DICK BRAVE AND THE BACKBEATS Dick This! (2004)

As an avowed Mod I am not very much into Rockabilly. But somewhere in my soul I am probably a Rod/Mocker - and I'm not the only one in my posse.

This is a fantastic Rockabilly album by an artist who's a.k.a. Sasha - known in Germany at least. He recorded this under the alias Dick Brave and the Backbeats - inspired by the name Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
It contains cover versions of songs you will all know.
My favourite one is "Walk This Way"...

DICK BRAVE AND THE BACKBEATS Dick This! (2004)
01 Get the party started
02 Walk this way
03 She's the most
04 Take good care of my baby
05 Be the one for me
06 Twenty flight rock
07 Slippin' n slidin'
08 Freedom
09 Buona Sera
10 Teenager in love
11 Black or white
12 Hallelujah, I love her so
13 Here I go (I'm a Hobo)
14 Smokey Joe's Café
15 Complicated
16 Give it away
17 They remind me too much of you

SCHEISS DRAUF The Soundtrack of my Life (monomod)

About 12 years ago I figured out that I was stuck in a marital mess and a dead end street.
So I separated and got divorced from my wife.
But before that I tried to detect the things I did wrong in my life - and why I was punished with that woman. So I started to write down almost everything I could recall. Starting with primary school until what was my "today" back then.
I called the story "SCHEISS DRAUF" which could be translated like "NOT GIVING A FUCK".
And it turned out to be incredibly funny and actually quite interesting - at least for me and my friends.
And furthermore I learned that I was quite deeply involved into the Hamburg music scene as most chapters dealt with music in one way or another.
Most of my friends wanted to read the story of course and that was the point when I decided to post the stuff on my first ever blog.

SCHEISS DRAUF (Postcard of Scootland - Scots'n'Mods) German!

And whenever music was mentioned in a post I'd offer the specific songs as a download in the following post.
Here is the

SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE (compiled by the life of the monomod)
01 The Who - My Generation
02 Heaven17 - We Live So Fast (Extended Mix)
03 Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck
04 The Jam - But I'm Different Now
05 The Clash - London Calling
06 The Who - The Real Me
07 Specials - Little Bitch
08 The Cure - In Between Days
09 The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
10 Biff Bang Pow - Girl From Well Lane
11 Heaven17 - Sunset Now (Full Length Album Version)
12 Heaven17 - Come Live With Me (12" Extended Version)
13 Hipsway - Bad Thing Longing
14 The Cure - Close To Me (Closet Remix)
15 Killing Joke - Eighties (Serious Dance Mix)
16 The Jazz Butcher - Just Like Betty Page
17 Lloyd Cole - Lost Weekend
18 New Order - The Perfect Kiss
19 The The - This Is The Day
20 Iggy Pop - Cry For Love
21 Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop
22 A Split Second - Rigor Mortis
23 ABC - King Without A Crown
24 Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
25 Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
26 Depeche Mode - Love In Itself
27 Easterhouse - Come Out Fighting
28 Front242 - Welcome To Paradise (V1.0)
29 Redskins - Let's Make It Work!
30 The House Of Love - Shine On
31 The Human League - The Lebanon
32 The Jam - Going Underground
33 The Neon Judgement - Chinese Black
34 The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
35 Lloyd Cole - Jennifer She Said
36 Die Antwort - Aber Du,Meine Liebste (Die Schönste Rose)
37 Die Zimmermänner - Stefan Und Kai-Uwe
38 Paul Quinn & The Independent Group - Will I Ever Be Inside Of You
39 Gene - Save Me,I'm Yours
40 The Ocean Blue - Drifting, Falling
41 Andy Pawlak - Eskimo Kissing
42 The Jazz Butcher - Partytime
43 The Field Mice - If You Need Someone
44 Aztec Camera - Still On Fire
45 Bloomsday - North Country Girl
46 Danny Wilson - The Second Summer Of Love
47 Del Amitri - Be My Downfall
48 Friends Again - Lullaby No.2 (Love On Board)
49 Hipsway - Ask The Lord
50 Jazzateers - Up To My Eyes
51 Lloyd Cole - Undressed
52 Outsiders - Take Me
53 The Pearlfishers - Across The Milky Way
54 The River Detectives - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
55 The Trash Can Sinatras - You Made Me Feel
56 Paul Quinn & The Independent Group - A Passing Thought
57 Edwyn Collins - Means To An End
58 Oasis - My Generation

This used to be my life...
The monomod

NEW STREET ADVENTURE live in Hamburg (2015)

NEW STREET ADVENTURE's tour date for Hamburg is confirmed.

It is the brilliant Mojo Club again on 15APR2016.

And as a little appetizer I offer this download for you today:

ACID JAZZ asked me kindly to delete the link. I hope they will allow me to offer a stream of the concert.

NEW STREET ADVENTURE - LIVE IN HAMBURG 2015

01 Lucky Lady

02 Hard Living

03 Hunted

04 Be Somebody

05 No Hard Feelings

06 Rascal

07 On Our Frontdoorstep

08 Smooth Talker

09 Say You're Lonely

10 She's An Attraction

11 Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out

12 Standing In The Way

13 Foot In The Door

14 Hangin' On / Hangin' Up

15 Keep In Burning

16 -break- (deleted)

17 The Big AC

18 -end- (deleted)

The recording was made with a stage mic and an amp mic and I synchronised them. And with a little bit of EQ here and AMP there the sound is not that bad.

I hope to see you all there again.

DAVID BOWIE R.I.P.

Moondust will cover you...

Good bye David Robert Jones - 08.01.1947-10.01.2016

VELETTES Wild Flowers (2015) plus Extra

HAPPY NEW YEAR, dear readers!!!

I heard some news recently about an new band called VELETTES, who formed out of the ashes of THE BRIGHTS that I mentioned in earlier posts between April 2011 and October 2012.

The first bands that came to my mind when I listened to the promotional material were SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS and THE CURE - which to me is a perfect combination.

There is an EP release confirmed and scheduled for March so I will definitely keep you updated.

In the meantime I suggest you to check their YouTube channel here and download their first single "Wild Flowers" on Amazon or iTunes.


PLUS: The boys from VELETTES have been so kind to offer YOU READERS a download. A song that is available for the first time ever NOW and HERE!!! I have listened to it on my way to work (yes, I do have a job) today as it is new to me as well - and I love it.
Wonderful - play it loud!!!


Here you go: 101 nights.mp3

THE WORLD WAR 1 CHRISTMAS TRUCE 1914

Dear Readers,

last year it was the 100th anniversary of the wonderful "World War 1 Christmas Truce".
And I could bite my ass that I forgot. But this year I saw a documentary called "WW1 In Colours" from the BBC and it really touched me.
So this year's post is about the miracle that happened 101 years ago when soldiers refused to fight and sang corals instead and played soccer together in no-man's land between the trenches in Belgium and France.

Read more here...

I am not very religious but I believe in the good in man - when it really comes to the Point.

THE FARM's "All Together Now" from 1991 is about this night, when the decided not to fight.

Remember boy that your forefathers died
Lost in millions for a country's pride
They never mention the trenches of Belgium
When they stopped fighting and they were one

 

A spirit stronger than war was working that night
December 1914 cold, clear and bright
Countries' borders were right out of sight
They joined together and decided not to fight

 

All together now
All together now
All together now
In no man's land, together

 

The same old story again
All those tears shed in vain
Nothing learnt and nothing gained
Only hope remains

 

All together now
All together now
All together now
In no man's land, together

 

The boys had their say, they said no
Stop the slaughter and let's go home
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go

The boys had their say, they said no
Stop the slaughter and let's go home
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go home

 

All together now
All together now
All together now
In no man's land, together

 

01 All Together Now

02 All Together Now [Classical Mix]

03 All Together Now [Terry Farley & Pete Heller Mix]

04 All Together Now [Rocky & Diesel Mix]

 

I wish you a peaceful time with your loved ones wherever you are!

Take care!

And merry Christmas!

 

Yours, the monomod

TALK TALK After The Flood (1991)

Today for you a strictly limited and long deleted gem from great, great Mark Hollis and his mate.

I always loves the trilogy consisting of "SPIRIT OF EDEN", "LAUGHING STOCK" and actually the last remaining "MARK HOLLIS".

TALK TALK After The Flood (1991)

01 After The Flood (Outtake)

02 Myrrhman

03 New Grass

04 Stump

05 Ascension Day

06 5.09

PAUL QUINN AND THE INDEPENDENT GROUP Will I Ever Be Inside Of You (1994)

...and one more from brilliant PAUL QUINN...
The follow-up and perfect "Will I Ever Be Inside Of You".
Deep and mysterious. Powerful.

PAUL QUINN AND THE INDEPENDENT GROUP Will I Ever Be Inside Of You (1994)
01 Will I Ever Be Inside Of You
02 You have been seen
03 Lover, that's you all over
04 Mooreefoc (Misty Blue)
05 A passing Thought
06 Outre
07 Misty Blue
08 Stupid Thing
09 At the End of the Night

"A passing Thought" is one of my all time favourites. And currently on my mobile phone - set as my alarm clock.