Sultans of Ping

Life has taken over and there's little time to blog.

This track from Sultans of Ping always puts a smile on my face.


All together now ...


My, brother, knows, Karl Marx
He met him eating mushrooms in the peoples park
He said 'What do you think about my manifesto?'
'I like a manifesto, put it to the test-o'

Took it straight down to meet the anarchist's party
I met a groovy guy, he was arty farty
He said 'I know a little latin man a cus man a kai'
I said 'I don't know what it means' he said 'neither do I'

Eat natural foods, bathe twice daily
Fill your nostrils up with gravy
Don't drink tea and don't drink coffee
Cover your chin in yorkshire toffee

Dancing in the disco, bumper to bumper
Wait a minute ... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?

Dancing at the disco, bumper to bumber
Wait a minute, where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?

Oh no

Dancing at the disco, go, go, go
Dancing at the disco, oh no, oh no, oh no
Dancing at the disco, go, go, go
Dancing at the disco, oh no, oh no

It's alright to say things can only get better
You haven't lost your brand new sweater
I know I had it on when I had my tea
And I'm sure I had it on in the lavatory

Oh no

Dancing in the disco, go, go, go
Dancing in the disco, oh no, oh no
Dancing in the disco, bumper to bumper
Wait a minute, where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?

It's alright to say things can only get better
You haven't lost your brand new sweater
Pure new wool, and perfect stitches
Not the type of jumper that makes you itches

Oh no

Dancing in the disco, go, go, go
Dancing in the disco, oh no, oh no

And my mother, will be so, so angry
And my brother, will be so, so angry
And my girlfriend, will be so, so angry
And my dog, will be so, so angry

Cos I was dancing at the disco, bumper to bumper
Wait a minute, where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?
... where's me jumper?

Oh no !


Sultans of Ping - Where's Me Jumper?

I've Been To That!

I found this great concert meme on the best ever and tweaked it a bit to make it more interactive by also providing links to the websites for each of the bands on the list

If you’re a blogger and want to play along, what you need to do is

(i) copy the list below (including the links)
(ii) leave in the bands/artists you have seen perform live
(iii) delete the bands you haven't seen live
(iv) add an * for each band still listed (those bands with one * we have both seen live. Those bands with two ** were seen by us and one more person, etc.)
(v) add new bands that you have seen until you have listed 25 bands
(vi) provide a link to each new band’s website
(vii) post your live concert list (meme) on your blog

If you're not a blogger, and you've noticed that there's not an mp3 in this post, and yet you're still reading and interested ... here's a list of links to some bands i've seen live ... thar be mp3's

I’ve Been To That

01.) bob mould *

02.) nick cave

03.) reverend horton heat *

04.) jon spencer blues explosion

05.) the ramones **

06.) doves

07.) tortoise

08.) the cure *

09.) eels

10.) new order

11.) screaming jay hawkins

12.) teenage fanclub

13.) radiohead *

14.) the cramps

15.) the go-betweens

16.) dinosaur jr. *

17.) portishead

18.) the breeders

19.) belle and sebastian

20.) mogwai

21.) the lemonheads

22.) sonic youth *

23.) the jesus & mary chain

24.) violent femmes *

25.) iggy pop

The Birds

Every month I look forward to the latest Mojo magazine arriving, providing new music to hear and an eclectic collection of bands and musicians to read about and hopefully some new or old bands to search out. For some time now each Mojo has come with a CD attached hilighting a musical genre or central theme. My previous post Bird Blobs was also from a Mojo Post-Punk compilation.

In an effort to share this enjoyment, and to make track selection and research that much easier, I plan to post a song each month from the Mojo compilation CD, and this month it's the "Mojo Mod Club Party". I hope you enjoy this track - there are many more available with this months Mojo magazine.

Not to be confused with their US counterparts, Middlesex five-piece The Birds featured future Faces and Stones man Ronnie Wood on guitar and personified rough-edged British R&B. Signed to Decca, they released four singles but split in ’66. This version of Eddie Holland’s Motown classic left its mark on one of their young roadies, Lemmy, who would resurrect the tune with his band Motörhead.

The Birds - Leaving Here

Bird Blobs

Bird Blobs are wading through the same freaky, angry, discordant swamp-blues once favored by the likes of fellow Australians The Birthday Party, The Scientists and The Beasts Of Bourbon.

Spawned in Tasmania’s musical wilderness, incubated in Melbourne’s seedy rock underbelly and now unleashed upon the world, Bird Blobs have already played at All Tomorrow’s Parties and toured the States and UK. Watch out, they’re coming to get you.

Bird Blobs - Billy

The Lime Spiders

The Lime Spiders’ “Slave Girl” sums up what was good about this period of the Australian “alternative” scene, with its psychedelic, sixties-garage influenced guitar riffs and (tongue-in-cheek) lyrics.

This paisley punk gem was the number one indendent single in Australia for 1984.

The Lime Spiders - Slave Girl