The Clean - Tally Ho (1981)

[Dunshaggin]

at the time the diy garage approach from these guys was a little different, dont expect u 2 understand that, stick 2 your bog standard rock by numbers, your playing with yourselves.

[SuperMv73]

@jacro12 it's a b side though not part of an album. It's from the single juicebox

[gar992000]

spongebob's best day ever ripped this off!!!!!

[c02shows]

I've been a fan of The Clean for a couple of years now after having discovered them on Pandora (based on my interest in Yo La Tengo). I've never had a chance to see them since they rarely play here in Los Angeles.

[jacro12]

listen to the strokes-hawaii aloha, they completely ripped the clean off

[dagrubster]

this changes everything,,,



[dagrubster]

this changes everything....



[russleroq]

Joy Division had their 1st No.1 Single 'Love Will Tear US Apart' ever in NZ 1981. They never forgot that when they Toured to NZ as New Order with the worldwide smash 'Blue Monday'. NZ had always been mainstream alternative back then now its full of bloody coconut music! I hate coconuts!

[lilymacsification]

@russleroq wow, what a great ambassador you are for Aoteoroa mate!

[COUSINCAT]

LOVE THIS SONG!!! Reminds me of those long-ago days when I just started getting into "alternative" music (for want of a better term!) Further to that, I'm just so shocked at how lame the stuff that charts today is compared to the "Top 40" songs of my youth; (& I don't think my complaint can be disregarded as just another whinge from an old fuck who doesn't get it!) Bet the stuff that I listen to/ buy is way more confronting /interesting/innovative than Lady GaGa (or wotever her name is!)

[MorkaGraven]

@COUSINCAT Independent Music. As in, free of major labels.

[COUSINCAT]

@MorkaGraven Yep, u got it

[IsaacNoYouSac]

SPONGBOOOOOOOOOOB

[mcsippel1182]

Some of you leave some good references to your musical inspirations in your comments. Thanks.

[mrsjanina68]

Sooooooo Sweet.......

my good old song!

[MetalSparks]

spongebob's it's the beeeeest daaaaaaaaay eevvvvvvveeeeeeeeeer now makes a lot more sense...

[wdamian]

Three fecking Led Zeppelin fans.....

[sydeston]

Bands like the Horrors and countless others can trace back to this thanks New Zealand for being 30 years ahead of time

[sydeston]

I have always believed the Inspiral Carpets must have played their The Clean 45's til the groove wore out

[tatunkha]

Great song always loved it. Thanks for the upload

[MrReverendkyle]

To all your comments. Its New Zealand music. Nothing to do with German Scottish or what ever. England or America didn't understand the scene where the music developed. Just like they didn't understand Split Enz. You got Crowded House because that fitted the corporate mold

[sunriseRISE]

@MrReverendkyle ..Grow SOME- its not nz music its ENGLISH AND AMERICIAN MUSIC....even THE GO BETWEENS'' LEE REMICK'' pre dates this by 3 years and they are from Australia=go check....and the Modern lovers..(us band )check out Pablo Picasso . Brian Enos first two solo albums?... and then theres the '1980 scothish single 'Blue Boy by Orange juice.. or 1980s Echo and the bunnymens''Stars are stars'..and then go CHECK 1980 =FELT... and lets not forget JOY division/Neworder..LOL uk didnt understand

[nzoz1981]

@sunriseRISE okay, WE get IT! LISTen TO SUNriseRISE.... hE kNOWS his SHIT!

[atreewithnolife]

@MrReverendkyle i grew up on Merseyside loved split enz first time on the radio in UK1978 !

[therealparanormale]

tally ho tally ho

away!

[InAConundrum]

I mean, can't you imagine hearing this in an Urban Outfitters? I wonder how people would react..."oh, these must be those new kids from New York that Pitchfork was talking about." Way ahead of its time !

[InAConundrum]

I swear, this is what bands today try to sound like.

[satinhooks]

@InAConundrum

you must mean: bands that don't try very hard sound like these fellows. extremely limited musical ability & songwriting talent. it's just cool because it's old.



[Rilwankujenya]

Does anyone know the lyrics.

[JoeyVonSkanke]

Love it love it love it thanks for posting. I'm a kid again

[SteveDawgNZ]

Does anyone agree that this tune is used in the current Meadowfresh ad?

The one set in Britomart train station with grass on the floor...?

[TheSouthernmoonlight]

@SteveDawgNZ Yes, and it's also on one of the Vodaphone ads. Listen carefully to the Vodaphone ads

[ponypopballet]

@SteveDawgNZ I also agree. I heard it today I noticed that the tune was a bit slower but it is still quite distinct

[belbird]

I must have heard this song as a kid, it's been in my head all my life!

[dmonypeny2]

Martin Phillips of the Chills is playing organ on this recording.

[vintagezigg]

This is the kind of song that might make my friend Sean from Ireland want to rip his clothes off at the supermarket . I think.

[seanreillyireland]

@vintagezigg Zigg, this is great stuff!

[LodoGrdzak]

@seanreillyireland Going to see these guys in about half-an-hour!

[ConradMcBad]

I'd like to see them remake this with modern recording equipment. Would sound spectacular!

[dmfeelings]

@ConradMcBad that's kind of silly isn't it? it's perfect the way it is!

[Raliceinwonderland]

THE CLEAN still amazing (:

[FungusMossGnosis]

To the 1-out-of-200 voter who gave this a Dislike: you ought to be made to go around, ringing a bell, wearing a sandwich board proclaiming on either side: "Unclean! Unclean!" ....

[electriceel9]

TALLYHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[COconutheadJR]

does anyone know the lyrics?? I can't find them anywhere

PLEASE HELP

[the13green]

i saw the clean when they tour years ago with yo la tengo.. great band!

[BobutBrody]

I cannot get the organ sound for Tally Ho out of my head.

Which is awesome.

[heybeans]

David Kilgour plays this song solo sometimes, and plays the keyboard riff on guitar . . . . he did the same when The Clean toured Europe this summer.

[diskochimp]

Still sounds great!

[dixjp51]

Still just awesome.

[Clubdu47]

The Clean, formation fumeuse, est à l'oreille du guetteur patient comme une dose du haschich d'Égypte des temps anciens avec lequel on fabriquait les pans intellectuels d'un avenir artistique nouveau et solaire; à la vie, au sens, au soleil, au regard plongé dans l'éternité, Tally-Ho !

[PHAEDRIDER]

who .. what what .. what the hell did i miss?

[vinto34]

great days ...radio with pictures,shazam,ready to roll....great nz talent

[WestAucksNZ]

what a classic Kiwi track..... ....all these bands, the Bats, the Chills, Verlaines, Spaces, Mee Mees, Danse Macabre etc etc etc.........just classic Kiwi talent...

[lilymacs]

They're playing with Pavement, Brixon academy in May!

[Arrionflows]

Yes I remember,Radio With Pictures with Karen Hay back in the 80's then I'd switch stations to watch the Sunday Horrors. cause there was countless hours of boring shit on our two channels. The story of my childhood.

[presidentdubin]

does anyone remember riot 111.

please.

[anvilofcrom]

I remember watching this Radio With Pictures with Karen Hay back in the 80's then I's switch stations to watch the Sunday Horrors...we only had two TV stations.

[frezzingaces]

i went to one of their concerts with my dad when i was 10. they played this song last. it was awesome

[maggiesausage]

Now this song has been bloody jingle-fied and used to sell milk. I have to sing very loudly at the television just to drown out the glockenspiel!

[splitenzfreak1980]

Yeah I know but they'll probably get royalties for it and God knows they deserve some...they probably haven't received many (if any) over the years.

[maggiesausage]

Yeah, good point. Plus it's such a catchy tune it kinda lends itself well to jingles. It's becoming an increasingly-common dilemma, I guess -- annoyance at advertisers using cool songs to peddle their wares (and often ignoring the lyrics like that Subaru ad with the B-52s), or happiness that said cool songs are getting more exposure and making their creators more money?

[splitenzfreak1980]

Yeah, advertisers using songs for purposes probably never intended by the artist is easy to be cynical about, but hey, if that ultimately allows the artist to create new music from the proceeds then it can't be bad.

[edbtres]

i just discovered the clean and i've played this song like a 100 times already, lol, i love it! the only thing i can say is that this reminds me of the garage organ vibe from 96 Tears. anybody with me on that? don't know if they're the same, just makes me wanna trip on 96 Tears after i listen to this.

[stellastarr420]

lol, i can see that.

[electriceel9]

same

[sunriseRISE]

@edbtres ....Awee bit- but Tally Ho really is a Ripp off OF THE 80'sSCOTTISH band ..Altered Images ''SEE THOSE EYES''.thats why the song was never givin any credit in the UK..it just sounded TOO MUCH like '''Altered IMAGES.....Martin PHILIPS of 'the chills' plays the organ AND HES JUST stealing the riff from ''See your Eyes''..AltERED IMAGES' were big in New Zealand..as were otherUK- Scotish GERMAN  bands like ORANGE JUICE.. and FELT--.NEW ORDER-ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN--NEU--BRIAN ENO etc etc

[nzoz1981]

@sunriseRISE Tally Ho was 1981... 'See Those Eyes' was 1982... give me a break and do a bit of research like I just did.

[willfulviolation]

@sunriseRISE I see the similarity but the fact is that 'Tally Ho' was the band's debut single, released in 1981. 'See Those Eyes' was on the 1982 album 'Pinky Blue'. If Altered Images had made the song before 81, it would make sense that the song would appear on their 1981 album 'Happy Birthday'. Please do a little bit of research before talking shit, this took me all of 3 minutes.

[24kelzey24]

this is the same music from sponge bob the movie lol

[lalalucy77]

DUNEDIN!

[zappaislord]

Greatest Band Ever!

[oneshotseattle]

Tops, for sure

[goldbugnz]

When this came out we all knew that what was happening in our own tiny little part of the world was crapping all over the junk coming out of Britian and the US. It was like, who gives a toss, we got the Clean!

[Cocrteau3]

The Clean is the Velvet Underground of the Southern Pacific! I'm from Finland and The Clean was my favorite band in 1986 and still is. Your tiny little part of the world touched very much my tiny little part of the world in the far north. Strange, eh?

[nakedmolerat43]

"Moi" and "Kia Kaha" to you my northern friend.

[koshermal]

Not that small.

[MorkaGraven]

@Cocrteau3 It made it as far as Finland without us even having internet here back then? I'm impressed. These days our national music industry just pushes everything on us so we have no choice over what we want to like, unless we go for independent or underground artists.

[4GetTHEFun]

@Cocrteau3 I really hope you're an immigrant or I feel ashamed for my country..

[amaroestremo]

great!!! <3<3

never care about the haters! :-P

[Greggo2]

Listened to the Hawaii tune- maybe you're right, but the AED progression is kind of obvious.

However, if you want to hear a song that shares REALLY similar characteristics, find the band Love is All's Myspace and listen to the track Wishing Well. Someone there is a big Kilgour fan!

[jfenright]

Am in love with this tune

[ryanaaxxx]

the band you want everyone to hear but no one to know!

[myradioon]

You all will be happy to know that the Clean played a series of sold out shows in New York last year. The crowd were of all ages - and the show I was at had Yo La Tengo sitting in the front row like teenagers watching the band! Timeless.

[plenty2see]

I saw the clean the chills and the spagheties, the terls , all at the Oriental in Dunedin in the early eighties....

[wegotrocket]

i doubt the strokes even know who the clean are. hawaii does sound similar, but i'm sure it's purely just a coincidence...unlike the time they ripped off tom petty's "american girl" intro

the clean > the strokes.

[billjackjane]

if some one came up with a song like this now, I reckon it could be a hit!

[waisakesotutu]

The strokes ripped this off for their b-side 'hawaii' check it out...

[sd666111999]

hawaii is way better than this shit though

[waisakesotutu]

very constructive, well done, idiot

[FreekvanSummeren]

Yes, you are right!

I don't know if The Strokes have paid rights for it?

I like both versions!

[rls4vinyl]

Crazy addictive! Great!

[kpavement]

una de mis bandas preferidas uno de sus mas grandes temas Tally Ho.

yesterday is another day

i really see

i don't know

i don't know

tally ho.

[54spiritedwill54]

Awesome, awesome memories!

[Dulcirio]

Great song!!!thanks for to share it!!

[Straws92]

does life get any better than this?

[dolphingroove]

hey! does anyone know what they're saying?

you said it was yesterday? just a day? yesterday's another day??..blah blah..i don't know...

??

cuz i'm trying to learn this song for a halloween cover band, and time is running out.

[ManuelHung]

how'd that work out for ya?

[baconzoo66]

it was cool i bullshitted

[Aldershit69]

nz's original alt music !!

[WigglyManiac]

Where has this song been all my life?

What a discovery!

[Avantyawn]

can't beat this in a pop tune

[chevyvictor]

did they do the songh Beatnik? is it on youtube under a diff name..

[shake544]

I'd love to see that too!

[Acidmarx]

wow

[puddingskins]

the best...

[Leibinz]

All songs should be like this,

[Timmybear]

Oddly enough, I have a CD with a cover of this on it. A band called Kickstand, most famous for having Jeff Feuerzeig in it (who has gone on to direct THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON and THE BAND THAT WOULD BE KIND).

[Timmybear]

KING, that is - HALF JAPANESE are rather alarmingly kind at time. ;)

[unclemort1960]

a bloke iused to correspond with sent me a tape of this along other nz groups like no tag . who was the group that did short haired rock n roll

[PLSCHWRT]

Short haired... was by a band called Terrorways. It's on a split with Proud Scum.

[unclemort1960]

thanks mate

[usak2000]

I'm in a funcking time warp.Clean,Bats,Chills,LBGP-an­yone out there at Massey in late 80's?

[bruceingoe]

I can better that - Saturday nights 7 till 10pm on Radio Massey from 1987 to 1990, I lived on playing this stuff. Add tall dwarfs, snapper, straightjacket fits, verlaines etc etc etc

[usak2000]

While downstairs the Rams were getting hammered!

[qiput]

so outrageously gorgeous

could have sworn it was in slow motion the first time i watched

[asnihilismbores]

so love this song, thankyou :)

[polite12]

fucking sweet！

[samovarandlime]

awe-inspiring. The reason half of it's negative is chris knox accidentally opened the camera exposing some of the film.

[taniwha9]

Oh jeez, its like I'm 13 again!

[katokowgirl]

Awesome, awesome memories! Thanks for posting this wee nugget of Kiwi gold. Still love it to bits!

[myweekbeatsyouryear]

lo-fi by necessity unlike so many indie posers. love it

[vandal1982]

5 stars love it go kiwis

[vandal1982]

hey bastards i found head like a hole the im on fire cover search it

[fatuesialai]

The song that started the Flying Nun phenomenon.

Tally Ho!!

[lobot666]

kiwi rock rules!

[northeastkiwi]

Wonder what the reunion gigs where like this year in NZ?

[Majellanz]

The Clean are still going strong, esp in US. One Kilgour lives in NY, the other in NZ, and and Rob Scott is still in Port Chamlers (giving guitar lessons for $20 a half-hour!)

[coolanddeadly]

you said it once yesterday, yesterday is another day....

anyone know the rest of the lyrics?

[yanquiUXO]

tally ho, tally ho!

[BoogieMenKilling]

Choice!