Popkiss!was fun last night. I wore a new shirt for the occasion and to prove just what a stereotype I am, the style was 'Indie'. Oh dear. Here's what I played. As ever, a strong representation from the mighty Slumberland .
Girls At Our Best Getting Nowhere Fast
Jo Stance Hey Girl (this was played by mistake. I actually intended to play a song with one more 'Hey' in the title!)
Los Bonsais Ultramrinos
The Delmontes Don't Cry Your Tears
The Concretes You Can't Hurry Love
Sea Lions A Cloud
Comet Gain You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Bleached Searching Through The Past
Blondie Slow Motion
Kids On A Crime Spree Trumpets of Death
The Pastels Holy Moly
Mahogany Neo-plastic Boogie Woogie
Golden Wishful Thinking
Cudgels Joybang!
Obedient Wives Club This Is It
Big Troubles She Smiles For Pictures*
The Boo Radleys Does This Hurt?
Eux Autres My Love Will Not Bring You Down
Tracey Rogers Baby
Tracey Rogers' tough Mod stormer "Baby" sounded amazing. It appears on Bob Stanley's brilliant compilation of 60s UK beat girls which also includes a cracking Diano Dors track. Worth hearing, too, is The Sorrows' moody take on it.
* - Credit to Angela Popkiss for suggesting playing Big Troubles' song after the Obedient Wives Club song. I hadn't spotted the similarities.
This Friday (10th February) I'll be foolin' around behind the (virtual) decks at Popkissat Heavenly on Hope Street. Also guesting is the wonderfully named Biddles. Big thanks to Angela Popkiss for giving me the chance to share the tunes that cause the swoons. If I can find my copy, this Jarvis Cocker penned, Wiggs &Stanley produced bri-nylon dancepop classic will almost certainly get an airing:
Glasgow Popfest 2011 at Heavenly was a total treat from start to finish. So many of the bands sizzled. Hopefully a good night's sleep will have me awake enough (3 late nights in a row...jings!) to jot down a few words on the subject but in the meantime, here's what made it from my Jumpdrive and into Virtual DJ through the magic of drag and drop:
Group: Baffin Island
The Go-betweens - Lee Remick The Airfields - Nowhere Left To Go Strawberry Fair - Why Won't He Answer
Group: Lenzie Moss
The Chills - Pink Frost The Bobcats - Can’t See For Looking #poundsign# - Michigan Cudgels - Joybang! The Dentists - I Had An Excellent Dream
Group: The Electric Pop Group
The Sea Urchins - Summershine Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind The Gifted Children - Favourite Things The Pussycats - I Want Your Love The Sequins - He’s A Flirt The Aislers Set - Mission Bells Candie Payne - One More Chance
Group: Maple Leaves
Lisa Mychols - Listen To The Bells Ring The Revolving Paint Dream - Flowers In The Sky Pop Art Toasters - What Am I Gonna Do? The Bootiques - Did You Get Your Fun? The Pooh Sticks - I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well The Osaka Ramones (aka Shonen Knife) - The KKK Took My Baby Away The Flatmates - Happy All The Time Talulah Gosh - Beatnik Boy The Adorables - Ooh, Boy April March - Mon Ange Guardien
Group: BMX Bandits
The Gentle Touch - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy The Third Wave - Got To Get You Into My Life The Wake - Crush The Flowers Saint Etienne feat. Tim Burgess - I Was Born On Christmas Day McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind Or Else Reading Rainbow - Can’t Stand It <-- I'm pretty sure this is the best The Velvet Underground cover I've heard! The Paragons - Abba The Parallelograms - Papageno Candy and The Kisses - Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby? Crystal Stilts - Through The Floor Fabienne Delsol - Le Roi des Foumis Felt - September Lady Heavenly - Our Love Is Heavenly Primal Scream - All Fall Down The Hobbes Fanclub - Outside Myself Bubblegum Lemonade - White Noise Christmas The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - What’s The Charlottes - Are You Happy Now? Veronica Falls - Misery The Clean - Tally Ho! My Bloody Valentine - Strawberry Wine Jesse Garon and The Desperadoes - Splashing Along Allo Darlin’ - The Polariod Song The Innocence - Do You Believe In Magic? The Chiffons - Stop, Look And Listen Pulp - Babies
Thanks to Gary Bubblegum/ Heavenly for being kind enough to let me be part of such a smashing event! This cheery little number seemed the best way to follow a particularly sweet and charming BMX Bandits set:
