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Ooh La La's
over 2 years ago
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How often does a band come along, put out an amazing, resonant, timeless debut album (one that even spawns a memorable single which is covered and used over and over in commercials a decade later), and then, for all intents and purposes, disappear?Not too often.Then, we have The La’s.Not Alison Goldfrapp’s “Ooh La La”; or Ronnie Lane singing the Faces’ “Ooh La La.”; or that Christmas

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Ooh La La's
over 2 years ago
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How often does a band come along, put out an amazing, resonant, timeless debut album (one that even spawns a memorable single which is covered and used over and over in commercials a decade later), and then, for all intents and purposes, disappear?Not too often.Then, we have The La’s.Not Alison Goldfrapp’s “Ooh La La”; or Ronnie Lane singing the Faces’ “Ooh La La.”; or that Christmas

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liverpool bands (The La's)
over 2 years ago
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23rd part of my ongoing look at the music that made liverpool great.liverpool bands have produced some of the best music ever,every week i’m going to post a song/video from a group or singer from liverpool some popular and some not so popularthis week it’s The La'sThe La's (1984-91) feat; Chris Sharrock (drms),Lee Mavers (voc,gtr), Mike Badger (gtr,voc) , John Power (bass). Signed to Go Discs

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Sunday on Tuesday: A DeadmanDeadman Honorarium4
over 2 years ago

Let's celebrate DMDM's hapazard presentation style with a Tuesday edition of Sunday Covers. Yeah, but is it for last Sunday when mog was down, or a primer for next Sunday? Or, that Sunday in June when it rained all day - or last Easter spent with - you figure it out.Short lived hit machine The La's did a great job with Jumpin' Jack Flash, eh?

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The La's
over 3 years ago
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To make a body of work that is excellent despite being so obviously rooted in the music of yesteryear is a great achievement. The La's one and only album [1990] is so assured that any notions of nostalgic cheese can be waved in an instant; all this despite the band's leader, Lee Mavers, dismissing the material wi...

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In Praise Of Good Songwriters, Part 2
over 2 years ago
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Now this is a classic. The La's were a great band, and Lee Mavers wrote an album's worth of genius songs for their 1990 debut. They also were totally inspiring live performers - check out this vid from Much Music (and try to ignore the dipshit VJ):

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