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lol wow, that's one from the past. They had that one song "hobo humping slobo babe" that had some MTV airplay.

 

The 90's ladies and gentlemen

 

Samurai - 1971

 

The group Talk Talk has been pretty obscure to me as I just discovered them in the "Most Beautiful Song" SHF thread.
"Life's What You Make It" has become an earworm for several weeks now after buying their greatest hits CD.
I didn't know they did this song as I remember hearing snippets channel surfing in the '80's and could never identify the song or artist...
LOVE IT!...

 

They have much better songs than "Hobo Humpin'" --- very talented.

 

The great Kevin Salem. If this doesn’t get stuck in your head, you probably don’t have ears.

 

James Maddock. One of the best singer/songwriters out there. The real deal.

 

Jim Boggia. Insane talent and king of pop earworms.

 

Dust first album 1971.

 

You already posted this on page 2. So good you had to post it twice?

 

If you have a TT try to get hold of the UK 12" pressing,its sublime.

 

Ive taken blasting the neighbours with this to a new level.

 

The rest of the album is poor though its worth it for this.

 

Oops ... forgot to check!

So here's another favourite -

Cleaners from Venus, Living with Victoria Grey:

 

I'll take your word for it. Would love to hear it on a TT if I had one.

The CD version of "Life's What You Make It" I have on The Very Best Of Talk Talk has the lead vocal louder and in reverb with the tambourine hits compressed to where I can barely hear them compared to the YouTube vid I posted so I have no doubt there's better mastering/mixed versions.

In Audacity I brought the tambourine hits back applying a spectrum focused reverb plugin and EQ'ed it to where the piano and percussion are clear and up front. Going to try it out on my new Polks I just installed in my sedan's back dash because without the edits the percussion /snare hits are too punchy and harsh played on small speakers loud and this song needs to be heard loud.

 

hi just joined the forum
Hoodo man by birth control is great one

The singer has a Freddy Mercury kind of aspect to his voice

 

been really enjoying The Misunderstood and the Remains.

 

In the late 1960s Keith Christmas was a popular figure on the West Country folk scene, appearing at university Unions and clubs like the famous Troubadour in Bristol. The likes of Al Stewart and The Strawbs were also doing the university/club circuit at the time - they made the breakthrough, but sadly KC didn't. He deserved to - good songs, good guitar player, and he had great rapport with the audience. I picked up his debut LP, Stimulus (in a sale!) because it had some of the songs I'd seen him perform live - great album.

 

Czech band called Blue Effect; song is called 'Deserted Alley,' recorded in 1969.

 

From 1969, The News - “It’s a Long Time”

Summery, organ-drenched psych.

 

you do find some stuff! they could have been huge on sunset blvd back then if the singer hid the vibrato.

here's a band that's just as obscure as the last time i posted one of their tracks. a week ago

from the same era. perhaps one day they'll find their audience.

 

Heard ‘em on Little Stevie’s Underground Garage

 

Mystery Slang: Seven In A Ditch from the album Venus Grove.

Any one else heard of this band?