The first victim here of my hard-drive wiping disaster; a single mp3 file, shorn of any ID tags - goodygoodygumdrops.mp3 - it's the one song I have by the 1910 Fruitgum Company. Presumably it was at some point part of a larger 60s compilation, but it now lies orphaned and lonely, friendless amongst hundreds of gigabytes of cold, hard drive platters that just don't care!
On the other hand, there can be no better way to illustrate my (lack of?) purpose here and it allows me to establish my dull music geek credentials early on, by referring to early-90s Teenage Fanclub b-sides.
Showing posts with label 60s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 60s. Show all posts
Monday, 6 May 2013
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Adeva
It would be fair to say that I'm not really a fan of house music - I find it rather bland and mechanical - so I was expecting to hate Adeva. And while I wouldn't go so far as to say I actually like the one song I have by her, I do have a little, er... respect for it.
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
The Ad Libs
Another group with just the one song in my collection, New Jersey's Ad Libs were genuine one-hit wonders with that one song, The Boy From New York City.
Friday, 7 October 2011
Adam & The Ants
Ah, the early 80s. As far as I'm concerned the period from maybe 1981, possibly a year or two earlier, to 1984 was the absolute peak of popular music in my lifetime. Post-punk, New Wave, The New Pop, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, the rise of electronica - there was just so much exciting musical stuff going on that was both interesting and commercially viable, and this was just in the UK. I've already eulogised over A Flock Of Seagulls and ABC on the blog, so let's add Adam & The Ants to that list.
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