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How did they not make it big?
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Agree - but continued issues with heroin probably didn't help. Mick Head of course also made some good records with Shack (1988-2006) and The Strands (1997) - but Pale Fountains was his pinnacle. Never managed a Top 40 hit with any of 'em.
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It's the sort of song that could've slotted into the charts 10-20 years previously, but not now.
Had it been released around 1974 it'd likely have gone Top Ten in the US, such was the penchant for 'story' songs (Cat's in the Cradle, Angie Baby, etc).
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostSome of his other tunes got superficial airplay, but that was pretty much a freak hit.
('When such things could happen.' İ Jah Womble, most years)
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Can’t claim to have followed Stan Ridgway’s solo career all that closely - he’s still recording and playing shows now - but the first two albums he did after leaving Wall Of Voodoo are tremendous. The first, The Big Heat, included Camouflage; the second, Mosquitoes, is a really outstanding record that I’d recommend to anyone. Here’s Walkin’ Home Alone from The Big Heat and A Mission In Life from Mosquitoes.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostAgree - but continued issues with heroin probably didn't help. Mick Head of course also made some good records with Shack (1988-2006) and The Strands (1997) - but Pale Fountains was his pinnacle. Never managed a Top 40 hit with any of 'em.
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Originally posted by DPDPDPDP View PostAle, my brother had The Scars album years ago. Can't recall ever hearing anyone else mention them.
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Looking at the unbridled worship in the Beatles adulation thread made me think about some of their contemporaries who never made it big but produced outstanding material. Here is a good example, the aptly named Misunderstood:
Side A of this 1966 album sounds less dated and more interesting than anything the Beatles put up. Peel was a big fan, but they never really took off and dissolved shortly after that.
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Originally posted by elguapo4 View PostA friend of mine at the time was a Scars fan,they were gaining some momentum but they had an agreement that if one of them left the band would split up, of course,one of them did so stupidly in my opinion they honoured their commitment
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i wrote earlier about Friends Again (check out State of Art on YouTube) and then The Bathers (check out If Love Could Last Forever or Gracefruit).
Another Glasgow band from the mid 80's onwards who should have been huge but are virtually unheard of are The Orchids. Jangly guitars, sound a bit like Orange Juice or the Bluebells. Check out Tiny Words or Blue Light. Excellent.
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Originally posted by Abertwisted View PostThe Pale Fountains - both their albums are full of great tunes.
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