Her cover of Ray Davies's "Days" is absolutely awesome as well.
― t**t, Saturday, 9 November 2013 10:24 (ten years ago) link
Some of the best things in the boxed set are songs like these, from her unreleased "Real" album, which sounds pretty awesome to me right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDFvr4H6VQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVGKvFAZgNw
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 May 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
I've been meaning to check out some of her stuff. I love Lydia Loveless's cover of "They Don't Know".
― jmm, Friday, 9 May 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
Wow, a newbie. Kite is an incredible record. As is Electric Landlady. Plus all her early stuff ... Really, it's hard to go wrong.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 May 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
shee-it! just bumped "us amazonians" off of Tropical Brainstorm…so…
if you ever get tired of Elvis Costello's "look at me, I'm the Yngwie of lyrics" thing, which I have been for about 23 years, then you gotta check out Kirsty. Like, "innocence," the first cut off the first record that the esteemed Herr In Chicago cites, is about as cold a put-down as can be done, and it is perpetrated with astute, clever but not florid language.
― veronica moser, Friday, 9 May 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
New NYT piece (gift link) by Bob Mehr tying in with the box set about out.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 November 2023 18:16 (seven months ago) link
"Kirsty MacColl - why never cool?" More like, "Kirsty MacColl - she was cooler than us all."
I had no idea there was a new boxed set, thanks. I'm a little torn about positioning her as "she recorded this famous Christmas duet, but here's what else she did," since I've always thought of MacColl as "she recorded all this great stuff, plus this famous Christmas duet," but hey, whatever it takes to get her body of work more attention.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 November 2023 19:14 (seven months ago) link
In strict American terms it's probably the easiest hook for a general reader these days.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 November 2023 19:16 (seven months ago) link
The Guardian has a cool piece as well:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/02/kirsty-maccoll-box-set-steve-lillywhite-mark-nevin-pogues
I had not idea she was just 16 when she wrote 'They Don't Know,' very precocious
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 2 November 2023 19:24 (seven months ago) link
I've never listened to Desperate character until now: is it possible that the drummer on "Chip Shop" isn't terry Williams? Wiki sez that Bremner is on the record, but that the sole drummer is Lee Partis, who if so is the greatest Terry Williams-style drummer other than Williams to have ever existed…
― veronica moser, Friday, 3 November 2023 15:38 (seven months ago) link