34 years ago today. Awesome track. I knew about the accident, I didn't know about that timing though. Weird that I selected him for yesterday then.
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Aug 14, 2024 6:06:00 GMT
What says British culture early 2000s better than a Hugh Grant movie based on a Nick Hornby novel. And, if you were into the music festival scene or listening to radio regularly back then too you'd have heard Badly Drawn Boy's Once Around the Block on regular rotation. Well in 2002 Hugh Grant started in a Nick Hornby adaption About a Boy and Badly Drawn Boy provided an excellent soundtrack album.
Today's track is from his incredible 2000 breakout debut album, The Hour of Bewilderbeast. This album was the soundtrack to my summers for a couple of years in my early 20s, it was never far away from the CD player. I've not picked the most obvious track, the one mentioned above, it's of course brilliant, but it's also I imagine pretty well known. Today we have Disillusion. The video here is brilliant too.
I've seen BDB live a few times and he's still touring, if you like this track or any others I encourage you to seek him out live, he does it all on his own ans he's great.
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