Fertile Crescent – Great Plains I like to think that this song exists for two reasons: 1) To have a slower song in their repertoire, and 2) to have an excuse to use the wet-finger-on-rim-of-a-crystal-glass effect on the organist’s organ. Or a third: Great Plains had such a beautiful, dreamlike song in them so they [...]
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Fertile Crescent
Posted in Great Plains on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dick Clark
Posted in Great Plains on May 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dick Clark – Great Plains I had to help my mum move out of our old home today, so that is why this is so late. A big day, and Great Plains’ Dick Clark was in my head at the beginning of it. Writing these every day, it’s a lot less of a diary than [...]
Hall Of Shame
Posted in Great Plains on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hall of shame – Great Plains Another great song from that great album by this great band, Great Plains. I like the slower ones as well. They’re all great.
Fool That Set It Off
Posted in Great Plains on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fool that set it off – Great Plains Maybe my favourite song off an album that should have a share of the esteem of Zen Arcade, Let It Be, Double Nickels on the Dime, Murmur, and others, but for many reasons doesn’t. Well, no, my favourite song will always be Time To Name The Dog [...]
Letter To A Fanzine
Posted in Great Plains on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to a fanzine – Great Plains Yes! Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls? The pertinent question of 1986. The pertinent question of any age. Though this is an once great and hilarious song, it is pushed and commemorated on compilations, lists and mixes and as coverings as the only [...]
