From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V9 #156 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Monday, June 12 2006 Volume 09 : Number 156 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] JOHNNY MARR's punk playlist. anyone know what it was? ["Milet] [idealcopy] Krautrock special ["Keith Knight" ] [idealcopy] News from Room Temperature [Fergus Kelly Subject: [idealcopy] JOHNNY MARR's punk playlist. anyone know what it was? hmm, this came from another list. buzzcocks domanitaion. i saw them two weks ago, they were brilliant, but sound suck :-( > > JOHNNY MARR > A Punk Education, courtesy of the former Smiths man. > > 1 - Ain't Been To No Music School - The Nosebleeds > "My introduction to punk. My best mate at school's brother was in the band" > > 2 - Boredom - Buzzcocks > "When they still had Howard Devoto on vocals. The fact that the band put it > out themselves was a revolutionary idea." > > 3 - Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids > "Because of Richards Hell's credibility and connection with the punk scene > you had to check it out. Great title too." > > 4 - Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie And The Banshees > "Quickly there were a lot of beer monsters disguised as punks. But this was > commercial weirdness away from the neanderthal herd. I always thought she > was gorgeous." > > 5 - The Passenger - Iggy Pop > "Universally loved as soon as it was released. It redefined Iggy. My mates > and I learned the riff." > > 6 - All I Want - Snatch > "As a fan if Johnny Thunders and the New York Dolls, you knew about Snatch, > Patti Palladin's band." > > 7 - New Rose - The Damned > "They got the jump on the Pistols by releasing this first, but for me The > Damned were a bit too comedy. This is undeniably a great record though." > > 8 - Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols > "It was deleted by EMI shortly after its release, so there was a real drama > before you'd even heard it." > > 9 - Identity - X-Ray Spex > "Punk was a great time for Girls. Like The Smiths, a lot of bands got into > the charts and on the radio because people were into them, not the other way > round." > > 10 - Shot By Both Side - Magazine > "This was immediately ahead of the pack. What's been forgotten is that punk > swept away that so-called highbrow prog rock, but prog never had anyone > called Verlaine [Tom, Television frontman] involved. Punk was the first > poetry since Dylan." > > 11 - Outdoor Miner - Wire > "Wire were art school and _very_ London. It's actually about an ant this, > isn't it?" > > 12 - Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones > "They were my band for a time - I followed them around. I got arrested once > and thrown into a cell in a [title of third album] Baby's Got A Gun T-shirt, > which amused the cops." > > 13 - Beat On The Brat - The Ramones > "Undeniably crucial. I love the Ramones. A little bit of them goes a long > way." > > 14 - White Riot - The Clash > "In the provinces you got to learn about Jamaican culture directly from The > Clash." > > 15 - Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks > "I love Pete Shelley. Total attitude in the vocals - but fey at the same > time." > > 16 - Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts > "Execution and murder wrapped in a dark rock tune." > > 17 - God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols > "I bought it the day it came out. That was the whole point, really, to get > it to Number 1 for the [Queen's] Silver Jubilee." > > 18 - Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers > "I loved [guitarist] Walter Lure. I hung outside The Ranch Club in Chorlton, > listening to the walls cos I was too young to get in." > > 19 - Action Time Vision - Alternative TV > "Mark Perry's band. I loved that record when it came out." > > 20 - Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols > "It took a band as glamorous as the Pistols [to make punk happen]. The > Banshees were too feline, The Damned too crappy, The Clash too dour." > > Also from the same edition, here's, in my opinion, a much better, more > eclectic selection by.... > > Moby > Essential noise, by dance boffin. > > 1 - Big Take Over - Bad Brains > "Bad Brains were the most remarkable punk rock group of all time and Big > Take Over is a good place to start." > > 2 - Why - Discharge > "I remember being utterly awed at how dark and explosive it was. Kind of as > if you put 30 punk rock groups in a washing machine, detuned their guitars > and threw in some angry tigers for atmosphere." > > 3 - Back 2 The Base - X > "X sang beautifully, played their instruments well, wrote ballads, and had > the most interesting lyrics of any punk rock band." > > 4 - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash > "Not exactly a punk rock song, but certainly my favourite Clash song, so > I'll include it here." > > 5 - Damaged 1 - Black Flag > "I always liked UK punk, but US hardcore was really what excited me." > > 6 - Carry Home - The Gun Club > "OK, not exactly punk rock. But they started out in the LA punk scene and > were phenomenal." > > 7 - Trash - New York Dolls > "Not to get too nit-picky, but UK punk wouldn't have existed without The > Stooges and the New York Dolls and The Dictators and The Ramones. Case > closed." > > 8 - My Rules - Void > "From the Washington DC early-80's scene. Void really were spectacular." > > 9 - No Fun - Sex Pistols > "You have to include a Sex Pistols song, so why not a Pistols cover of a > Stooges song?" > > 10 - White Light/White Heat (Live) - The Velvet Underground > "The live version. Suddenly you hear where Devo and the Dolls and The > Strokes got their ideas." > > 11 - We Are 138 - Misfits > "I remember seeing the Misfits in 1982 and being utterly terrified. Which > was good. It was also at that show that I decided wearing earplugs was > probably a good idea." > > 12 - Out Of Step - Minor Threat > "What's funny about this song is that it extols very conservative social > values ('Don't drink, don't fuck') in a super-fast punk rock song." > > 13 - Hollow Inside - Buzzcocks > "I don't want to cause any trouble, but I always thought the Buzzcocks were > the best UK punk band." > > 14 - Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys > "A lot looser and more atmospheric than some of their later songs." > > 15 - Banned In DC - Bad Brains > "Because Bad Brains were the best punk rock band of all time I guess it's OK > to include two sings in my top 20." > > 16 - Unemployed - Kraut > "No one remembers Kraut but they were part of the NYC hardcore scene. The > guitarist tended the bar at {Lower East Side club] A-7, which was almost > cooler than being in a band." > > 17 - Egg Raid On Mojo - Beastie Boys > "For a brief minute they were the hometown heroes of the NYC hardcore > scene." > > 18 - Housewives On Valium - Vatican Commandos > "OK, I'm biased. This was the band that I played guitar for in the early > 80's. We were suburban punks who rode mopeds and borrowed our parents' cars > to go to shows. It was fun, although girls and sex would've been a nice > addition to the mix." > > 19 - Let's Have A War - Fear > "I should leave Fear off my list because they ended up being misogynistic > assholes, but their first LP is awesome." > > 20 - Shed No Tears - Flipper > "One of my claims to fame is that I got to sing with Flipper for two days in > the early 80's. They don't remember, as you might expect." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:55:25 +0100 From: "Keith Knight" Subject: [idealcopy] Krautrock special Fans of Krautrock (and who isn't) should rush to hear a three hour special on Stuart Maconie's Radio 6 programme available from today for a week. Includes Julian Cope introducing records for an hour - I'm listening to a bizarre collaboration between Vogel and Ivor Cutler right now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/freakzone/tracklisting.shtml another the Keith ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:34:03 +0100 (BST) From: Fergus Kelly Subject: [idealcopy] News from Room Temperature Some new activity in the room: http://www.roomtemperature.org/rt_news.htm Fergus ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:03:33 +0100 (BST) From: Monochromatic Man Subject: [idealcopy] autographed Colin elpee on ebay... big earl: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4893009445&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/lgmpa Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V9 #156 *******************************