Entertainment For Lively Minds
Diesel Park West
Posted by FreakGene on 16 July 2011 - 9:26pm.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, this lot are sodding brilliant. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Thank you and goodnight.
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Yes they bloody were!
First album a classic. "All the myths", "When the hoodoo comes". Anything else worth investigating?
diesel park west
yes their new album Do Come In Exuse The Mess which only seems to be available on the bands site but its great. Definitive.
For the first few bars
I thought it was a cover of "Got to get you into my Life".
great stuff
I realy liked this band and thought that they should have had at least a couple of hits. They were never deemed 'cool' by the music press, which couldn't have helped their cause.
Diminishing returns
With a name like FreakGene you'd have to be a fan.
First album (Shakespeare Alabama) is terrific, all the way through. Flipped is pretty good and well worth a listen despite being B sides and covers - their version of Memo from Turner a real high point. Trouble was, the 2nd album proper (Decency) was late and IMHO a bit over-produced, and the momentum was lost. Jonathan King championing them probably didn't help. From then on the albums were OK with one or two good tunes but they never really hit the same heights again. IIRC they were from Leicester; can't think of anyone else apart from Aynsley Lister.
Leicester bands
Gypsy 70s three guitar line up good debut album crap follow up previously known as Legay their one single released on Fontana "No One" is now a highly prized collectors item and is a mesmerising slice of psyche-proto-punk from 68... Spring early 70s prog.. Deuce Coup 60s harmony pop and great.. Crazyhead punkish 80s... , The Dallas Boys 50s early boy band with many hits.. Showaddywaddy(sadly 70s to present day)..Baby pre punk 70s Free-like Marquee Wardour Street favourites ... Kasabian who are trying very hard!oh and Englebert!( well he did keep Strawberry Fields off the number one spot)