What Are You Listening To?

This years model is my favorite Costello but this is fantastic. Obviously it had to be or he’d still be punching data cards. My Aim is True was Costello’s debut and recorded the previous year backed by members of Clover, an American band hanging in London that would turn into Huey Lewis and the News. They were uncredited I think cause they were signed to a different label. The other big piece of the puzzle was Nick Lowe producing and I have to believe playing bass on most of the album. The bass on Watching the Detectives is absolutely fantastic. Every song is a stunner. Elliott Smith particularly loved this album.

hutch wrote:
This years model is my favorite Costello but this is fantastic.

an American band hanging in London that would turn into Huey Lewis and the News.

100% agree with this take, some great tunes on MAIT, but TYM is just a barnstormer with the Attractions making it just such a masterpiece

I know I heard that before, but that's a great bit of musical trivia


oh and found out a bit more on lowe's bass contribution
does Nick Lowe play bass on “Watching the Detectives?


The song was recorded after the sessions for My Aim Is True, so unlike most of that debut album  “Watching the Detectives” used a different lineup.
Costello himself later explained that he wanted a more reggae-infused, noirish sound and brought in musicians from the London reggae/dub scene.
The lineup for the track was:
Steve Goulding (The Rumour) – drums
Andrew Bodnar (The Rumour) – bass (not Nick Lowe, despite the confusion)
Steve Nieve (later of the Attractions) – organ overdubs

Nick Lowe did produce the single, and because he was both Costello’s producer at Stiff Records and a bass player himself, many people assume he played on it. But the actual credited bassist is Andrew Bodnar.

Good to learn. Meant to research it.

another fun related fact
Steve Goulding the drummer also played on The Cure’s “Let’s Go to Bed,”

and this band is the same from Graham Parker and the rumor
also included Brinsley Schwarz on guitar (but not on that EC song)
but released some of their own material in late 70s

also reunited for the This is 40 movie in 2011
https://youtu.be/IqWarsCjTj0

Yes I regret not going to the GP and the Rumour reunion tour show at Birchmere

Missed my only chance to see Mr. Brinsley Schwartz.

The band Brinsley Schwartz is one of the great also rans in music history (it’s a long list!). I love their stuff. Nick Lowe, for example, wrote What’s so funny about peace love and understanding when in BS.

hutch wrote:
Nick Lowe, for example, wrote What’s so funny about peace love and understanding when in BS.

that is well known and discussed here many times
but I didn't know the rumor/dancing with the detectives thing until today

Well…it was an example…he wrote a ton of great music with BS. They have like 6-7 albums.

Maybe I meant to say Cruel to be kind

Andres 🦑 disc 2

July 22 was the 25th anniversary of its release. I have to say I have had many “favorite” albums but this has been my favorite for the past 7 years. 105 songs on five CDs.

Just finished SOTT

Onto



Damn Prince was a God in the 80s

Bonkers I say BONKERS day for new releases

which of course means Sabrina Carpenter  PINKSHIFT, THE HIVES, TROMBONE SHORTY, NEW STREET ADVENTURE, GULP to start with

also The Beths, Ron Sexsmith, etc

asking for a friend which raging griftosphere is losing their marbles over the Sabrina cover?

It's been a pretty bonkers month IMO: Superchunk, OSEES, Water from your Eyes, Hunx and his Punx, Jobber, probably another one or two I'm forgetting.

That cover!!!

carly doesn't understand what the big deal is
https://people.com/carly-simon-defends-sabrina-carpenter-against-album-cover-backlash-11757482


somewhat related, a breakdown of Roxy Music covers (and all the women BF hooked up with)
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/beauty-queens-behind-roxy-musics-artwork/

The Sabrina Carpenter is a really, really solid follow-up to one of the best pop LPs in years.

the Gulp record is yet another SFA side project this time with bassist Guto Pryce and his wife Lindsey Leven.

This is likely a  better early morning listening then PINKSHIFT and THE HIVES as they describe it as "Garage Space Pop" definitely nice lowkey synth pop not unlike early St. Etienne

Beneath Strawberry Moons

https://gulp1.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-strawberry-moons

Julian, wrote:
The Sabrina Carpenter is a really, really solid follow-up to one of the best pop LPs in years.

My kid is "hearing very mixed reviews" on this one.

Space wrote:

Julian, wrote:
The Sabrina Carpenter is a really, really solid follow-up to one of the best pop LPs in years.

My kid is "hearing very mixed reviews" on this one.

Who are we going to listen to about what sex-positive, female twenty-somethings listen to: your daughter or Uncle Julian?

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