#the soft boys

[monsieurherr]

I feel like I'm onto something here

#definite article #the beatles #the smiths #the stranglers #the soft boys #robyn hitchcock #the lemon twigs #sparks #talking heads #buzzcocks #yellow magic orchestra #gleaming spires #diagram brothers #prince #sting #david bowie #steely dan #blondie #pixies #(the) eagles

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

The Soft Boys Scrapbook

Give it (back) to the Soft Boys! Something very cool popped up on Kimberley Rew's website recently — The Soft Boys Scrapbook, a fascinating digital cornucopia of ephemera that Kim gathered from his original late 70s/early 80s run with the band. Tons of neat stuff, from candid photos to reviews (both rave and not) to concert listings to handwritten setlists and beyond. If you dig the Soft Boys, you'll dig this.

You'll probably want a soundtrack as you browse, too — so why not click play on the Soft Boys at Lady Mitchell Hall in Cambridge in late 1978? This scorching set may be the great lost double live LP from Robyn Hitchcock and co.; it's a pro recording and a few tracks have slipped out on various comps and reissues over the decades. But to hear it in full is to hear The Soft Boys at the most manically glorious, blending the Byrds with Beefheart, Barrett with the VU. A sound I'll never get tired of, that's for sure.

#the soft boys

[undergroundrockpress]

Art by Robyn Hitchcock *Robyn Hitchcock was the founding member of the Soft Boys.

#art #Robyn Hitchcock #the Soft Boys #Surrealism

[guessimdumb]

The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1980)

I know this LP like the back of my hand, but I’d never wondered who played the fantastic violin on this tune and Insanely Jealous.  It was Gerry Hale.

Didn't see the giant squid, though It was fairly slow

#The Soft Boys #Underwater Moonlight #Robyn Hitchcock #Gerry Hale

[mywifeleftme]

109: The Soft Boys // Underwater Moonlight

Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys 1980, Armageddon

Robyn Hitchcock’s whole face/skull situation is a phrenologist’s dream, the kind of knobby high-concentrate Englishness fantasy artists love to draw as goblins or animate oak trees. It’s probably only within the particular resonating chambers of that dome that Hitchcock’s brand of pervert psychedelia could’ve formed: a stream of withering invective as clever as that of Elvis Costello but filtered through Jabberwockian riddle-speak. The key is that Hitchcock delivers his peculiar barbs (e.g. “In the physical kingdom of time / I guess that your dish is full of slime”) with such savage amusement you feel you should know what he means, and eventually you find that you sort of do. It helps also that he was as gifted a melodist as any the punk generation produced, and that Underwater Moonlight bears his most generous collection of hooks.

Hitchcock: Phrenology of a pop genius.

Some of Hitchcock's notable film work.

The Soft Boys might’ve found Cheap Trick- (or at least Raspberries-) sized success with sparkly gems like “Tonight” and “I Wanna Destroy You” if Hitchcock had the capacity to play things straight lyrically. But that’d be like imagining In the Aeroplane Over the Sea without all the jizz and Anne Frank: missing the point completely. It’s better by far to splash headlong into the alternative world where “The Queen of Eyes” topped the UK singles chart for 28 weeks and there are signs at Guitar Center warning you not to play the Arabian scale solo from “Underwater Moonlight.”

Back in our reality, the Soft Boys would break up not long after issuing an incredible final single (“Only the Stones Remain”), and Hitchcock would embark on a consistently strange and prolific solo career, while guitarist Kimberley Rew wrote himself a pretty good pension with his next project, Katrina & the Waves (a better band than you probably remember!).

109/365

#'80s music #the soft boys #robyn hitchcock #uk music #uk indie #indie rock #power pop #music review #vinyl record #katrina & the waves #jangle pop

[orkowhereheshouldntbe]

[ID in ALT!]

Orko in Underwater Moonlight. He was pink and she was pink, because that's the color their robes are.

#orkowhereheshouldntbe #underwater moonlight #the soft boys #this set of orkos might be my least popular bc it's literally just albums i have around my room #but it's ok. if it makes even one person look up a band. that's good

[julio-viernes]

Abraxianos todos: voy a agilizar la lista de 100 de Carlos para que la cosa no se disipe demasiado. Estos son 20 más. Al final publicaré la lista completa en Largo Viernes. Gracias.

80 THE MOVE- FIRST. 79 MOBY GRAPE- FIRST. 78 COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH- ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY. 77 MOTHER TUCKER´S YELLOW DUCK- FIRST. 76 BEVIS FROND- MIASMA. 75 PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND- EAST WEST. 74 ARCADIUM- BREATHE AWHILE. 73 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS- PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF. 72 DEEP PURPLE- SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE. 71 THE BEATLES- REVOLVER. 70 THE SOFT BOYS- A CAN OF BEES. 69 CREAM- DISRAELI GEARS. 68 FINE ART- SAME. 67 THIN LIZZY- VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD. 66 RORY GALLAGHER- TOP PRIORITY. 65 DREAM SYNDICATE- DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES 64 CHRISTMAS- HERITAGE. 63 NEW CHRISTS- DISTEMPER. 62 THE DOORS- FIRST. 61 THE KINKS- THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

#carlos abraxas #los 100 de carlos abraxas #the soft boys #Youtube

[punkrockmixtapes]

The Soft Boys - I Got the Hots

#youtube #The Soft Boys #I Got the Hots #Underwater Moonlight

[cosmonautroger]

#the soft boys #underwater moonlight #1980

[thewanderer-000]

Fairly ⭐🌜

(Note: I wrote for no reason other than I could)

It was near midnight and the night life made quiet noise, cricket chirps, low snore, and soft wind blowing through the slight open window. Suddenly he moved, rustling the blankets and sheets with his hands, searching til those warm hands found you. His body moved closer so his arm could wrap around you, which you didn't mind since he was nice and warm. Which made you question "has he always been this warm? ", a howl in the distance sounded beautiful, even more when more howls sounded off after the first then quiet. He got up slightly only to use you as a pillow, he'd done so a few times since you both had been together. It was quite sweet, he had unknowingly done it, you touch him softly then close your eyes accepting the body warmth, so soothing.

#Jacob Seed #Joseph Seed #John Seed #Far Cry 5 #I don't know why #but I wrote this #enjoy #the soft boys #sleepy bois #which Seed is cozier to you

[lisamarie-vee]

#the soft boys #underwater moonlight #rock and roll hall of fame #1980’s

[songuserbox]

#the soft boys #soft boys #userbox

[str4wberry-str33t]

Cute 70s British musician boys holding irons are my type.

#robyn hitchcock #the soft boys #post punk #80s music #70s music #70s punk #Kimberley Rew

[adsmusiconstellations]

Jangle Pop - Chiming, "jangly" guitar sounds rooted in Post-Punk, blended with Pop-oriented melodies.     

#playlist #audio #jangle pop #pop #punk #r.e.m. #nick lowe #orange juice #felt #the go-betweens #the replacements #the cure #lloyd cole #the soft boys #aztec camera #the pretenders #the dream syndicate #prefab sprout #the house of love #mekons

[mx-incognito]

#music #the soft boys #have a heart Betty

[dagwolf]

The Soft Boys. A Can of Bees. 1979.

The Soft Boys' debut album is 45 years old, today.

#the soft boys #dagsounds #Youtube