Inspiral Carpets - Keep The Circle Around

[rambadibow]

so noisy and tasty

[lnp1972]

Wasn't this the pre-Tom Hingley version? I think the singer went on to the Rainkings, and Tom Hingley took over on vocals.

[ericsrightboot]

i may be wrong but was this John Peel's single of the year, 1989? He wasn't often wrong about good tunes. RIP JP. Funny people on here talking about how much they paid for carpets tunes, i have plancecrash ep, trainsurfing and many more on vinyl, and they have no monetary value to me as i could never sell them! still have the price sticker from piccadilly records on Trainsurfing too!!!

[jim25shwp]

@ericsrightboot i think it was the tom hingley version that was his recordof the year. both are cool songs tho.

[hibeegirl17]

Tom Hingley got me through many a bad day..Loved him them and stil do...COOL AS F@@K.......still got the t shirt.....

[jfroggett]

Brings back so many fantastic memories: Afflecks, Eastern Bloc, the Hacienda, Joe Bloggs, Spike Island. Oh, they were the days.

[psz80002]

Thursday nights at the hacienda, then trying to be awake in work on friday!

[bohsblur]

class. moooooooo!

[brighton59]

Where the fuck is Graham Lambert in this photo of the band?

[sixtyeightspecial]

@brighton59

Taking it?

[wardy605]

class

[bohsblur]

holt or hingley, its still a fucking classic.

KEEP THE FAITH.

[CranberryHarness]

Cheers havoc :-)

[CranberryHarness]

Brilliant song - the ultimate garage sound :-)

Although even after all these years I still can't work out the lyrics of the first verse!

[havoc11uk]

Pain is one thing tying you to that girl

She has got your head in a whirl

Now if you ever promise me

Then I'm sure that you'll be free

Pain is the one thing tying you to that girl

She has got your head in a whirl

[havoc11uk]

You can see inside of me that something is going down

You can see inside of me that something is going down

Now there's only thing you can do

Because only you really know what you are going through

Now if you're ever on your own

Think what it's like all alone

Now there's only thing you can do

Because only you really know what you are going through

[havoc11uk]

You can see inside of me that something is going down

Line repeated 10 times

[carlos7217]

yeah,clint is a geezer,..great band,great albums and a top haircut,.clint loved the acid rock stuff,13th floor elevators and all that,..thats where the haircut come from...

MOO

[ady10001]

@carlos7217

No disrespect to Clint, but he's got a lot less hair than Clint Eastwood now......

[ItalianDanza]

Utter Brilliance .. ..

[79casual]

I could'nt have put it better myself Runrome, music today is fuckin dyer, its that bad im losein the will to live, thank fuck for you tube

[Runrome]

Noel Galagher was there roadie! shame he didnt learn anything from them like learn how to wright I good tune with a good melody

I cant stress engough how fucking shit modern music is and has been progresivly worse since the mid ninties what tastless wankers must be runing(ruining ) record labels these days

Thank good for you tube next best thing to a time machine

[ady10001]

@Runrome

Disagree about all modern music being totally shite.

Agree about You Tube being a life saver for when you leave all your old school records at your mum's house and then she takes them to Oxfam.

[ady10001]

Clint can play my organ any day.

[Rich27014]

Their best tune by far.....

[ady10001]

Not heard this version before - itsagudun.

[we8saints]

Its the demo version with the original singer

[havoc11uk]

Yup, Stephen Holt

[ruth1488]

swansea inspirals forever....moooooooo!!!!

[wildenfree]

Cool as Fuck !!

[Salfordbluemoon]

I had this on 12" ....the best tune they ever did. And Theme From Cow....

[ianandori]

Cost me $60.00 bucks Aus to ge tthe Peel Seesions version of this song! 11 out of 10 !!!

[eternalshoegazer]

Oaft, I got the peel sessions on 12" for about £5 off ebay mate. Woulda' paid what you did quite happily though, sensational!

[bohsblur]

sal your spot on mate. great comment..

Those WERE the days my friend..

[salparadise1971]

Loved this song for 20 years.1989 over 2009 any fucking day

[dearest1jo]

I can't believe it was 20 years..OMG..top days. I was 16 & mad for Clint..He was cool as fuck and so nice & used to put me on all the guest lists : ) I still have a big bundle of letters he wrote to me when I left Manc - to go 'On the road' hey Sal...happy daze x apple pie & ice cream & strong black coffee

[nottforest]

That sound's keyboard is almost unique, give "atmosphere" to the song! De Chile!

[bohsblur]

TOP.

[DoobyMaster]

this is the Stephen HOLT version, not the peel session version.

[mickburnley]

love it

[DoobyMaster]

in addition to below comment i have recently discovered The Chameleons and they are amazing...as good? Perhaps too different to compare!

[DoobyMaster]

my favourite band ever, have nearly everything, been into them since 90 but was only 13 so missed the classic 21790 gig....i have Dung4Demo, cassette album from 87, limited copies made, with Stephen Holt on vocals, both vocalists were class!

[thegoat2002blue]

I got one of the original 500 copies of Plane Crash on 12'' - whats it worth these days - got it for free as well but thats another story!

[bohsblur]

i got plane crash on ebay. only six notes

on c.d.

[salparadise1971]

I had this on a Peel Sessions 12" Also there was a brilliant version of Gimme Shelter on it too.Anyone know were to get plane crash online ?

[TortillaTed]

Man, I don't have the 12", I bought it on cd. Couldn't agree more about the version of Gimme Shelter. It's nice to know there are other people with good taste around.

Cheers

[salparadise1971]

Cheers for kind words mate.Keep the faith my friend.

Regards Sal

[ianandori]

I got THE LOT !

[shadrac72]

great tune. saw them supporting the wedding present in edinburgh around this time (1988?). they went rapidly down hill when clint boon started cutting about in a shell-suit, though. pity.

[ritsos86]

I saw the Carpets in the basement room of a pub in Fulham with about 25 people when this single had just been released. I could touch Clint Boon's organ! Happy memories.....

[Lukeyboy101]

Fav inspirals track. Fucking great tune.

[bohsblur]

wish i was back in 1989 again.john peel r.i.p. played this to death.moo!

[salparadise1971]

Mate go get yourself a pint.Probaly one of the best comments I've read on YouTube.I''ve got a little 1 year old girl now and I love her so much but when I go down the pub with the boys we also end up talking about the halycon days of the mid to late eighties.

We were all lads from the terraces with fringes an straight jeans and then went to longer hair in sheds,flares,ecstacy and obsessed with the music.

Those were great times mate eh !

Are you Bohemians ? Am Celtic

[nottforest]

Very Awesome!!!! The Inspiral Carpets with this great single!!!! Moo!!!!

[schoeythegreat]

I feckin love this tune!