I mean, how have I only recently discovered this band?
The song is from 2007 and the unofficial video from 2009, directed by film-making student Jeff Dougherty. Great work.
Rehearsal track from the man responsible for this site's tag line.
The comeback cometh.
The big news of the week was that Chas & Dave are re-recording Snooker Loopy.
Questions, questions:
- why do I know all the words to this? ("'cos I wear these goggles")
- who, in 1986 actually bought this? It made number 6 in the charts. These days you can kind of forgive the novelty purchases online. A lack of judgment in a weak click in iTunes can be excused, but in 1986 this purchase involved actual human interaction. A decision to enter what us oldies remember as 'record shops' or, before we knew better, 'Woolies', had to be made. Once in, even an impulse purchase required physical lifting of product, and crucially a walk to a shop assistant. This must have happened thousands of times. Startling.
- why do I know all the words to this? ("Terry the Taff was born in a gaff")
- casual racism, baldism, myopiaism wasn't just tolerated, it was celebrated?
- why do I know all the words to this? ("Perhaps I ought to chalk it")
Barry Hearn is quoted this week as saying:
“It might give the nation nightmares, but the time is right for a remake. Snooker is going places.”
I love his implication that a remake of this song was inevitable, like having Tories in Government again or even a new film version of Arthur.
Photo: alexanderdrachmann via Flickr some rights reserved
Some days a question is posed that is so metaphysical, morally challenging and just too darn intellectual for me to satisfactorily address.
Today is such a day.
Although I was shamefully ignoring Betty Boo back in 1990, I was at least listening to some genius music.
The Blue Aeroplanes remain glorious. Their early 90's albums - Swagger, Beatsongs and Life Model are as fine a trio of consistent brillance as any band has ever produced.
This song, the opening single from Swagger contains officially the best opening line in recorded history.
I hated Betty Boo's music 20 years ago.
Late adolescent indie snobbery was the cause. Basically, she wasn't Kristin Hersh or something I think.
I now see the error of my ways.
Boy, I really miss youand all I wanna do is kiss youI've used up all my tissues'cause there's more serious of issues
On so many levels this song and this video is fantastic.
I've now spotified her two albums, and I see what a goddamn fool I was.