Entertainment For Lively Minds
Rediscovering Doolittle, finding The Vaccines
Posted by stevebishop on 7 February 2012 - 7:27pm.
7th February 2012
Having just bought a new copy for under a fiver I am currently rediscovering the fantastic Pixies album 'Doolittle' at the moment. Hard to believe that this band were a product of the largely barren 1980's.
The same spending spree (if that is the word given how cheap CDs are these days!)also captured 'What did You expect from The Vaccines' a short sharp blast of energy reminiscent of The Strokes first album - okay, maybe not quite up there but not bad either.
Still, lots of energy around at the moment. Up North we have Field Music, Frankie and the Heartstrings and Little Comets; things are looking up!
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'largely barren 80s?'
- you were on a different planet to me Mr Bishop.
Nah, Harry...
...I think you'll find Steve's right. I mean, it's not as if any of the following released decent albums in 1980 alone, is it:
The Cure, Elvis Costello, OMD, PiL, Squeeze, Young Marble Giants, Suicide, The Human League, Motorhead, Peter Gabriel, Cabaret Voltaire, Bob Marley, Pere Ubu, Roxy Music, Devo, Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, AC/DC, Dexy's Midnight Runners. B-52s, UB40, The Associates, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Simple Minds, Kate Bush, David Bowie, XTC, Madness, Steve Winwood, Tom Waits...
1981-89 were equally poorly served.
The 80s - the most underrated decade for music ever!
There, I've said it...
Doolittle
One of the ten best albums ever made.
Buy Surfer Rosa next. I bet that's cheap too!
...and there'll be a copy of
...and there'll be a copy of Come On Pilgrim tacked on the end to boot! Lovely!
Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim
as a single album is better album than Doolittle, but then Doolittle doesn't have Gigantic on it.