Conference marvin::uk_music

    Sounds like some hot stuff!!!!
      
    I shall certainly get my hands on that one...
    
    Mike

Stuart, are  they  releasing  any in USA format? Or do I now HAVE to come to
Scotland?

    
    'fraid it looks like you'll have to make that trip!!
    
    MikeF.

Oh what joy ... on my doorstep this morning was a copy ofthis illustrious video.
Guess what I'm going to be doing tonight ... that's right, decorating!

So I watched the video (or most of it) last night ... up to Spacemen 3, the 
highlights (and I wish Bruce was here to see this!) was the James video, pure
delight ... I lurved it, hot on it's heels was the Morrisey vid ... another gem
with schoolboys in high heels ... then the Band of Holy Joy/Wedding Present
came a close third in the highlights ... surely the Bruce Influence hasn't 
rubbed of somehow.

Although the whole video is worth having there are certain tracks on it which
get the fast-forward treatment ... mainly THUG (utter garbage), Napalm Death
their first track lasts approx 2 seconds, with the next lasting around the 20 
second mark, and the last which must have taken weeks to write lasts maybe a 
minute (in all 3 tracks not one recognisable word is sung/spoken/screamed), and
lastly Extreme Noise Terror ... lots of YORGHS screamed in a microphone just
isn't my cup of tea!

Has anyone else got the video yet?

I hear the video has arrived at my postal address (us jet sets need such things)
My only problem now is that I haven't got round to buying a video player yet.

Anybody know of a cheap video going anywhere???

Tc

I picked up Indie Top Video Vol. 1 last night, seems it's the best of videos 
from those albums that get released called "Indie Top 20", you know the ones!

Anyway this has 15 tracks on it ... New Order - 'Fine Time', Birdland - 'Hollow
Heart', PWEI - 'Can U Dig it', Fields of the Neph - 'Preacher Man', Wedding
Present - 'Why are you Being So Reasonable Now' (my wife's fave Weddoes track!),
The Shamen - 'Jesus Loves Amerika', plus Loop, Danielle Dax, and I've forgot the
other 7 artists at the moment.

It cost 9.99 out of Virgin, and there is a Vol 2 out also ... but 7 of them are
on the CND/NME video ... worth buying for 'She Bangs the Drums'  though!

Those funny mop-top boys in Birdland are beginning to grow on me, I must say!

    Has anyone bought (or heard) NME's latest compilation, THE LAST
    TEMPTATION OF ELVIS?  Any comments?

    I've heard two cuts from it and thought both were ok.  Bruce's
    Viva Las Vegas is getting a lot of air-play over here and I've
    also heard Paul McCartney's It's Now or Never (or was it Are You
    Lonesome Tonight...liked it so much, I've forgotten what it was!).
    
    How's the rest Dougie, have you heard the whole thing?
    
    Sue

    Sue and Dougie,
    	I've got and it's a very pleasant listen. I'll try to remember
    to bring it in tomorrow for the track listing. Most of the artists
    do a creditable job but one stands out for me-
    
    The Primitives do Baby you're so Square (but I don't care) and it
    sounds so much like its one of their songs and not an Elvis cover.
    Most of the rest sound like cover versions.
    
    Cheers,
    	George
    
    

Not just a track listing but a review too!

First off, profits go to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre in 
London which uses music to try to help autistic children. They've 
raised over #350,000 so far.

All songs are from Elvis' movies but may not have been sung by the 
King originally. 

It's a double cassette, but at 16; 23; 23; and 20 minutes, would fit 
on a C90. The over 6 minutes of dead air at the end of side 1 is poor
composition. The production quality is superb.

Side one- 
Bruce Springsteen- Viva Las Vegas: I don't especially like the Boss 
	and this was one of the weaker tracks for me.
Sydney Youngblood- Let me be your TeddyBear: Elvis soundalike. Done 
	A Capella. Pleasant.
Tanita Tikaram- Loving You: Does she ever sing on key? Yucch.
Robert Plant- Let's Have a Party: Starts off with a wonderful pedal 
	steel guitar and then rocks out. Should've had the second half 
	done by the Stray Cats. Not bad, though.
The Pogues- Got a lot o'livin' to do: Shane mumbles away as usual
	but it's jangly good fun.
Holly Johnson- Love Me Tender: I love the original. A truly classic 
	slow dance. Holly's voice is sweet enough but he does it 
	up-tempo. Yucch.

Side two-
Paul McCartney- It's now or never: Time warp back to 1962 and the 
	Quarrymen. His voice is a bit older, but I bet they could have 
	sounded just like this at the Cavern.
Dion DiMucci- Mean Woman Blues: Dion should stick to R&R and not R&B.
	Bonnie Raitt or Ray Charles would do this justice. He has a 
	good guitarist (Johnny Sambataro) in back, though.
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Guitar Man: The first of the 'hard' songs.
	Especially after the sweetness of Macca and Dion, the Reid 
	brothers are like a hit of smelling salts. WAKE UP! The song 
	sounds more like a Dylan cover, though. Who is the "Reed" it's 
	credited to?
Cath Carroll & Steve Albini- Kid Creole: This will keep you awake.
	Nice guitar.
Aaron Neville- Young and Beautiful: Back to sleep. Syrupy nightclub 
	stuff. He thinks he's Johnny Mathis. I'd have like to have 
	heard Rickie Lee Jones on this one.
Vivian Stanshall & the Big Boys- There's no room to rhumba in a 
	sport's car: Inspired! Viv has Keith Miller, Tim Stone, Rob 
	Burns, Francis Serlau and Stephan Stapley join him on this fun 
	romp.
The Primitives- (You're so square) baby I don't care: Like I said last 
	reply-this is a Primitives song surely. If you like this, get 
	their albums.

Side three-
Hall & Oates- Can't help falling in love with you: Another beautiful 
	ballad ruined. Motown upbeat version.
The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra- Crawfish: Never heard of this band 
	before, but I'm gonna hear more! Their band name sums up how 
	they sound. 
Ian McCulloch- Return to sender: Liverpudlian 1964 back-up band with 
	Ian's ethereal vocal. (I was going to say echoing vocal). He 
	could also sing on key better. Grows on me.
Fuzzbox- Trouble: Fast forward. Suzi Quatro did a *much* better job on 
	this song. Fuzzbox do it on valium.
The Hollow Men- Thanks to the Rolling Sea: Is this Roddy Frame under 
	another guise? I could have sworn this was Aztec Camera. 
	Great stuff.
The Blow Monkeys- Follow that dream: Nice bass. I'd give it an 85.
	(Old American Bandstand joke.)
Lemmy & the Upsetters with Mick Green- Blue Suede Shoes: Inspired 
	choice number 2. You'll be glad it's the end of the side so 
	you can catch your breath. Blue Speed Shoes is closer.

Side four-
Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra- Wooden Heart: Country 
	schmaltz. Back to sleep. Pretty voice, but too much contrast
	(even for me) from the previous song.
The Jeff Healey Band- Down in the alley: Key to the Highway take 2. 
	Listen to Derek and the Dominoes instead.
The Cramps- Jailhouse Rock: Inspired choice number 3. Nanci and Jeff 
	were there just so you wouldn't get a heart attack by 
	listening to Lemmy and the Cramps back to back. Sounds like 
	an electric chair is the instrument being played by Poison 
	Ivy.
Les Negresses Vertes- Marguerita: Another good choice. They do it in 
	French, with a Latin accordian. Interesting. Les Negresses
	Vertes are an acquired taste, and this might be the song 
	to acquire the taste from.
Pop Will Eat Itself- Rock-a-hula-baby: The 12" remixed dance sample
	version. If you buy 12" records, you'll more likely like this.
	I do and did.
Elvis- King of the Whole Wide World: The King himself on the last cut.
	Two false starts and then he shows why all those other folks 
	would cover his songs. He sings rings around all the rest of 
	the tracks. This should cause kids who haven't heard Elvis 
	sing and buy the tape for some other artist to go out and buy
	some of Elvis' records/tapes/discs. The best cut.

You've got to be able to handle wild mood swings on sides three and 
four. All in all worth a buy even if it weren't for charity.

So far, only on sale through NME that I know of.

Cheers,
	George

I'd like  it for a few cuts but its real expen$ive over here...I think I saw
it for $25.99.....Ed