Local Man Ruins Everything

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Whilst I hate to gave any form of promotion to Steve Lamacq, his single of the week last week on BBC Six Music was William Campbell and Kevin MacNeils 'Local Man Ruins Everything'. Its the best thing I've heard all year but typically is only available on limited edition 7" and is by all accounts already sold out.
Anyone know where I can get hold of a download?

― Secretly English (secretly english), Sunday, 31 July 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Here's a YSI link. And thanks for the tip, it's very nice indeed.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 31 July 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

The thread title could be the best headline ever.

"Today in the news, Local man ruins everything."

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to remind everybody that Steve Lamacq is a tasteless twat. Kthxbye.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

I know everybody hates Lamacq, but I met him once about 15 years ago and he was very friendly, bought me a beer, gave me an interview for a freelance thing I was trying to do (which never amounted to anything, naturally).

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

the title is swiped from the simpsons

this song is of course great

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure he's a lovely bloke. He's still got no taste.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

At the time, he was heavy into Kingmaker. But so was I so I didn't mind. (I still like "Really Scrape the Sky.")

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:12 (twenty years ago)

does that mean you have a Hull connection, gypsy? I'd like to check before I launch into an unnecessarily bitter Kingmaker routine.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Nah, I was living in Manchester at the time and was young and impressionable. Bitter away.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

Well, I'm too pissed to muster the articulacy that a thorough deconstruction of ver 'Maker deserves, but my fingers are nimble enough to point out that they were a sub-Carter USM dunghill who achieved half of their 27 total record salea on the back of a fawning NME staffed by blokes who thought Ned's Atomic Dustbin were Prog Rock.

Also, Loz was a cock.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

Local Man Yells At Cloud

― ghetty green (eman), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

More like Local Man Murmurs, Falls Over.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 1 August 2005 06:31 (twenty years ago)

typically is only available on limited edition 7"

It's track 14 on a CD from Honcho Records, which was released at the beginning of the year. According to this and this.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 1 August 2005 06:35 (twenty years ago)

And I would like to correct myself: it's not just "very nice indeed," it's breathtaking.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 1 August 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

By the way, I'd like to correct my first impression there near the beginning: it's not merely "very nice indeed," it's breathtakingly beautiful.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 1 August 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

I got Poxy Fuled for more than two hours when trying to post this, so duh.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 1 August 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

this is the worst song of all time.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Wow. i don't know if i could refrain from laughing my ass off/throwing tomatoes if i actually saw someone perform this shit live.

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

Is this a prank? This is a prank, right? Wow.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

no. it's brilliant. i love this. thank you for the link!

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Is there something to 'get' here that I'm just not getting? Do you have to be British to enjoy this? Sure it's pretty but that monologue is bleh.

― soultr0n, Thursday, 4 August 2005 06:47 (twenty years ago)

Area Man Posts To Thread Without Reading It.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

It's pretty bad. Are these people affiliated with Ballboy?

― danski (danski), Thursday, 4 August 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

Do you have to be British to enjoy this?

hmmmm ... living in scotland might help. but no, i think you just need some kind of soul.

i'm assuming it's this kevin macneil, which explains a little more.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 5 August 2005 08:08 (twenty years ago)

it is that kevin macneil. i've just checked. apparently he's a "lovely bloke".

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 5 August 2005 08:24 (twenty years ago)

This song reminds me of The First Big Weekend by Arab Strap. Mostly because it's indie songs with long monologues done by Scottish guys. Ironically, both songs have simpsons references.

This one is boring and not particularly well writen.

― dfsklj (David Allen), Friday, 5 August 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

I like it. I love the first Astrid album too, it's a shame they lost their way a bit - i saw them live around the time of the third album (released in Spain) and it felt like they'd lost their touch. Where once there were lovely simple pop songs (like a Stornoway Lemonheads), there was instead boring retro-rock.

― Michael Lambert (Michael Lambert), Sunday, 7 August 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

Oh come on, someone upload it again please, I'm so curious now!

― Don Rowlando (Sam Rowlands), Sunday, 7 August 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

i've been trying to share it via limewire for two days. nobody has been looking for it!

so here it is again

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 7 August 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

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