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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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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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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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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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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This CD and Band still rate!Enjoy these Gems!
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It’s a strange feeling to be holding a new La’s product that is not a bootleg or re-master of previously released work. However here we have 17 tracks from 4 BBC sessions, spanning 3 years and four different band line-ups. Informative liner notes come from fan M W Macefield, who explains the birth of the band and unhappiness within the ranks over their debut album.The first session is from t
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Yeah that's right - Lee Mavers The La's main frontman and overall musical genius has resurfaced, unfortunately its not in a musical capacity...yet:"Just a heads up to tell members that Lee Mavers has given an interview to 'The Evertonian' magazine, telling of his passion for the UK football club, Everton.The Evertonian Magazine - Issue #49 - January 2007"Hope the first of many pieces of news th...
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We all know of the Go Discs era La's and just before with the BBC sessions, but there is much more besides. For a band known for just one album (or could that be just one song?) it's no surprise that the majority of La's material remains out of touch.This unofficial bootleg comes with the following text:"The Story of the La's begins in 1984 when the name reveals itself to Mike Badger in a drea...
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Suppose today is a good day to use YouTube as its gone for big bucks. Here is an ideal video that has a short interview followed by a live performance. Lee saves his voice for the singing!
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Been trying to load up some of the Bloc Party bonus tracks, but MOG doesn't seen to like the song Version 2.0, which I'm really enjoying.Have some rare La's instead.
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This is going to be a meandering little stream of consciousness, so try not to get lost...As I posted earlier, kcolizzle took me to a Yankees game yesterday as an early birthday present...One of the pitchers for the Yankees is Mike Myers...Michael Myers is the villan in the "Halloween" series of movies...Freddy Kruger is the villan in the "Friday the 13th" series of movies...Mike Myers (of the ...
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I remember as a student in Liverpool seeing a band busking and they were very good, a couple of nights later we saw the same band playing the Uni Union Bar and found out it was The La's. Great band and music even though the band line up changed numerous times, the differences with bend members and person issues stopped it or was it the changed line ups, personal problems etc that made the band....
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Results of week 40-41: Which is your favourite decade? The 50s 4 (5%) The 60s 11 (16%) The 70s 8 (11%) The 80s 21 (30%) The 90s 24 (35%) Total votes: 68 I'm thrilled that so many agreed with my affection of the decade which I grew up in. This just might be another hint that a new 90s retrospective revitalization is drawing near. The 80s have had their share and I'll be damned if I'm no...
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