Well, I guess we've lost Brain, at least for now, I have invited him to become a regular guest contributor ala Cliff or jonDer or whomever, we'l see if he takes us up on that. While I am at it, ANYONE wishing to be a guest contributor is welcome, this could be YOU.......anyway, over this 4-day weekend, I plan on putting up at least a few discs for y'all......and the place I guess I need to start is wrapping up the Stranglers thing.......Now, understand this, the Stranglers thing as a whole has been one of my post popular "mega-Projects", understandable, they were great and had a ver devoted following........some of the guest contributions on the topic have been off thte charts.......I do still have a few left, which are solo efforts from Stranglers members.......mind you I haven't listened to these an awful lot, and it's been a long, long time, but to COMPLETE the Stranglers picture, I think it's a good idea to present these as well......commentary will be kept to a minimum as I really DON'T recall much about these albums, but, I hope you enjoy them.
OK, lets start with Jean-Jacques Burnell, the Strangler's bassist and resident creep, i have three solo albums and if I recall, they are quite enjoyable........I know he had a few more, but what I havae for you is "Euroman Cometh", "Euroman Cometh (Live)" and "Un Jour parfait"........let me know what you think, would you please?
EUROMAN COMETH (LIVE)-12 Ode To Joy/Do the European/13 Duetschland Nicht Uber Alles/14 Eurospeed/15 Crabs/16 Tout Comprende/17 Freddie Laker/18 Jellyfish/19 Triumph of the Good City/20 Euroman
UN JOUR PARFAIT-01 Un Jour parfait Theme/02 Si Je'tais/03 Weekend/04 Tristeville Se Soir/05 Un Jour parfait/06 Via Dolarosa//07 Le Whiskey /08 Crazy (She Drives Me)/09 Garden of Eden/10 Reves/11 Waltz/12 Via Doloarosa (Spanish)/13 Le Whiskey (Dance Mix)/14 Elle Assure/15 Reve (12 Mix)/16 Les Mensouges Et Les Lames
I think if you give these a try you may find some unknwon (to you) gems hidden here........Burnell has a good bit of talent. Links in the comment section.
Next we hav a colaboration bwtween JJ Burnell and Dave Greenfield, entitled "Fire and Water"......didn't really recall it, listened and it's really prettydamn good,give it a spin.....FIRE AND WATER-01 Liberation/02 Rain and Dole and Tea/03 Vladamir and Sergi/04 Le Soir/05 Tris Pedophiles/06 Dino Rap/07 Nuclear Power (yes Please)/08 Detective Privee/Consequences
Check it out........next post will be a shitload of Hugh Cornwell stuff, and a couple more surprises to wrap up this Stranglers EXTRAVAGANZA!