Cheers mate I'll watch this later.Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 1:10pmYep, thought you'd gone with the US vinyl, must seek out the the alternate versions you mention. Citizens of Boomtown is from last year, still up on BBC iPlayer and well worth a watch. Easy to forget how massive they got in 78/79 but they blew their chances in the US.Marky Dread wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 2:46pmYeah it's really a track from the first album. But the UK single is an alternate version re-recorded and included on the US version. "Joey's on the Street Again" from the first album was also on some US versions. I've also got an alternate version of "She's So Modern" that was released on a cheap punk/new wave cd.Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 2:23pm1. Rat TrapMarky Dread wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 4:55amTop 5 tracks from "A Tonic For the Troops" - The Boomtown Rats
1. Rat Trap
2. Like Clockwork
3. (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4. Mary of the 4th Form
5. She's So Modern
2. Like Clockwork
3. (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4. She's So Modern
5. Me And Howard Hughes
Great choice citizen Marky. My UK vinyl copy didn't have Mary, on the US version? Saw Citizen Boomtown recently, lot's of things I never knew about the band.
I've not seen Citizen Boomtown is that a new documentary?
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Yes that's a good doc.
Rat Trap
She's So Modern
Like Clockwork
Eva Braun
Mary of the Fourth Form
Rat Trap
She's So Modern
Like Clockwork
Eva Braun
Mary of the Fourth Form
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I watched the doc and enjoyed it. Very well put together. People still can't say Boomtown without saying "Boontown".
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
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I have never noticed that being an issue before. I wonder if it’s a UK thing because Boomtown is a word I would recognize from the gold rush and boontown makes no sense to me as a compound word.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:05pmI watched the doc and enjoyed it. Very well put together. People still can't say Boomtown without saying "Boontown".
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
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Eva Braun
Blind Date
Living On An Island
She's So Modern
Like Clockwork
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Living On An Island
She's So Modern
Like Clockwork
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Phonetics I guess. In the doc I noticed English, Irish and American all pronouncing it with an "N" sound instead of an "M".Wolter wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:14pmI have never noticed that being an issue before. I wonder if it’s a UK thing because Boomtown is a word I would recognize from the gold rush and boontown makes no sense to me as a compound word.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:05pmI watched the doc and enjoyed it. Very well put together. People still can't say Boomtown without saying "Boontown".
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
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Just verbal laziness is my guess. The same reason most people say "chung gum" instead of "chewing gum."Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 5:38amPhonetics I guess. In the doc I noticed English, Irish and American all pronouncing it with an "N" sound instead of an "M".Wolter wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:14pmI have never noticed that being an issue before. I wonder if it’s a UK thing because Boomtown is a word I would recognize from the gold rush and boontown makes no sense to me as a compound word.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:05pmI watched the doc and enjoyed it. Very well put together. People still can't say Boomtown without saying "Boontown".
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
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what?Heston wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 6:25amJust verbal laziness is my guess. The same reason most people say "chung gum" instead of "chewing gum."Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 5:38amPhonetics I guess. In the doc I noticed English, Irish and American all pronouncing it with an "N" sound instead of an "M".Wolter wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:14pmI have never noticed that being an issue before. I wonder if it’s a UK thing because Boomtown is a word I would recognize from the gold rush and boontown makes no sense to me as a compound word.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:05pmI watched the doc and enjoyed it. Very well put together. People still can't say Boomtown without saying "Boontown".
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
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Never heard that either.Wolter wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 11:39amwhat?Heston wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 6:25amJust verbal laziness is my guess. The same reason most people say "chung gum" instead of "chewing gum."Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 5:38amPhonetics I guess. In the doc I noticed English, Irish and American all pronouncing it with an "N" sound instead of an "M".Wolter wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:14pmI have never noticed that being an issue before. I wonder if it’s a UK thing because Boomtown is a word I would recognize from the gold rush and boontown makes no sense to me as a compound word.Marky Dread wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 7:05pmI watched the doc and enjoyed it. Very well put together. People still can't say Boomtown without saying "Boontown".
What I also found interesting is the way in which Geldof and Strummer's beginnings mirrored each others. Both being inspired by Woody Guthrie Joe being called 'Woody" and The Boomtown Rats being a name of the gang in "Bound For Glory". Then both The Rats and The 101ers playing sped up R&B inspired by Dr. Feelgood.
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Might be a Northern thing. I also might have made it sound too Japanese. Maybe "chun gum" is more like it.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 12:15pmNever heard that either.Wolter wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 11:39amwhat?Heston wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 6:25amJust verbal laziness is my guess. The same reason most people say "chung gum" instead of "chewing gum."Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 5:38amPhonetics I guess. In the doc I noticed English, Irish and American all pronouncing it with an "N" sound instead of an "M".
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Must be a northern type thing mate. I've never heard that down south. We say bubbalicious or super bazooka.Heston wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 12:35pmMight be a Northern thing. I also might have made it sound too Japanese. Maybe "chun gum" is more like it.Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 12:15pmNever heard that either.Wolter wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 11:39amwhat?Heston wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 6:25amJust verbal laziness is my guess. The same reason most people say "chung gum" instead of "chewing gum."Marky Dread wrote: ↑02 May 2021, 5:38am
Phonetics I guess. In the doc I noticed English, Irish and American all pronouncing it with an "N" sound instead of an "M".
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I often drop my g’s from the end of ing words, but even if I’m saying “chewin’ gum” it’s still got all the syllables.
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Yep that's the same here.
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Top 5 tracks from "Darklands" - The Jesus & Mary Chain.
1. Happy When It Rains
2. April Skies
3. Darklands
4. Nine Million Rainy Days
5. Deep One Perfect Morning
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2. April Skies
3. Darklands
4. Nine Million Rainy Days
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April Skies (perfection)
Cherry Came Too
Happy When It Rains
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Cherry Came Too
Happy When It Rains
Deep One Perfect Morning
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