“Dream Baby Dream” - Suicide
― Apollo and the Aqueducts (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 00:50 (one year ago) link
“Enola Gay” - OMD
― Apollo and the Aqueducts (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 00:51 (one year ago) link
Time Captives - Kingdom Come
― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 10:54 (one year ago) link
"Like Clockwork" Boomtown Rats
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:18 (one year ago) link
or does it have to be electronic?
Preferred electronic but maybe will have to open it up.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:22 (one year ago) link
I might even want to allow “Mamma Mia,” for example.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:24 (one year ago) link
Sparks - Beat The Clock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoMCip83GZ4
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:30 (one year ago) link
Akufen - Psychometry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVwVqXqw0M8
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:32 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfaOJuchn4
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv_UfFL3wxM
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:35 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jFlx0XY2aU
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:36 (one year ago) link
Time Beat by Ray Cathode
― fetter, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:36 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tI1_KlO6xI
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:54 (one year ago) link
hotline bling
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
Squeeze - "Take Me I'm Yours"
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:29 (one year ago) link
"Clock Strikes Ten" Cheap Trick
― Tubesocks Secure (punning display), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
XTC - "That's Really Super, Supergirl"
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
Treble Boys - Julie-Anne
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
^good one! I had occasion to email one of the Treble Boys in recent years.Good work all around in fact.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:40 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD19IaJQSJI
Pil - Four enclosed walls. Mickey Mouse watch through an harmonizer
― fpsa, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9x7zHCfj0
Lipps Inc cover of How long
― fpsa, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
A few appearances form the Rhythm King or Rythym Ace drum machine here, so this playlist will probably help:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uf6UUNJjl4HzdMTvI7u69?si=088ea2ea4f274380
― fetter, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 14:08 (one year ago) link
The Chills. "Doledrums"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUeQrLTrLSk
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 14:15 (one year ago) link
Alex Anwandter - Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTUWwUUa1WE
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19PWdj9x860"T.T.T (Turntable Tennis)" - Takako MinekawaBonus points for starting out with Ping Pong Percussion.
― 20 Preflyte Rock (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHPRtPZwSNI
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
I'll never not like ping pong percussion
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
Akiko Yano - Highland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-AGPljQHDI
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
Ariel Pink - Not Enough Violence
― nostormo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
The full-length version of "Heart of Glass"
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
Phenix - Clockwise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgeWxzKWFfc
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q7qvWYpXIU
magma - udu wudu
― fpsa, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
^^^ one of those "oh shit this isn't the right album" moments the first time you hear it
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
The full-length version of "Heart of Glass"― Vast Halo, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 6:27 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 6:27 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
The Teardrop Explodes "Serious Danger" has the same intro
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
Pink Floyd - "The Gnome"
― Lee626, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:40 (one year ago) link
Peter Gabriel “Games Without Frontiers”
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 12:06 (one year ago) link
"No More Words" - Berlin
― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 12:22 (one year ago) link
also "Rush Rush" by Debbie Harry which is actually the same rhythm track as "No More Words"
― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 12:31 (one year ago) link
Throbbing Gristle, "Persuasion"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO-ZXPikjYk
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 13:31 (one year ago) link
Doesn't satisfy all the original requirements of the thread but gets close and actually has "tick tock" in the openinglyrics, along with naming a percussion instrument:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEM_63_P0CY
― Once Were Chemical Brothers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link
Some versions of "Night and Day" dispense what that intro, although Ella's and Fred Astaire's don't.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydxcHACwX4Y
― Once Were Chemical Brothers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
^also some interesting percussion choices there!