When Big Joan Sets Up 22/4/10 – “That’s not music, that’s just noise”

This is, of course, one of the cries of the common, or garden Dad alongside the evergreen “You’re not going out like that, are you?”,”You can’t tell if it’s a man or a woman (normally uttered whilst watching the latest pop sensations) and the rather parochial, but deathless “He wouldn’t get through t’pit gates dressed like that”

But as those of us who are of a certain vintage are only too aware , as the gnarled hands of impending gifferdom close around our hitherto youthful and vibrant souls , we too will eventually cheat at arguing by saying “Well when you’ve lived as long as I have, son you find that that’s just not true” and piss ourselves laughing at our own jokes.

The point (yes, unusually for these missives ,there is one), is that our dads,despite their gravy stained cardigans with football buttons and inexplicable affection for the work of David Jason, were once cool, impressively coiffured young bucks who jived/twisted/pogoed to the latest tunes with the same kind of abandon as Albert Freeman in a greengrocers, and mine was no exception.

Which is why my dad came into the studio this week to introduce a new feature “Bri’s Revived 45” where I play things that I have nicked from his impressive record collection. ( and he did say “that’s just noise” during the Hair Police track but that’s because er…it is)

Sexual Janitors – “Huffing Dustoff” (Cassette – “Halfway to Blotto”) (Self Released)
Vivian Girls – “John, I’m Only Dancing” (download single)(Manimal Vinyl)
Surgeon – “Compliance Momentum” (12″) (Dynamic Tension)
Malcolm McLaren – “Double Dutch” (LP – “Duck Rock”) (Charisma)
Dub Gabriel feat U Roy – “Live and Luv” (download) (Destroy All Concepts)
Eddie Smith and The Hornets – “Upturn” (7″) (Top Rank)
Serious Sam Barrett – “Lay A White Rose” (LP – “Close To Home”) (Ya Dig!)
Brilliant Colours – “Never Mine” (7″) (Slumberland)
Konshens and Delus – “Voting Time” (v/a LP – “Womba Riddim”) (Cashflow)
Total Science and S.P.Y. – “Gangsta” (12″) (Shogun Audio)
Hair Police – “On Dark and Bloody Ground” (Cassette – “On Dark and Bloody Ground”) (Hospital Productions)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti – “L’estat (Acc.To The Widow’s Maid)” (LP – “Before Today”) (4AD)
DJ K-Rlos – “Showtime” (12″) (Sinthetic Whites)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – “Spontaneous Apple Creation” (LP- “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown”) (Universal)
Timmy’s Organism – “Cold Pizza” (7″) (Cass)

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4 thoughts on “When Big Joan Sets Up 22/4/10 – “That’s not music, that’s just noise”

  1. avatarPatrick Selection Box

    Bri’s Revised 45 is a fine idea. Not sure it would work with my dad, mind. Tony Toffee’s Tried And Tested Tracks, perhaps. I think it would all be The Bealtes though, with perhaps Brown Sauce’s I Wanna Be A Winner thrown in as a curveball at some juncture.

  2. avatarBris Revived 45s

    Re thats not music its just noise, perhaps better description, thats not music its just sound, can appreciate each generation has its own style. thats as it should be, the trick is to assimilate all types of music, and let history choose.

    Bri

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