Mojo magazine re-working of Pink Floyd's The Wall

[Buzzer]

A very very fine magazine and IMHO a brilliant re-working by lots and lots of different bands (absolutely none of which I've heard of). Particularly like the Goidbye Cruel World and a band called North Sea Orchestra doing Vera/bring the boys back home.

And on the subject of the original album: just how cool is it? 30 years on and still got lots of relevance. Shame that Waters had to basically re-do it and do it badly with the final cut.

Also been listening to Syd Barrett's album Barrett. It really is a grower isn't it?

(apologies. Am on a v long train journey and feel the need to talk music, sad man that I am)

 

[Marc]

I've got the punk version of 'East Bound And Down' (song from Smokey & The Bandit) and its bloody QUALITY!


Me First And The Gimme Gimmes before you ask

 

[1234andcounting]

A very fine magazine indeed. But I find these album reworkings tedious. They had only just done the White Album when they did this. I much prefer the ones where the dig out obscure tracks with a theme or compiled by someone. Ciggies and alcohol a while back was good, as was the Motown one.

 

[Buzzer]

Fair point. I've found some real gems on those cover CDs.

I find Mojo better than Wire and Uncut although their slavish love of certain artists does get a little grating.

Edit - and if you think this forum is cliquey you ought to see theirs. I find it unreadable.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Who are the artists on the disc?

Presumably this months issue?

 

[Spun Cuppa]

If you get the chance, check out Roger Water's stunning production of The Wall at Potsdamerplatz(?), Berlin in '91, in celebration of the Berlin Wall coming down, with full supporting cast. I've got it on VHS and it is well worth a watch

 

[Buzzer]

And the revelation in the review of his biography that Ian Dury was basically a nasty piece of work really was a revelation. I kind of presumed he was a nIce bloke, universally loved.

 

[Buzzer]

Who are the artists on the disc?

Presumably this months issue?

November and December's issues I'm afraid. Don't have band names to hand, sorry but can do a copy if you want. Very pleasant listening it is.

 

[Mrs. Merry Prankster]

Hi Buzzer,

got anything lined up and worth going to. In need of some new experiences.

 

[Buzzer]

Tell you what I have been listening to old chum, Bjorks album she recorded when she was 11. It is without doubt one of the finest albums I've ever listened to. Seriously.

I'll put a load of stuff onto mp3 DVD for you if you can do likewise.

Fancy Fujiya and Miyagi in Feb?

 

[Mrs. Merry Prankster]

Don't know them so yes. When and where?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

A few decades back Sgt Pepper was redone by various artists (Billy Bragg doing a fine version of 'She's Leaving Home').

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

Edit - and if you think this forum is cliquey you ought to see theirs. I find it unreadable.

More cliquey than humanising a baby doll for a joke and achieving a five page thread on it? *shudders*

 

[Buzzer]

Don't know them so yes. When and where?

Sorry. Just realised you're Mrs MP. I'll pm you tomorrow morning with details and try and get you some of their stuff. Also been listening to a lot of Regina Spektor and Passion Pit. Take care and hi to your very lovely hubby

 

[jakarta]

And the revelation in the review of his biography that Ian Dury was basically a nasty piece of work really was a revelation. I kind of presumed he was a nIce bloke, universally loved.

Not sure that he was a nasty piece of work as much as a flawed human being, he wasn't dealt the best hand as a youngster was he, especially with his disability.

More of a revelation to me was what a bunch of tossers my childhood heroes Led Zeppelin were, John Bonham was basically a violent drunk, Jimmy Page liked whipping teenage girls and as for the Mud Shark Incident....

 

[Buzzer]

Bio described him as a womaniser, bully and a man who used his disability as a shield after pushing and pushing people to breaking point. Bio may well be a terrible hatchet job so you may well be right. Will be interesting to see the film bio out v soon.

Now if we are talking about heroes that are really villains: step forward Stephen Morrissey and Ian McCullough. Whereas I'm told that Chesney Hawkes, James Blunt, Rhoda Dakar are all absolutely lovely people.

Btw - interesting letter in Mojo this month from Jerry Dammers rebuffing a lot of what Neville Staples said about the Specials.

 

[jakarta]

Now if we are talking about heroes that are really villains: step forward Stephen Morrissey and Ian McCullough. Whereas I'm told that Chesney Hawkes, James Blunt, Rhoda Dakar are all absolutely lovely people.

Btw - interesting letter in Mojo this month from Jerry Dammers rebuffing a lot of what Neville Staples said about the Specials.

Well that ties in with what a lady friend of mine told me late 1980's about the Liverpool/Manc music scene as she knew both the miscreants (not in that way!) - I'm from Cheshire so local to both at the time.

The Specials used to eat in my Chippy when I was a student at Coventry Polytechic in the early 1980's - it wasn't a pose with Terry Hall, he really was a miserable bastard!

As for Coventry, the Luftwaffe didn't do a good enough job......

 

[Buzzer]

Dury film looks interesting:

BBC News - Serkis uncovers Ian Dury's poetic depths

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I think I might have to buy this month's Mojo. The CD sounds ace.

The Wall is an amazing album. It was played a lot in my household as a child so I have very fond memories of it. I can still remember my father coming home one Friday evening having spent his pay packet on some vinyl and sticking it on. If memories serves me correctly he also bought Eat to The Beat by Blondie at the same time. It was around this time I started to take an interest in his music collection and a broader interest in music in general....and it set me on the road to where I am now. Which is the owner of way too many CDs and mild tinitus . So, here's to The Wall.

 

[herbicide]

The Wall is unique.

You cannot improve on it, the same as you wouldn't take an airbrush to the Mona Lisa or change Beethoven's 5th Symphony to D Minor.

I might have a go at re-recording The Beatles White Album using a comb and bog-paper though. That would be worth hearing.