Shop Assistants (country, pop, punk, member, quote)

jackhammer · 01-27-2009, 05:36 AM

Recently came across this band from the U.K. An 80's band that revelled in a noisy pop jingle jangle with infectious hooks and a female lead. Iv'e already snared one MB member now it's time for some more

It's not usually my type of thing but it's so effortless you can't go wrong really. PM if needed.

Molecules · 01-27-2009, 05:43 AM

Edinburgh, Scotland in fact, was a very very cool place in the early 80's; Orange Juice and Aztec Camera and everything but to me this band sounds more like the Ronettes (check the drums on Train From Kansas City)... It's bloody Phil Spector! Pounding drums, loads of echo...

But you know, the Ronettes if they had guitars and liked punk and the Byrds

Molecules · 01-27-2009, 05:54 AM

there were a truckload of bands that sounded like this in the 80's but two of the best for me were the Siddeleys and the Flatmates. And those are just the girl-fronted ones.
It's like bubblegum pop meets the punk DIY thing. Perfect when it's done properly

simplephysics · 01-27-2009, 06:39 AM

I like.

Molecules · 01-27-2009, 06:46 AM

I'm upping a fat load of C86, if anyone is interested you know what to do

jackhammer · 01-27-2009, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreadnaught

I like.

Do u need a PM?

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Originally Posted by Molecules

I'm upping a fat load of C86, if anyone is interested you know what to do

Of course

simplephysics · 01-27-2009, 08:46 AM

thanks Jackhammer. I'l grab it when I home

ikvat · 01-27-2009, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molecules

Edinburgh, Scotland in fact, was a very very cool place in the early 80's; Orange Juice and Aztec Camera and everything

And Big Country

Piss Me Off · 01-27-2009, 11:26 AM

This tip looks to just about beat the Simply Saucer one. Yeah it's nothing groundbreaking but it's a lovely girl's voice over some pretty songs about how relationships are crap, and i'm a sucker for them. I see where the Long Blondes got their ideas from.

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Originally Posted by Molecules

I'm upping a fat load of C86, if anyone is interested you know what to do

I have never heard any of these mythical mixes funnily enough so go ahead.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-27-2009, 12:08 PM

Or rather than bother with PM's just go here & you'll find everything they ever recorded.

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01-27-2009, 05:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Shop Assistants Recently came across this band from the U.K. An 80's band that revelled in a noisy pop jingle jangle with infectious hooks and a female lead. Iv'e already snared one MB member now it's time for some more It's not usually my type of thing but it's so effortless you can't go wrong really. PM if needed. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

01-27-2009, 05:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	Edinburgh, Scotland in fact, was a very very cool place in the early 80's; Orange Juice and Aztec Camera and everything but to me this band sounds more like the Ronettes (check the drums on Train From Kansas City)... It's bloody Phil Spector! Pounding drums, loads of echo... But you know, the Ronettes if they had guitars and liked punk and the Byrds __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

01-27-2009, 05:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	there were a truckload of bands that sounded like this in the 80's but two of the best for me were the Siddeleys and the Flatmates. And those are just the girl-fronted ones. It's like bubblegum pop meets the punk DIY thing. Perfect when it's done properly __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

01-27-2009, 06:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	I'm upping a fat load of C86, if anyone is interested you know what to do __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

01-27-2009, 12:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Or rather than bother with PM's just go here & you'll find everything they ever recorded. Map Ref. 41°N 93°W: Shop Assistants __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.