Grand Prix Rejects

tommykl wrote:

This wrote:This time no rejectful stuff: this is how Belgian rock sounded in the nineties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3erzXiPPm-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxYJa1dR1w
This remains, in my opinion, the greatest Belgian song this side of Jacques Brel.

I don't know why, but that kind of reminds me of this one from our side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDE9jhVcVg and i'm not quite sure if that's a good thing

This wrote:

tommykl wrote:

This wrote:This time no rejectful stuff: this is how Belgian rock sounded in the nineties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3erzXiPPm-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxYJa1dR1w
This remains, in my opinion, the greatest Belgian song this side of Jacques Brel.

I don't know why, but that kind of reminds me of this one from our side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDE9jhVcVg and i'm not quite sure if that's a good thing

That may be because they're both about the absurdly large number of Belgians spending their holidays in Spain

tommykl wrote:

This wrote:

tommykl wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxYJa1dR1w
This remains, in my opinion, the greatest Belgian song this side of Jacques Brel.

I don't know why, but that kind of reminds me of this one from our side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDE9jhVcVg and i'm not quite sure if that's a good thing

That may be because they're both about the absurdly large number of Belgians spending their holidays in Spain

We do have way too many songs about holidays in spain though (with the famous classic 'Eviva España being the most obvious one, and 'Valencia' even made it into a rejects podcast once)
But also because the Saragossa song (that's not even spelled right) has become a favourite of alternative and hipster students, somehow, i could imagine the song you posted has a similar cult status.

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tommykl wrote:

This wrote:I don't know why, but that kind of reminds me of this one from our side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDE9jhVcVg and i'm not quite sure if that's a good thing

That may be because they're both about the absurdly large number of Belgians spending their holidays in Spain

We do have way too many songs about holidays in spain though (with the famous classic 'Eviva España being the most obvious one, and 'Valencia' even made it into a rejects podcast once)
But also because the Saragossa song (that's not even spelled right) has become a favourite of alternative and hipster students, somehow, i could imagine the song you posted has a similar cult status.

Oh yes it does. It's Jean-Luc Fonck's best-known song as well.

Had the fortune of seeing Anna von Hausswolff (amongst several other interesting acts) over the Easter break. Would thoroughly recommend seeing her live to anyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbP--RsNj70

Digimon was better than Pokemon IMO

I find the theme tune so nostalgic.

good_Ralf wrote:Digimon was better than Pokemon IMO

I find the theme tune so nostalgic.

Too old to get into either of them. This was my childhood.

Parklife by Blur turns 20 years old today. This Is A Low blows everything on the album out of the water IMO, and that's saying something considering that 13 of the 16 tracks are bloody awesome in their own right (I don't really like "London Loves", and you can't really count "Lot 105" and "The Debt Collector" are amusing instrumentals. )

Here's to another 20 years of Britpop.

What's the hype with 20 year old albums these days? 1994 seems to have been a year of very very good quality for music, looking back on it now.
Altough i admit i'm slightly biased, because i'm much into nineties punkrock, and almost all these bands had their breaktrough album in 1994, and next week i'll be watching both Nofx and The Offspring play their 1994 albums completely live.
Yeah, i'm getting used to the 'you know kid, in my days, this music was actually cool' attidude of attending music shows.

This wrote:What's the hype with 20 year old albums these days? 1994 seems to have been a year of very very good quality for music, looking back on it now.
Altough i admit i'm slightly biased, because i'm much into nineties punkrock, and almost all these bands had their breaktrough album in 1994, and next week i'll be watching both Nofx and The Offspring play their 1994 albums completely live.
Yeah, i'm getting used to the 'you know kid, in my days, this music was actually cool' attidude of attending music shows.

Well, most of the people my age nowadays were a kid at that time, and it was a year where a lot of great stuff happened that's easy to remember. It takes us back to a more simpler time. (At least for my generation anyways.) I found this video not to long ago that's pretty much my childhood in a nutshell.

This wrote:What's the hype with 20 year old albums these days? 1994 seems to have been a year of very very good quality for music, looking back on it now.
Altough i admit i'm slightly biased, because i'm much into nineties punkrock, and almost all these bands had their breaktrough album in 1994, and next week i'll be watching both Nofx and The Offspring play their 1994 albums completely live.
Yeah, i'm getting used to the 'you know kid, in my days, this music was actually cool' attidude of attending music shows.

I'll be saying that in about 6 years time about albums from the year 2000.

This is from an album that's not quite 20 years old, but it's still a great song.

The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends

This song seems to take on an added poignancy considering the 20th anniversary events of today and tomorrow. Hadn't really thought of it until I listened to it this morning, before realising the date.

Summer's sorted - got tickets to see The Libertines (and several other bands) in Hyde Park this July.

No idea how Ticketmaster didn't crash in the last 25 minutes, but it's all academic.

We didn't progress in Eurovision. Almost everybody i know agrees that we shouldn't have send the one we did, but this one instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_t8cV_P64


Also: witnessing this show last saturday was legendary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eeQX8qfrNk knowing them, this won't stay online for a very long, so enjoy.

I'm not particularly keen on either the Belgian entry that did make it to Eurovision or the one you've posted a link to there if I'm honest!

Roberto Bellarossa did have my favourite song in the whole contest last year though - it deserved to do better.

Barbazza wrote:I'm not particularly keen on either the Belgian entry that did make it to Eurovision or the one you've posted a link to there if I'm honest!

Roberto Bellarossa did have my favourite song in the whole contest last year though - it deserved to do better.

The one i linked (and didn't get selected) went totally viral, and going viral is usually a good sign. It's not anything special, but it works in a gangnam-style kind of way.

It's been a while since I posted some synthwave. I think this should be appropriate for those who are patient.

DOSBoot wrote:It's been a while since I posted some synthwave. I think this should be appropriate for those who are patient.

*Spends next 72 hours solidly watching Miami Vice*

Typically bonkers spoken word teaser from Morrissey (ask your Dad).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WltvzfNMiF0

And thats Nancy Sinatra delivering the flowers (ask your Grandad).

Another 20th anniversary you say? The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)

Imagine being at a club or a rave in early 1994, and hearing this behemoth for the first time. Bloody hell.

East Londoner wrote:Another 20th anniversary you say? The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)

Imagine being at a club or a rave in early 1994, and hearing this behemoth for the first time. Bloody hell.

Never heard it live back then but Ive seen them do it live after then a couple of times. Monster tune, as is their whole live set, a must-see-live-before-you-die band.

With two weeks between the Grands Prix, F1 deprivation kicked in.
The first sign, of all, is listening to Nannini singing.

For me, Ready Steady Go by Paul Oakenfold is perfect Monaco music, the tune fits the thought of flashing through a tight city circuit with the walls flashing past with an immense pace. For those who don't know which song I'm talking about, it's used for the car chase scene in the middle of the brilliant film The Bourne Identity.

A nice cover to a song which I really like when I was growing up.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjTzKoupcI
The band is Blood Of The Martyrs and it's a cover of The Kill by 30 Seconds to Mars.

Time to dig out my anime collection, and my Super Nintendo. So I can play U.N. Squadron, and watch Area 88.

Pointrox wrote:Today I'm Australian.

And then he went into politics, and sold out by abandoning all his values

Some more 20th anniversaries today

Lush released their second album "Split today, which is arguably their best album. And I just got a reply from the guitarist Emma Anderson (who appears at 0:45 in this video) on Twitter for my troubles.

20 years since Shed Seven released their breakthrough single "Dolphin". Always an underrated band the Sheds were.

Oh, and it's also 20 years today since this little-known Manc band released their second single "Shakermaker". I wonder what ever became of them...

Stonker of a tune from Mark Knight

I went to a ZZ Top concert three days ago

Feeling Hella Fresh tonight.

In full world cup spirit, i will share with you The Belgian national team in 1994 doing their best efforts to sing

It's not just rejectful singing, the lyrics are hopeless too.

I wasn't there in person but I thought Metallica were mighty at Glastonbury...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRE5raqWkCY

Although I could've lived without Hetfield calling it 'Glasto' all the time. That was a bit too 'old-bezzer-trying-to-sound-cool' to me.

I didn't see Metallica, I was busy nearly having my leg blown off by a crow-scarer at the Sonic stage that night...

Kasabian were absolutely nuts at Glasto, they were fantastic. A few of my favourite sets that I saw:

Chvrches
Warpaint
The 1975
The Black Keys

If you've ever wanted to go to Glastonbury, set some money aside for a ticket for next year. You will love it.

White Lies - Farewell to the Fairground Old but gold, as naff facebook pages are fond of saying.