BANG BANG MACHINE - Geek Love

[josephmarshall]

I have this on 12inch, i genuinely think its one of the greatest songs ever made. My father is about to digitise all of his old peel cassettes, he must have 50 shows taped!

[mancsakacarl]

brings a tear to my eye the memorys i have of the good times..

[151052libra]

This was recorded at the woolwich tramshed. camera was operated by Mr Steve Admans and sound was recorded by Mr Martin Orbell.

[MrPenfold2]

this is pretty good thanks for posting this,i wonderd what had happend to this band ;o)

[littlefickle]

aah bang bang machine, went to see these in the liverpool lomax one summer (resitting an exam at university...) and a grand total of 8 people in the audience. Give them their due full set and they said it was like someone's birthday party.

[Radim2]

I am missing SHOW ME YOUR PAIN track from them - that was the best track from that guys ... Can anybody post?

[droogless]

I remember her when she got the gig as the singer, she was very shy and unsure of her abilities.... fast foward two years and she was one of the best of the 90s.

[biggles3332]

I've already posted the lyrics on someone elses upload of this song,i have the 12 inch vinyl bought it in the 90's after hearing it on john peels show and the lyrics go like this- waltz around her,waltz around her crystal mystery my dreamlets midnight gardener and the rose garden designer children papas roses janice,maple,clifford,fist apple and leona the lizard girl to love,but never to be in love never to be in love to be in love love I've never seen this video so thats for uploading it

[X2Xnorris]

anyone know where i can get the lyrics for this song

[TheKevolution]

Great song by a great band. Thanks for posting.

[rolin224]

Have never seen this band before, only heard this track on the old Annie Nightingale Sunday show years ago & couldn't work out why it wasn't a hit. I concluded the lead singer must look like a horse or something. I see now that this is so obviously not the case!!

[neds23]

What does the lead singer do now this voice cannot go to waste ?

[delicado]

I presume you're being ironic! Shocking intonation no?

[coffeeaddictuk]

She did work on the Evesham Journal newspaper at one time.. but that was bloody ages ago.. aint sure what she does now, but she married the bassist of the band.

[tinaturntable]

This song reminds me of John Peel :(

[coffeeaddictuk]

Are you bloody kidding??? Leona aint worthy of singing this!

[sicknote74]

Ihave just stumbled on this track via Bagpuss links and have hit a serious nerve!I adored this track and insisted on playing this when I made love for the first time.Every time I listen now I smell condoms and Joss sticks-Long live J.P and my memory for such a great track

[tristian2]

OMG i cant listen to this now, thanks for sullying the track :-)

[TheCityman69]

@sicknote74 Indeed a great track bringing back great memories.

[smithdream]

Destroyed?

Were you part of BBM's crew?

[smithdream]

Cool.

Any memories from that session?

[Markdorman]

He he, Jimmy Kid Records. He wasn't a pikey though, he was Deacs and he had ( and still has ) awesome dreads. I took that photo, one night after a big session at the Hummingbird in Brum. Shuffling about to the Wombles, Lol!

[pfishy69]

It was played to death at the local Indie Club in Warrington."LEGENDS" but its still superb..The Yanks have got an interesting band called "THE HALO BENDERS" look up "Virginia reel around the fountain"..on youtube you may find it sounds familiar

[greengiant123]

Yeah i can see how it is similar, but is not too similar. I really like this song thanks for showing me.

[marsamgod]

The best thing to come out of Evesham apart from the Worcester and Birmingham roads that is.

[ZenGangster]

And the Dancing Did!

[coffeeaddictuk]

Indeen, the Dancing Did were from Evesham too.. Someone gave me a rather poor quality tape of them years ago.

[chrisgreycg]

Who is the Dancing Did...I am 23 yrs old and would love to research music of the 90s

[coffeeaddictuk]

I'm not sure who they were to be honest.. I think they were from the 70's rather than the 90's. I used to know the singer of the punk group Satans rats (whose guitarist went on to form Bang Bang Machine) and he gave me the tape a long time ago..

Sorry i cant really help you with that.

[karlydoc]

@coffeeaddictuk Since he was a boy the dancing diddy coy.

[chrisgreycg]

who is the Dancing Did?

[karlydoc]

@chrisgreycg Since he was a boy- the dancing diddycoy......

[marsamgod]

@ZenGangster Didn't they do "The World’s Gonna End in Cheltenham" ?

[ZenGangster]

@marsamgod Yup. They did, The Did. There's a good Youtube mix up with some of their best stuff that's worth checking out. They're a real one off.

[marsamgod]

@ZenGangster Oh my there's even a facebook group, high time for a "Did" revival in my opinion, happy memories of a mis-spent youth in Cleeve Prior!

[tony7t2]

I remember seeing BBM at the Tivoli in Buckley (in the depths of north Wales) many, many years ago. She did the whole gig in a big red wedding dress.

[smithdream]

Sounds cool.

Any pix?

A big red wedding dress?

[tony7t2]

Well it certainly looked like one, and definitely red.

No pics though unfortunately :(

[smithdream]

Liz wore a white "wedding" dress, veil and tiara when they did TECHNOLOGICA on THE WORD.

Check it out, it's just been added to youtube.

[razdan1974]

a brillant record, thats very difficult to get hold of

[tony7t2]

Difficult... and as recently found out when I did find a copy, expensive. Ah well, worth every penny.

[blonderightthru]

wowee liz you look well hot on this video girl!!!!!!That book was great wasn't it? Its taking me back to the 90s just looking at it....those were the days! This is wicked ....I'm really sorry i was never big enough to tell you at the time. Better later than neverxxxxx

[Fluclox]

Only vaguely recalled this gem, big love for getting

it on here.

Shame it's not longer and louder, but still big thanks.

[grapefruitzzz]

I've been looking for this for years!

[tigerboy1966]

colossal. where did you get this from, i've been after this track for years since i lost my festive fifty tapes.

[tearecords]

I got it off my shelf as I directed this video! Great song, I agree.

[indreamsyousee]

My hat is in the off position.

[Markdorman]

Shivers!!

[smithdream]

I've added the full length GEEK LOVE (SPANGLE MIX)version. BANG BANG MACHINE TV GEEK LOVE testcard is on the air!

[Jaaaaam]

Ace song. Whoever trimmed it to 4 minutes needs talking to, though. Good video too. My favourite song ever.

[Yazzselena]

This was the first CD single I ever bought!! And I didn't have a CD player until 1995. I just LOVED the song - and the extended version is a much better and more satisfying version then the single edit.The Geek Love EP is one of my most treasured musical possessions. I was hoping to find the extended version somewhere on MySpace but alas not yet : ) Nice to finally see the whole video for the song. Thanks for posting it up. I'd only seen a wee clip before.. x

[clansofintrigue]

Ah, Elizabeth... first person to ever decline my offer of marriage ;-) Geek Love is still such a great song!

[LoftNuthouse]

as said before, the full version is the dogs bollocks. Peel was the man.

[Jock303]

Thanks for putting this up.

[smithdream]

The heart on Elizabeth's forehead is a reference to the heart on Olympia's head on the cover of the GEEK LOVE book by Katherine Dunn. The roses on Elizabeth's dress and in the jars is also from the book.

The father(The midnight gardener) experiments with his children to create a family of freaks to make money.

He get's the idea from a rose garden and calls his children Papas roses.

David Hughes drew the covers for both the Geek Love book and the BBM album Eternal Happiness.

[smithdream]

This is my favourite ever song.

When i die i want this played full blast in the church lol.

More than just a song it's a portal into another dimension.

KEEP BANGING THE MACHINE!

:O)

[chrisf242]

Just typed in John Peel to see what would come up,and this is a pleasant surprise.I've got this on 12" but haven't played it for years.Thanks for putting up the video.

[niv2]

believed to be one of the greatest song of all time nobody has ever heard, the original song is 9:20 minutes long. Great video. I don't think is THAT great (many people have called it the greatest song ever, and I wouldn't), but it's pretty darn good. You can get in on google since has been out of print since krsna knows when.