tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198360.post108763027945675611..comments2024-03-29T06:05:06.527+00:00Comments on An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming: The RondellesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198360.post-1087937799210530292004-06-22T20:56:00.000+00:002004-06-22T20:56:00.000+00:00Been meaning to comment on this for ages.
I was to...Been meaning to comment on this for ages.<br />I was too fat to do the fey, duffle-coated look - but I could manage sweaty mosh pit with the best of them.<br />Here's my list of random stream of consciousness recollections concerning The Shop Assistants;<br />1) They had a song called 'Switzerland' which went, if I recall correctly,: "Switzerland, land of the free, Switzerland, the place to be...." <br />2) I quite fancied the drummer, who, if I recall correctly, was called Laura. She was a bit short though....<br />3) They had a Corrs-style "ugly bloke in good looking girl band" type bloke.Except the girls weren't that good looking - except Laura.<br />4) My mate Pete fell asleep on the floor beneath the stage during one of their gigs.<br />5) People used to sell crap xeroxed fanzines that smelt like the maps of the UK run off on a bander for geography lessons. One of these was called, if I recall correctly, "Trout Fishing in Leytonstone". Such people probably have blogs these days.<br />6) The Shop Assistants were, if I recall correctly, part of that C86 scene - they were not featured, however, upon the crap C86 album from the NME. This did however feature a bizarre band with an onomatopaeic (??) name and a Mark Lamarr lookalike frontman who bellowed "How much for that fish!" a lot- I'm sure, Mr Lokey-Blokey, that you will be able to tell me who that was.<br />7) Also part of this scene were Primal Scream, who flirted with indi-jingle-jangle nonsense before turning into an ace dance/crossover band and The Soup Dragons before they didn't....<br />8) I saw the above on a creation triple bill with 'Meat Whiplash'. I kept the cover of their first single as I thought it was great (the cover - not the single). Maybe I'll post it some day....<br />9) Anyone for 'I Almost Prayed' by the Weather Prophets? What about The Brilliant Corners?<br />10) hey, and 'Waking Up in The Sun' by the Adult Net.....Mr Loki - I demand a Brix Smith post.<br />11) While I'm here, I might as well ask for a couple of "We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Going To Use It" gigs to be taken into consideration....(Now I definitely did not fancy the drummer there....)<br />PS. Sorry for all the 'if I recall correctlys" - it was the snakebite and black.Psychblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960631911036897426noreply@blogger.com