Has to be one of the most boring un dynamic sets I have ever seen headline! So much auto tune on the vocal that the vowels get mangled and you can’t hear a word. Yeah, I might be male, pale and stale but I know a f*ck up when I see one.
I have very fond memories of making Strangeways. The vibe was incredibly positive. No idea of what was about to happen next. Nice to see all 5 of us in the some shot. It’s the only one I think!
I’ve just read this tweet from
@matosman
and I am so saddened to hear this news! Andy was a superb musician and a lovely guy. I haven’t been able to read any other news about details yet but I send my deepest condolences and thoughts to his friends and family. RIP
#AndyRourke
Aw man. RIP Andy Rourke. A total one-off - a rare bassist whose sound you could recognise straight away. I remember so clearly playing that Barbarism break over and over, trying to learn the riff, and marvelling at this steely funk driving the track along. (pic - K Cummins)
Just want to say, I will be eternally grateful to
@Johnny_Marr
@officialmoz
@mikejoycedrums
@AndyRourkeMusic
for giving me a chance as a young engineer to work with them on their recordings. We made records that made a difference. You can't beat that! x
Happy birthday
@Johnny_Marr
Can’t believe it was all those many years ago that we last worked together! Welcome to your 60s mate, you’re still looking good and playing better than ever!
This was the first track I worked on with the band. I sometimes think back and wonder what my life would be if I hadn’t had the good fortune to have worked with them on this wonderful piece of music!
This album was so important. I really do think that it saved the band from imploding and gave them a new platform from which they could launch a new chapter of their history. I hope you enjoyed this
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
Night, night x
Happy birthday to my dear friend
@Damonalbarn
(seen here with my sons William & James reviewing the singles for
@NME
in the mid 90s) Have a great day mate! X
On this day in 1995,
@blurofficial
released their fourth studio album, The Great Escape.
Produced by
@StreetStephen
the album reached number 1 in the UK album charts and was loaded with the superb singles Country House, The Universal, Stereotypes & Charmless Man.
Going through my photo books (we had those before iPhones) and I found these shots of
@blurofficial
and myself in Tokyo airport after the gigs where we recorded the ‘live’ album in ‘97. Great memories!
Thursday February 10th
9pm (UK time)
On the 25th anniversary of the release of Blur’s eponymous album
@DaveRowntree
&
@alexjameshq
will be joining us for a
@LlSTENlNG_PARTY
Your name is on the guest list
What a vocal performance from Morrissey. I am of the opinion that Strangeways was the album where he really started to understand how to sing and knew where he could take his voice. I remember being in the control room with the rest of the band as he sang and we were speechless.
It’s MY favourite
@blurofficial
album. I knew we had the chance to make something special and we had faith in each other that we could achieve that. A very important album to me.
#ThereIsaLight
Up there in the top tracks that
#TheSmiths
ever recorded. I remember a wonderful afternoon with Johnny recording all the melodic string/flute overdubs with the Emulator keyboard. Everything we tried seemed to work effortlessly!
Wow, was it really 39 years ago?! Next time you listen to this, focus on
#AndyRourke
‘s bass line. Incredible musicianship from such a young talented man
Let's celebrate
#TheSmiths
who
#OTD
in 1984, released the single 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'. It reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart; the band's FIRST top ten single. The song is now listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
10th May 1993...
26 (yes, blimin’ 26!) years ago today, the musical landscape changed and a template was set down. Life for just about everyone at Star Shaped Towers would never be quite the same...
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish. A masterpiece.
What are your favourite tracks?
On This Day... 10th May 1993...
31 years ago today(!), the musical landscape changed and a template was set down. Life for just about everyone at Star Shaped would never be quite the same...
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish. A masterpiece.
What are your favourite tracks?
So, I hit the big 60 this weekend. Celebration cancelled, can’t even see my (grown up) kids! Feel pretty down about it all but there is light at the end of the tunnel. We WILL get through this and then I’m gonna have a huge 60 1/2 party!
#COVID2019
#Suedehead
the first Morrissey/Street composition to be released. It entered the charts on the day my son William was born and went straight into the top 5. It was all a bit overwhelming!
#NP6Music
@BBC6Music
On this day in 1987,
#TheSmiths
released their fourth and final album “Strangeways, Here We Come” featuring singles "Girlfriend in a Coma" "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" and "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before"
I have just heard the new regarding
#DoloresORiordan
I need a little time to process what has happened. Suffice to say, I am very sad to lose someone who meant so much to me and to many people across the world. RIP my songbird
“There were bad times on Maudlin Street. They took you away in a police car. Dear Inspector, don't you know? Don't you care? Don't you know about love?!”
33 years ago to the day , I returned home after my wife had given birth to our son William. I turned on the radio and discovered that
#Suedehead
by
@officialmoz
had entered the UK music charts, straight into the top 10! What a day! Happy birthday
@WillStweet
x
The backbone of the album.
#LastNightIDreamt
is a masterpiece. I am so proud of what we achieved here. Johnny and I poured over the intro section on different days adding new sounds when we found them on the Emulator keyboards. The intensity is so deep before the band start
In a restaurant this afternoon and Ghost Ship by
@blurofficial
came on the sound system. Hadn’t heard it in a while but dare I say it sounded pretty damn good!
#MagicWhip
was a pure joy to work on!
'Modern Life is Rubbish' 30th Anniversary Edition
Out 14th October, in celebration of National Album Day
Pre-order the 2LP transparent orange vinyl now
🚨Huge Britpop anniversary alert!🚨
30 years ago today Blur released their first Britpop album "Modern Life Is Rubbish". It would become the first in a run of 3 albums called the "Life Trilogy".
What's your favourite track from the album?
Steve Albini has died at the age of 61. Steve Albini was a HUGE figure in the music industry, a musician with the bands Big Black and Shellac, a recording engineer, and a record producer. Albini gained significant recognition for his distinctive production style, which often
Arnold Same, I cant stand Ken Livingstone so I suggested him as a potential voice over for this character. True to form , he was a complete twat on the day he came to the studio
#TimsListeningParty
When Damon and I finished recording the vocals in Iceland, I compiled the takes and when I listened to it fresh the next morning I had a tear in my eye as I knew we had made something so special.
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
I have made more recordings with
#GrahamCoxon
than any other artist! I love the man! What an incredible guitar player. Freakin’ Out is taken from Happiness In Magazines, the first record we had worked on after the ‘blur’ album and a long break from each other
#NP6Music
@BBC6Music
Trump: “Christians, get out and vote! Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine! You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians! I’m a Christian”
🚨Big Britpop anniversary alert!🚨
Happy 30th anniversary to “Girls and Boys” by Blur. It reached number 5 in the chart making it their highest placed single at the time.
Love the Durex style logo!
@blurofficial
On this day in 2015,
@blurofficial
released their eighth and still most recent studio album, The Magic Whip.
Returning to work with long time producer
@StreetStephen
it reached number 1 in the UK charts, making their 6th album in a row to reach the top!
I was the assistant engineer on this session. Recorded at The Fallout Shelter Island Records. Robert was lovely. We talked about how much we both loved Tin Drum by Japan
40 years ago today,
#TheCure
released the single "Let's Go to Bed"
“I don't care if you don't
And I don't feel if you don't
And I don't want it if you don't
And I won't say it
If you don't say it first”
I’m feeling pretty down today. Had a confrontation with non mask wearers on the tube last night. My fault, I let the drink do the talking and I was wrong. But I’m so full of anger at the moment and I realise that this government is making me feel this way.
#EnoughIsEnough
#YoureSoGreat
Graham’s little gem of a song with the man himself taking lead vocal duties. I remember him sitting on the floor of the studio singing into a microphone plugged into a guitar amp. The guitar solo is rather special too!
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
So lovely to hear the outpouring of love for
#Gene
@gene_band
on
@BBC6Music
this morning. Yes, they were brilliant and deserved to achieve so much more!
I adore Ghosts by Japan. Tin Drum is a brilliant album. I remember as a young recording engineer enthusing with Robert Smith from the Cure about it who was also a huge fan!
#ogwt
On This Day... 26th August 1991
Blur released their debut album Leisure.
The album peaked at number 7 in the charts and went gold. What are your favourite songs/memories of the album?
#OTD
#Blur
One advantage for my two sons
@WillStweet
and James when growing up was coming with me to the annual
#SoccerSix
tournament and mixing with the stars!
#GreatTimes
The harmony vocal was created by Morrissey’s vocal through a studio effect called a Harmonizer. Much hilarity would be gained by putting it on his vocal whilst he tried to talk to us in the control room, making him sound like a smurf. We had fun you know…!
#TQID
If he was a soul singer today he’d be auto tuned to f*ck! Where have we gone wrong? Absolutely stunning performance by one of my favourite singers of all time
#Beetlebum
I knew as soon as we started recording this track that we were on to something special. Graham’s off-beat intro with the delay playing an integral part of the rhythm was genius and the languid lazy groove supplied by Dave and Alex was spot on
#TimsTwitterListeningParty