"You Don't Want a Boyfriend"
The EP "Planes" followed 'Understand,' and Sweeney thought it was his best piece of work. Its failure hit the artist hard, and he disappeared for several years. When he reemerged with 'Big Trouble' at the end of the decade, the shift in sound was a shock to some of Brian's veteran followers, but it had a beat you could dance to, and there were new fans after "Turn Your Lights On" was BBC Radio One Single Of The Week. There was success on Irish radio and a nomination for Irish Single Of The Year at the Irish Music Awards as well. The overall feeling, though, was Brian was better at music for the melancholy, and Sweeney must have agreed because he never recorded as Brian again. Here are a couple from 'Big Trouble.'
"Turn Your Lights On"
"Right Through Tuesday"
I have spent the last few days catching up with my favorite blogs, and I'll be back next time with another post inspired by a post I read.
5 comments:
Hey, Brian, glad you're feeling better. Thanks for this recommendation - I've not come across this feller before but he seems worthy of investigation. The new Secret Shine album is very good btw if you've not heard it yet... Cheers
Up your alley for sure, Misterprime, especially Understand. Everything I have heard from the new Secret Shine has been excellent, but I don't have it yet. On the list.
Love the Brian stuff especially Right Through Tuesda. Remember when I go the lp thinking that it reminded me a bit of depressed Ian Broudie , which was no bad thing. Then Ian Broudie showed what a depressed ian broudie sounded like with 4 winds
I only have the 1991 album so thanks for these great songs from later on. Hugely appreciated.
That's the one you want, JC, but I'll be more than happy to get you the later one if you want. No problem at all.
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