+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Telex - Moskow Diskow
Somehow Telex passed me by in the ‘80s, which is odd as I am a huge Kraftwerk fan and Telex’s music bears more than a passing resemblance to Kraftwerk. Telex are a Belgian group and they are still going strong. Their web site is at: http://www.telex-music.com/The ‘80s Telex track, ‘Moskow Diskow’ is one of the songs on a new triple CD set called ‘The Edge Of the Eighties’, which I’ll write about in more detail shortly. In the meantime, here is that Telex track...
+ 1 - 0 | § ¶Flying Lizards - That's What I Want!
Yesterday I posted a video (not the original) of The Flying Lizards’ best known song, Money. YouTube does, in fact, have the original video on site but the sound quality is pretty ropey. However, I have been doing a bit of research and found original Fling Lizards videos for two other songs, which I give you below...These are wonderful. In my view, just as good as Money. Why, then, did The Flying Lizards never have another major hit? I suspect it’s because they were just a bit too strange. The first video below, TV, is practically a mini David Lynch film. But if David Lynch seems reasonably mainstream now, after the TV series Twin Peaks and films such as Mulholland Drive, the same could not be said back in 1979 when this Flying Lizards video was made (Twin Peaks wasn’t even broadcast until 11 years later!). ‘Coquilles Saint-Jacques indeed!”
The second video is a rather unusual cover version of the 1958 rock’n’roll song, Dizzy Miss Lizzy. What can I say - sheer genius.
More on The Flying Lizards here: http://www.markallencam.com/theflyinglizards.html
+ 0 - 1 | § ¶Ashes To Ashes Soundtrack
Regular readers of this blog cannot fail to have noticed that my favourite TV series these days is the BBC’s wonderful Ashes To Ashes. With a name taken from a Bowie song, this follows on from two earlier series with a name taken from a different Bowie song - Life On Mars.
Ashes To Ashes is a time-travelling copy show set in 1981. It’s both dramatic and funny - and, as an added bonus, it features a terrific range of songs. Some of the best will be on the soundtrack album due tor release on March 17th. This is the full track listing:
1. Introduction - Dialogue: Alex Drake
2. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
3. Visage - Fade To Grey
4. The Human League- Love Action
5. Duran Duran - Girls On Film
6. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
7. OMD - Souvenir
8. The Stranglers - No More Heroes
9. The Clash - I Fought The Law
10. Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
11. Interlude - Dialogue: You're Nicked
12. Edmund Butt - Gene Genie (Gene Hunt's theme from `Ashes To Ashes')
13. The Passions - In Love With A German Film Star
14. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
15. Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
16. Flying Lizards - Money
17. The Beat - Doors Of Your Heart
18. The Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys
19. The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
20. Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
21. Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
22. Ultravox - Vienna
23. Edmund Butt - Title Music from `Ashes To Ashes'
24. Epilogue: Dialogue: Fandabydozy
At the risk of venturing slight away from our usual ‘80s theme, I think I’ll pick track number 16 for today’s retro-video. From 1979, it’s the very wonderful Flying Lizards... (not the original video - but pretty good all the same)
