Post by oh oooh on Jan 23, 2019 20:41:35 GMT
OK - let's get a couple of (possibly) obvious choices out of the way first.
I first heard this one on a Talking Heads' bootleg, funnily enough - recorded at an early gig. It was horrible, but it pointed me in the right direction at least...
I love it to bits. Yeah, maybe its lyrical content isn't entirely appropriate for these times, but now that I've mentioned it maybe no-one else will...
It's loaded with that lovely late-sixties pop stuff. Sweet/silly backing vocals, wheezing cheapo organ, utterly simple chords with an irresistible gear change less than a minute in. Its lack of musical ambition is a virtue.
And this one I love even more, although I reckon it might be less popular because it's so unashamedly childish and dopey. I'm pretty sure I first heard it on the Monty Python sketch that ends with some packing crates 'posing' as a band, with all the accompanying camera zooms and cliched shots. Typically preposterous and loads of fun.
One thing I really like about it is that almost buried little guitar lick that pops up at the end of most lines, like a silly little wave. It's a particular crunchy sort of guitar sound you hear a lot in records from that time (some Velvets, that Wilson Pickett soul shouter whose name escapes me right now). And those almost falsetto howls ('oh love I love it soooooooo') are a joy.
What you got?
I first heard this one on a Talking Heads' bootleg, funnily enough - recorded at an early gig. It was horrible, but it pointed me in the right direction at least...
I love it to bits. Yeah, maybe its lyrical content isn't entirely appropriate for these times, but now that I've mentioned it maybe no-one else will...
It's loaded with that lovely late-sixties pop stuff. Sweet/silly backing vocals, wheezing cheapo organ, utterly simple chords with an irresistible gear change less than a minute in. Its lack of musical ambition is a virtue.
And this one I love even more, although I reckon it might be less popular because it's so unashamedly childish and dopey. I'm pretty sure I first heard it on the Monty Python sketch that ends with some packing crates 'posing' as a band, with all the accompanying camera zooms and cliched shots. Typically preposterous and loads of fun.
One thing I really like about it is that almost buried little guitar lick that pops up at the end of most lines, like a silly little wave. It's a particular crunchy sort of guitar sound you hear a lot in records from that time (some Velvets, that Wilson Pickett soul shouter whose name escapes me right now). And those almost falsetto howls ('oh love I love it soooooooo') are a joy.
What you got?
