My irritability keeps me alive and kicking. by Rob Conroy

Rob Conroy

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Submit Date: 5/19/2007
Format: CD
Category: Single Artist

My irritability keeps me alive and kicking.


Artist	Song
Magazine	Shot by Both Sides [single version]

Magazine	My Mind Ain't So Open

Magazine	Goldfinger

Magazine	Definitive Gaze

Magazine	My Tulpa

Magazine	Motorcade

Magazine	The Great Beautician in the Sky

Magazine	The Light Pours Out of Me

Magazine	Parade

Magazine	Give Me Everything

Magazine	I Love You, You Big Dummy

Magazine	Feed the Enemy

Magazine	Back to Nature

Magazine	Permafrost

Magazine	A Song from Under the Floorboards

Magazine	Sweetheart Contract

Magazine	About the Weather

Comment:

My favorite 80 minutes by the legendary Howard Devoto's OTHER band (who are just shy of being as absolutely essential in an apples 'n' oranges kinda way as his first outfit--y'know, that little-known group called Buzzcocks). I've been wanting to compile this for some time but had been having trouble locating their various non-LP singles and b-sides until Virgin/EMI have reissued their catalog in (very nicely) remastered form with the non-LP singles, etc. as bonus tracks. Although they only recorded four records, this could have easily been a disc and a half. The following tracks were very, very, very difficult to cut: "Touch and Go," "Because You're Frightened," "I Want to Burn Again," "Cut-Out Shapes," "Talk to the Body," "Rhythm of Cruelty [single version]," "Philadelphia" and "Recoil."

Feedback:

Mark Petruccelli
Date: 5/19/2007

Know naught of them but dig the Buzzcocks so I am intrigued.

gobi
Date: 5/19/2007

all points covered very nicely . . .

sammyg123
Date: 5/19/2007

Love them. Obviously 'Shot By Both Sides' is one of the finest singles ever made. But 2,4,7,12,15 & 16 are all absolute belters. Nice job.

anthony lombardi
Date: 5/19/2007

gotta admit, as much as i love them, i've got the tendency to sometimes look at them from the perspective of the buzzcocks' shadow -- still a terrific band, & it looks like you've hit all the high points, great work

p the swede
Date: 5/20/2007

fantastic band, you could easily do a sequel

French Connection
Date: 5/20/2007

Yup gotta agree with Sammy re the opener, looks like you got everything covered here Rob.

Rob_z2.
Date: 5/20/2007

Can't go wrong with magazine!

Barrydali
Date: 5/20/2007

Gotta love this Rob. Sterling work as usual.

lo-fi jr.
Date: 5/22/2007

Excellent choice. My favorite kinda band, like Can or Mission of Burma Devoto and company were outstanding musicians who chose follow the bizarre. IMO, they lost something when John Mceogh split, but I'm always up for a reassessment of past opinions so I'm ordering all four of the LP remasters myself.

sport !
Date: 5/23/2007

Great stuff!!

KathrynandRupert
Date: 7/15/2007

I keep finding you doing mixes of some of my fave bands.For a while A Song From Under The Floorboards was my favourite single of all time.Great to see the B side of Shot By Both Sides on here.My only criticism is there is no Model Worker.Perfect work otherwise.

"And I just want to know while the revolution lasts,will it enable me to swallow broken glass?"