Microdisney buy cds by this artist everybodys fantastic uk rough trade 1983 we hate you south african bastards. An early incarnation of microdisney was known as constant reminders and microdisney respectively, one incarnation featuring future stump singer mick lynch on vocals. Simpson 5 hey hey sam 6 give me all of your clothes 7 armadillo man 8 bullwhip road 9. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Opinions are totally personal and song interpretations may be wholly inaccurate. The crooked mile, a section on the b194 road passing through fishers green north of waltham abbey, essex, in the south east of england. Find out when microdisney is next playing live near you.
When 1988s 39 minutes failed to elevate their commerical fortunes, microdisney called it quits. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. The clock comes down the stairs was microdisney s second and final album on geoff travis rough trade label, before they moved to virgin and released crooked mile and 39 minutes. After their 1988 breakup, ohagan and coughlan formed separate bands, the high llamas and the fatima. The bands two singles on kabuki led to an invitation to record a peel session in 1983. And hopefully, someone will see fit to release the complete peel sessions, an incomplete collection exists as well as demo or naked versions of the crooked mile material and a complete live set or sets so that microdisney can get their due and most of the world can see what they have been missing all these years. As coughlan put it in rack on the crooked mile lp, if you ever need a view at my barbed wire rainbow, go and listen to microdisney, you wont be disappointed.
Watch the video for town to town from microdisney s crooked mile for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. That said, the band sanctioned microdisney are shit tshirts. Listen free to microdisney crooked mile town to town, angels and more. Everybody is fantastic and crooked mile are great introduction points for the band. It may have been over thirty years since the clock came down the stairs, but it seems no less punctual for all that. Microdisney s career is well documented on the net so i will summarize here. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. They reached the irish top 40 with the 1987 single town to town, and were one of the few irish bands of the 1980s to achieve international success. Microdisney was an irish rock band formed in cork in 1980. So much gets published about how downloads have really caught fire. Microdisney crooked mile lyrics and tracklist genius. In the world microdisney 12 vinyl single record maxi uk rtt175 rough trade. The clock comes down the stairs was written and recorded at a point in the bands life when they had moved from the relative rural merits of cork to a london that was infested with yuppies. Originally released in 1985, the clock comes down the stairs was the first of three albumsthe other two are the ensuing releases crooked mile and 39.
Personally, i have been a huge fan of the high llamas for years, and hated myself for discovering microdisney only recently, in a 2nd hand vinyl shop in amsterdam. Ep uk rough trade 1984 microdisney in the world ep uk rough trade 1985 the clock comes down the stairs big time 1985 crooked mile virgin 1986 39 minutes uk virgin 1988 gale force wind ep uk virgin 1988. Acquire everything that sean ohagan and cathal coughlan, and especially the pair of them together, appear on. Side b armadillo man, bullwhip road, and he descended into hell, rack, big sleeping house, people just want to dream. Microdisney everybody is fantastic mp3 album download. A duo for their first few singles and album, they formed a five piece band for the rest of their career. Simpson 5 hey hey sam 6 give me all of your clothes 7 armadillo man 8 bullwhip road 9 and he descended into hell 10 rack 11 big sleeping house 12. During their career, microdisney recorded for kabuki, rough trade and virgin record labels. Get all the lyrics to songs by microdisney and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
One of those was crooked mile by microdisney, which i found in a bargain bin for the peseta equivalent of 80 pence. If youre reading about the band for the first time, stop hold it right there and go back to my entry on the clock comes down the stairs immediately, which contains an overview, as well as a download of. After signing to virgin records, they released two more albums crooked mile and. A far cry from the more mainstream but equally creative followup crooked mile and the material issued by the later confrontational post microdisney coughlan vehicle fatima mansions, the clock comes down the stairs has aged well like a robust irish singlemalt with plenty to savour from the barrel in.
Tv performances of loftholdingswood can attest to this. Crooked mile saw microdisney finally entering the big time with their first release on a major label. Released in 1987, right at the height of thatcherism,it saw the band fully embrace a commercial sheen, with tunes that could shoot a pigeons eye out at four hundred paces, strings and cathal singing his big heart out. Find microdisney discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Welcome to my microdisney fansite its not an official site and i dont claim to represent the views of the vast majority of law abiding fans of microdisney or the band themselves. It is notorious amongst nearby residents as being a highly dangerous road, with inversecambered corners and severe icing issues due to runoff water from fields in cold winter months. After signing to virgin they released two albums crooked mile and 39 minutes.
Sean and cathal were interviewed on 6 music and seemed pretty insistent. The lp is a very strong collection of songs with much more. Cathal coughlan of artrock heroes microdisney on their upcoming final. Crooked mile is their fourth album and their first on a major labelvirgin. After their 1988 breakup, ohagan and coughlan formed separate bands, the. It was founded and led by the songwriting team of cathal coughlan and sean ohagan. After the 1987 album crooked mile recorded with new bassist steve pregnant and keyboardist james compton, microdisney released the single singers hampstead home, a vicious attack on labelmate and admitted heroin addict boy george. Get all the lyrics to songs on crooked mile and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Microdisney was an irish musical duo, formed in 1980 by cathal coughlan keyboards, vocals and sean ohagan guitar. Someone give them another award cathal coughlan should be a star. Chase city concerts chase city concerts see all chase city concerts change location.
No other reason other than it just being a brilliant song. It was never an easy equation for microdisney to balancethe musical prettiness of sean ohagan and the lyrical savagery of cathal. It was founded and led by the songwriting team of cathal coughlan keyboards, vocals and sean ohagan guitar. Watch the video for town to town from microdisneys crooked mile for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. If you got into the band via crooked mile or 39 minutes and pick up we hate you south african bastards or everybody is fantastic, youre in for a surprise. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
Enemies, everybody is fantastic and the clock comes down the stairs. Microdisney everybody is fantastic left and to the back. Albums also included the early compilation we hate you south african bastards. Microdisney daunt square to elsewhere anthology 198288 castle music. Given the bands commercial trajectory, or lack of it, during their. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. And in truth, there are far worse albums you could download today. Early microdisney were driven by the punk ideal of playing fast and loud and you can hear that on the live album kaught at kampus which was.
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