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omdaily10 · 6 years ago

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HEART SKIPS A BEAT

Guest Artist: Rizzle Kicks

Writers: Alex Smith, Samuel Preston, Jim Eliot, Jordan Stephens, Harley Alexander Sule

Producers: Alex Smith, Matt Furmidge

Album: In Case You Didn't Know

Release Date: 21/08/2011

B-Side: 'On My Cloud' (Writers: Olly Murs, Mark Taylor, Samuel Preston / Producer: Mark Taylor)

Chart Positions: #1 (UK), #1 (Germany), #1 (Luxembourg), #1 (Switzerland), #1 (Poland), #2 (Scotland), #6 (Ireland), #6 (Austria), #9 (Belgium), #12 (Hungary), #60 (Sweden), #67 (Romania), #76 (Netherlands), #85 (Australia), #91 (Canada)*, #96 (US)*

Sales: 700k+ (UK, Platinum), 450k (Germany, 3x Platinum), 15k (Austria, Platinum), 30k (Switzerland, Platinum)

Nominations: 'Best British Single', BRIT Awards 2012

It doesn't matter what genre you operate in, the age-old music industry cliché of the "difficult second album" can either make or break an artist if they're to confirm themselves as a long-term prospect. And whilst it wasn’t difficult for him, as the summer of 2011 dawned, Olly was no different when it came to his follow-up effort. He had already started writing and recording for it in March that same year.

The demo of 'Heart Skips A Beat' had actually been around for the best part of a year and had started life when it was initially put forward for consideration to be included on his self-titled debut album. Nick Raphael and Jo Charrington at Epic however, whilst impressed with it, decided to hold it back for inclusion on his second album. The track was written by the then up & coming songwriter and producer Alex Smith (who had cut his teeth on a clutch of top 20 hits for motormouthed Brit rapper Example) in collaboration with former lead singer and guitarist with The Ordinary Boys, Samuel Preston, and Jim Eliot, formerly one half of electropop duo Kish Mauve, who had been behind "2 Hearts" and "All The Lovers", both massive hits for Aussie pop royalty Kylie Minogue.

It marked the first time that Olly hadn't had a hand in writing a single, but speaking to Music Week on its release, he understood what a special song it was from the get-go: "It was a curve ball and nothing like anything else on the album, but I loved the production and the writers wrote it for me." Sonically, it retained some of the sprightly, catchy feel of 'Thinking of Me', whilst also introducing an early 90s dance/big beat styling, in the vein of The 45 King, Beats International or Dee-Lite (the latter of which’s single "Groove Is In The Heart" Olly performed as a mashup with this single at the following year's BRIT Awards when it earned him his second nomination for the 'Best British Single' trophy).

But there were two more vital rolls of the dice to be made before the single bought him to another level of success altogether. The first was the appearance of Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander Sule, aka Brighton based teenage hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, who had been making waves that summer after signing to Universal Island the year before and were riding high in the UK top 10 with their debut single 'Down With The Trumpets'. Sensing that they were to become a big name, even on a rival label, they were approached by Epic to contribute a guest rap to 'Heart Skips A Beat'. They immediately obliged, and their perfectly cheeky, playful rap was incorporated on just two weeks before the final version was cut and delivered to radio.

They also turned up to join Olly at the single's video shoot. Filmed at the skate park in Mile End, East London in July 2011, with a cast of two dozen extras hoofing it around a giant Olly sized record player, it was the perfect backdrop for the single, as Olly, resplendent in a straw trilby, blue and white striped tee and red chinos, delivered one of the most iconic videos and looks of his career. 'Heart Skips A Beat' took many people in the UK by surprise, including many of the detractors who'd disputed he'd even get past his first single a year previously and were now grudgingly eating their words. As its release drew closer, it had built up a good head of steam with strong airplay on radio and TV. And then, on the weekend of its 21st August release, there was also the first showcase for Olly's other seemingly endless pool of talents in entertainment.

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Towards the end of his first theatre tour, a call came in from the producers at The X Factor. Some major personnel shifts had occurred on the show, which was then still at its peak - chiefly, the departures of Simon Cowell and Cheryl (albeit briefly) to the then just launched US version of the format, and Dannii Minogue to concentrate on being a full-time mum.

Only Dermot O’Leary (hosting the main show) and Louis Walsh (on the judging panel) remained for the new look show, this time headed by the Captain of Take That, Gary Barlow, and also consisting of former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland and Tulisa, the lead female vocalist with British hip hop group N-Dubz. Former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, the host of the show's lovingly irreverent ITV2 spin off, The Xtra Factor, had also left after just one year.

The producers, knowing how popular he was and that he'd bring the cheeky likeability needed to the show, had Olly in mind to take over from her. An understandably nervous Olly, who by his own admission couldn't dream of hosting anything on his own, let alone a show as big as the very one he got his start from, fortunately had an anchor to play off. Enter one-time CBBC and MTV host Caroline Flack, who had been on the ITV2 spin off for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here for two years and was already a hit with the same channel's audience.

They immediately proved a winning combination, and it was indeed our very own fansite which christened them with the name which their loyal army of internet shippers - but chiefly the ones on here - have used for them ever since (Carolly). All of these factors combined to ensure that Olly was, not for the first time in his career, going to confound his critics by launching his second album with a bang, and just a week shy of a whole year since ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’ managed it, ‘Heart Skips A Beat’ rocketed straight in at the top to give him his second UK number one.

It was still on the chart some thirteen weeks later, when the single we’ll meet next week was about to make its debut. And it was also with this single that Olly broke a territory which, after the UK, is to this day one of the most ardent supporters of him and his music, as it hit the top in Germany the following spring, as well as hitting number one in three other European countries. A modern pop classic to be proud of.

OTHER THOUGHTS

Another taster of this single’s parent album was given as a B-side, in the form of an early version of the perky, piano led dream pop meets Britpop number ‘On My Cloud’. Olly co-wrote this with Samuel Preston, whilst additional writing and production came from Mark Taylor at Metrophonic, who had amongst other things produced Cher’s mega-selling number one hit ‘Believe’ in 1998. When performed on tour the following year, Olly did it as a mashup with ‘I Need A Dollar’, which had been a huge worldwide hit for Aloe Blacc twelve months previously.

* = the asterisk against the US and Canada chart positions indicates that the single charted there, but under a different version for these territories. More information on this will be covered in our future entry on 'Troublemaker'.

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freenewstoday · 4 years ago

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Wasps back to form with win at Worcester

Wasps number eight Tom Willis set his side on their way to victory at Worcester with the first try of the afternoon – and his third of the season

Worcester (3) 13 Try: David Con: Shillcock Pens: Shillcock 2 Wasps (14) 17 Tries: Gaskell, T Willis Cons: Gopperth 2 Pen: Atkinson

Wasps recovered from back-to-back Premiership losses as they sentenced Worcester to a ninth straight defeat.

After Worcester went ahead with Jamie Shillcock’s early penalty, Wasps turned it round to lead 14-3 at the break when veteran Jimmy Gopperth converted tries from James Gaskell and Tom Willis.

Charlie Atkinson’s penalty stretched the visitors’ lead to 17-3.

Warriors secured a losing bonus point with Nick David’s try converted by Shillcock, who added another penalty.

But it could not prevent a 13th straight league win for Wasps over Worcester.

They have not lost to Warriors since moving to the Midlands from Buckinghamshire in 2014.

Weakened Worcester, who were without 14 players, have not won since the opening day of the season – and are kept off the bottom of the Premiership only by the four points they were awarded for the Covid-19 cancellation on New Year’s Day against Harlequins.

But, despite missing injured players of the calibre of Glasgow-bound Duncan Weir, Billy Searle, Francois Hougaard and Melani Nanai, and discarded England centre Ollie Lawrence, who had to remain in his Six Nations bubble, this was still a creditable display.

Warriors veteran full-back Chris Pennell is the only survivor of his side’s last Premiership win Wasps at Sixways in March 2013

In horribly cold, rain-lashed conditions, in a game that might not have gone ahead but for Warriors’ artificial pitch, after looking beaten at half-time, Alan Solomons’ side rallied well to have the better of the second half.

The pressure of going down has now been removed by Friday’s announcement by the RFU that relegation has been scrapped for this season. But Warriors can now go into their next few fixtures in a more uplifted mood.

Next Saturday’s home game with Newcastle may now be in doubt after the late Covid-caused cancellation of the Falcons’ scheduled trip to Northampton on Saturday. And, beyond that, the following weekend brings the bottom-of-the-table battle at Kingsholm against current backmarkers Gloucester.

They also have the selection issue of when to slot in recently signed England winger Chris Ashton, who is still waiting to make his debut three weeks after signing, having been overlooked now for three games.

Wasps move back up to sixth, 10 points behind leaders Bristol, after their first win since losing Wales lock Will Rowlands and England trio Paolo Odogwu, Dan Robson and Jack Willis to Six Nations duty, on top of the loss of injured skipper Joe Launchbury.

It was a mixed weekend for the Willis family. While Wasps number eight Tom grabbed his third try of the season, that came 24 hours after luckless elder brother Jack earned himself a spell on the sidelines after being stretchered off with a knee injury in England’s win over Italy, just minutes after coming on to score his first Six Nations try.

Reaction – ‘Wasps were clinical’

Worcester head coach Jonathan Thomas told BBC Hereford & Worcester:

“I’m really proud of the effort in the second half into that wind but the reality is that we should have won.

“Wasps were clinical with their opportunities, with a couple of first-half opportunist tries. We weren’t.

“We did everything to win that game and of course it’s frustrating to lose, but losing can become a habit.

“We just have to break the habit of losing. It’s about believing. I believe in the players. But they’ve just got to believe in themselves.”

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett told BBC CWR:

“We were outstanding in the first half and won most of the battles. In the second half we then got a bit sloppy.

“From looking in total control, suddenly we weren’t. But we’ve had some very tight games here. You always know it’s going to be tough here.

“On Jack Willis, the early indications are that it’s a serious injury. At least it looks like he hasn’t done his ACL, which would be the more serious, but it looks like he’ll be out for several months.

“It’s gut wrenching for everyone at the club because we know how hard he’s worked to get back into England contention.”

Worcester Warriors: Pennell; Humphreys, Venter, Beck, David; Shillcock, Simpson; Waller, Miller, Schonert, G Kitchener, Clegg, Hill (capt), Kvesic, du Preez.

Replacements: Cutting, Thomas, Palframan, A Kitchener, van Velze, Heaney, Smith, O Morris.

Wasps: Minozzi; Kibirige, Fekitoa, Gopperth, Bassett; Atkinson, Wolstenholme; West, Taylor, Brookes, Douglas, Gaskell, Shields (capt), B Morris, T Willis.

Replacements: Cruse, Harris, Toomaga-Allen, Vukasinovic, Vailanu, Vellacott, Umaga, Le Bourgeois.

Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU).

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olympic2020tickets · 5 years ago

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Olympic rugby: Great Britain women’s rugby sevens team announced for Tokyo Olympic

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They are joined by comrades Holly Aitchison, Abi Burton, Deborah Fleming, Sydney Gregson, Meg Jones, Ellie Kildunne, Alex Matthews, Jodie Ounsley, Celia Quansah, Helena Rowland, Emma Uren, and Beth Wilcock.

The line-up likewise remembers six Scots for Megan Gaffney, Rhona Lloyd, Helen Nelson, Chloe Rollie, Hannah Smith and Lisa Thomson, who are a piece of their nation’s 15-a-side group for the continuous Six Nations. Three Welsh ladies – Keira Bevan, Hannah Jones, and Jasmine Joyce – complete the line-up. Joyce was the main non-English player in the last group for Rio 2016. The declaration of the crew comes preceding its first preparing camp in Edinburgh this week.

The second and third camps are because of happening in April, in Wales and England, individually. It’s energizing to name this underlying preparing crew, Forrest, who additionally mentors Scotland ladies’ sevens, said. It has a great deal of potential with some world-class competitors chose. The 24-in number crew will be limited to a last 13 only preceding Olympic 2020, which is because of start on July 24.

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I know the Scotland Sevens group quite well and I have had some great discussions with Ollie Phillips too, since his arrangement as Wales ladies’ sevens mentor. Choice has been serious, and I accept that we have a solid center gathering here. We will go into the main preparing end of the week with attention on making the way of life, building up a group character and building connections.

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notoabuseanddv-blog · 5 years ago

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Another life ruined

I want to tell you another story. I want to tell you the story of Jonno and Richard. You already know what happened with John and Ivan. Jonno lyed to Ivan that he was single to sleep with him. He has done the same to Richard while he was with Ivan. Jonno told Rishard he split up with Ivan and they were just friends. John told that lie in march this years. But Jonno was still with Ivan and all he wanted was sex. So he made Rishard believe he wanted to date and be in a relationship with him. From day one John turned the chat about sex telling Richard he wanted to "suck him off" and "fuck him hard in the ass". The story with Jonno and Richard is very similar to what happened with Ivan. John contonues with his way of hiding the the truth just so he can get laid. Risch is now struggling with his feelings as he finds out he was fucked for nothing. A few days after Rich finds the truth Jonno stops talking to him. He splits with both Ivan and Rich and contonies. He moves to Dan. Dan seems sweet and trusting. He buys his story too. It is early July and Jonno is already sleeping with Dan and telling him how he was cheated on in his last relationship. John tells Dan he was left heart broken, harassed, attacked. He knows this is not true but he also knows he has done it before and it worked. Jonno knows it is ok to make up stories to have sex with people and get money from them. We need to stop Jonno as this is enough. Noone can be lied to and taken advantage of. John is going to keep do this until he can and until he gets away with it.

1 Ella Larkin 2 Ryan Blake 3 Laura Walsh 4 Lyndsey Cox 5 Sophie Davies 6 Billy Crosbee 7 Amy Wells 8 Clarissa Sh 9 Adam Butcher 10 Steve Gemmell 11 Ben Edwin 12 Jeevan Jeyaratnam 13 Wayne Cook 14 Laura Kheirkhah 15 Jai Patel 16 Nicola Street 17 Vicky Panteli Christodoulou 18 Sionice-Louise Phillips 19 Adam Rowland 20 Mary Kathleen Marshall 21 Christie Harkins 22 Spencer Steven 23 Chris de Lobel 24 Clare Murphy Forrest 25 Maiko Uesaki 26 Colin Brockbanks 27 Gemma Anne 28 Scarlett Rowe 29 Stijn van Rooij 30 Emma Grant 31 Mussy Denizer 32 Aimee Peach 33 Jessica Woolley 34 Martin Owen-brown 35 Laura Dunbar 36 Sarah Elizabeth Houghton 37 Adam Lowe 38 Holly LS 39 Josh Owen-Brown 40 Sharon Bickley 41 Gabrielle Ami 42 Gary Kinley 43 Chelsea Harris 44 Tom Hewitt 45 Jude Bellingham 46 Ruth Reading 47 Rich Sidwell 48 Mandy Hatton 49 Jennifer Jones 50 Charlotte Ballard 51 Alex Holland 52 Rachel Stevenson 53 Kenny Wrennie 54 Hannah Brecknell 55 Adam Jordan 56 Ricci Lawless 57 Lydia Lyth 58 Charlotte Williams 59 Ryan Robert James Jacquel 60 Joseph Atkinson 61 Jenny Balac 62 Craig Anderson 63 Sue Towner 64 Sarah Aitken 65 Alex Woodbridge 66 Sophie Katija Horvat Fowler 67 Kiri Harvey 68 Sam Murray 69 William Josephs 70 Charlotte Webb 71 Jack Chocholowicz 72 Gail Tracy Fortnum Albutt 73 Kelly Spiers 74 Nicola Lailey 75 Rachael Louise 76 Haley Walls 77 Harvey Thandi 78 Adrian Korzeniowski 79 Steven Grantham 80 Sue Wedgbury 81 Jordan Alexander 82 Pam Waters 83 Marie Glass 84 Donna-Marie Swanick 85 Steve Blake 86 Heidi Miles 87 Paula Knight 88 Lisa Jordan 89 Paul Shuck 90 Sonja Graham 91 Victoria Wilson-Lees 92 Heather Turner 93 Charli Hart 94 Jimmy Josephs 95 Ellie Angel-Clare 96 Leanne Golden 97 Olivia Woolley 98 Rosie Gooding 99 Michelle Leake 100 Chris Lamb 101 Lee White 102 Janet Clarke 103 Michelle Kinrade Was Rogers 104 Joanne Vanes 105 Amanda Mayall 106 Marie Fahy Pinfield 107 Zo Wey 108 Leon Payne 109 Allison Shaw 110 James Butler 111 Luke Brown 112 Nikki Smith 113 Adam Jordan 114 Rebecca Slater 115 Julia Reeve-Parker 116 Karen Allen 117 Rache Ellis 118 Linda Evans 119 Katie Lees 120 Karen Blake 121 Natalie Streeter 122 Paul Hindmarch 123 Aaron Thaitan Turner 124 Paul Woolls 125 Richard Long 126 Stacey Lamb 127 Gemma Walker 128 Lisa Webb 129 Aaron Shuttleworth 130 Alice Whitfield 131 Elizabeth Josephs 132 Kinga Kapitar 133 Sam Birkin 134 Pauline Nicholls 135 Polly Upton 136 Marianna Lacinova 137 Laura Phillips 138 Kerry Fereday 139 Andy Wardle 140 Tracy Coward 141 Emily Mcgowan 142 Denise Hall 143 Elaine Davis 144 Luke Spencer 145 Nick Fox 146 Chris Haynes 147 Dan Jeanes 148 Dan Palmer 149 Tyler Allen 150 Benji Btc 151 Nicholas Fuller 152 Stephanie Allen 153 Bex Thorne 154 Ben Adam 155 Ronald Cheape 156 Alex Woodbridge Tennis 157 Manuel Antonio Mata 158 Richard Wright 159 Dan Wainman 160 James Brookes 161 Phil Dwyer 162 Helen Warwood 163 Emma Fellows 164 Jess Thwaites 165 Jill Hobbs 166 Laurieanna Evans 167 Neil Lynch 168 Martin Park 169 Emily Hopkins 170 Elizabeth Kavanagh 171 Mike James 172 Quintin Lewarne 173 Sam Lang 174 Roxy Harleyisla 175 Richard James 176 Rachel Stockwin 177 Rachel Schieber 178 Matthew Bell 179 Kate Perkins 180 Marcus And-Lesley Pestell 181 Paul Raff Drake 182 Gustavo De Carvalho 183 Steven Bradley 184 Jane Gunn 185 Sarah Caldwell 186 Lee Williams 187 Alan Currie 188 Rebecca Blake 189 Darren Sellers 190 Will Fowler 191 Michael Lears 192 Sophie Allen-Dunbar 193 Liz Murray-White 194 Elijah Choo 195 John Browning 196 Gem Hudson Marriott 197 Sarah Jurkowski 198 Claire Stimson 199 Adam Rasul 200 Nini Sparkle 201 Claire Drake 202 Sarah Potter 203 Paul Wheeler 204 Marc Wallace 205 Rachel Sims 206 Magnus Birch 207 Ollie Upton 208 Dan Morris 209 Becky Holdstock 210 Louise Beacham 211 Katy Hall 212 David Nash 213 Jo Stokes 214 Ellen Hudson Was Marriott 215 Carol Roberts 216 Cássia Pascheto 217 Natalie Butler 218 Veronica Winter 219 Melissa Lammas 220 Natalie Dalton-Thomas 221 Neil Loy 222 Martine McWalter 223 Jo Jinks 224 Chris Potter 225 Martin Lowe 226 Lindsey Park 227 Scott Walls 228 Ben Abel 229 Daniel Allen 230 Leigh Shakespeare 231 Saralee Lawless 232 Arpana Mallady 233 Esther Beaver 234 Melissa-Jayne Lakin 235 Jo James 236 Stef Jane Ellie 237 Colin Montgomery 238 Charlotte Maycock 239 Matty Lloyd 240 Sam Hull-Abbotts 241 Dominic Skinner 242 Pam Browning 243 Elaine Mcp 244 Lisa Lears-was Crow 245 Rachel Lloyd 246 Sebastian LeFeuvre 247 Tracie Loach Dunn

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annieka93-blog · 5 years ago

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More lifes destroyed

this are jonno's supporters

they guide him and give him advise for every wrongedoing he commits 1 Ella Larkin 2 Ryan Blake 3 Laura Walsh 4 Lyndsey Cox 5 Sophie Davies 6 Billy Crosbee 7 Amy Wells 8 Clarissa Sh 9 Adam Butcher 10 Steve Gemmell 11 Ben Edwin 12 Jeevan Jeyaratnam 13 Wayne Cook 14 Laura Kheirkhah 15 Jai Patel 16 Nicola Street 17 Vicky Panteli Christodoulou 18 Sionice-Louise Phillips 19 Adam Rowland 20 Mary Kathleen Marshall 21 Christie Harkins 22 Spencer Steven 23 Chris de Lobel 24 Clare Murphy Forrest 25 Maiko Uesaki 26 Colin Brockbanks 27 Gemma Anne 28 Scarlett Rowe 29 Stijn van Rooij 30 Emma Grant 31 Mussy Denizer 32 Aimee Peach 33 Jessica Woolley 34 Martin Owen-brown 35 Laura Dunbar 36 Sarah Elizabeth Houghton 37 Adam Lowe 38 Holly LS 39 Josh Owen-Brown 40 Sharon Bickley 41 Gabrielle Ami 42 Gary Kinley 43 Chelsea Harris 44 Tom Hewitt 45 Jude Bellingham 46 Ruth Reading 47 Rich Sidwell 48 Mandy Hatton 49 Jennifer Jones 50 Charlotte Ballard 51 Alex Holland 52 Rachel Stevenson 53 Kenny Wrennie 54 Hannah Brecknell 55 Adam Jordan 56 Ricci Lawless 57 Lydia Lyth 58 Charlotte Williams 59 Ryan Robert James Jacquel 60 Joseph Atkinson 61 Jenny Balac 62 Craig Anderson 63 Sue Towner 64 Sarah Aitken 65 Alex Woodbridge 66 Sophie Katija Horvat Fowler 67 Kiri Harvey 68 Sam Murray 69 William Josephs 70 Charlotte Webb 71 Jack Chocholowicz 72 Gail Tracy Fortnum Albutt 73 Kelly Spiers 74 Nicola Lailey 75 Rachael Louise 76 Haley Walls 77 Harvey Thandi 78 Adrian Korzeniowski 79 Steven Grantham 80 Sue Wedgbury 81 Jordan Alexander 82 Pam Waters 83 Marie Glass 84 Donna-Marie Swanick 85 Steve Blake 86 Heidi Miles 87 Paula Knight 88 Lisa Jordan 89 Paul Shuck 90 Sonja Graham 91 Victoria Wilson-Lees 92 Heather Turner 93 Charli Hart 94 Jimmy Josephs 95 Ellie Angel-Clare 96 Leanne Golden 97 Olivia Woolley 98 Rosie Gooding 99 Michelle Leake 100 Chris Lamb 101 Lee White 102 Janet Clarke 103 Michelle Kinrade Was Rogers 104 Joanne Vanes 105 Amanda Mayall 106 Marie Fahy Pinfield 107 Zo Wey 108 Leon Payne 109 Allison Shaw 110 James Butler 111 Luke Brown 112 Nikki Smith 113 Adam Jordan 114 Rebecca Slater 115 Julia Reeve-Parker 116 Karen Allen 117 Rache Ellis 118 Linda Evans 119 Katie Lees 120 Karen Blake 121 Natalie Streeter 122 Paul Hindmarch 123 Aaron Thaitan Turner 124 Paul Woolls 125 Richard Long 126 Stacey Lamb 127 Gemma Walker 128 Lisa Webb 129 Aaron Shuttleworth 130 Alice Whitfield 131 Elizabeth Josephs 132 Kinga Kapitar 133 Sam Birkin 134 Pauline Nicholls 135 Polly Upton 136 Marianna Lacinova 137 Laura Phillips 138 Kerry Fereday 139 Andy Wardle 140 Tracy Coward 141 Emily Mcgowan 142 Denise Hall 143 Elaine Davis 144 Luke Spencer 145 Nick Fox 146 Chris Haynes 147 Dan Jeanes 148 Dan Palmer 149 Tyler Allen 150 Benji Btc 151 Nicholas Fuller 152 Stephanie Allen 153 Bex Thorne 154 Ben Adam 155 Ronald Cheape 156 Alex Woodbridge Tennis 157 Manuel Antonio Mata 158 Richard Wright 159 Dan Wainman 160 James Brookes 161 Phil Dwyer 162 Helen Warwood 163 Emma Fellows 164 Jess Thwaites 165 Jill Hobbs 166 Laurieanna Evans 167 Neil Lynch 168 Martin Park 169 Emily Hopkins 170 Elizabeth Kavanagh 171 Mike James 172 Quintin Lewarne 173 Sam Lang 174 Roxy Harleyisla 175 Richard James 176 Rachel Stockwin 177 Rachel Schieber 178 Matthew Bell 179 Kate Perkins 180 Marcus And-Lesley Pestell 181 Paul Raff Drake 182 Gustavo De Carvalho 183 Steven Bradley 184 Jane Gunn 185 Sarah Caldwell 186 Lee Williams 187 Alan Currie 188 Rebecca Blake 189 Darren Sellers 190 Will Fowler 191 Michael Lears 192 Sophie Allen-Dunbar 193 Liz Murray-White 194 Elijah Choo 195 John Browning 196 Gem Hudson Marriott 197 Sarah Jurkowski 198 Claire Stimson 199 Adam Rasul 200 Nini Sparkle 201 Claire Drake 202 Sarah Potter 203 Paul Wheeler 204 Marc Wallace 205 Rachel Sims 206 Magnus Birch 207 Ollie Upton 208 Dan Morris 209 Becky Holdstock 210 Louise Beacham 211 Katy Hall 212 David Nash 213 Jo Stokes 214 Ellen Hudson Was Marriott 215 Carol Roberts 216 Cássia Pascheto 217 Natalie Butler 218 Veronica Winter 219 Melissa Lammas 220 Natalie Dalton-Thomas 221 Neil Loy 222 Martine McWalter 223 Jo Jinks 224 Chris Potter 225 Martin Lowe 226 Lindsey Park 227 Scott Walls 228 Ben Abel 229 Daniel Allen 230 Leigh Shakespeare 231 Saralee Lawless 232 Arpana Mallady 233 Esther Beaver 234 Melissa-Jayne Lakin 235 Jo James 236 Stef Jane Ellie 237 Colin Montgomery 238 Charlotte Maycock 239 Matty Lloyd 240 Sam Hull-Abbotts 241 Dominic Skinner 242 Pam Browning 243 Elaine Mcp 244 Lisa Lears-was Crow 245 Rachel Lloyd 246 Sebastian LeFeuvre 247 Tracie Loach Dunn

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discogs · 8 years ago

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a trip through murder rates: crash course in nick cave

here is the playlist, beneath lies the story.

i hope you enjoy.

1. i have an evident bias to rowland and rowland’s friends, it’s a slight one that is emphasized by an deep spiritual attachment, therefore we must start with rowland s. howard and not our dear nicholas. there were two main melbourne acts, one of which was nick’s just now forming ‘boys next door’ (which he decided to create with friends tracy pew and mick harvey after he was kicked outtuv art school), the other is rowland and ollie olsen’s ‘young charlatans.’ rowland was responsible for the creation of the boys next doors’ biggest song “shivers,” here is a clip of rowland and ollie speaking while with the young charlatans. ( x )

2. rowland wrote what i believe to be the perfect song, adaptable to all outlooks, at the age of sixteen as a comment on the over the top nature of teenage love. the song is initially a sarcastic one, yet has been redone so many times over that generally speaking it looses it’s cynical nature. this recording is the one done by the young charlatans, it’s original form with rowland on vocals.

3. this is actually about nick cave, i swear it, and here is where we get into that more so. here is a cover of nancy sinatra’s “these boots are made for walking” done by the boys next door some time in ‘78. i don’t know why nick sings like that, i’m assuming he had no sense of his vocal range at this time, and i wish the young charlatans had gotten a video but unfortunately the band split up fairly quick due to disputes between rowland and ollie.

+ there’s this house party, or maybe it’s a show, there’s mixed stories on this. but the general consensus is that nick, unruly and screwed all up on speed had been eyeing rowland for some time at this event. it was after a testosterone gun show in the bathrooms where nick ripped out a sink, that he found his fist in rowland’s face demanding to know if he was a punk or not. naturally, s a thin boy raised by women rowland was a bit disgusted by nick’s display, however took him up on his offer to meet again the following day when nick apologised. this eventually led to the creation of the birthday party, but before that rowland had managed to get a word in with his bandmates about that one song, y’know the one ..

4. here we see nick, all marionette gestures and heavy eyeliner belting his heart out over lyrics written by the tiny post ‘66 fender wielding raven shown briefly in the video. it’s undeniable that nick seemed to take this a lot more genuinely than rowland did, or at least that’s what he intended to display. this is the more popular version of the song, much glossier and easier to imagine being played at a high school dance than the previous version. this was all fine and dandy, now, but songs that sound like roxy music aren’t cool, man ! besides, every member of this band displays a talent that is remarkably astounding. the song is beautiful, yet tight, and though this is spectacular there’s much more beneath.

5. this is track is one of the birthday party’s first singles, released along with several other birthday party songs on a compilation called hee-haw which mainly consisted of the band’s earlier work. the cover art here is done by nick.

6. this track is off of the birthday party’s second record entitled ‘junkyard,’ released in 1981 and expressing more fluidity within their musical style with a certain wounded animal characteristic to the music jolted by the viciousness of nick’s voice. it is around this time, or perhaps some time before, that the band had found themselves penniless in london and retreated to berlin.

+ tensions have been steadily arising from day one due to rowland and nick’s individual stubbornness over artistic expression, nick is searching for an escape from the birthday party as he despises the route their presentation has taken. as most even vaguely punk sounding bands often realise that their audience doesn’’t so much care for the music but instead the thrill of seeing someone hurtling themselves into the ground repeatedly. no one wanted their name to be engraved in a violent history, and lucky for nick he sound his way out in berlin.

7. for some years now, the west berlin music scene has been a bustling hub of creation and innovation. with acts like abwarts and malaria surrounding, a young and reverse individual finds himself forming what would the band pioneering not only unconventional instruments but the proto-industrial movement. the band was based off a fairly simple concept; destruction as a means of creation, a notion adopted from this (x) marxist era essay as well as the factory-line like gentrification of the surrounding brick paradise. thus einstuzende neubauten was formed, and by the first glance nick felt as though he’d net his match. this rubber clad being of fire and metal was blixa bargeld, who you will see in this particular clip. (x) is a performance that shows off the impulsive and chaotic nature of the band as well as their use of out of the ordinary instruments.

8. this meeting of kindred spirits leads to nick definitively deciding to part ways with the birtday party. in an admittedly dick move, nick decided to call he record ‘the bad seeds ep,” presumably hoping to get a better feel for where he was going with his career. rowland and him are hardly speaking and they both have one foot out the door. his song is off of this bad seeds section, where nick begins to show his talent for world building and story telling.

9. this track’s off the opposite end, the part which belongs more so to the birthday party than it does to the bad seeds. i love this track for all it’s inconsistency, it attacks you from all sides musically and leaves you feeling dazed lyrically for a lack of being able to keep up. to me, this is the best way to bookend the band’s career. it displays maturity in style like no other while also perfecting the sound now heavily associated with not only the birthday party but no wave music in general.

+ below are bonus videos and music x ( mutiny sessions ) x ( live version of shivers sung by rowland with the boys next door ) x ( another song off of einsturzende’s halber mensch, my favourite )

10. admittedly i have neglected nick’s first two records ‘from her to eternity’ and ‘the first born is dead,’ i have a storage complex with my favourite musicians where i won’t listen to their entire discography because if i get stir crazy for new material then i can get familiar with one of the records i haven’t really heard. this track is off of his third record called ‘your funeral, my trial.’ like the previous two this was recorded with the first of the bad seeds lineup comprising of nick cave, mick harvey (of the birthday party), barry adamson (of magazine), blixa bargeld (of einsturzende neubauten), and for a short time hugo race. this track is one of the bad seed’s finest in my opinion, strong on atmosphere and tone with a plot line following a distinct character who’s in a strange bind - a hallmark of nick’s songwriting. this album sound tracked wim wenders film ‘wings of desire,’ with a cameo from nick and rowland in the final act.

11. let’s catch up to rowland for a moment, who is working somewhat parallel to nick as the guitarist for a band called the crime & city solution. rowland only worked with the band for one record, ‘room of lights,’ while in berlin where he was met with his brother, harry, playing bass, mick harvey once more on guitar, and a boy from a band called swell maps on drums named epic soundtracks. this clip is from the aforementioned ‘wings of desire,’ after this rowland and the mentioned members (minus harvey, replaced by rowland’s long-time girlfriend genevive mcguckin) broke off and formed these immortal souls.

12. a lot of musicians have released cover albums, and from what i can tell almost all of kicking against the pricks is except for this track. i wanted to display this song as it shows the broadness of nick’s vocal expression, in that this song makes me want to hang myself.

+ this is a little linear note about rowland’s work after crime, epic soundtrack’s origins, and who the fuck is nikki sudden again ? x ( these immortal souls: marry me (lie ! lie !) ), the project rowland worked on immediately after crime & city x ( swell maps: cake shop girl ), the band that epic soundtracks and brother nikki ‘little johnny thunders’ sudden came from initially, pioneers of what would become noise rock and grunge. x ( the jacobites: for the roses), nikki’s band with friend dave kusworth x ( nikki sudden & rowland s. howard: a quick thing ), a track from an album rowland did with nikki called ‘kiss you kidnapped charabanc’ x ( lydia lunch & rowland s. howard: burning skulls ), a song from the brilliant record cut on a whim based on a sense of familiarity between the two

13. this music video was recorded in the studio the song was recorded in, which is in berlin. this song was inspired by a girlfriend of nick’s and how she made him feel, a very momentous affair it seems to have been,

14. nick continues to make music as the end of the 1980s draws near, the first record of this time period is 'the good son,’ who’s most popular song is undoubtedly 'the weeping song.’ that track is definitely worth a listen as well, it is one of nick’s more popular tracks but it’s a rare full display of blixa’s vocals and a great duet. this song, however, is the title song and has a beautiful choir-sound to it which is present all throughout this album.

15. my favorite nick cave record is tied between this one and one that comes over twenty years after this one, but i’ll be damned if i don’t give this record the utmost appraisal. the album is more definitive in narrative than nick’s previous records, it all seems to be written to fit a particular story line and the sense of momentum in the record is impeccable. this track tells the story of the catholic saint, christina the astonishing, a story that nick was very attached to. as we further our way through his career his interest in catholicism becomes more and more apparent.

16. this song is the slowest on the album 'let love in,’ which is one of his most popular records. the most known track by nick - 'red right hand’ - is also off this album, but in my opinion it’s not the best track off the record. this song is inspired by a story nick read in robert smythe hichens’ “the green carnation,” and the unsettling nature of the story lingers in this song. it’s the counterpart to a song earlier in the album entitled simply 'do you love me?’

17. the huge thing about nick cave is his fascination for murder, something that, the more i learn about and listen to him doesn’t seem to be that huge of a fixation of his. at least not anymore than the bible is. this album, however, murder ballads, is obviously homicide centric. this track features kyle minogue on vocals as eliza day, but she isn’t the only guest vocalist on the album. on another track, henry lee (which is a must hear as well), there is another guest vocalist. pj harvey comes into the maelstrom of nick’s life, and as is displayed in the video, they become seamlessly intertwined in a romance that nick describes as one of the best events of his life. however, in nick’s own words, 'all things move towards their end, i knew before i met her that i would loose her …’

18. after the short lived romance between nick and pj, she leaves him feeling devastated. no one knows for sure why it is they split, but nick sure as hell took it like a landslide. this song is one off of his last album of the 90s, the boatman’s call, which is essentially the pj harvey breakup album. this song has stark similarities to tom waits’ first record, which rings nothing but lovely to my mind.

19. i really. really love rowland s. howard. he means everything to me, this is a song off his first solo album. i don’t know why i chose this one, maybe it’s because the proceeding two songs off it are too difficult for me to hear. he is so talented, he is so beautiful, i don’t know where these impressions of horrendousness come from. rowland is the kindest soul to every walk this earth, but um, here we are with another beautiful display of the sharpness of his guitar playing, and that aching voice of his. he’s my favorite guitarist, and the reason why is that he does not need to sing to tell you how much he is hurting - his guitar does that all on it’s own. we’re about to get heavy. 1999.

+ nick’s doing this shit called grinderman. i’ll be honest with you, i’ve never heard a line of it. and why ? because that mustache is an atrocity to not only to this earth, but to the heavens, hell, and purgatory as well. so there’s a pretty big gap in his discography after boatman’s call.

20. 2009. alright. so. i’m going to tell you this one thing first; rowland s. howard did not deserve to die. he did not deserve death, he did not deserve any of the numerous heartaches and horrendous experiences that he went through. he went his life a genius, and was scarcely ever recognized for his immense talent and uniqueness. rowland died in 2009 due to a liver disease. he wasn’t able to get a transfer in time. and look, rowland was not ready to die. he wanted so much more, he wanted everything of the world that he hadn’t the chance to reach before. he knew he was going to die, but he did not want to. i will tell you this with my heart bared open and bleedin to you - i would give up my life to have rowland back on this earth in a heartbeat. this song is from the last album he ever released, an album which i still find very difficult to listen to. he did not deserve to die. i don’t know where it is he acquired this seemingly immense hatred of himself, and the contempt for whatever actions he committed. he was the kindest, most loving soul to ever walk this earth, and i refuse to accept his passing as anything other than a true strike of hate by god to humanity. he means wonders to me.

21. so um. sorry. but nick comes back, with that record that i told you competes with henry’s dream to me. it’s called “and no more shall we part” and it is a really difficult record to speak of due to the cohesive story line there seems to be within it. this is the final track of the album, and i believe it sums it up pretty well. i think the line in here; “i think of my friends who died of exposure, and i remember other ones who died from the lack of it.” is in relation to rowland in the latter half. this song is sorrowful, without a doubt. this is the last record blixa did with him, stuck through for years. god bless him.

+ nocturama did not do well, neither did abattoir blues. i know nothing about dig lazarus dig, these three records remind me of rickety stairs on the way up to self discovery. in his 2016 movie, 'one more time with feeling,’ he mentions how you have to grow accustomed to being a new person. you have to suss out your new self, if this new you smokes or if this new you gave up smoking years ago, things like that. trying to find his place again. he did, of course, adjust to this new nick. and the product is brilliant.

22. nick outdoes himself time after time, throughout his entire career he has bested himself. please, do not take the initial crudeness of some of the first lyrics as a reason to discard this song, it’s off of his 2013 album push the sky away is without a doubt one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard. this record is one that is vicarious to me, these days i hear it every day to sleep and sometimes constantly throughout the day.

23. nick’s last record, 'skeleton tree’ was already in development before the death of his son, arthur. many of the lyrics in the record echo his last book, 'the sick bag song,’ especially in this track where the girl who dances on the rings of saturn is a reoccurring anomaly in the book. this record took everyone by storm, if that storm is freezing and you’re trapped inside a cold black marble home. this is the end of the nick cave train ride, thank you if listened and read the whole way through. this is essentially my bare bones.

- LM

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