Time to go home song bar song8/6/2023 ![]() The Vines – Orange Amber (IsabelleForshaw)ġ960s US garage rock psychedelia but from Australia, 2008. Only a previous zedding, for surprising intros, keeps this off the A-list. Bumping into Iggy, they mentioned this to him, and he freely admitted that 1970’s Iggy Pop was also riffing on Motown of 1960s. ![]() Jet get annoyed when people suggest this 2003 song was riffing on Iggy Pop of the 1970s because they were riffing on Motown of the 1960s. Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl (SweetHomeAlabama) In 1994, you screamed, I screamed, we all primal screamed for the 1970s grooves of The Rolling Stones and T-Rex. This 2019 song draws inspiration and spirit from the chanteuses of the 1950s and 60s, and blimey, it’s good. Though wee hen Clare didn’t succumb, True is an achingly romantic song and Spandau’s lead singer, Tony Hadley, reckons people often tell him they lost their virginity to it or were conceived to it – which suggests some excitable Spandau fans were a tad careless.Ģ021 slice of gorgeous Americana topped with 1960’s folk rock sensibilities. It was convincing enough to earn the band an invitation to perform on US music-show Soul Train – though presenter Don Cornelius’s attempt to interview them was derailed by their London accents and had him turning to the audience to say, ‘These guys sure talk funny, huh?’ He was aiming for something that sounded like a classic Motown ballad of the 1960s/70s and even namechecks Marvin Gaye. Like many of us of a certain age, Gary Kemp fell hard for the toothsome and bouncy Clare Grogan, lead singer of Altered Images, and this 1983 song is about the difficulty of wooing her with words. It was actually recorded in Town House 3, Battersea, London, in 1984. You really could be forgiven for thinking this gospel-flavoured jazz was recorded somewhere in the US in the 1950s. It’s partly because of the presence of Bud Flanagan, a member of ENSA who entertained the troops, and his heartfelt defiance and the quiver of age in his voice makes for a particularly affecting performance. Written in 1968 for the Second World War situation comedy Dad’s Army, this was meant to be a gentle mickey take of the patriotic ditties popular in wartime, but they got it so spot on that many people are convinced it’s a song from the 1940s. Who knew?īud Flanagan – Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler? (LoudAtlas) The Real Tuesday Weld – Bathtime in Clerkenwell (UncleBen)Ģ002 electronica and scat jazz go together like jelly and ice cream. At the time, Sailor, fronted by Prince Georg Johan Tchegodaieff Kajanus of Norway, were dismissed by many as a poor man’s Roxy Music, but the arrangement here is pretty challenging and much of Sailor’s studio output required the building of custom instruments to play it live. This song was released in 1976, the same year as the Sex Pistols’ Anarchy in The UK, but rather than looking at contemporary troubles, it transported pop fans back to the swing jazz era. ![]() There’s nothing quite like pop music for diversity of style. This funky number from 2013 wouldn’t have sounded out of place at a 1980’s school disco – it’s all to do with the punch bass line, chicken-scratch guitar patterns, clap-chorus ends, wormy synths, and bell stabs. And there’s something mesmerising about drummer and singer Jimmy Marinos – a real meat and potatoes guy. This 1979 power pop has the ballsiness of 1950’s rockabilly, the swagger of the British Invasion bands of the 1960s, and the punk edginess of its day. The Romantics – What I Like About You (ParaMhor)
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