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Jul. 1st, 2005 08:35 amThis week's special offer: have hayfever, get a bonus nosebleed.
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Jul. 1st, 2005
It's Friday! It's not three o'clock, though! But there's still time to Boogie At Your Desk!
[Bloody ntl connection fell over, so my remote posting didn't work when it was meant to :( ]
( You what? )
Today you were invited to Boogie At Your Desk to:
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Now, I know what some of you'll be thinking. "I don't need an introduction to The Jam, I've known Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (oh-way-ohh-oh) for ever".
And some of you are probably right. But I bet there's a few who are in the same state I was about 18 months ago - perfectly aware of Jam songs as a sort of background thing, but never really paid attention to them.
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight is a great song, but have you ever really listened to the words ? Noticed the lovely bass lines in it ? Go on, give it your full attention for a couple of minutes.
Similarly, That's Entertainment was for ages in my mind the kind of slow one with the slightly droney chorus. But listen to it properly, and it's full of the most remarkable imagery and a slow-burning tension.
Enlightenment came when someone lent me a copy of Compact Snap!, which had old favourites on it, but also songs I'd never heard before. Strange Town has become one my favourite songs, and I'm surprised that things like the story-song Smithers Jones aren't better known.
My spies tell me that Compact Snap! is but £2.99 in HMV's sale at the moment, and if you don't own a copy then ignoring that is criminal. Rush your money to the record shops.
Incidentally, I believe Compact Snap! is officially slightly bad and wrong, because in order to fit the double album Snap! onto CD, they lost a few songs. Now, I never owned Snap!, so haven't missed them, and don't need to get cross with it in the same way I do the CD version of Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. But just a warning that purists might disagree with my choice of recommendation :)
[Bloody ntl connection fell over, so my remote posting didn't work when it was meant to :( ]
( You what? )
Today you were invited to Boogie At Your Desk to:
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Now, I know what some of you'll be thinking. "I don't need an introduction to The Jam, I've known Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (oh-way-ohh-oh) for ever".
And some of you are probably right. But I bet there's a few who are in the same state I was about 18 months ago - perfectly aware of Jam songs as a sort of background thing, but never really paid attention to them.
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight is a great song, but have you ever really listened to the words ? Noticed the lovely bass lines in it ? Go on, give it your full attention for a couple of minutes.
Similarly, That's Entertainment was for ages in my mind the kind of slow one with the slightly droney chorus. But listen to it properly, and it's full of the most remarkable imagery and a slow-burning tension.
Enlightenment came when someone lent me a copy of Compact Snap!, which had old favourites on it, but also songs I'd never heard before. Strange Town has become one my favourite songs, and I'm surprised that things like the story-song Smithers Jones aren't better known.
My spies tell me that Compact Snap! is but £2.99 in HMV's sale at the moment, and if you don't own a copy then ignoring that is criminal. Rush your money to the record shops.
Incidentally, I believe Compact Snap! is officially slightly bad and wrong, because in order to fit the double album Snap! onto CD, they lost a few songs. Now, I never owned Snap!, so haven't missed them, and don't need to get cross with it in the same way I do the CD version of Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. But just a warning that purists might disagree with my choice of recommendation :)