tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post2003321931620374152..comments2024-01-26T07:11:45.193-05:00Comments on Linear Tracking Lives!: Another 'Pristine Christine' I Can't HaveBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-63663529804680004252013-10-23T06:33:44.546-04:002013-10-23T06:33:44.546-04:00Well, this is really strange. Your post compelled ...Well, this is really strange. Your post compelled me to recall two songs I really liked but that I’ve never been able to retrieve via the net, and believe me, I’ve tried many times over the years. This morning I had a little spare time (it doesn't happen too often), so I decided to try again a little web search and lo and behold, in a matter of seconds and for no discernible reason (the search words I used were the same as in the past), I found them both on Youtube.<br />The first one is ‘The Moon Is A Dandy’ by someone called Paul Francis, who recorded that one under the pseudonym ‘Jean Paul Dionysus’. I came across that song, if my brain cells serve me right, thanks to a friend who, almost twenty five years ago, bought a Secret Heart (English folk label) sampler at a concert, lent it to me and that song was the side one – track one on that album. Loved it, recorded it on tape, tape still somewhere in the backyard shack never to be found again.<br />Judging by the number of Youtube plays I am the only one in the world who still remembers it apart for its author.<br />The second one was even trickier. I remember watching the video on MTV in the cold hours before the morning in the deep of winter after a night out in the mid-nineties. The day after I was so stoned (not that I did drink or smoke anything funny, just tired) I didn’t recall anything of it except from the title ‘Timothy Leary Says”, that it was a wonderful song and that I did think that the video was a work of genius in its low-budget creativity. Nothing else. And I’ve never seen that video again.<br />Turns out it’s from a Canadian band called Cottage Industry and some videos from them is all the web has to offer.<br />These are the Youtube links: <br />Jean Paul Dionysus - The Moon Is A Dandy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mb9kRWZOO4<br />Cottage Industry – Timothy Leary Says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7kc5-kTkQA<br />Maybe I’m just drunk on memory, but I think they are both extremely beautiful songs. I tried another search but I didn’t found any blog posts about them. Any chance?<br />Sorry for the absurdly long comment, and I hope I haven’t bore the hell out of anybody, but in a way I’m quite happy about the outcome of it. Finding lost songs thought to be missing forever is like meeting old friends, isn’t it?Lucahttp://www.thisismyjam.com/lucathequietonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-73977994763256937402013-10-22T09:57:52.054-04:002013-10-22T09:57:52.054-04:00I would make do with the track appearing on a comp...I would make do with the track appearing on a compilation cd rather than spend a considerable sum on a 7". These days there are very very few "elusive" records, you can find just about anything. Although if you ever come across an LP about growing roses please let me know.georgehttp://gaforsyth.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com