19-03-2012, 08:13
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THE BASICS "stand out/fit in" cd,2007.
theres a bio of these guys in the"new artists" thread in general music if youre interested....?
got this one from Corey some 18 months ago,he said these guys never made the charts with any of their two or three albums but were very good musicians...so i got it, played it quite a bit to get to know it, then by chance the other week he asked if i liked The Basics, i was shocked he remembered he recommended this one to me..he then went on to say who the drummer/vocalist was, i was surprised to find it was Wally De Backer...the guy we all know now as Gotye!!!! so it basically took Gotye around eight years to actually start selling records!
anyway...enough of my waffling, back to the album at hand...
for the most part a very 1960s pop sounding record here, except the opening track which has more in common with the indi pop sounds. two covers on here: an obscure Chuck Berry track called "have love,will travel", and a cover of "three cool cats", cant remember who did that one first, but i have The Beatles doing it on the "live at the BBC" double disc set.
never liked that song by them either!
elsewhere, some fine easy sounds, good lyrics and beats...all up a fine album from the Dutch born Australian, Gotye...
i didnt think i'd find as many links to these tracks as i did either...especially the quality of the live ones!!!!
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: three cool cats
best track: lookin' over my shoulder
tracks:
1. rattle my chain **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzTwnS4hpnI live
2. memory lane ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrzFIiI7Y8A live
3. have love,will travel ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIF2jVX4DX8 audio
4. hey there! *
5. just hold on ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4waPaGiWs-g video
6. (love,love) speak to me **
7. lookin' over my shoulder ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYS1pHPw_Lc video
8. sound off ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT4lcc6QyHk audio
9. better **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tToDOhwN-uI live
10.the two words **
11.three cool cats *
12.bitten by the same bug **
13.that girl **
3s=5
2s=6
1s=2
rating: 2.2