‘Tonight’ is much more experimental than the two albums that preceded and those that succeeded it come to think of it. It came out three years after the brilliant second album “You Could Have It So Much Better” and whilst I was expecting more of the same off kilter post punk art pop, what you get is something very different, well sort of… “Tonight” was the third album by Franz Ferdinand and was somehow overlooked by me when it first came out. Instead, lets talk about Franz Ferdinand. I won’t trouble your ears with the remixes. The second sees Coyne channelling his inner Nelly and going all R&B on ya ass, and requesting that we ‘Do it all night until the sunrise comes….’.The saucy monkey.
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The first is an instrumental which has wonderfully mellow piano floating through it before it goes full on with the breakbeats and that. Mp3: The Flaming Lips – I’m A Fly in a Sunbeam (Following The Funeral Procession Of A Stranger) Two of the other new tracks are worth your attention, if only because they are slightly different from your average Flaming Lips track. There is something rather lovely about an earnest sounding Wayne Coyne chirruping away about millions of stars forming a sun machine that churns out pain, if you ask me. “Assassination of the Sun” is pretty fantastic. Mp3: The Flaming Lips – Assassination of the Sun It contained four new tracks two remixes of the title track and an appalling version of “Do You Realize?”, which spoils what was a beautiful song. I toy with the idea of buying the slightly battered copy of ‘Full House’ by Fairport Convention on vinyl that I spy peeking out from behind a scary looking tailors dummy, but I can feel the eyes of the Margaret Thatcher clone boring into my skull, so I leave well alone.Īll of which lower middle class oikery brings us nicely to the CDs, the first one is “Ego Tripping At the Gates of Hell’ by the Flaming Lips, an extended EP of sorts that straddled the lull between “ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots” and “At War with the Mystics”. There is also an Ocean Colour Scene CD but we leave that well alone. There are about 100 CDs in the box, mostly rubbish but there nestled amongst the James Last CDs and the Greatest Hits of Ken Dodd, is where Badger picks up these two absolute gems. A sad looking old lady moves a book of the top of the box, the book has Princess Diana on its cover, one assumes she has been spared the indignity of being sent to the town shop. We ambled across to the back room and find the box. We didn’t see the word ‘Boutique’ artistically calligraphed onto the shop sign before we went in but on reflection we should have guessed. The shop we are standing in is in Wellswood, an upmarket suburb of Torquay (unbelievably), an area where there are no Costa Coffees or Greggs, but Ecuadorian Coffee Emporiums, and Artisan Bakeries that also sell home made artwork for stupidly pricey sums. Tim retorts “It is a very nice charity shop, love”. “There is an old box in the back room, next to the staff bathroom, we are sending them down to the town shop, as we really only sell high class fashions in this…emporium.” The words ‘town shop’ is almost spat out in disgust. The lady looks at Tim and there is a sort of disappointed look on her face, we have perhaps dashed a fantasy of hers of us being high class transsexuals. She is possibly the poshest lady I have ever spoken to, she pulls her glasses, which are on a string of, up over her nose and stares at us, when Tim asks her “Do you sell music in here, love?”. …….which is why Badger and I are standing inside a small room about to ask this lady if they sell CDs. TSOBO Rule #3 was of course, ‘Never walk past a Charity Shop if its Open’ TSOBO Rule #12 was ‘Never shop in Tesco (unless you have to)’ and TSOBO Rule #17 ‘Keep Left (always)’. TSOBO Rule #28 for instance was ‘Never Leave the Biscuit Barrell empty’. The manifesto contained at the end 62 rules, which, if followed, would make your life easier and much more enriched. Some of you may remember that when Badger, KT and I were writing The Sound of Being Ok Blog (TSOBO) we drew up a manifesto, which we tried wherever we could to put it to the test-o. We have ambled on in expecting to find a treasure trove of CDs and vinyl but find ourselves face to face with a Margaret Thatcher look alike who is a wearing twin set and pearls and is enjoying Radio 3 in the background. It clearly stated ‘Rowcroft Hospice Charity…’ on the front of the shop. Essentially Badger and I have walked into a ladies dress boutique thinking that it was a charity shop. We are to be honest a little out of place. The ladies are looking at Badger and I as if we are weirdos. #5b bought – Rowcroft Hospice Boutique, Wellswood, Torquay for £1 #5a bought – Rowcroft Hospice Boutique, Wellswood, Torquay for £1. #5b – Tonight – Franz Ferdinand (Domino Records, 2009) #5a – Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell – The Flaming Lips (Warner Bros, 2003)
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