Foot.ie Music Exchange 2009

**kingdom hoop** · 05/03/2009, 1:45 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Only know 5 of the tracks

I hardly know 5 of the artists not to mind 5 of the tracks! So it's a success already on that level Doptimist. Will hopefully get a listen later. Nice presentation too by the way, oh and the title is great too, nice and descriptive!

**The Optimist** · 05/03/2009, 1:59 PM

Hope you enjoy it lads!
Here is the tracklist for everyone else:

1.Band Of Horses - Weed Party
2.The Aloof - Personality
3.Into Paradise - Burns My Skin
4.Leftfield - Open Up
5.Frank Turner - Thatcher ****ed The Kids
6.Loudon Wainwright 111 - The Acid Song
7.The Boxer Rebellion - Flashing Red Light Means Go
8 .Sandie Shaw - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken
9.Spearhead - Hole In The Bucket
10.A House - Call Me Blue
11.Willy Mason - We Can Be Strong
12.Negativland - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
13.Iain Archer - When It Kicks In
14.Vega 4 - You And Me
15.The Sisters Of Mercy - Vision Thing
16.The Golden Horde - I Never Came Down
17.Mogwai - Glasgow Mega Snake

**Sunny Jim** · 05/03/2009, 9:34 PM

Some great tracks on this CD, especially Frank Turner. That track is damn close to genius imho. I'll definitely be checking out more of his stuff.

Also Negativland, no idea what they think they're doing but it's funny anyway, Band Of Horses were very good, Sandie Shaw's track was surprisingly good and was that Johnny Lydon singing with Leftfield or someone who sounds remarkably like him?

BTW, There are 17 tracks on the CD not 16. The one not listed sounds like The Golden Horde, maybe you could let us know who it is.

**monzo** · 05/03/2009, 10:22 PM

Another ruddy bloody good mix. Especially loved 'Personality', while 'Burns My Skin', 'Open Up' (even if it's not the sort of song I'd regularly listen to), 'Thatcher...' and 'Acid Song' capped off an immense first half of the album. I liked the advice within the concluding line of the Acid Song.

The final two songs (Glasgow Mega Snake and the mystery song) were pretty great too. Didn't get Negativland though.

Hadn't heard any of the tracks before (indeed Mogwai and Band of Horses were the only two bands I had heard of) but I must check out The Aloof. Mogwai too.

**The Optimist** · 06/03/2009, 6:59 AM

Originally Posted by Sunny Jim

BTW, There are 17 tracks on the CD not 16. The one not listed sounds like The Golden Horde, maybe you could let us know who it is.

Sunny Jim you are right, it is The Golden Horde a track called I Never Came Down.
That's what i get for compiling the cd in the early hours!

I agree with you about Frank Turner the man is a genius.The Sandie Shaw song is a cover of Lloyd Cole.

Did anybody like The Boxer Rebellion song? I only heard of them a couple of months ago.It's one of my favourite songs at the moment.

Tracklisting has been amended in earlier post.

**monzo** · 06/03/2009, 4:37 PM

Originally Posted by Sunny Jim

was that Johnny Lydon singing with Leftfield or someone who sounds remarkably like him?

It is! Just realised that I have 'Open Up (Vocal Edit)' on my itunes - it's a 4 minute shortened version of the one on the Optimist's mix.

**Sunny Jim** · 06/03/2009, 4:58 PM

Thanks for that Monzo. It's a strange combination, but it seems to work.

**The Optimist** · 06/03/2009, 4:59 PM

Originally Posted by monzo

It is! Just realised that I have 'Open Up (Vocal Edit)' on my itunes - it's a 4 minute shortened version of the one on the Optimist's mix.

The version that's on my mix is from Leftfields "Leftism" album.

**monzo** · 06/03/2009, 5:19 PM

I got the Vocal Edit version from a blog. Think it might have been pimped by the Vinyl Villain. Both versions are pretty great.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 07/03/2009, 9:59 AM

Just listening to it again Optimist. Really enjoyed it. That Band of Horses tune is class.

I remember Sandie Shaw released that version of Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken in about April May 1986. Seemed to be trying to up her cred with the indie kids at the time having previously had some chart luck with a cover of The Smiths What Difference Does It Make. It's a really nice version of a classic Commotions tune but if I recall correctly (I was only 13 at the time) it failed to chart for her.

Call Me Blue is an all time classic and if I recall correctly was recorded here in Limerick in Xeric Studios back in 1987-88.

Now two questions...

1. Do you have the entire eponymously titled Golden Horde album that I Never Came Down was on back in 90/91?

2. Can I have a copy?

**The Optimist** · 07/03/2009, 11:05 AM

Glad you enjoyed it lionel.
I agree with you about the Band Of Horses song it is class.They have two albums that are worth checking out.

I have the Golden Hordes one and only album and yes you can have a copy!
I'll PM you with the details.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 07/03/2009, 1:13 PM

Originally Posted by The Optimist

Glad you enjoyed it lionel.
I agree with you about the Band Of Horses song it is class.They have two albums that are worth checking out.

I have the Golden Hordes one and only album and yes you can have a copy!
I'll PM you with the details.

Excellent. I have it on tape and had transferred it over to mp3 but part of the tape was crunched and I lost the whole intro to 'Paula'. Sound was ropey at best on the rest of it. After Whipping Boys Heartworm it is, for my money, THE finest Irish rock'n'roll record ever.

Just to clarify or correct on an earlier point about Sandie Shaw ...it was Hand In Glove -not What Difference Does it Make she covered back in 1984. The Smiths actually played on it.

**jebus** · 08/03/2009, 3:27 PM

Really enjoying the mix Optimist, a lot of stuff on here I've never heard, and probably would never have heard if it weren't for this CD. The tracks I knew (Louden, A House, Vega 4, Mogwai and Leftfield) are all quality choices, and of the ones I didn't know the Frank Turner, Band of Horses, Negativland (love the Casey Casum talk

) and Wily Mason tracks are the standouts.

Not totally gone on the Boxer Rebellion, will give it another few listens and see what I think though, and I've always had a great dislike for the Sisters of Mercy from the days of my brother playing them none stop whilst I was trying to play my Commodore 64 so I'm not liking that track but other than that it's a top mix

**The Optimist** · 08/03/2009, 4:07 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

I've always had a great dislike for the Sisters of Mercy from the days of my brother playing them none stop whilst I was trying to play my Commodore 64 so I'm not liking that track but other than that it's a top mix

In fairness there's no inbetween with the Sisters Of Mercy you either love them or hate them!
Back in the day they were one of the best so called "goth bands" around.

**noby** · 09/03/2009, 8:29 AM

A nice mix all round there Opto. Some songs I really liked, like the opening couple. A few 'meh' ones for me, but that's the fun of a mix.

I don't think I mentioned jebus' one, which I also liked.

**stann** · 09/03/2009, 8:40 AM

Enjoyed it very much, Optimist, some great stuff on there.

I very much did like the Boxer Rebellion track, will be checking them out.
Other stand-outs for me: Band of Horses - excellent opener; Leftfield, of course; Sandie Shaw - great to hear that one again; A House*, of course times two (shame on you Monzo, never heard of A House??? Good Lord!!!

); Willy Mason (won this in a radio phone-in a year or so ago

) and Iain Archer who I'd not heard of before but sounds excellent.
Love the Vega 4 track too, one of those you know but don't know you know. You know?
Brave move putting Negativland in too, kudos for that. Hugely influential band on the cut-up and mash-up scenes.

* btw, all this talk of Golden Horde and Whipping Boy, while admirable in intent, is fundamentally incorrect. On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round by A House is the best ever Irish album. By a street!

**monzo** · 09/03/2009, 5:46 PM

Originally Posted by stann

A House*, of course times two (shame on you Monzo, never heard of A House??? Good Lord!!!

)

Speaking as a child of the nineties, I defend my ignorance

(A quick last.fm search informs me that they're 'Acerbic, witty and sometimes intense Irish Indie greats'.) Actually forgot to mention Call Me Blue in my earlier post, but it's a fantastic track. Definitely need to check them out further -any recommendations on what album I should start off with?

**The Optimist** · 09/03/2009, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by monzo

Speaking as a child of the nineties, I defend my ignorance

(A quick last.fm search informs me that they're 'Acerbic, witty and sometimes intense Irish Indie greats'.) Actually forgot to mention Call Me Blue in my earlier post, but it's a fantastic track. Definitely need to check them out further -any recommendations on what album I should start off with?

IMO "I Am The Greatest" would be there best album but you will find everything you need on the best of album"The Way We Were".

**Sunny Jim** · 09/03/2009, 7:28 PM

"I Am The Greatest" is their best album in my opinion. You'll surely remember "Endless Art" when you hear it. It was one of the most original and distinctive Irish hits of the time.

Bah! Beaten to it! The joys of dial up!