After the success of a couple of weeks back, I decided to delve deeper into the vinyl cupboard. Sadly, this visit brought some very mixed results.
Cerrone – Love In C Minor – inexplicably popular seventies French DJ. The words French and DJ should have been warning enough. People too scared to watch porn probably bought it for the heavy breathing.
Curved Air – Back Street Luv – I can only assume that in 1972 hairy blokes were so desperate for poontang that they would buy this awful, leaden, pub prog, on the hope that the chick singer would take them backstage, despite her actually being a bloke. Have reformed for no discernible reason. Listen.
Da Lench Mob – Freedom Got An A.K – yes, some hippity hop from Ice Cube proteges who seem to think that shooting white people is A Good Idea. I have to disagree, unless they’ve still got an A.K. Same sample as ‘Jump Around’ by House Of Pain, which is a million times better, so listen to that instead, despite my antipathy to the murdering micks. Listen.
Dani Ali / Annabel Lamb – Talk To Me – yup, the Theme from Damon & Debbie, the godawful Brookside spin off which thankfully died very quickly. Clever marketing ploy has fake Damon and Debbies singing the same tune, but that fails to polish AOR turd.
Willie Cobbs – CC Rider – Praise be for some good old fashioned harmonica blooze.
Dandy Warhols – Gett Off – pointless, dull indie on appropriately shit coloured vinyl.
Chi-Lites – You Don’t Have To Go – back to the good stuff with Eugene Record and his boys giving us some mighty seventies soul. Listen.
Mac Davis – Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me – country songwriters shows why other people had hits with his songs – wrote ‘In The Ghetto’ fact fans. Once sang this song on the Muppet Show with Miss Piggy. Now, that’s fame! Listen.
Chicory Tip – Good Grief Christina – good grief, they had more than one record. video free video version right below.
Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water – RAWK! And you all know that, so here is the lesser known Six Feet Under version. Listen.
Chic – I Want Your Love – the one that wasn’t as good as ‘Good Times’ or ‘Le Freak’.
Gun – Welcome To The Real World – Scotch plod rockers who managed to have proper hit single and albums before returning to vocational waitering. Listen.
Tina Charles – Fire Down Below – sadly, not the Bob Seger / Bette Midler tune. No, it’s the evil Biddu and his tune from seventies soft porner “The Stud”. Smashed. Scarily, Annabel Lamb from Damon & Debbie has been employed by Ms Charles and hat a hit all of our own.
Merle Haggard – I’m Always On A Mountain When I Fall – Hag thinks prison preferable to being on this list. Listen.
Chanson – I Can Tell – textbook example of how acorns CAN fall far from the tree, as this awful orchestrated disco number was written and produced by James Jamerson Jr, son of the legendary Funk Brother.
Jagged Edge – Hell Ain’t A Long Way – more leaden British so called rawk from so called next big things. Title makes no sense, and recording live B sides at the Woughton centre, Milton Keynes should make you realise that you are not Next Big Thing. Sleeve, somewhere in the right hand side column confirms not Next Big Thing.
Bonus Six Feet Under kover. Wooooaaaaaaaarrgggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Bonus Peggy Lee track from Otis Redding Post. Cool.
That Annabel Lamb hit. Don’t blame me, blame the eighties.
