Did you/do you shorten band names when talking to your mates about them? "The Floyd" was the most obvious, along with "the Dead" and "the Stones". But we got creative elsewhere, calling the Velvet Underground "the Undies" - I'm sure they wouldn't have minded - and, obscurely, Dr. Strangely Strange "the Strangelies". This was an ur-hippie combo unfairly blister-packed with "the Incredibles" [I.S.B. - Ed.], because they sat cross-legged next to streams. Nobody except Leprechauns in the U.S. ever heard of them, and even they couldn't get hold of their albums.
But now, thanks to the magic of copyright violation, you can share their impish, drug-enhanced take on getting it together in the countryside. The first is acoustic, the second less so [feat. Gary Moore, gtr. - Ed.], and Halcyon Daze a swell collection of outtakes. House Marsupial JJ Wombat adds that difficult third album in the comments.
Less irritating than the Incredible String Band, charming, fun, and utterly Irish, the Strangelies remain a secret pleasure for those not violently opposed to wind chimes and dreamcatchers.
(I just wiki'd them - apparently they called themselves the Strangelies, too.)
If you want a non-stealth link, I'll need you to give me a damn good reason why.
ReplyDeleteIt would be strangely strange for you to do so.
ReplyDelete... but therefore oddly normal. FX: GAVEL - Request denied!
DeleteNice Enough To Eat is what turned us on to the Strangelies all those years ago BUT why no Alternative Medicine; The Difficult Third Album
ReplyDeleteAlternative Medicine; The Difficult Third Album here https://we.tl/t-NE6ZHqxfeu
ReplyDeleteExcellent. I post what I have, and it's always up to the 4/5G to complete or extend. Thank you.
DeleteThanks! Complete-ism is a curse, sometimes. I just bought "The Office" Season One today (not overpriced at $1), and since I was given Season Three a number of years ago, I now have to buy Season Two somewhere, with no particular urge to watch any of it. Oy.
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ReplyDeleteAs High Performer, you have the responsibility to mentor those struggling. Remember - they are doing their best, however wretched that might seem to you. Think "nurturing", and hey - lots of luck!
DeleteSorry for the removal. I wanted to change one word. Anyway, that was a tough one, but I found it.
Delete"Scamp" is a fine word!
DeleteAnd a finer rekkid label. At least that's what they been sayin' over at Lee Land...
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(Check back as "posting is pending approval"... Psaw.)
As I was sayin' to the little lady the other day,"...didn't I tell you to stay in the car ?"
ReplyDeleteOwned the 'Heavy Petting' album for a good few years...never really left a mark on me, not that that's a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteHeavy petting rarely leaves a mark -- that's how they get away with it! But if you show us on this doll where the bad doctor touched you, we can revoke his license to practice music.
Deletehave to stop coming to this page. Insanity reigns
ReplyDeleteMissing you already, already.
DeleteDefinitely the most annoying one yet; I found it but it was a challenge -- builds character I guess?
ReplyDeleteIt not only builds self-confidence and improves hand-eye coordination - a successful Stealth Link solve is now accepted by most corporations as a resumé qualification, just above a standard M.B.A.
Deletewell thanx my damn eyeballs burned out
ReplyDeleteSo I can write what I like in this comment, because you can't read it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARRRRGGGHHHHHH!
DeleteStrangely easy to find link. Obscure British stuff eye never heard a rumour of back in the day (we were young, we were young...), but have strong positive vibes from (dating from post-napster phile sharon cites, know doubt), Nun the Les, maybe this time they'll become my favorite gnu discovery of the year. It could happen!!!
ReplyDeleteParenthetically, my preferred ISB is the International Submarine Band, who at least had the good sense to implode after only one completely commercially ignorable LP waxing. Yet, as I count them up, had 7 or 8 non-LP songs leak out over the years. Hmmm.
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DeleteIf we accept the proposition (and why not?) that Dr. Strangely Strange = the Strangelies, and the Velvet Underground = the Undies...
ReplyDeleteThen logic leads us inescapably to the conclusion that the Incredible String Band = the Stringies, and the International Submarine Band = the Hoagies.
It clearly stands to reason, and you can't argue with logic and reason (unless your current address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue).