Late in 84 the NME described The Jesus and Mary Chain as the best band in the world.This 1988 compilation of singles, b-sides and rare tracks went to #9 in the UK album charts.
Dark and menacing plundering of the lexicon of pop.
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20.9.10
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Barbed Wire Kisses (1988)
Late in 84 the NME described The Jesus and Mary Chain as the best band in the world.This 1988 compilation of singles, b-sides and rare tracks went to #9 in the UK album charts.
Dark and menacing plundering of the lexicon of pop.
30.4.09
John Peel’s Festive Fifty- The Number Ones- 1980 to 1990.
Just for fun-
Nothing new here, and no doubt if you're a serious music lover of a certain age then you'll have (or have had) these tracks already, or at least know them.
Introduced in 1976, John Peel’s Festive Fifty (aired in the build up to Xmas) became an institution.
Originally listeners chose their all-time favourite three tracks, but this was replaced by a year-only chart in 1982.
By 1986 Peel was already expressing disillusionment at the predictable and unadventurous choices of his listeners, and he was quoted as saying that he felt there were too many white boys with guitars making an appearance on the countdown.
This culminated in the ‘Phantom Fifty’ of 1991, which was not actually aired until 1993. Peel was hacked off for two reasons- the absence of music that he had been championing in 91 (rave, hardcore) and the inevitability that Smells Like Teen Spirit would be number one by a country mile.
Here then are the number ones from the golden years…a cracking little compilation for the car or the pod or for teaching the children about the old days.
pics: Sex Pistols, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Sugarcubes, The House of Love, The Sundays, The Fall.
Nothing new here, and no doubt if you're a serious music lover of a certain age then you'll have (or have had) these tracks already, or at least know them.
Introduced in 1976, John Peel’s Festive Fifty (aired in the build up to Xmas) became an institution.
Originally listeners chose their all-time favourite three tracks, but this was replaced by a year-only chart in 1982.
By 1986 Peel was already expressing disillusionment at the predictable and unadventurous choices of his listeners, and he was quoted as saying that he felt there were too many white boys with guitars making an appearance on the countdown.
This culminated in the ‘Phantom Fifty’ of 1991, which was not actually aired until 1993. Peel was hacked off for two reasons- the absence of music that he had been championing in 91 (rave, hardcore) and the inevitability that Smells Like Teen Spirit would be number one by a country mile.
Here then are the number ones from the golden years…a cracking little compilation for the car or the pod or for teaching the children about the old days.
pics: Sex Pistols, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Sugarcubes, The House of Love, The Sundays, The Fall.
20.4.09
The Jesus And Mary Chain- Peel Session 31st October 1984
The Reid brothers had long harboured dreams of forming a band. A combination of sixties pop harmonies buried in an unrelenting storm of feedback and distortion. The guitar was detuned, or rather just left untuned. The bass had three strings in 84, two in 85 ...they’re the two I use, I mean what's the fucking point spending money on another two? Two is enough…explained the bass player. The drummer went on to front Primal Scream. Late in 84 the NME described them as the best band in the world. Their gigs were contemptuously brief and ended in chaos. Fucking brilliant!
Line up:
Jim Reid (Vocals)
William Reid (Guitar)
Douglas Hart (Bass)
Bobby Gillespie (Drums)
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