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BBC Radio Scotland are making a programme about 'Heaven or Las Vegas', want to hear about your favourite tracks on the album. Contact Carol on Carol.Purcell@bbc.co.uk if you'd like to take part and tell us why certain tracks are faves for you.
Fritter
Oct-18-06, 12:55 PM
So who's put their head above the parapet then?
To me, HOLV sounded drier, more muscular than the Blue Bell Knoll, but saying why I like it would be like trying to put a fence around a cloud.
Ketamine
Oct-18-06, 12:59 PM
How interesting! HOLV is my fave CT album and Fifty Fifty Clown is my fave track of all time.:-)
Fritter
Oct-18-06, 1:02 PM
Fifty Fifty Clown is my fave track of all time.:-)
Can I go on the programme just so I can say you're wrong? ;)
Ketamine
Oct-18-06, 1:04 PM
No, certainly not.
Ketamine
Oct-18-06, 1:05 PM
Fritter, where in South London are you?
Fritter
Oct-18-06, 1:06 PM
OK, but it would make compelling listening I reckon. I'm in the Road, River & Rail corner!
Ketamine
Oct-18-06, 1:07 PM
Road River and Rail is a close second to Pitch The Baby
Ketamine
Oct-18-06, 1:08 PM
It's the Abba-esque vocal arrangements that do it for me, unreal.
Ketamine
Oct-18-06, 1:14 PM
HOLV is the most beautiful album ever written.
Fritter
Oct-18-06, 4:15 PM
Fritter, where in South London are you?
It's OK, it's not that big a deal :)
by the sea
Oct-18-06, 5:41 PM
Fotzepolitic rocks my infantile world.
Road River and Rail is a close second to Pitch The Baby
Pitch the Baby rulez
I think my favourite HOLV track is I Wear Your Ring.
kyuball
Oct-18-06, 7:29 PM
I'm probably alone in the cherry coloured funk corner, despite its strong showing in the fave song poll.....
ArnoldZiffel
Oct-19-06, 1:15 AM
I think my favourite HOLV track is I Wear Your Ring.
You are wise beyond your years, young lady.
mike_mhg
Oct-19-06, 3:45 AM
Pitch the Baby rulez
Yep, it does.
Baddy2shoos
Oct-19-06, 3:51 AM
Cherry Coloured Funk (sorry Leesa) I can't explain it, it's just beautiful. It's also the best song title EVER.
Baddy2shoos
Oct-19-06, 3:52 AM
The programme will have an interview with Robin in it, and music
journalists and commentators, about 30 minutes long, and a couple of
short contributions from fans talking about favourite tracks. Recording
the interviews for it in the next few weeks and it will be broadcast on
BBC Radio Scotland sometime between February and March 2007. Presenter
is David Scott.
Road River and Rail is a masterpiece of writing IMO. Probably the best song of the second half of the CT career. I also have huge amount of time for Fifty Fifty Clown. I think these two best show off the intelligence behind the band as well as the 'wow' factor.
Baddy2shoos
Oct-19-06, 4:59 AM
I hate the HOLV version of FFC.
by the sea
Oct-19-06, 5:02 AM
It's cuz she fell into love with BBC sessions first.
Baddy2shoos
Oct-19-06, 5:09 AM
Ya got me
for me it has to be "Pitch the Baby"
- the bass riff that grabs my inside and twists hard till I groan in ecstacy
- the vocals that make me think of fluffy clouds floating over West Yorkshire Fells
- and that "hang" at the end with a "flanged" guitar chop chord just makes me smile and curl up in a ball!
plus it reminds me of an especially happy time in my life .... which was nice!
Baddy2shoos
Oct-19-06, 8:14 AM
Pitch the Baby 1996 Paris fucking kicks ass
ossian
Oct-19-06, 11:07 AM
I think my favourite HOLV track is I Wear Your Ring.
same here. the interlocking of her vocals on IWYR makes me sweat.
david porte
Oct-19-06, 2:12 PM
I've just tossed my hat in the ring....Fifty Fifty Clown for me, it got me through a tough time.
100%Clown
Oct-21-06, 7:36 PM
I can't pick a fight with hardly anyone in this thread. Reason being? these are my absolute fave 4 tracks from HOLV, all of about equal adoration for me:
Fifty Fifty Clown
Road River and Rail
Pitch the Baby
I Wear Your Ring
2nd tier (like quite a bit, but not as much as the above. in relative admiration order this time):
Iceblink Luck
HOLV
Frou-Frou Foxes..
Fotzepolitic (growing on me)
Cherry-coloured Funk
3rd tier:
Wolf in the Breast (meh)
Fotzepolitics does it for me so many times.
bearclaw
Oct-22-06, 7:45 AM
have to say road river and rail is just so stunningly wonderous
buts HOLV is such a brilliant work in its completeness its doesn't let up from begining to end sumbline
Don't forget to actually send your thoughts to Carol.Purcell@bbc.co.uk rather than just posting them here :)
fornasetti
Oct-22-06, 8:22 AM
have to say road river and rail is just so stunningly wonderous
Abso-cocteau-lutely.
smutley
Oct-28-06, 10:03 PM
well, i think i'm going to go completely solo and go for the title track itself... there's just something about that chorus...
Fritter
Oct-29-06, 12:31 PM
well, i think i'm going to go completely solo and go for the title track itself... there's just something about that chorus...
Yep - Liz sounds like she could collapse buildings with her lungs.
Liz collapsing buildings with her lungs... lol. Well put.
Road River And Rail for me, but then again Cherry Coloured Funk was a song I found SO catchy when this album came out. I remember being driven to school with that in my head, and I just wanted to run out of the car and get to my stereo to hear it!!
I love it when I find songs like that.. It doesn't last of course, but whilst you have it fresh it's so good.
Campbell
Nov-15-06, 3:47 PM
Cherry Coloured Funk (sorry Leesa) I can't explain it, it's just beautiful. It's also the best song title EVER.
this is simply the most beautiful song
A quick bump to remind people about this. Carol is still accepting submissions and will be speaking to people in early January.
mmmender
Dec-7-06, 5:03 AM
I got in touch with her and we've arranged a phone interview. Apparently she thinks I've got something to say on the subject.
tee-hee
by the sea
Dec-7-06, 5:13 AM
I already put my two cents in.
mmmender
Dec-7-06, 5:22 AM
It wouldn't surprise me if most of her input on this project came from people on this forum.
may be the case - I got an email from Carol saying she'd be in touch in the New Year!
How easy/difficult would it be to arrange an audio download of the finished program to be placed on this site/servers?
fornasetti
Dec-7-06, 6:43 AM
may be the case - I got an email from Carol saying she'd be in touch in the New Year!
I don't recall getting a response. :crying:
mmmender
Dec-7-06, 6:43 AM
How easy/difficult would it be to arrange an audio download of the finished program to be placed on this site/servers?If it's made available online it would probably be fairly easy. Otherwise if it's only going to be transmitted on the radio we'd need someone in the UK to copy it then we can work out getting it to my server after that.
Ketamine
Dec-12-06, 11:05 AM
She has been in touch with me also, Radio Scotland studios are 5 minutes walk from my house..I'll try and organise something re/the radio broadcast, onto cd if possible. :-)
I think Radio Scotland make all of their broadcasts available online so there should be no problem for anyone outside RS's broadcast area hearing it..
Ketamine
Dec-13-06, 3:40 AM
I think Radio Scotland make all of their broadcasts available online so there should be no problem for anyone outside RS's broadcast area hearing it..
That makes it so much easier then.
She has been in touch with me also, Radio Scotland studios are 5 minutes walk from my house..I'll try and organise something re/the radio broadcast, onto cd if possible. :-)
that would be nice! :D thanks!
fornasetti
Jan-7-07, 1:18 PM
I don't recall getting a response. :crying:
Ok, I'm on Carol's list. I hope she doesn't want us to sing our favourite HOLV song on radio !
I'd tune in for that, finger poised on the pause button...
Ketamine
Jan-7-07, 4:04 PM
LOL. Ive just recorded my little contribution this evening with Carol. Thankfully (for everyone) i didnt have to sing anything.
Ketamine
Jan-9-07, 11:59 AM
But i shamelessly plugged this forum Leesa.
hopefully someone will link to the web-cast on Radio Scotland when it appears?? <insert hopeful icon here>
david porte
Jan-10-07, 4:20 PM
I recorded a piece last night, should be getting a copy of program sent out on CD.
It's the Abba-esque vocal arrangements that do it for me, unreal.
Yay Ket! You get the CT-ABBA "thing" as well!
:banana: :cheers:
mmmender
Jan-11-07, 12:50 AM
But i shamelessly plugged this forum Leesa.
Sweet, thanks!
Ketamine
Jan-11-07, 7:12 AM
Carol mentioned she had been trying to contact you Leesa but was having problems co-ordinating things, I hope she got hold of you. She very kindly offered to send out transcription CD's of the whole thing to those who took part so im sure anyone who misses the broadcast will get a copy of it somehow.
I must say, chatting down the phone blethering away about favourite tracks without prompts is quite hard!!! And Jeek, yeah, the beginning of Abba's track 'The Visitors' (before the beat comes in) could be Liz singing!!
Baddy2shoos
Jan-11-07, 7:32 AM
I chickened out of this.
Ketamine
Jan-11-07, 7:36 AM
Why?
Baddy2shoos
Jan-11-07, 7:43 AM
I'm no good over the phone.
Ketamine
Jan-11-07, 7:47 AM
Believe me, neither am i..especially when you know it's being recorded. Hey Ho..it's done now and im sure the whole thing will be fine when it's completed. Im very interested to hear what everyone has to say, I hope they keep in my Abba comments.
I decided I couldn't explain adequately what it means to me. It just does.
Hellinatroy
Jan-29-07, 9:49 AM
Song of the Siren,hmmm just beautiful......
I contributed to the show on Monday.
Carol chatted with me on the phone about how I got into the band, what songs I liked and so on - this was not recorded, but helped break the ice. She asked me if I could have a think and she'd call me back later in the afternoon to record my thoughts. I had about 10 minutes to think about it as I was at work, so I wasn't best prepared. Thank god for my iPod though.
Carol told me that unfortunately (but not surprisingly) Liz hasn't contributed to the show, but she got some great stuff from Robin. She also said that she was new to the band when she started working on the radio show, but has become a firm fan since starting to research the band's career.
I couldn't speak about Road River and Rail (my favourite track) as she already had too much on that song (cheers guys!). She was looking for thoughts on Iceblink Luck and I Wear Your Ring, which I gave.
I found it all a bit strange - you do forget it's being recorded but I'm not really looking forward to hearing the final show, I'll just *die* of embarrassment (unless I wind up on the cutting room floor of course!).
The series begins on Radio Scotland on 22 February - don't take this as gospel but I think the Heaven or Las Vegas episode will be on 8 March. I'm sure we'll hear nearer the time though.
Finally, I asked Carol if there was any chance of a national BBC radio or TV station doing a show on the band, something I actually can't believe has never been done before now. She didn't realise it was 25 years since their debut album was released. She did say she would pitch the idea to Radio 2, which I think is great, however the lead-in times for such shows can be up to a year. Fingers crossed something comes of it.
The series begins on Radio Scotland on 22 February - don't take this as gospel but I think the Heaven or Las Vegas episode will be on 8 March. I'm sure we'll hear nearer the time though.
Any idea which show or time of day please ? Cant find it in any listings :D
Ta.
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