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luka

luka

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I just took barty to the pub (he just sat there watching me drink till I felt bad and got him some chips) and he kept singing if you were here tonight. He has the voice of an angel. It really soars. He closes his eyes opens up the lungs and puts everything into it. Actually very moving experience.
 
luka

luka

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Corpsey not being able to eat spicy food is a detail I wouldn't have dared make up. Too on the nose, too broad. Ham and cheese man. Banana milk man. Digestive biscuits. Peas and oven chips.
 
luka

luka

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It's quite class bound that isn't it. All middle class liberals eat spicy food. It's an ideological commitment to a fuzzy multiculturalism. Eat a curry.
 
luka

luka

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The north London liberal mafia would never let corpse in the party. Declasse. Likes Angel Delight. Baby bels. Breaded mushrooms.
 
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Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
luka said:
Corpsey not being able to eat spicy food is a detail I wouldn't have dared make up. Too on the nose, too broad. Ham and cheese man. Banana milk man. Digestive biscuits. Peas and oven chips.
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I genuinely love all the food you named there (if you mean DARK CHOCOLATE digestives)
 
luka

luka

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Are you aware of how the north London liberal mafia construct their identity corpse? Have you had much contact with them? Reggae music. Soul jazz compilations. Spicy food. Recreational drug use. Foreign holidays.
 
Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
I'm not plugged into any social networks here or anywhere really. I don't mind recreational drug use and foreign holidays, but I draw the line at Soul Jazz compilations and reggae.
 
luka

luka

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It's not a network I'd call it an entire subsection of the middle class with control over official culture. Booker prize to mercury prize to restaurant awards. It's a stitch up, like everything else in the world.
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
88.

Martha & The Vandellas, 'Heatwave'

One of the most exciting records ever made. Pure energy and control. Ground Zero of Crazy Legs Craner. I can dance the shit out of this song, a one man Wigan Casino. I totally agree with Reynolds on the Northern Soul thing: I went through a phase of checking out the Kent Compilations but, except for a few gems, it was mostly like, “nah, put ‘Heatwave’ on again”.

What an absolute banger this one is!


 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
89.

The Isley Brothers, 'This Old Heart of Mine'

Arrow to the heart, amyl to the feet.

I’ve had my heart broken once, 1000 times must be horrible! It’s an essential experience though, I don’t think you’re fully human until it has happened. I mean, it’s terrible, searing, desolate, but also quite invigorating and cathartic and one of the greatest catalysts for creativity. If it happens you have to take the chance it gives you to reorder your brain and your life. Most of my early blogs were basically fuelled by the pain and anger of this experience, and it came out as AFFIRMATION.

The woman who broke my heart is now a coroner, what does that say?

Anyway, this an almost perfect love song, beautifully expressing the everyday pain contained within the joy of a serious, and maybe unhealthy, love affair. Great chunky drums and restrained strings and punching horns.

 
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craner

craner

Beast of Burden
90.

The Four Tops, 'Baby I Need Your Loving'

My favorite Four Tops tune. The sweeping, swaying, swooning melody is exquisite. I am a very romantic person.

 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
91.

The Supremes, 'Remove This Doubt'

I discovered this song on the flip of my mother's 7" of 'You Keep Me Hanging On' and I couldn't believe how good it was, even better than the essential A-side. Such drama, pathos, poise! Diana Ross doesn't have to do much to express the most searing emotions, no Stax-style gross displays, just economy and the subtle edges and shards and whispers of the voice. A pocket epic.

Quite gratified to see someone on the YouTube comments section calling this "one of the best b-sides in music history" - it's not just me, then!


Here endeth the Motown section.
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
92.

Guido and Maurizio de Angelis, 'Driving All Around'

One final selection from the highly entertaining Italian soundtrack community, a very funny, very catchy tune that often pops into my head like these things tend to do. Nothing to say about this really, it's just cool :cool:!

It's from a hyper-kinetic, totally over-the-top, ultra-macho Enzo G. Castellari poliziotteschi blow-out called Street Law which stars Ringo Starr's ex-wife Barbara Bach and Franco Nero. In the version I saw Nero did all his own English dubbing, so there's a lot of him going around shouting "I keel you!" Such an excellent film. I reckon John Woo learned how to do slow motion violence from Castellari, but it's just a hunch.

 
droid

droid

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