25th July 2008

This week has been a tough one for the Friday 7 as I've not really had that tune running through my head feeling, mainly through being busy as ever with other stuff. I've not had my MP3 on much so there's not been my skipping too and fro through the play list that much. Also, as I've banned anything I review on a, I'm excluding the only gig I've been to this week from the list.

Pendulum - Propane Nightmares



There's not a lot to say about Pendulum, they annoy me with basically the same song just different words. This, however, has even stolen the riff off Rock Lobster by The B-52s. Unoriginal populist toss.

The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song



I love the Flaming Lips. They bring fun and the ethos of good time pop rock to intelligent music. Basically a call- response song,with a vocoder hook, it's about where your morals lie, but without the preaching. It's also very uplifting.

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealin'



1990 wasn't a great year for music. Amongst the shite and dreck of KWS, Bitty McLean and Patto Banton we got little gems. This is one of them. Perry Farrell would go on to form Porno For Pirates and Perry Farrell's Satellite Party with the bloke from Extreme. He's obviously mental. So here, enjoy him at his best.

Flowered Up - Weekender

Part 1


Part 2

In the days of the baggy there did stride from the lands a bunch of really bad coat tail hanging on shit bands who thought any vague or blatant mention of drugs got a hit. Out of the chaff came the wheat, and Weekender by Flowered Up is off to make Kingsmill Seeded Batch, not Tesco Blue Stripe Medium Cut. Before The Streets, Flowered Up were telling tales of bored kids and getting blasted at the weekend. Rather than a video they made a short film, told here in two parts with the song split over the two. The 12" version was an almighty 24 minutes long, proving they were willing to pay out rather than fleece the fans with their value for money policy. Or Not.

Milltown Brothers - Which Way Should I Jump?



In the early 90s I lived in a shit hole in Lancashire called Colne. It was a typical one horse town where the only industry was the pound shop. These lads were the local heroes, and they were still one of the better bands to come out of that period dominated by Oasis copyists who weren't very good.

The Frank and Walters - Fashion Crisis Hits New York



There was a time when bands looked like they'd rather cook a casserole than get pissed and fight. TFAW looked like one of those bands, they uses phrases like hippy-diddly, and although they had dreds and mushroom haircuts were probably quite harmless and decent people. They also wrote really good indie pop songs, like this one.

Sugar - Changes



Over the last couple of years I've seen Bob Mould a couple of times and it reminded me how great a band Sugar were. Here's one of their two big hits off of Copper Blue, the other being the more laid back If I Can Change Your Mind. I was just out of art college when this came out,it was a phase I was going through.