When i went to High School in 1984 along with listening to Heavy Rock and Metal influenced by my big brother, i listened to a lot of Punk and New Wave influenced by my big sister.
In between the two was early electronic like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream from big bro and `chart` electronic like Gary Newman from big Sis...
There was also a lot of early John Peel stuff... (Wedding Present, Pixes etc...)
One band i listened to throughout High school that only one other friend listened to was `the The`,
Matt Johnson produced 2 Albums;
`Soul Mining`...
And `Infected`...
Between those magic High School years of 1983 - 1987... it was Jools Holland who played piano, no intro needed there...fantastic lyrics sung by Matt Johnson...
Post School there was also another lost classic album; Mind Bomb
It was the first two albums that are ingrained on me forever.
Sadly my friend from High school is no longer with us... so when i listen to `the The` i think of times riding BMX and hanging out with Clark...
This song is one of there best from there Album `Soul Mining `...
Does anyone else out there remember them?...
Uncertain Smile...
I've never been able to figure out why Soul Mining wasn't hugely popular. It is one of my all time favorites. Thanks for prompting me to listen again.
ReplyDeleteI need to use some of the songs on films,
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed a gem of an album,
one of my all time favourite bands Bruce, got some of my politics/world awareness from Matt Johnson also
ReplyDeleteI still play Soul Mining....I used to have the cassette back in 80s, and I seem to recall it had a couple of extra tracks which are not on the CD...can't remember what they were? Brilliant stuff...
ReplyDeleteMy sister still has that cassette somewhere, yep it had extra tracks!
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