Dogs Arms Jukebox Part 23

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The best band to come out of Scotland? Alex Harvey, died 4 Feb 1982


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The best band to come out of Scotland? Alex Harvey, died 4 Feb 1982


One more for luck

Hullo SF. you posted that on the 41st anniversary of Alex's dearh, and I'm replying on what would have been his 88th (!!} birthday.
Personally I wouldn't say they were the best Scottish band, there are a fair few whose music I like better.
However, if you were to say they were one of the most dramatic, most theatrical, most intriguing bands from here, or pretty much anywhere, I really couldn't argue with that.
I was a bit too young to really appreciate SAHB at the time apart from seeing them do Delilah and Boston Tea Party on Top of the Pops, which were both quite the talking point in school the day after, but one of my older cousins was a huge fan, so I'd heard a lot of their stuff from him - I'd know a lot of the songs but not the titles and vice-versa.

You'll be aware of the kerfuffle over Delilah being played at Wales's rugby internationals because it's supposed to be celebrating a man murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. I don't think it is celebratory, it's a pretty matter-of-fact retelling of events imo. It's not the first and it won't be the last song to portray what is a pretty common lyrical trope, and in France it would likely be seen as a crime passionel.

So, coming back to SAHB, the Tom Jones version of Delilah is a bit of a crowd-participayion singalong, but when Alex sings it, it's a confession. 47 years on and it's still kinda disturbing

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And just to show that homicidal betrayed lovers aren't exclusive to one gender, here's one of my fave Nick cave songs, a duet with PJ Harvey from Murder Ballads, a great LP, where all but the cover of Dylan's Death Is Not The End live up to the title,

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RIP Burt Burt Bacharach.

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more burt

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Misirlou - Les Fo'Plafonds

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Spotify was good this afternoon

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Ren - Hi Ren



Wow I'm seriously liking this!
Listen through it's not an instrumental.
I did a bit of digging not much could have done it with a spoon but here's who this guy is...
Ren Gill is a British musician born in Wales known for his collaborative music work with other singers.
Ren became severely ill with Lyme Disease. He continued his music career being bedbound. He gained popularity through Money Game part 2 which became viral via a Luigi clone based on the "Sea Shells" verse which became a meme in early March 2021.
https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Ren

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Wow what a discovery this guy is!

Ren - Violet's Tale

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In case you were trying to remember where that sample used in an advert for insurance or something came from

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