I Gave You Things I Couldn't Even Pronounce
I've posted a few Bollywood disco type things up here... mainly by Usha Uthup. But i'm enjoying this most of all.
It's of course the original version of M.I.A.'s new single 'Jimmy', performed by Parvati Khan. It's from what looks to be a particularly demented Bollywood film.. 'Disco Dancer'. From this great review it looks like a classic piece of kitsch cinema, and i'm trying to order myself a DVD. There was one on ebay but I just missed it. Rats!
I'd love to get the soundtrack on vinyl, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Luckily this blog has the entire album to download, which is where I got these MP3s. The Parvati Khan track is utterly fantastic, but so is 'I Am a Disco Dancer'. After a slow start the madness increases as they break out the bongos. 'Auva Auva' meanwhile seems to be a cover of 'Video Killed the Radio Star' done in the usual Indian fashion... listen to the song once and then half remember various elements of it. The perfect way to do a cover version IMO.
PARVATI KHAN - JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY
VIJAY BENEDICT - I AM A DISCO DANCER
BAPPI LAHIRI & USHA UTHUP - AUVA AUVA
At last some tracks from the Italians Do it Better 'After Dark' compilation are available on vinyl. It's probably my most listened to album this year, so i've been eagerly waiting for these. They're cheapest through the Troubleman Unlimited website - all three for £10 rather than £7.99 each. But postage is pricey. 'Miss Hollywood' by Glass Candy in particular is spinning my brain in all sorts of directions at the moment. I might post one of the mixes up when they arrive. The full bundle also contains the CD & a great Jacques Renault mix CD I got a while back. This time i've also gone for the Professor Genius album... his tracks on 'After Dark' are great & it's limited to 300 copies...
So whilst waiting for the postman to bring me my disco bundle, i've been chugging along to A Mountain of One.
They seem cut from the same balearic cloth as Map of Africa, and their three vinyl singles seem equally as elusive. Fortunately a CD compilation is out next week. To be honest i'm only completely mad about one track at the moment, but I think I may need to give the album a little more time.
This is the one that's really doing it for me. A slow disco chugger featuring Martina Topley Bird on vocals. It'll turn your eyes to glitterballs and put an inch on your heels.
A MOUNTAIN OF ONE - CAN'T BE SERIOUS
I been getting down today to '12" 80's Grooves' a triple CD nostalgia filled cruise through the 80s, designed to bring back memories of Top of the Pops & white socks.
Of course you get people like Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Public Enemy, Pointer Sisters blah blah blah. But it's the one hit wonders who bring the most joy.... Steve Arrington, Gwen Guthrie, Dennis Edwards. Joyce Sims. The half-remembered heroes of Thursday evenings.
Truth be told there's a fair few tracks here for which the 7" radio edit would be too long, let along the full 12" mixes.... however i've been rocking to these in particular today.
LOOSE ENDS - HANGING ON A STRING
ORAN JUICE JONES - THE RAIN
It's of course the original version of M.I.A.'s new single 'Jimmy', performed by Parvati Khan. It's from what looks to be a particularly demented Bollywood film.. 'Disco Dancer'. From this great review it looks like a classic piece of kitsch cinema, and i'm trying to order myself a DVD. There was one on ebay but I just missed it. Rats!
I'd love to get the soundtrack on vinyl, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Luckily this blog has the entire album to download, which is where I got these MP3s. The Parvati Khan track is utterly fantastic, but so is 'I Am a Disco Dancer'. After a slow start the madness increases as they break out the bongos. 'Auva Auva' meanwhile seems to be a cover of 'Video Killed the Radio Star' done in the usual Indian fashion... listen to the song once and then half remember various elements of it. The perfect way to do a cover version IMO.
PARVATI KHAN - JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY
VIJAY BENEDICT - I AM A DISCO DANCER
BAPPI LAHIRI & USHA UTHUP - AUVA AUVA
At last some tracks from the Italians Do it Better 'After Dark' compilation are available on vinyl. It's probably my most listened to album this year, so i've been eagerly waiting for these. They're cheapest through the Troubleman Unlimited website - all three for £10 rather than £7.99 each. But postage is pricey. 'Miss Hollywood' by Glass Candy in particular is spinning my brain in all sorts of directions at the moment. I might post one of the mixes up when they arrive. The full bundle also contains the CD & a great Jacques Renault mix CD I got a while back. This time i've also gone for the Professor Genius album... his tracks on 'After Dark' are great & it's limited to 300 copies...
So whilst waiting for the postman to bring me my disco bundle, i've been chugging along to A Mountain of One.
They seem cut from the same balearic cloth as Map of Africa, and their three vinyl singles seem equally as elusive. Fortunately a CD compilation is out next week. To be honest i'm only completely mad about one track at the moment, but I think I may need to give the album a little more time.
This is the one that's really doing it for me. A slow disco chugger featuring Martina Topley Bird on vocals. It'll turn your eyes to glitterballs and put an inch on your heels.
A MOUNTAIN OF ONE - CAN'T BE SERIOUS
I been getting down today to '12" 80's Grooves' a triple CD nostalgia filled cruise through the 80s, designed to bring back memories of Top of the Pops & white socks.
Of course you get people like Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Public Enemy, Pointer Sisters blah blah blah. But it's the one hit wonders who bring the most joy.... Steve Arrington, Gwen Guthrie, Dennis Edwards. Joyce Sims. The half-remembered heroes of Thursday evenings.
Truth be told there's a fair few tracks here for which the 7" radio edit would be too long, let along the full 12" mixes.... however i've been rocking to these in particular today.
LOOSE ENDS - HANGING ON A STRING
ORAN JUICE JONES - THE RAIN
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