tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post7391646825547965546..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Ooberman weekend: Shorley WallSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-42590902324793424162009-07-25T22:37:19.993+00:002009-07-25T22:37:19.993+00:00The story at the time was Independiente were told ...The story at the time was Independiente were told that it'd definitely be Radio 1 playlisted if Shorley Wall was re-released, such had been the reaction when Radcliffe got behind it. So they did. And Radio 1 didn't.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-49335668483873999332009-07-25T13:02:52.125+00:002009-07-25T13:02:52.125+00:00Ah, the single/radio edit "Let the bigots moa...Ah, the single/radio edit "Let the bigots moan"?????<br /><br />To this day I still use the example of their Tears from a Willow as being the best, or least most hilarious, change made by a band for radio. Replacing "LSD" with "mushroom tea" was possibly the funniest not-actually-really-a-compromise ever made.<br /><br />Did either of those changes get that extra radio play? Sadly it didn't seem to matter. I seem recall even Whiley playing them all the time but it didn't seem to help. (Actually this BBC commenting makes me think that a sessions disc would be nice about now. I seem to recall hearing a lovely version of Tears from a Willow on Lamacq back in the day but that might just be rosy nostalgia. I loved them.)<br /><br />I'll tell you a video that would be lovely to see again (but would be very unlikely to find) was a thing I saw years ago on long lost kids TV channel Discovery Kids. It was about the making of the video for Tears... I'm honestly not making this up. I think it's the video mentioned on <a href="http://www.themagictreehouse.co.uk/discography/2001annual.php" rel="nofollow">this page</a> but I've not seen it since. I saw it completely by chance when a younger brother was watching the channel. I sat baffled that not only was I seeing the mighty Ooberman on kids TV but also that kids TV was showing the making of a video for a song about hallucinogenic drugs, angry break-ups and talking to cows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com