The Soft Boys - (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp

[diskochimp]

Amazing, it's the 1st 4 XTC albums condensed into 3 minutes!

[stankler]

frank.ferdinand

[BevisFriend2010]

Cheers chief, I was lucky enough to catch Robyn and Joe's 'White Bicycle' recitals after watching Roky at The Green Man.Me, I wan't to be some anglepoise lamps then.

He probably didn't say 'then' but in my mind it would have been the best use of the

word "then" They should have awards for that shit too

[azablakestonindahous]

Hear hear. Loved this toon in the late 70's and love it still...

[UnoriginalCinema]

My dad is doing back vocals on this - true fact!

[jonahstevenson]

@UnoriginalCinema nice!

[diskochimp]

The BBC should play this at 10pm every night instead of the news.

[gleamingspire]

Great song - not heard this for 30 years. I see Robyn Hitchock is playing in Newcastle soon - anyone been to see him on this tour?

[beeohhski]

why the long silence after the song

[jonahstevenson]

uh I had problems with some mp3s doubling up length for a while. boring technical reasons. have worked out how to fix it since but i can't be arsed going back and changing everything.

[montymonty25]

heard this for the first time in a rekkid shop yesterday. it's so great.

[NewPaltzIndie]

"ahhh ahhh ahhh AHHHHHH"

[oldphoque]

They had a Gen X meets The Jam sound to them. Great stuff! I still prefer the Egyptians.

[Longlakedreaming]

Can of Bees disc with bonus cuts will certainly be part of the box. You will be able to order it seperatly as well. I got an older version of it from the 80's on cd, as I didn't pop for the mid 90's Rhino version.

[cjwynes]

Where are you finding this info, b/c I went on the Yep Roc website and couldn't find this. If it's going to be released next year, I want to get a pre-order in somewhere ASAP.

(Also, WTF, Apples in Stereo are on that label now?)

[Longlakedreaming]

It's not posted, but according to my sources on the fegmaniax e-mail list and what Robyn has said (your should join fegmaniax by the way), YepRoc will release it. Too bad A&M and whoever owns them now won't give Robyn and YepRoc the rights to Globe of Frogs, Perspex Island, Respect and Queen Elvis.

[Longlakedreaming]

We should see a five disc Soft Boys boxset from Yep Roc in 2010.

[cjwynes]

I'd settle for a re-issue of "Can of Bees", since it's ridiculous to find on the secondary market at a reasonable price. I had to *cough*... you know... to hear it. Something with this single thrown in would be nice, since I prefer it to the live version on "Can of Bees".

[easysubculture]

this song and dot dash by wire right after blew my child mind away hearing them on wmuh allentown pa when i was but a wee lad

[cjwynes]

re: Wire; Just picked up "Pink Flag" last week, that one isn't on there, was that a single or B-side?

[unadin]

I like it