@FaeGrl – Cash’s Hurt and Buckley’s Halleluah – well, that’s two of the best “interpretations that were better than the originals” from the last few years!

@TheKrynoidMan – absolutely brilliant film music!

Lalo Schirin – Hadn’t heard this (outside watching the film) before – the other-worldly singing and eerie screeching emoting the madness of…[Read more]

Soufflé recipe taken from the Dalek Cookbook:

Carefully prepare ramekins with lightly brushed butter and pinch of sugar.
Chill ramekins in fridge.
Separate egg whites from yolks.
Stir for 8 mins
Kill everyone.

@Arbutus – that Langley Ukelele Orchestra is amazing! That’s a fantastic arrangement!

Is this the same Langley as the Langley School Music Project from years ago?
I remember hearing it and reading about the fantastic teacher that they had – incredible to have a teacher like that when you’re a kid!

here’s another Beach Boys one from…[Read more]

ah – thanks for the Setting Sun @Craig. I’d heard the track before but hadn’t heard Noel or the Tomorrow Never Knows rhythm.

I must admit, I’m shocked and surprised to hear Noel Gallagher using the influence of the Beatles.

😉

btw the Howard Goodall programme was excellent imo. And its still my fault that I don’t get fifths and quarters and…[Read more]

wow – loads to get through since the First Wonder of the Thread, but just wanted to say a massive thanks to @FaeGrl for the tip on AdBlocker!

Downloaded it for Chrome and it seems I don’t even need to close Chrome down or reboot – already the ads seem to be gone!
In the past I’ve needed to see ads (I work in ‘digital’ which kinda includes…[Read more]

Well I think @Craig has now closed this thread, as what other choon could we now post?

certainly I can’t think of any tonight.

though, Tomorrow never knows*….

*and its least likely cover.

btw just checking with any/everyone here – are you getting a LOT of Muppet ads on YT?

I know its Easter but this is getting ridiculous! Although the Spanish one that I got with Senor Coconut* was kinda fun…

* link for anyone who like @FaeGrl likes a bit of the “La Puertas”

Actually FaeGrl – I know neither the original nor cover artists of…[Read more]

Ah @TheKrynoidMan – I love the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain!
Seen them a couple of times – the first time was years ago; the singer was standing and is a big guy (well over 6ft) which just made this version of an 80’s classic even better.

@Craig – nice Frank Turner version.

I liked the cover of the Esteban song (though its so far from the original as to be a different song on first listen!). Kinda preferred the last 3rd.

can’t remember the Amber Grooves site since I last saw it – have you been tweaking there as well as here?

@Phaseshift – nice Pixies cover version!

Oh, and while I can’t remember suggesting the “music that made you think of Dr Who while you were listening”, its such a good idea that I’ll happily take credit until @angryandpeeved says “oi – that was mine!”

@FaeGrl – Cash’s ‘Hurt’ is fantastic – truly where an interpretation is better than the original…[Read more]

actually @Arbutus (and Debs for that matter – and anyone else!) I’m now pondering “what is Indie?”
At the time (80’s/90’s) it meant ‘not signed to a major label’ but that covered a wealth of oddities, not just geetar bands.

So were guitar bands more Indie? and if so were they merely remnants of Post-Punk with their kitchen sink lyrics and ‘we’ll…[Read more]

and @Arbutus – I’m shocked!

Do you think of me as someone with a thirst?

Funnily enough, I tend to drink far less on holiday than I do at home!

But you’ll be happy(?) to know I’ve put that right since getting back.

Anyway – thanks for the jig – again funnily enough I listen to almost every other ‘folk’ music (whether Indian/Asian/African) than…[Read more]

Hi @Arbutus – great song! (link here if like me in the UK you get a “not allowed in your region” – I’m assuming its the same song!)

For me, I probably wouldn’t call it hip hop, but then that just goes to show the ludicrousness of categorisation (and I was/am woefully guilty of snobbery in music and categorisation!! More fool me!). But I’m trying…[Read more]

Hey @FaeGrl – great to see you again and well done on finishing the novel!

I’ve no idea if you’ve written one or twenty before now, but from everything I’ve read about novelists, each one seems to be a huge effort (unless you’re Barbara Cartland I s’pose…).

Hope you don’t fade away for too long!

“My apologies if you guys have seen this one already”

@FaeGrl – thanks for the thoughtfulness, but if I asked “hands up anyone who’d seen that already” my guess is fewer than that track deserves!

Thanks for sharing, that was fun!

And if one style is good, then 20 styles are 20xgood – right?

😉

Really enjoy your posts, so hope you don’t…[Read more]

nice choon @Craig and even nicer video!

ah @Debs so innocently waving the music-catnip-question in front of the middle-aged guys!

thank you!

;¬)

nice one fatman!

Thinking about it, its hard to get a feeling of/ starting point for “indie” without thinking of this:

Full volume on the video and everything else its connected to.

Always hard to choose a single starting point, but that was the challenge from @Debs and this was my…[Read more]

@Debs – looking for BritPop?
As the saying goes “ah, if you’re trying to get to there, I wouldn’t be starting from here”

:¬)

In terms of BritPop there’s been a whole bunch of stuff happening recently so I assume there’s been an anniversary (god, was it 20 years ago today, that Sgt Albarn taught his band to play?).

Always good to start with…[Read more]

oh no. There goes my evening.

jeezus.

I’m now listening to this FANTASTIC indie anthem.

What? No?? Well hell – you weren’t in Leeds around ’91!

ahem.

[sigh]

I blame @Debs meself….