THE SMITHS ON BRITISH TELLY (PART 2)

Filmed at Derby Assembly Rooms (7/12/83) a live version of 'Hand In Glove' was first broadcast on 9 December 1983 as part of BBC2's Old Grey Whistle Test's Sight and Sound special. Three months later, promoting The Smiths, another live rendition was recorded in the Newcastle studios of Channel 4's The Tube on Friday 16 March 1984 along with 'Still Ill' and the yet to be recorded 'Barbarism Beguis At Home'.


The third, and best, televised performance of the song was again on The Tube.  Filmed in concert at Glasgow Barrowlands (25/9/85) as part of a lengthy feature on The Smiths' autumn Scottish tour broadcast the following month, 'Hand In Glove' was shown in its entirety capturing the audience hysteria (impulsive stage invaders and swarthy bouncers dragging asphyxiated fans out of the scrum) and on-stage electricity to a tee.







mp3 : The Smiths - Hand In Glove (live, Brixton Ace, London : 29 June 1983)*

*as made available years later on There Is A Light That Never Goes Out single

Next up.....Jeane

Bruce Springsteen - Rocky Ground Lyrics

Rocky Ground by Bruce Springsteen, Music Lyrics and Video

Rocky Ground is the second single by Bruce Springsteen, from his seventeenth studio album, “Wrecking Ball“.

The song was written Springsteen and will be released exclusively in select stores as a limited-edition 7-inch 45-rpm vinyl single as a part of Record Store Day on April 21, 2012.

Bruce Springsteen - Rocky Ground Lyrics

(I'm a soldier!)
(I'm a soldier!)
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

Rise up shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hills
The stars have faded, the sky is still
The angels are shouting "Glory Hallelujah"

We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

Forty days and nights of rain have washed this land
Jesus said the money changers in this temple will not stand
Find your flock, get them to higher ground
Flood waters rising and and the kingdom's on fire

We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier!)

Tend to your flock or they will stray
We'll be called for our service come Judgment Day
Before we cross that river wide
Blood on our hands will come back on us twice

(I'm a soldier!)

Rise up shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hills
Stars have faded, the sky is still
Sun's in the heavens and a new day's rising

You use your muscle and your mind and you pray your best
That your best is good enough, the Lord will do the rest
You raise your children and you teach them to walk straight and sure
You pray that hard times, hard times, come no more
You try to sleep, you toss and turn, the bottom's dropping out
Where you once had faith now there's only doubt
You pray for guidance, only silence now meets your prayers
The morning breaks, you awake but no one's there
(http://musicloversgroups.blogspot.com/2012/03/bruce-springsteen-rocky-ground-lyrics.html)

We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier!)
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
Oh, a new day's coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier!)
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
Oh, a new day's coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier!)
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

Cover Drive - Sparks Lyrics

Sparks by Cover Drive, Music Lyrics and Video

Sparks is the third single by four-piece pop band from Barbados, Cover Drive, taken from their debut album, titled “Bajan Style”, which will be released on 30 April 2012. They described the album as “a beach party in Barbados”.

The tune premiered on The Hits Radio and is already starting to rise on the charts. It will be officially released on 23 April.

Cover Drive - Sparks Lyrics

Happy to see you setting me off like sparks
You ignite all the colours inside my heart
On the doorstep like we’d never been apart
Hope you know that I’m happy to see you

It’s just another night
The boys are getting higher
But baby in my head
I’m nailing you instead
It’s just another night
Under the strobe lights
Can’t hear what I’m dancing to
Just wanna be you

Ohh, chips die, and I’m ready to go
On my mind I can’t wait anymore

Happy to see you setting me off like sparks
You ignite all the colours inside my heart
On the doorstep like we’d never been apart
Hope you know that I’m happy to see you

Them girls put on a show
But they will never know
What makes you beautiful
I watch them come and go
Them boys got all the talk
But they don’t a lie

You know my every thought
That’s why I make them walk

Ohh, chips die, and I’m ready to go
On my mind I can’t wait anymore

Happy to see you setting me off like sparks
You ignite all the colours inside my heart
On the doorstep like we’d never been apart
Hope you know that I’m happy to see you

Nothing needed to say
We got nothing to prove
No world dust, and later, no winner with you
We got no games to play
So we got no lose
The world doesn’t matter
You’re here and…

Happy to see you setting me off like sparks
You ignite all the colours inside my heart
On the doorstep like we’d never been apart
Hope you know that I’m happy to see you
(http://musicloversgroups.blogspot.com/2012/03/cover-drive-sparks-lyrics.html)

Happy to see you setting me off like sparks
You ignite all the colours inside my heart
On the doorstep like we’d never been apart
Hope you know that I’m happy to see you

ROCK, POP, INDIE MAGNIFICENCE

Was sitting in a cafe having a bite to eat the other day.  One of the staff was mucking about on a laptop creating a mix of music for the patrons to enjoy or endure.  All of a sudden, amidst the non-descript singer-songwriters with their whimsical ballads with a twist of indie-folk, this came blaring out:-

mp3 : Radiohead - Bones

It's the fourth track on the 1995 LP The Bends.  In some ways it is a sort of forgotten Radiohead classic. It is squeezed onto the album right after two hit singles - High And Dry and Fake Plastic Trees, and right before one of their best loved songs and another hit - (Nice Dream) and Just.  But there's no way that Bones should ever be regarded as a filler track.

Great tune.  Killer chorus.  And an ambiguous enough lyric to spark a debate.  Is it merely about growing old or is it about the physical pain that a mental breakdown brings? Who knows?  And who really cares??  Just turn the volume up and enjoy the music.  It's rock, it's pop, it's indie all at once. It's also magnificent.

Especially played live.

1994



1997

Ear-Piercing Punk - CD (AIP, 1996)

1 The Groupies - Hog (I'm A Hog For You Baby) (New York, NY, U.S.A.)

2 Outlaw Blues - Nonstop Blues (CA, U.S.A.)
3 The Mile Ends - Bottle Up And Go (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
4 The Sound Extraction - I Feel Like Crying (Mayfield, KY, U.S.A.)
5 Bohemian Vendetta - Enough (Long Island, NY, U.S.A.)
6 Keith Kessler - Don't Crowd Me (Renton, WA, U.S.A.)
7 The Age Of Reason - (Your Love Is Like A) Magnet (North Bronx, NY, U.S.A.)
8 The Kommotions - Little Black Egg (Garland, TX, U.S.A.)
9 The Ugly Ducklings - She Ain't No Use To Me (Toronto, Canada)
10 The Groupies - Primitive (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
11 The Guys Who Came Up From Downstairs - Growth (Cedar Rapids, IA, U.S.A.)
12 Bram Rigg Set - I Can Only Give You Everything (North Haven, CT, U.S.A.)
13 Precious Few - The Train Kept A' Rollin' (Lynchburg, VA, U.S.A.)
14 Creation's Disciple - Psychedelic Retraction (Bronx, NY, U.S.A.)
15 Animal Jack - Gotta Hear The Beat (OH, U.S.A.)
16 Color - Down The Road Apiece (U.S.A.)
17 Color - Young Miss Larsen (U.S.A.)
18 Denis & The Times - Just If She's There (Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.)
19 Maltese - You Better Stop (KY, U.S.A.)
20 The Oscar Five - No More (U.S.A.)

Listen To Dr. Schluss' Glaze Of Cathexis and Damaged Tape

As I review more albums, I'd love for you to check out my own music and leave some comments to tell me what you think. The Glaze of Cathexis albums are my more psychedelic rock based offerings, while the Damaged Tape recordings are my journeys into electronica. Please have a listen!

Glaze of Cathexis

Glaze of Cathexis - 2011 - I Often Dream of the Apocalypse

Glaze of Cathexis - 2010 - Underground Sound

Glaze of Cathexis - 2009 - The Golden Konbanwa

Glaze of Cathexis - 2009 - Cloud Machine

Glaze of Cathexis - 2008 - The Visions Surround You

Glaze of Cathexis - 2008 - The Holographic Universe

Glaze of Cathexis - 2005 - Tokyo Rainbow Bridge

Glaze of Cathexis - 2003 - Visits Planet Earth

Damaged Tape

Damaged Tape & Andrew Bland - 2012 - Beyond the Ghost House

Damaged Tape -2011 - Nude Witchcraft EP

Damaged Tape - 2011 - Ambiguous Reality

Damaged Tape - 2010 - Beyond the Astral Labyrinth

Damaged Tape - 2009/2006 - The Erotic Couch/Cannibal Sisters Soundtrack

Damaged Tape - 2009 - Psychedelic Anthropology

Damaged Tape - 2008 - Ship of Lights

Damaged Tape - 2008 - Stone God

Damaged Tape - 2005 - Futara

Damaged Tape - 2004 - Electric Ocean

Electric Sugarcube Flashbacks #4 - LP AIP, 1989)

Side 1

1 The Pandamonium - No Presents For Me (Kent, U.K.)
2 The Factory - Try A Little Sunshine (London, U.K.)
3 The Walham Green East Wapping Carpet... - Sorry Mr. Green (U.K.)
4 Andy Ellison - Cornflake Zoo (London, U.K.)
5 Herbal Mixture - Machines (London, U.K.)
6 Skip Bifferty - On Love (Newcastle, U.K.)
7 Village - Man In The Moon (London, U.K.)

Side 2
1 Les Fleur De Lys - Gong With The Luminous Nose (Southampton, U.K.)
2 The French Revolution - Nine Til Five (Montreal, Canada)
3 Sands - Listen To The Sky (Middlesex, U.K.)
4 Our Plastic Dream - Encapsulated Marigold (London, U.K.)
5 The Fruit Machine - Willow Tree (London, U.K.)
6 The Dave Clark Five - Maze Of Love (Tottenham, U.K.)
7 Big Boy Pete - Cold Turkey (London, U.K.)