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Any thing on [url= http://becausemidwaystillarentcomingback.blogspot.com/ ]here[/url] help


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 1:40 pm
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Not Shed 7 by any chance was it?


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 1:41 pm
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Doing the Do by ACR perhaps?


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 1:43 pm
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Wow - robh - I think it could well be Sp!n (spin) but can anyone help me see if any of their tunes are on Youtube?

Thanks!!!

Oh - I would go back to the shop but am not planning any more trips to Plymouth where the shop was. If anyone lives in Plymouth it's the spots shop near Debenhams, maybe called Size?

Ta 😀


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 1:47 pm
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Gaye Bykers on Acid RULE.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 1:53 pm
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I saw Gaye Bikers once.

There were more people on stage than in the audience... and there were only 4 of them on stage.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 2:14 pm
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World of Twist get a mention in St Etienne's London Belongs to Me actually.

Been listening to their second LP So Tough a lot lately and it's a forgotten masterpiece.

Ah, memories.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 2:34 pm
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So Tough is a great album!

Simon. I am absolutely sure it wasn't the Skol Bandaleros, but if anyone else on here remembers them I will glow with happiness all weekend.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 3:20 pm
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So Tough is a great album!

Simon. I am absolutely sure it wasn't the Skol Bandaleros, but if anyone else on here remembers them I will glow with happiness all weekend.

Ha you are showing your age, would it be the Ritz or the Venue that I saw them? It's all so long ago and a bit fuzzy now. You may glow.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:04 pm
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Ah, <sits back with happy glow radiating from all orrifices>

this forum really can dig out anything!

They weren't madchester but they were mad for sure


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:12 pm
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if it was in the 90,s could it have been the "seahorses" not to be confused with mark and lards the shirehorses. or slim and shady the two squirrels. -_-


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:14 pm
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I reckon it sounds like it was probably one of the later mixes of You Got the Love by The Source and Candi Staton. I'm sure one of the crapper remixes featured loads of violins and stuff


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:18 pm
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Don't just rely on youtube, mate.

Try a dedicated music site, where the context is certain, like last.fm, or that other one.......Spotify.

Happy hunting.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:41 pm
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Airhead?

Anyone got Boing on CD they can lend me? I've only got a tape and it's in poor condition...


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:42 pm
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Yeah - I used to go to the Ritz on a Tuesday for student night. I saw the chalatans first at the Poly when their first single came out, and then at Rock City.

I also used to go to Kool Kat raving, and then Bounce at various clubs. I also ran some raves called Whooosh at the Uni where I was on the student social committee.

As for the tune I am seeking, it wasnt background violins, but the violin seemed to be being used almost like a lead guitar. It was an instrumental track, a little moody almost and I was surprised to hear the age as it sounded quite modern.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:45 pm
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It was the other side of midnight by yargo maybe?


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 4:53 pm
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Oh yes Tuesday night at the Ritz. It was suposed to be student night but as I recall it was full of gits like me and loads of sixth formers getting depressed on The Cure.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 5:00 pm
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De Villes on a Saturday night anyone?

Monday at the Ritz was a good one too. Mashed out of your face on £1 Pils and flattened by a Psycho-Billy to the theme from 633 Squadron.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 5:16 pm
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I was a Monday night attendee. Also berlins on a fri or sat. Mahoosive psychobilly quiff....


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 5:21 pm
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Yargo - the other side of midnight. No violins, but moody, and a blimmin marvellous toon


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 5:37 pm
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Remember [url=

and [url=

Feeling old now.


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 5:48 pm
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Oh yes - did some temp roadying for them at International 1 I think? Harry, I probably flattened you on a Monday night! 😉


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 6:06 pm
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I was a 15 stone rugby player then. You would have bounced off.

633 Squadron was the last tune at my wedding. We all ran round the dance floor!


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 6:11 pm
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I was probably at 'the rave(s) in the cave'(s) at Tilberthwaite during all of this, but unfortunatly don't seem able to recall much........


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 9:07 pm
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Has the OP been resolved yet? Can't quite work out if yes or no!

If not my proposition is "Sandkings" who were more black country than Madchester but hey. Their album "Welcome to England" always seemed to be fairly overlooked (ie. good) but then the singer went on to do the Babylon Zoo thing didn't he...?


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 9:27 pm
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My moneys on Yargo now! 😉


 
Posted : 05/03/2010 9:41 pm
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Hmm, memories.........

Monday - The Ritz with Dave Gannon.

Tuesday - The Banshee for cheap Vodka night, or if trying to pull students 5th Ave, 42nd Street (Then known as The Playpen?), Berlin or DeVilles.

Wednesday - see Tuesday.

Thursday - Banshee, then Jilly's, get hand stamped then flit between them.

Friday - See Thursday. Also the Hacienda, or if got knocked back, Berlin, The Venue or (later)the Brickhouse. Possibly Band on The Wall for Reggae night - Red Stripe, DJ Lorraine, free weed and the delightful Horace on the door. The Conti for Nurses.

Saturday. The Banshee or Jilly's if with mates - The Hacienda if with a dressy up kind of girl, Band on the Wall, the Gallery or The Boardwalk if she was a scruff like you.

Sunday - That club at the top of the escalators at the Royal Northern
College of Music - anyone remember it's name?

That's why I now have the body of a 60 year old. 😀

As for the OP, my money's on Shack.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 12:47 am
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The Conti!

How the hell did that place get a fire safety certificate?

Nobody has so far mentioned the king of Manchester night spots... The Granby!


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 9:24 am
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The Granby! (shudders).

Nasty, nasty little pub. Always used to be full of Neanderthal City Fans - lovely undercurrent of violence on a Saturday Night, but handy for the delightful Kebab 'Shop' over the road - which like Mr Ben's outfitters only ever appeared at the weekend.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 11:15 am
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I preferred thew Granby to the Conti any day! That kebab shop sold pink chilly sauce which always seemed to seep out and coat my clothes like napalm.

I still think it's Yargo.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 11:52 am
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I've been away and really, really have missed STW, the above thread is why.

Lol. at Harry and Brant.

Thanks for the memories chaps.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 12:01 pm
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Anyone here remember the Konspiracy? Now there was a club.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 2:15 pm
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everyone should listen to this :-).indie dance. Maybe this is the tune? The Album is awesome too.

Could be Saint Eteinne too.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 2:51 pm
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One of my school pals Justin Crawford was bass guitarist in the New Fads


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 3:13 pm
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Maybe the tune was [url=

- Sound[/url]?

Or may have been 'The Beloved'- they were quite a ravey indie band of the time.

So many good memories... Joe Bloggs flares, Acid tops, Reni hats, Kickers, Hacienda, Boardwalk, Konspiracy, Ritzy, Raves, Floppy fringed hair cuts and of course all the bands doing it for themselves! 😀


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 3:43 pm
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Been listening to a load of the old stuff since this thread started.

Hello by The Beloved is ace, but it all of the names in it are so out of date.

[i]so welcome to the world, yeah...
all you late-comers, just step onboard
i'm happy, glad you came
so welcome home again!

sometimes i feel we must be going mad

hello peter, hello paul
saints and sinners, welcome all
tommy cannon and bobby ball
hello, hello, hello, hello

consider, if you will
this great big question, unanswered still
oh, can you spot the difference that lies between
the colour blue and the colour green?

sometimes i feel we must be going mad

little richard, little nell
willy wonka and william tell
salman rushdie and kym mazelle
hello, hello, hello, hello...

so welcome to the team
oh, have you worked it out yet?
yeah - the riddle, i mean
what's the answer?
it's plain to see - blue is blue and it always will be

sometimes i feel that the whole world's going mad

mork and mindy, brian hayes
barry humphries and paris grey
little neepsie, chris and do
hello, hello, hello, hello...

billy corkhill, vince hilaire
freddie flintstone, fred astaire
desmond tutu, steve and claire
hello, hello, hello, hello...

charlie parker, charlie brown
leslie crowther, come on down
mary wilson, di and flo
hello, hello, hello, hello...

sir bufton tufton, jean paul sartre
zippy, bungle, jeffrey archer
andre previn and the lso
hello, hello, hello, hello...

hello!
[/i]

Isadora's anybody? Underneath the Corn Exchange. I don't think that it survived the IRA urban regeneration initiative.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 3:55 pm
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[i]the above thread is why[/i]

Absolutely. These kind of threads = STW at its best.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 4:16 pm
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And the Sun Rising too - chilled, hazy sunny music, Ahhhhhhhhh......


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 6:15 pm
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And the PSV....


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 6:28 pm
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Why has no-one suggested it might actually be "The Sound"? They were a little bit earlier than baggy but could be them.
Mr Woppit may well have The Sound's full back catalogue 🙂

I'm liking the suggestion of Paris Angels, great single Perfume.
Yargo, did someone say Yargo? I'm sure the vocals would've been mentioned, so distinctive. I'm gonna go and grab the vinyl, see what it sounds like!


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 6:33 pm
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Yargo still sounds ok. Body beat!

The only single word beginning with S contenders from that era in my 12"ers are Shriekback (too early?), Soho (Hippychick, though its Piece of You, I've got) and Spitfire (too rocky).
I've actually got a Shed Seven single called Dolphin in there too. Blimey.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 6:49 pm
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The PSV - Misty In Roots gigs anyone? 😀

Here and Now, [b]always[/b] supported by John Cooper Clarke or Ted Chippington - Cheetham Hill Library gigs, with a very funny Lemn' Sissay making the introductions. No alcohol on sale, but acid and mushroom tea available at the refreshment stall.

Faith No More at the the International 1, two weeks after Suicidal Tendencies played the same venue - I'd only just got my hearing back - worth it though.

Subhumans at Hulme Labour club?
World of Twist at the Hac?

Dis fred is make me feel old, as the kids would appear to say.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 6:50 pm
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OK, let's turn up the obscure-ometer. How's about Ed Barton - I've got no chickens but I've got 5 wooden chairs.


 
Posted : 06/03/2010 7:19 pm
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Wow, I remember him from The Tube. I reckon I've got a video of that somewhere along with Foffo Spearjig...

"Felt Nowt!"


 
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He collected bits of wood. He actually wrote a song for kylie too!


 
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