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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty-IJ3qz-GE
How fucking derivative is this? Faces, not Small Faces, because Marriot wouldn't have done this more than once.
You can almost see Rod mincing about singing this.
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:04, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
TD should know better than to be surprised when they release something half-arsed.
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:18, Reply)
Although this one was produced by David Holmes who is rather better than Bobby Gillespie in knowing good stuff.
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:25, Reply)
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:29, Reply)
Whether that's styles or band members. It's kind of like good sampling, taking the best bits of genres and bands. They're also very very good live and are just a rock n' roll band.
Patchy as hell though, don't get me wrong, for every sheer gem like Kill All Hippies, there's a piece of shit like Funky Jam.
I can see why Weatherall digs them so much, it's that whole wearing your influences on your sleeve thing. Also, Weatherall is rarely wrong.
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:28, Reply)
Hence why 'Screamadelica' was great. but 'Give But Don't Give In' was fucking dreadful, say.
(, Mon 29 Apr 2013, 1:06, Reply)
You must put big red letters up when you change your name.
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:11, Reply)
I'll change it back when I'm on my work pc again.
(, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 21:15, Reply)
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