Here's an all time indie favourite:

Kool Thing - Sonic Youth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lve-oBLi5xU

Love the song and the video!! The guest vocalist is Chuck D from Public Enemy..

Just read that this was meant to be a dig at LL Cool J..

More of a subtle/ oblique dug than those Tupac/ Biggie spats, thankfully...

Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsm2hSKkH7E

Hadn't heard this for ages, but now can get it out of my head!

Here's another classic:

Cannonball - The Breeders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK30kW6JssI

Another one to play loud!! :ok:

very good.... :)

Here's a really obscure indie one that maybe only SG will like (and even that is just a maybe). I was really surprised to see it on youtube:

The Drum - Bongwater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5asohoiR6E

It's from about 1990. It's very lo-fi, very rough (and probably would be a good song for a band to cover!). The video is just bizarre.. But I love this song, and I don't think that I've met anyone else who has also known it..

Music by Scandinavian bands (in addition to the Hives link posted by Oblivion):

You and Me Song - The Wannadies (from Sweden)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMOLoV1nlmk

I like 'Might be Stars' as well, but couldn't find that one..

'Sick and Tired - The Cardigans (from Sweden)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8paAUN6lC3I

Of course plenty to choose from here, but went for one of their earlier songs..

So Easy - Royksopp (from Norway)

Difficult to find this on youtube! Again, it's on itunes..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u81cbUlbOG4

This is the only place where I could find it.. the first 30 seconds is probably enough..

Hoppipola - Sigur Ros (Iceland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtV7J7_2R50

The BBC have caught onto this one, big time..

Oops.. missed out the link for Sambassadeur.. :blush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOtHjj9Ffg

I actually heard the Nirvana one before hearing the original...!

David Bowie.. :bow: He looked like he was from a different planet back in the 70s ..and judging by his narcotic intake, probably felt like he was on another planet! roflmao

Crack'd Actor - David Bowie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmFDRvNliNM

And this legendary appearance on Top of the Pops:

Starman - David Bowie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfnl6IP9n0c

Cheers Petalp! :D
I had forgotten all about Sick and Tired by the Cardigans! Brings back so many memories.. fantastic tune! I have it on vinyl but do not have a record player anymore so I may have to break out the old Limewire to find it! :P

Hey Trisco!! :D

It is a great song.. very summery, very poppy!!

Funny that you mentioned vinyl.. Yesterday I finally got myself to this fabulous little second hand book and record store that I had been meaning to go to in ages. Whilst you are browsing, they can make you a cup of tea or coffee and give you a cake too, as it is also a cafe.. all very civilised. They also had a record deck where you can play any record that you weren't sure about.. It's very unpretentious too, which is always good..

The shop had its own pace, and time just seemed to slow down.. was a very pleasant way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

I quite like her voice, slightly Cranberrie'ish do you think?

Where is this record store/cafe/dj booth by the way? lol

Oh, the record shop is called 'Elvis Shakespeare'. It's on Leith Walk in Edinburgh. It has a website:

http://www.elvisshakespeare.com/index.php

So can even browse from the comfort of your pc! :)

I hope that it's doing well, as it hasn't been around for that long.. And hopefully shops like that will crop up in other cities (if not already) as it is such a nice place to have.

Yes, there is a bit of a Cranberry thing going on there!

Do you know Mazzy Star? I think that her voice sounds a bit like the them too.

Fade into You - Mazzy Star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VddShgx5Ahg

I just checked out the Elvis Shakespeare shop for Cardigans records and found this one:

"I Need Some Fine Wine And You Need To Be Nicer"

What a great title for a song!!!

I hadn't heard of this before.. and it's on youtube too..

I Need Some Fine Wine And You Need To Be Nicer - The Cardigans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlHNh1Oj7TU

It's the rockier Cardigans.. Hmm.. sounds nice enough.. might be a grower :) I've tended to prefer their first 2 albums, their poppier stuff.

Here are a few by one of my favourite groups:


Debaser - The Pixies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnOGomf81k


Classic!!


Cecilia Ann/ Alison - The Pixies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUqSMzmBA14


Their appearance on 'The Word'


Gigantic (live) - The Pixies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ju0DX820zE


Kim Deal's voice is great.. :)

Ah-hah, you dug out DEBASER!!!!! That classic - where everone barged onto the dancefloor wavign their beer bottle (normally Sol with a lime wedge in it! :D ) and we got burnt by cigaretes! roflmao LOVE IT!!!!! :clap:

Absolutely! Dancing to Debaser was always fraught with danger in any self-respecting indie disco!! roflmao

"Got me a movie I want you to know, slicing up eyeballs I want you to know.." :whistle:

And how many songs these days are based on surrealist 20th century art (Un Chien Andalou Salvador Dali)??

Highbrow culture, innit... :coffee:

I never knew that, I was normally too off my head dancign to it to understand it! roflmao

One of my favourite Mazzy Star songs, good for this time of the night:

Fade into You - Mazzy Star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VddShgx5Ahg

A few St Et classics..

Who do you think you are - Saint Etienne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dllM9eGSg2A


Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrIsxNdPpOE

Oh I really like Love Can Break Your Heart :)

Here's one that seems appropriate! And yes Geroge is seeming the dark horse now! roflmao Must say i knwo a lot about drugs compared to some, but my experience of trying them is very limited. I hallucinated on grass once so I thought i best nto try anything else! That was scary enough :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N-5_koMUoE

Ah, now you're talking!! I loved Pulp.. Saw them about, oh tons of times, all over the place! Leeds, Blackpool, London, Glasgow, Reading..

I love these videos:

Babies (the first video) - Pulp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_ucNb7GqU


I like Jarvis' dancing in this one.. :)

I remember them perofrming this on TOTP and Jarvis opening his jacket with the message 'I hate wet wet wet' ni it... the scamp...

And this video has got some good visuals :blush:

Disco 2000 - Pulp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ThRHYFQvU


We all queued up at midnight to buy a Different Class as our local record store opened especially for this.. ah, happy days indeed..

Oh I love Pulp. Go tthe pop/indie cross over perfect, and a bit 80s retro too. They were quite rough sounding before that though (my mate saw the several times before they were famous) and then they went back to that, which i dont; really like. Still, two really great albums. My faves are Lipgloss and Pink Glove (the latter sadly not on youtube) form his and Hers. Pink Glove s just such a great closing track. "it's hard to believe that you go for that stuff, all those babydoll nighties and synthetic fluff, it fits you real good, yeah it fits you ok, yeah wear your pink glove baby, you got it on the wrong way!" :clap:

Yes, His and Hers is my favourite album of theirs!! Jarvis was a much better song writer when he was short of cash and not getting any!

I love Lipgloss, and Babies still really does it for me :)

Pink Glove.. took me a while to figure what that song awas about too!! roflmao

You two could go on forever roflmao

Anyway, just popping in to say hi and bye :) Hope you feel better SB :hug:

Hi and bye Dav! :)

You're doing a fine job with X Factor btw.. hope that you are enjoying running it!! :D

SB, here's another Classic Pulp performance:

His and Hers - Pulp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BZnuBZhvr0

I hadn't seen this for ages.. I love the words!!

Thanks dav, yes a bit of chat has cheered me up, and I howled my head off earlier at Father Ted and some silly advert with a builder with hsi trousers fallign down and dropping a loo! roflmao

Yes we go on all night us two! :D Anyway night Dav :hug:

And night Petalp - see you later and cheers for the music convo :) We should start a music board us two. :D

On Pulp, do You remember the first time? is a really good one. And I love the song title Acrylic Afternoons :) Btw my mum loves Disco 2000 and thinks Jarvis is cool. she was dancing to it in th epub apparently :D

Yay! Yet more kudos to your mum!! :bow:

Yes, Acrylic Afternoon and Do you remember the first time are great.. :ok:

I LOVE 'Have you seen her lately?'.. I think that the words are fantastic!!! Absolutely spot on... Jarvis was always better with a bit of frustration in him ;)

Some Divine Comedy!

Becoming More Like Alfie - The Divine Comedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5o0dwRc0HE


Something for the Weekend - The Divine Comedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2g_lnCno4

Live version only, but still rather good :)

Hey we need our own forum and sub threads by genre I reckon! this is so diverse :)

Agreed! The thread has certainly grown much bigger than I thought it would when I first started it.. we need an indie section, a funk section, hip hop, old skool dance, rock, etc, etc!! :lol:

Yeah and a freestyle section I guess! :D I wonder if we could ask Nick for a Music forum and then put threads in it? I doubt he would mind. Teh movie buffs coudl do a movies one too maybe. Anyway I have a few music ideas, I will Pm you at some point. An idea for a comp after Dav's is done and other things. :D If we had different types it will save peopel havign to wade through a thread where they don't like all of it.
I need to pick some music I guess and post it here. :D

Nice to see what sort of music you like there Pebs thanks for sharing that :)

Heres a song I really like and I also really like the band too... This is a bit of a sad song I know but its absolutely awesome and touching to me :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4XCGeckA-E

And this one of course :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rtwVCcIH3c

I'm usually into the whole soul and meaningful music type...

Good songs Andy... They are from 1997 aren't they.. you must have been just a wee nipper when they came out! :)

When you post the songs, can you please put the song and artist against them? Thanks!

So..

The Drugs don't Work - The Verve

Sonnet - The Verve

:)

Those are great songs :ok:

Tiem to resurrect this thread.. :)

Favourite Blur songs (in no particular order):

1. To the End

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvCIPpWFo7Y

2. Popscene (yay!! :yahoo: ) Vid directed by Jarvis Cocker :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlY6rmQfNt4

3. Music is my Radar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaQXqKS9Z4I

4. Chemical World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z9cHsDMhlw

5. For Tomorrow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oKRFkaUWQ

6. The Universal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGc2f2282NE

7. Coffee and TV (Go Graham!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYJOF8drAkw

8. Beetlebum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yci8GY9kUqg

9. Song 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ-6xGaETHQ

10. Girls and Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyrnxiKY7sA


If I had to pick a top 5 from those, then I'd say:

1. Beetlebum (just a brilliant song)
2. To the End (a classic - featuring the wonderful Laetitia from the fab Stereolab)
3. Chemical World (so ahead of their time with this)
4. For Tomorrow (likewise!)
5. Popscene (remember having many a dance to this!)


Modern Life is Rubbish is their best album by far.. :yahoo:

Great great singles band. :ok:

great live band too, saw them many a time (including Mile End, Rollercoaster tour, etc, etc.)

I dedicate this next song to Petalp, as it reminds me of 'her' :lol:

Monster - The Automatic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v8qae11_-M

Hmm.. I've heard this a lot.. and I've never been referred to as 'Automatic' before.. :rolleyes: