And no, I'm still not wittering on about PJ Harvey.
I'm referring to the near four minutes of music that formed the A-side of the 1982 single pictured above.
Julian Cope might be a bit bonkers (as indeed can be evidenced from the track on the b-side of this single), but the two hit LPs recorded with The Teardrop Explodes at the beginning of the 80s contain perfect pop, timeless tunes and moments of magic.
Tiny Children was the third single lifted from Wilder and really deserved a much better fate than merely hitting #44 in the charts. It's a gorgeous lullaby, delivered with a real degree of fragility by Julian whose vocal is quite lovely, even if he does at times appera to be at the edge of his range.
mp3 : The Teardrop Explodes - Tiny Children
mp3 : The Teardrop Explodes - Rachael Built A Steamboat
As I said earlier, the b-side is a complete contrast. Weird.
If you like what you hear, then its worth investing in this bargain, the 2000 re-issue CD of Wilder which includes all the b-sides of the various singles plus the tracks on You Disappear From View, the flop single from 1982.
Happy Listening
3 comments:
Wilder-period Teardrop was a mixed bag I reckon - as you point out Rachel...was err weird. And after that they got even stranger or rather Copey did. The next single You Disappear From View had a b-side called Ouch Monkeys.
I imagine the rest of the band, holed up at Rockfield Studios in Wales, aware that their career is on something of a downward spiral,awaiting Copey's next song as he emerges from his latest acid-fuelled binge.
"He's written a new song", "At last!, great what's it called", "Ouch Monkeys", "oh.....we're fucked aren't we?", "Yeah".
Rich C
I loved the wilder lp although I think it holds the world record for "ba ba da ba"s. I bought this in my local boots that had about 50 copies (someone obvioulsy mistakenly thought that spalding was a haven for lost teardrop explodes fans) so they had to mark it down to a silly price. This was the one advantage of having to buy records in a shop where clearly no-one had a clue as to music that wasn tin the top 10. I managed in the same shop to get new order's temptation for 10p which even then was a ridiculous bargain
Bloody hell. Twenty eight years on and this bastard song still makes my eyes fill up and a lump come to my throat. I played this many times after being dumped by a girlfriend at the time. Miraculous how music does that, isn't it?
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