Tag: Paul Morley
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Closer 40
Joy Division’s Closer is 40 today…an album that means a lot to me, but reminds me of very dark times. So as a flip side of that dour darkness, to celebrate here’s George Michael and Morrissey in 1984 extolling their love – well partly in Moz’s case – for Joy Division. Closer was one of…
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The Belle Enz and Lipps Dick
Who can forget the wonders of Disco Gestapo, Belle Enz, Lipps Dick and DHS Essence from 1983? (via Thriftshop XL) Umm…no comment. (What worries me is the images are probably from real bands, somewhere? o.O) And John Peel* from 1981 sounding more like Paul Morley with Your Dad ‘Don’t Answer Me Back’, The Buggerlugs, The…
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RC 279: Froopy – Hitchhiker’s 40th Edition
On Thursday Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams reached 40 on Thursday, the first radio broadcast was 8th March 1978, and there is a new ‘Hexagonal Phase’ to celebrate. So as well as it being #h2g2week on Radio Clash, this edition is celebrating the music of Hitchhiker’s, related space and electronic themes interspersed…
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On they pound the Noise that never sleeps, in the heart of the city
London. It’s 1984, and a band called The Art of Noise make their first video, and a previously unknown dutch director and music photographer creates his second ever video for them. The photographer/directors name? Anton Corbijn. Great video including shots of London in the mid 80’s…makes me feel all nostalgic. Where’s Night Network to play…
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I really love New Order but…
…these two videos have to be the most (un?)intentionally funny live performances they ever did, in a history of idiosyncratic live performances (remember this is the band that insisted on going onto Top of the Pops to perform the biggest selling 12″ of all time, live, and played so badly and out of tune that…
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Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders
For those into Joy Division and New Order, until Friday 23rd Jan, see the 2007 Grant Gee documentary ‘Joy Division‘ online. You know the one were Annik Honnore is interviewed (this is why Deborah Curtis unusually refused to take part) and interviews with all the band members, Peter Saville, Paul Morley and Tony Wilson –…