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Hello, good evening, and
welcome
As I hope you are all aware, Ian
Dury's final album came out this week. For those of you who already enjoy his
work, you will find this to be a blinding album. But, don't just take my word
for it, check out the review reprinted below from the Ian Dury List's Kevin
Maidment.
Upon buying this little gem, you may
wish to scrutinise the inside back cover very carefully. For, printed there in
tiny writing are credits to the TMML's very own Simesy and Mike Hearne. Fame at
last! I urge any Dury fans out there to grab it - a snip at only �12, especially
when you consider the rubbish that's generally available at the moment in the
charts.
To plug, before I go, the Ian Dury
List can be joined by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dury A
valid Yahoo! ID is needed. Anyway, on with the review:
Although the late Ian Dury left behind enough song lyrics to warrant even
more Blockheads' projects in the future, the posthumously-released 10 More
Turnips from the Tip (the self-deprecating title together with a proposed
track-listing was discovered, after his death, on one of Ian's notepads) is
certainly the last album to feature Dury himself. Here it is then; drawn from
spruced-up material originally recorded in 1991 and 1996 (some outtakes from
'Mr. Love Pants') as well as from the band's last sessions in 1999 and beyond
(latter-day cheeky geezer Robbie Williams sings 'You're The Why', the last lyric
Dury composed before his death), 'Ten More Turnips From The Tip' is the final
studio curtain for that peerlessly-delivered combination of savvy, street-wise
Essex vernacular, wit and wordplay and the Blockheads' chunky but malleable
pub-rock funk.
Ian Dury was one of the most colourful, empathetic, life-affirming characters ever to grace British pop. Do not mourn him with a black handkerchief and a glass of Thunderbird wine, instead celebrate the palpable 'joie de vivre' perkiness of 'I Believe', which lists a whole load of run-of-the-mill reasons for keeping cheerful ("saying thanks", "Santa Claus", "fresh air", "birfdee cake", "being nice") and boasts the Blockheads' most delectably twangiest lead-guitar part since 'Sex And Drugs And Rock 'N' Roll'. Equally special is the real-life comic-strip biography of 'Ballad Of The Sulphate Strangler' (featuring Dury at his growliest best), the story of the late and chaotic Pete Rush, Dury's one-time volatile 'Desperate Dan' style minder who, according to The Blockheads, dealt with antagonists by grabbing them by the throat and biting their nose. In light of which, its entirely fitting to remark that 'Ten More Turnips >From The Tip' is a really great record to sink your teeth into! -- Kevin Maidment Stay Mad 8-)
Simesy
Cruising down carnality canal in my canoe can I canoodle?
ICQ - 50212254
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great hom(ep)age to a great group
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