What are you listening to, right now................

dogmeat

@Crucial Stiffs Live Stiffs was the one that really grabbed my attention although I also had NB&P.
Great era for Brit rock. A shit load of the "punk" successes had actually been around for 5 or 6 years in the pub rock scene learning their craft. Although Dury was calling more on music hall than Brinsley Schwarz.
I arrived in UK about 12 mths later and walked right into a really vibrant live scene.

Bands like Clash, Jam etc were still playing relatively small gigs

mariner4life

My 8 year old's favourite song right now

JC

@Crucial Did you manage to catch the movie Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll? As a film it's a bit chaotic but Andy Serkis is great as Dury and the music was actually performed by him with the Blockheads.

Reasons to be Cheerful? 1,2,3.

MajorRage

This is definitely my favourite track / video going around right now. Make sure to watch til the end for some Richards/Jagger

JC

@MajorRage That guy on the guitar at the end... is he, um, you know, dead?

Tim

SammyC

@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Back in my early teens my mates and I used to love thrashing Ian Dury and the Blockheads 'New Boots and Panties'. It was considered a rather 'rude' and naughty record in those days, quite subversive and (rightly) we concentrated on the lyrics - Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll - Wake up and make love to me - Plaistow Patricia - Billericky Dicky. While the songs were fucken brilliant lyrically, I seem to have totally missed just how good the Blockheads were in backing them up.
This clip is the one off Tv special in '99 about 9 months before Ian died (notice him being helped on stage).
Norman Watt-Roy is an awesome bassist and Chaz Jankel plays top funk-punk guitar. "Spasticus Autisicus" is a great funk track behind (what I now understand as) very ground breaking lyrics -

Anyway, I know you 90s bogans out there probably won't get it but I'm glad I rediscovered this and as the thread title goes it is 'what I'm listening to right now'

Fucking great band, I've mentioned it on here before but I grew up listening to that album. Dad thrashed the shit out of it

Knew the words to Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll before I knew what sex and drugs were.

SammyC

@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Back in my early teens my mates and I used to love thrashing Ian Dury and the Blockheads 'New Boots and Panties'. It was considered a rather 'rude' and naughty record in those days, quite subversive and (rightly) we concentrated on the lyrics - Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll - Wake up and make love to me - Plaistow Patricia - Billericky Dicky. While the songs were fucken brilliant lyrically, I seem to have totally missed just how good the Blockheads were in backing them up.
This clip is the one off Tv special in '99 about 9 months before Ian died (notice him being helped on stage).
Norman Watt-Roy is an awesome bassist and Chaz Jankel plays top funk-punk guitar. "Spasticus Autisicus" is a great funk track behind (what I now understand as) very ground breaking lyrics -

Anyway, I know you 90s bogans out there probably won't get it but I'm glad I rediscovered this and as the thread title goes it is 'what I'm listening to right now'

If you've got a spare couple of hours this is well worth a listen mate....Soho radio 2 hour special on the career Norman Watt-Roy (bassist for the blockheads). A great musician

Free Seed On Soho (18/06/2014) Episode 10

MajorRage

@JC Never! Easily the coolest guitar player on the planet though

dogmeat

@MajorRage Mick throwing in some decent moves for a guy who was about to turn 73

MajorRage

The stones are just totally amazing guys - the fact they are still going, still moving, still playing and putting on great shows, is incredible.

Ronnie Wood is looking pretty tired these days, But Keith, Charlie & Mick just keep going with the same mojo they've always had (in Charlies' case that is somewhat less than the other two).

Crucial

@SammyC said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Back in my early teens my mates and I used to love thrashing Ian Dury and the Blockheads 'New Boots and Panties'. It was considered a rather 'rude' and naughty record in those days, quite subversive and (rightly) we concentrated on the lyrics - Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll - Wake up and make love to me - Plaistow Patricia - Billericky Dicky. While the songs were fucken brilliant lyrically, I seem to have totally missed just how good the Blockheads were in backing them up.
This clip is the one off Tv special in '99 about 9 months before Ian died (notice him being helped on stage).
Norman Watt-Roy is an awesome bassist and Chaz Jankel plays top funk-punk guitar. "Spasticus Autisicus" is a great funk track behind (what I now understand as) very ground breaking lyrics -

Anyway, I know you 90s bogans out there probably won't get it but I'm glad I rediscovered this and as the thread title goes it is 'what I'm listening to right now'

Fucking great band, I've mentioned it on here before but I grew up listening to that album. Dad thrashed the shit out of it

Knew the words to Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll before I knew what sex and drugs were.

Hope you went to school singing the opening to Plaistow Patricia

MN5

Ian Dury and the Blockheads were just magnificent.

Like a lot of you fellas I jumped around singing along to "Spasticus Autisticus" without knowing what the fuck I was singing about which must have amused Dad and his mates to no end.

Much like my boys belting out lyrics to Faith no More and NER*D ( those are our staples ) on car rides. Any other Dads on here will confirm there is nothing funnier ( in the wrong way ) than kids swearing in songs.

Stones ? some good songs but they've never, ever been close to one of my favourite bands. They've just been going for about 50,000 year which I'll confess is a hell of an effort.

dogmeat

@MN5 Philistine

mariner4life

@MN5 my kids love Bullet in the Head by RATM, every time they are belting it out i feel less like a good father, and more like a bad influence uncle. Killing in the Name is off limits for very obvious reasons.

Tim

mariner4life

so following on from an earlier discussion, it appears Helmet released another album 2 weeks ago.

I have only heard the first single, and it's a bit shit. Ok, maybe not shit, but it's not Helmet. A preview of the others shows more promise, but i'm waiting to hear a youtube copy before i purchase.