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have just got Tommy through the post today - I forgot how much I loved this album! (especially the cover of Felicity)
any Wedding Present fans lurking?
any Wedding Present fans lurking?
In reply to CJD: postman works late in 'uddersfield...
In reply to CJD:
Not here! Were you a Bridewell Taxis fan n all?
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> any Wedding Present fans lurking?
> any Wedding Present fans lurking?
Not here! Were you a Bridewell Taxis fan n all?
In reply to CJD: anyway, i'm not a fan of wedding presents - you give them and never get a thank you letter, do you rubbishy...?
In reply to Tobias at Home:
ooo I got a thank you *before* they got their present! lol!
I think the thank you was for being a minion and for being brave enough to agree to drive that cursed camper van...
ooo I got a thank you *before* they got their present! lol!
I think the thank you was for being a minion and for being brave enough to agree to drive that cursed camper van...
In reply to CJD:
They were another quasi-famous band from Leeds in about 15-20 years ago.
No Primal Scream from all accounts...........
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> not familiar with the Bridewell Taxis...
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> not familiar with the Bridewell Taxis...
They were another quasi-famous band from Leeds in about 15-20 years ago.
No Primal Scream from all accounts...........
In reply to Simon22:
iirc Wedding Present were pure Leeds indie, just pre-britpop and shoegazing and stuff.
iirc Wedding Present were pure Leeds indie, just pre-britpop and shoegazing and stuff.
In reply to CJD: i think it also helps if you associate yourself with the bridal party - don't want to cast nasturtiums but i would humbly suggest that one of that couple is more organised than the other...
In reply to CJD:
My mate used to love them, I was more interested in the stuff being produced on the other side of the Pennines.
My mate used to love them, I was more interested in the stuff being produced on the other side of the Pennines.
In reply to CJD:
heard the spin off band, the ukranians? theyre top to, esp the ukranian version of the queen is dead...
heard the spin off band, the ukranians? theyre top to, esp the ukranian version of the queen is dead...
In reply to Ste Brom:
yeah, I heard one or two things by them on John Peel but haven't got any of their stuff.
always too much music, too little money...
yeah, I heard one or two things by them on John Peel but haven't got any of their stuff.
always too much music, too little money...
In reply to CJD:
I know I should burn myself to death with a lighter!!
I wasn't as bad as some lads from Boston Spa Comp who suddenly started talking in a Manc accent circa 1989! WTF was all that about?!
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> manchistoh stuff? oooo you heretic
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> lol
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> manchistoh stuff? oooo you heretic
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> lol
I know I should burn myself to death with a lighter!!
I wasn't as bad as some lads from Boston Spa Comp who suddenly started talking in a Manc accent circa 1989! WTF was all that about?!
In reply to Ste Brom and tobias:
are they surefire routes to virusificate your computer?
if not I will investigate.
are they surefire routes to virusificate your computer?
if not I will investigate.
In reply to Simon22:
lol... and not as bad as my bro, who was going through a death metal phase (yes, death metal and that pink fleece...) at a similar time. good lord. He still tries to convince me it's not shite. guffaw!
lol... and not as bad as my bro, who was going through a death metal phase (yes, death metal and that pink fleece...) at a similar time. good lord. He still tries to convince me it's not shite. guffaw!
In reply to Tobias at Home: I might take a look at that...
Limewire has decided to die on my laptop :oS
Limewire has decided to die on my laptop :oS
In reply to CJD: i asusme you have something like norton on your computer? that should do the job.
i download a coule of movies a week and maybe 90mins of music and haven't had a problem.
generally you can tell if something is a virus cos it is 23k or similar whilst the proper file is 5Mb+
i download a coule of movies a week and maybe 90mins of music and haven't had a problem.
generally you can tell if something is a virus cos it is 23k or similar whilst the proper file is 5Mb+
In reply to CJD:
didn't they have a ridiculous amount of hits one after another 10+ years ago? Like 6 in a row?
I'm afraid i always found them extremely dreary.
didn't they have a ridiculous amount of hits one after another 10+ years ago? Like 6 in a row?
I'm afraid i always found them extremely dreary.
In reply to marie: Is limewire any good? emule works for blockbusters and chart hits but can be a bit poor for more random movies...
In reply to CJD:
Oh yes, I remember the pink fleece boy having some strange musical tastes.
BTW - did he ever tell you about the time on his 18th he got kidnapped, stripped of his clothes and dumped in Boston Spa centre?
Oh yes, I remember the pink fleece boy having some strange musical tastes.
BTW - did he ever tell you about the time on his 18th he got kidnapped, stripped of his clothes and dumped in Boston Spa centre?
In reply to Tobias at Home: I've only used it for music (and one or two TV clips). It's usually very good, but recently I've had a few problems and I'm not sure if it's Limewire or me :oS
Have found an increasing amount of what seem to be songs you want, and then it turns out to be links to somewhere else or adverts...
Have found an increasing amount of what seem to be songs you want, and then it turns out to be links to somewhere else or adverts...
In reply to marie: louisa has been away for a long time now. adverts are good....
In reply to Simon22:
he *has* told me some rather strange stories about those times... the only things I really remember, cos we were at a different school and he'd only just moved in with us, were him getting suspended a few times. d'oh.
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> Oh yes, I remember the pink fleece boy having some strange musical tastes.
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> BTW - did he ever tell you about the time on his 18th he got kidnapped, stripped of his clothes and dumped in Boston Spa centre?
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> Oh yes, I remember the pink fleece boy having some strange musical tastes.
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> BTW - did he ever tell you about the time on his 18th he got kidnapped, stripped of his clothes and dumped in Boston Spa centre?
he *has* told me some rather strange stories about those times... the only things I really remember, cos we were at a different school and he'd only just moved in with us, were him getting suspended a few times. d'oh.
In reply to CJD:
He had some crazy mates alright, not bad lads but just a bit mental! It used to amaze me how someone so clued up and into his education knocked around with them.
Mind you that pink fleece should have been a sign of madness.......
He had some crazy mates alright, not bad lads but just a bit mental! It used to amaze me how someone so clued up and into his education knocked around with them.
Mind you that pink fleece should have been a sign of madness.......
In reply to Simon22:
that pink fleece was just, er, ambitious. bless 'im. He's just got back in touch with his mate bob from school, who I had the world's most immense crush on. guffaw! oh to be 16 again, ha ha!
that pink fleece was just, er, ambitious. bless 'im. He's just got back in touch with his mate bob from school, who I had the world's most immense crush on. guffaw! oh to be 16 again, ha ha!
In reply to CJD:
Bob eh, you could have chosen worse of his mates to have a crush on!
Did you ever meet Danny Parkin?
Bob eh, you could have chosen worse of his mates to have a crush on!
Did you ever meet Danny Parkin?
In reply to Simon22:
Danny Parkin, rings a bell, but I can't think what he looked like. I remember Chris Bunyan, and Bob, and John Middleton, oh and Alex (was his surname Scott? I fancied him too! he came to see Suede with my friends and I and ended up snogging one of my friends, about which I was most cross!) and I think that's it. Why do I have a feeling that Danny Parkin was one of the mates my mum wouldn't have liked? ohhh, and Adam Baum, whose futon I still sleep on (by some curious twist of fate)
Danny Parkin, rings a bell, but I can't think what he looked like. I remember Chris Bunyan, and Bob, and John Middleton, oh and Alex (was his surname Scott? I fancied him too! he came to see Suede with my friends and I and ended up snogging one of my friends, about which I was most cross!) and I think that's it. Why do I have a feeling that Danny Parkin was one of the mates my mum wouldn't have liked? ohhh, and Adam Baum, whose futon I still sleep on (by some curious twist of fate)
In reply to CJD:
Danny Parkin was so camp he'd make Graham Norton look butch, curly hair in a centre parting.........yeah I know.
I remember Chris, Bob (saw him last year in the Bay Horse in Clifford, top geezer) and Scotty.
There was always a rumour about Adam Baum, he was sort of quite happy with himself.........
Danny Parkin was so camp he'd make Graham Norton look butch, curly hair in a centre parting.........yeah I know.
I remember Chris, Bob (saw him last year in the Bay Horse in Clifford, top geezer) and Scotty.
There was always a rumour about Adam Baum, he was sort of quite happy with himself.........
In reply to Simon22:
what, about Adam being gay? my bro was living with my dad and stepmum when he started hanging out with Adam, and they were convinced that my bro was gay on that basis...
lol
I think F had kind of lost touch with Bob but then some mutual friend of my stepmother's bumped into bob somewhere down south...
oh how small this world is...
what, about Adam being gay? my bro was living with my dad and stepmum when he started hanging out with Adam, and they were convinced that my bro was gay on that basis...
lol
I think F had kind of lost touch with Bob but then some mutual friend of my stepmother's bumped into bob somewhere down south...
oh how small this world is...
In reply to Simon22:
ah... oops. was that a deliberate thing? there was a lad at my school, also called adam as it happens, who apparently inadvertently got a bit overexcited at around that age when lads are less able to control these things... it kind of haunted him for the rest of his school years.
ah... oops. was that a deliberate thing? there was a lad at my school, also called adam as it happens, who apparently inadvertently got a bit overexcited at around that age when lads are less able to control these things... it kind of haunted him for the rest of his school years.
In reply to CJD:
Aye, there was at my school and all, lad named Lee. Poor bastard.
Anyway back to Adam I'll put it another way, he was appatently happy wearing swimning trunks on the beach.... comprende?
Aye, there was at my school and all, lad named Lee. Poor bastard.
Anyway back to Adam I'll put it another way, he was appatently happy wearing swimning trunks on the beach.... comprende?
In reply to CJD:
No need to apologise, it is late! None of the girls I knew fancied him either so it was clearly wasted..............
No need to apologise, it is late! None of the girls I knew fancied him either so it was clearly wasted..............
In reply to CJD:
The Wedding Present are sadly ignored in the 'best bands' lists that crop up regularly IMHO...
Also, I'm sure you would like Cinerama CJD; it was David Gedges band when he shut down the Wedding Present - less spiky and more poppy.
WP have reformed recently when John Peel died and recorded a new album that's in between their classic sound and that of Cinerama.
The Wedding Present are sadly ignored in the 'best bands' lists that crop up regularly IMHO...
Also, I'm sure you would like Cinerama CJD; it was David Gedges band when he shut down the Wedding Present - less spiky and more poppy.
WP have reformed recently when John Peel died and recorded a new album that's in between their classic sound and that of Cinerama.
In reply to Derbyshire Ben:
I have a vague feeling that I might have heard some Cinerama, but I'm not sure, so shall poddle off to investigate.
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I have a vague feeling that I might have heard some Cinerama, but I'm not sure, so shall poddle off to investigate.
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In reply to CJD:
Class!
reminds me of my stoodent days.
You've never mentioned this before
It seems I'm always the last to know
And do I have to guess how you're going to feel each day
You never have a word to say
You should have told me
I don't understand why you didn't tell me
Surely you must know I hate what I'm doing
I don't want to upset you but it's yourself you're foo
The last thing I need is part twelve of the row
But just why are you being so reasonable now?
I don't dare answer the phone
And when you call I still pretend that I'm not home
I don't want to see you anymore
Oh love, it's just not me I'm thinking of
No one can change that much in three days
It's not yours to take back?
Surely you must know I hate what I'm doing
I don't want to upset you but it's yourself you're fooling
The last thing I need is part twelve of the row
But just why are you being so reasonable now?
How can you do this to me
How can you do this to me
How can you do this to me
How can you do this to me
The Ent
Class!
reminds me of my stoodent days.
You've never mentioned this before
It seems I'm always the last to know
And do I have to guess how you're going to feel each day
You never have a word to say
You should have told me
I don't understand why you didn't tell me
Surely you must know I hate what I'm doing
I don't want to upset you but it's yourself you're foo
The last thing I need is part twelve of the row
But just why are you being so reasonable now?
I don't dare answer the phone
And when you call I still pretend that I'm not home
I don't want to see you anymore
Oh love, it's just not me I'm thinking of
No one can change that much in three days
It's not yours to take back?
Surely you must know I hate what I'm doing
I don't want to upset you but it's yourself you're fooling
The last thing I need is part twelve of the row
But just why are you being so reasonable now?
How can you do this to me
How can you do this to me
How can you do this to me
How can you do this to me
The Ent
In reply to CJD:
Hey. Yes. Wedding Present rocked. As did the Blue Aeroplanes and early Sugar Cubes.
I bought my flatmate the reissued Wedding Present album for Christmas last year, he was a bigger fan than I. He didn't bat an eyelid. Philistine.
I'm going to put it on now actually. It's probably gathering dust in his collection.
Hey. Yes. Wedding Present rocked. As did the Blue Aeroplanes and early Sugar Cubes.
I bought my flatmate the reissued Wedding Present album for Christmas last year, he was a bigger fan than I. He didn't bat an eyelid. Philistine.
I'm going to put it on now actually. It's probably gathering dust in his collection.
In reply to tommyzero:
sugarcubes, good call.
the only sugarcubes I have is on vinyl, boo, as I don't have a turntable at the moment.
sugarcubes, good call.
the only sugarcubes I have is on vinyl, boo, as I don't have a turntable at the moment.
In reply to tommyzero: Woo hoo! another Blue Aeroplanes fan
The Sugar Cubes were pretty good too, but I've not got alot of their stuff.
The Sugar Cubes were pretty good too, but I've not got alot of their stuff.
In reply to CJD: George Best - absolute classic - if you liked songs about being dumped!
In reply to CJD:
The Wedding Present used to rehearse at Riverside Studios in Ossett, where we used to "rehearse". When they stopped playing, we used to (rather childishly) play their music back to them.
We were liked.
The Wedding Present used to rehearse at Riverside Studios in Ossett, where we used to "rehearse". When they stopped playing, we used to (rather childishly) play their music back to them.
We were liked.
In reply to CJD (and marie): RE sugarcubes.
So you must like Arcade Fire then?
And if you ever got into shoegazing you must check out Amusement Parks On Fire. It's not as great as the first time around but it's still pretty good stuff.
Aparently MBV are recording a new album and there is a wave of Japanese shoegaze bands at the moment but I've yet to be able to track any music down on them.
I think I might have one or two sugarcubes songs as mp3 files somewhere. See if I can dig them out and send them.. or there is always iTunes.
So you must like Arcade Fire then?
And if you ever got into shoegazing you must check out Amusement Parks On Fire. It's not as great as the first time around but it's still pretty good stuff.
Aparently MBV are recording a new album and there is a wave of Japanese shoegaze bands at the moment but I've yet to be able to track any music down on them.
I think I might have one or two sugarcubes songs as mp3 files somewhere. See if I can dig them out and send them.. or there is always iTunes.
In reply to CJD:
Oh and if you've never heard of them. Blonde redhead have some tracks which are like some weird Japanese version of the bjork-sugarcubes type of tracks.
I love blonde redhead. Some of it is quite angular and driven guitar songs (it draws Sonic Youth comparisons). But some of it is melodic and gentle.
Start with the song 'Anticipation'.
Oh and if you've never heard of them. Blonde redhead have some tracks which are like some weird Japanese version of the bjork-sugarcubes type of tracks.
I love blonde redhead. Some of it is quite angular and driven guitar songs (it draws Sonic Youth comparisons). But some of it is melodic and gentle.
Start with the song 'Anticipation'.
In reply to mikeski:
12. One per month. 7" singles, the b-side was always a cover of some classic (Elvis etc). The record still stands. 1993 I think it was.
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> didn't they have a ridiculous amount of hits one after another 10+ years ago? Like 6 in a row?
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> didn't they have a ridiculous amount of hits one after another 10+ years ago? Like 6 in a row?
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12. One per month. 7" singles, the b-side was always a cover of some classic (Elvis etc). The record still stands. 1993 I think it was.
In reply to tommyzero:
Oh that's just not the same as having to ring your record shop the week before to make sure they'll put a copy aside for you, and going out at lunchtime to buy the 7", failing to concentrate on your work all afternoon cos all you want to do is get home and spin it on your Dansette, and all you can do is look at the sleeve, read all the credits, maybe look at the vinyl, see if there's a message in the runout groove...
Tell that to today's iPod generation, they'll not believe you
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> And it was reissued/released as a collectors set last Christmas.
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> And it was reissued/released as a collectors set last Christmas.
Oh that's just not the same as having to ring your record shop the week before to make sure they'll put a copy aside for you, and going out at lunchtime to buy the 7", failing to concentrate on your work all afternoon cos all you want to do is get home and spin it on your Dansette, and all you can do is look at the sleeve, read all the credits, maybe look at the vinyl, see if there's a message in the runout groove...
Tell that to today's iPod generation, they'll not believe you
In reply to CJD:
Great band ,went to see them back in 89ish,when they released a single every month for a year,like rocking horse sh+t at the time to get them !
I met David Gedge at the gig ,who was a really nice guy
Great band ,went to see them back in 89ish,when they released a single every month for a year,like rocking horse sh+t at the time to get them !
I met David Gedge at the gig ,who was a really nice guy
In reply to Tobias at Home:
Cheeky.
Bridewell Taxis, bloody hell, that is a blast from the past. I saw them, and the Kitchens of Distinction down the Duchess years ago. I seem to recall the Hamsters played the next night along with Katie Jane
My bro's band supported the Wedding Present at Leeds Poly in about 92. I think they played 2 numbers before being booed off.
I am now off to dust down my CuD albums....
Cheeky.
Bridewell Taxis, bloody hell, that is a blast from the past. I saw them, and the Kitchens of Distinction down the Duchess years ago. I seem to recall the Hamsters played the next night along with Katie Jane
My bro's band supported the Wedding Present at Leeds Poly in about 92. I think they played 2 numbers before being booed off.
I am now off to dust down my CuD albums....
In reply to John Rushby:
Hey, my brother's band supported them at Huddersfield Poly around then!
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> Cheeky.
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> My bro's band supported the Wedding Present at Leeds Poly in about 92.
Hey, my brother's band supported them at Huddersfield Poly around then!
In reply to Jimmy D:
Was he in the Sheepskin Children?
They were famous throught the Wibsey area for nearly 9 months.
Was he in the Sheepskin Children?
They were famous throught the Wibsey area for nearly 9 months.
In reply to Jimmy D: Can I have your autograph?
One of the advantages of having a stepson who was a teenager in the 80s was that I got to listen to bands like The Weddding Present, Soup Dragons, Pastels, Talulah Gosh, My Bloody Valentine, House of Love etc. 'George Best' was a great album (partic like My Favourite Dress).
One of the advantages of having a stepson who was a teenager in the 80s was that I got to listen to bands like The Weddding Present, Soup Dragons, Pastels, Talulah Gosh, My Bloody Valentine, House of Love etc. 'George Best' was a great album (partic like My Favourite Dress).
In reply to John Rushby:
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Nope, Todmorden's Langfield Crane was his act at that time. Good they were, too.
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> Was he in the Sheepskin Children?
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In reply to Marc C:
Yep. Inspired title and cover.
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'George Best' was a great album
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Yep. Inspired title and cover.
In reply to Derbyshire Ben:
you know, you may be right there...
Gedge's lyrics are just inspired. If a little doom-laden. I love Watusi and whilst there *are* some happy songs on it, but my word there's some tragedy too...
you know, you may be right there...
Gedge's lyrics are just inspired. If a little doom-laden. I love Watusi and whilst there *are* some happy songs on it, but my word there's some tragedy too...
In reply to John Rushby: fear not - the Bridewell`s are touring again soon.
p.s. George Best is a class album.
p.p.s. the demise of the Duchess was a tragedy. The landlady Miranda and her verandah were part of my yoof.
p.s. George Best is a class album.
p.p.s. the demise of the Duchess was a tragedy. The landlady Miranda and her verandah were part of my yoof.
In reply to CJD:
A top band, saw 'em in the early nineties just before they went all strange with that Ukranian nonsense.
A top band, saw 'em in the early nineties just before they went all strange with that Ukranian nonsense.
In reply to CJD:
An 85 year old man and his 80 year old fiancee go into a chemists shop,
"Do you sell heart medication" the man asks the assistant
"Yes"
"Do you sell blood pressure pills?"
"Yes"
"Do you sell arthritus medicine?"
"Yes"
"Do you sell Sleeping pills?"
"Yes"
"Vitamins?"
"Yes"
"Oh, and do you stock Viagra?"
"Certainly"
"Thats great! We would like to register here for our wedding gifts"
An 85 year old man and his 80 year old fiancee go into a chemists shop,
"Do you sell heart medication" the man asks the assistant
"Yes"
"Do you sell blood pressure pills?"
"Yes"
"Do you sell arthritus medicine?"
"Yes"
"Do you sell Sleeping pills?"
"Yes"
"Vitamins?"
"Yes"
"Oh, and do you stock Viagra?"
"Certainly"
"Thats great! We would like to register here for our wedding gifts"
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