The One I Love was taken from the non-US Best Of which IRS released on the back of Out of Time - top 20 in the autumn of '91
― Buckfast in America (Master of Treacle), Thursday, 21 October 2021 10:17 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCobKFPxQk
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 21 October 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
Never heard the Fatboy Slim remix of that Mock Turtles song but the Steve Proctor piano / breakbeat / house mix is pure sweet MDMA. Nothing to do with the genre in question except the ridiculously positive vibes.
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 21 October 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
It only became a hit *after* they'd broken through with Out of Time.
Interesting. So I guess that's another point in favor of them having little influence on UK bands in the 80s.
― o. nate, Friday, 22 October 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
R.E.M. were big UK sellers the faster their American popularity waned.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 October 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
Even though it’s more on the enigma/proto-trip hop side of thing, for some reason I keep thinking of moodfood by moodswings (feat the cover of “state of independence” with Chrissy Hynde). there’s some big sampled drums on there though. and I get major “paisley shirt of synthetic fabric” vibes from it. Feel like “worldbeat” (ugh) stuff runs parallel to this thread’s remit… the vague we are all one people, love the planet vibes, idk
― brimstead, Friday, 22 October 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
So I guess that's another point in favor of them having little influence on UK bands in the 80s.
I mean, they were definitely known in Britain in the 80s by the kind of people that would have been in indie guitar groups. But they wouldn't have been known by, say, your aunt until 1991/92.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 22 October 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
Direct from tonight's TwitchStream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9TsXzOkoMc
Ian McCulloch: "Honey Drip"
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20_aSVM9Rk
Baby Animals: "Painless" (1992, singer is/was married to Nuno Bettencourt)
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 March 2022 04:50 (two years ago) link
never heard that before! what an amazing '1992' combination of elements.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 25 March 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
I remember them - when I was doing more music business work, I somehow ended up on the promo list of their US agent when their first album was released. IIRC the singer was on the short list to take over vocals in INXS.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 2 February 2023 07:54 (one year ago) link
Last time I listened to the Mock Turtles' Can You Dig It? it struck me that it probably isn't all that different from, idk, the Primitives or (at a push) Transvision Vamp. Maybe baggy, and Ian Brown in particular, opened up a new place for that specific brand of bright UK guitar pop could hide once it stopped being so popular. Or maybe I'm making that up.
CTRL+F isn't turning up any mention of James' Sit Down, Chesney Hawkes' The One and Only, or anything by Voice of the Beehive. Are they took UK-specific?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 29 April 2024 02:44 (two days ago) link
US here: Don't know any of those save "Sit Down" ... which I only know via a mixtape from my first girlfriend (who was British). Nice song! I'd buy that it shares some DNA with this thread and certainly with the Mock Turtles wing, tho that whole area is more enveloping and organic-sounding than the compressed, hyper-punchy "uptempo rhythm machines" that make up the core.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 April 2024 13:19 (two days ago) link
Would this be a bit closer? This was the main VOTB song I was thinking of and it has something of a late 80s overhang feel. The crunchy drums do most of the work and the guitars decorate. Although the guitar leads aren't really that big.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3C1K5b5VI
The Chesney song might be a bit too 'organic' sounding, although not in the indie way - it's more AOR power ballad (albeit a very uptempo one). But it feels like it has similar make-up.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 29 April 2024 14:12 (two days ago) link
Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart ticks most of the boxes too?
― Siegbran, Monday, 29 April 2024 15:37 (two days ago) link
The only reason I have heard Voice of the Beehive and Transvision Vamp are because of the radio station I listened to throughout high school. IDK what to call it but my friends & I made a playlist and it's an accurate simulation of listening to the station bitd if you put it on shuffle. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xdq8zS6zbJDGlC8yHu1Pq?si=93f98317da074cb5
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 29 April 2024 15:40 (two days ago) link