Two tracks tonight on the headphones at an unhealthy volume.
First off - and I hope you will bear with me on this - 'Supper's Ready' by Genesis. I first heard this track on the Friday Rock Show countdown of the best rock tracks ever, I think it came in at number 5 or 6...anyway, it's from the LP 'Foxtrot', and is born of the most fragrant purple prose prog rock, but I absolutely love it; it's funny and original and perhaps more influential than we care to admit.
Other tracks in the Friday Rock Show countdown included ...pause for deep breath...Stargazer by Rainbow, Child in Time and Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple, Stairway To Heaven by Led Zep, Shine on You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and maybe Whole Lotts Rosie by AC/DC.
My second tune of the evening is very very different - Uptown Top Ranking, by Althea and Donna. A one hit wonder...not heard of before or since, Althea was 17 and Donna was 18 when they were number 1, and what a bloody infectious fantastic tune it is! See me in my heels and ting...
And that's it for me tonight, just a couple of great tunes I wanted to shout about..
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We're as happy as fish, and as gorgeous as geese - and wonderfully clean in the morning.
Yep, two very different 1970's classics. I'm not even sure that early Genesis is a guilty secret (although the lyrics are very silly indeed... we're less than 5 years away from the introduction of the four foot restriction on humanoid height).
Althea and Donna - the hair - the glasses - http://youtube.com/watch?v=aeeVdiqRFBs
btw - I wikied Althea and Donna, and it made reference to Portishead covering Uptown Top Ranking. I can neither remember this, nor find any other reference to it. I'm assuming someone has mistaken Blackbox Recorder for Portishead.
The Black Box Recorder version was terrific - 'see me in my heels and ting' spoken by an icy posh head girl was genius!
The Fat Boy Slim Late Night Tales includes Trinity's Three Piece Suit to which Uptown Top Ranking is an answer - and which is Trinity deejaying over a dub version of Alton Ellis' I'm Still In Love With You - the track which went on to provide the riddim to Uptown Top Ranking.... Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
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