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Shorley Wall
The ''Shorley Wall EP'' was the second release by Ooberman, following the ''Sugar Bum'' single, and was the first release that gained the band attention from the press and music fans. It was named as the single of the year for 1998 by The Times. The EP's title track was re-recorded for the band's debut album ''The Magic Treehouse'', and released as a single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by .... Two of the other tracks were later featured on '' Hey Petrunko plus...''. Track listing # "Shorley Wall" (Popplewell/Flett) # "Today's The Day (Part 1)" (Popplewell/Flett) # "Serotonin Smile" (Popplewell/Flett) # "A Place I Call Home" (Flett) # "Why Did My Igloo Collapse?" (Popplewell) # "Live Again (Don't Die Father)" (Flett) # "Honeydew" (Popplewell) An interview with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ooberman
Ooberman are an English band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album '' Hey Petrunko'', but announced their reformation in April 2006 and began releasing music again soon thereafter. History Early years Ooberman founders Dan Popplewell and Andy Flett met over a piano at their school in Bradford, 1988. The first band they set up was The Forestry Commission, with Flett's younger brother, Steve on bass guitar. The band's life soon ended when Popplewell moved to Liverpool, but the three friends kept in touch. Steve Flett moved to Liverpool in 1992, and Andy Flett later joined him in 1996/7, after commuting back and forth from Birmingham where he was studying. Ooberman was then born, complete with Alan Kelly (Drums) and last member Sophia Churney (keyboards and vocals). The first Ooberman gig was in June 1997, and their eccentric live shows and quirky demos won them the 1997 BT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, rock music. Writer Johan Fornas views pop/rock as "one single, continuous genre field", rather than distinct categories. To the authors Larry Starr and Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Treehouse
''The Magic Treehouse'' is the debut album from Ooberman, released in October 1999 on Independiente Records. The album was produced by Stephen Street, famous for his work with The Smiths and Blur (band), Blur, among others. Four singles were released from the album - "Blossoms Falling", "Million Suns", "Tears From A Willow" and "Shorley Wall". An earlier version of "Shorley Wall" had previous been the lead track of an Shorley Wall, EP released by the band on Tugboat Records. A demo recording of ''Sugar Bum'' was released as a single on Graham Coxon's Transcopic label in May 1998. This was the band's first official release. Track listing # "Million Suns" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 4:16 # "Blossoms Falling" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 2:31 # "Sur La Plage" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:14 # "Roro Blue" (Dan Popplewell) – 2:14 # "Tears from a Willow" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:32 # "Bees" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 1:57 # "Sugar Bum" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:17 # "Roll Me in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorley Wall (single)
"Shorley Wall" is a song by Ooberman, released as the fourth and final single from their debut album ''The Magic Treehouse''. It was released by Independiente in March 2000, and was the band's last release for the label. "Shorley Wall" was originally the lead track of an EP released by the band in 1998. The song charted at #47 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listing CD1 (ISOM41MS) # "Shorley Wall" ( Popplewell/Flett) # "Wasteland Of Souls" (Popplewell) # "Blossoms Falling" (Acoustic) (Popplewell/Flett) CD2 (ISOM41SMS) # "Shorley Wall" (Popplewell/Flett) # "Golden Fall" (Flett) # "Tears from a Willow "Tears from a Willow" is a song by Ooberman, released as the third single from their debut album ''The Magic Treehouse''. It was released by Independiente in October 1999. In the song's radio edit, a reference to LSD was removed, but remained ..." (Sound 5's Disko 77 Mix) (Popplewell) 7" Vinyl (ISOM41S) # "Shorley Wall" (Popplewell/Flett) # "Buster" (Popplewell) Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Petrunko
''Hey Petrunko'' is the second album by Ooberman, released in March 2003 on the band's own Rotodisc label. It was recorded and produced by the band. Three singles were released in support of the album - ''Running Girl'', ''Beany Bean'' (not featured on the album itself) and ''First Day of The Holidays''. In addition, a mini-album with ''Running Girl'' as the lead track, and an EP centering on ''Bluebell Morning'' were released. ''Where Did I Go Wrong?'' was issued as a single under the pseudonym The Sentinels, retitled ''Memoirs of a Cunt''. Track listing # "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell) # " Bluebell Morning" (Popplewell/Flett) # "Running Girl" (Popplewell) # "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell) # "Where Did I Go Wrong?" (Popplewell) # "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett) # "SnakeDance" (Popplewell) # "Open The Hatch" (Popplewell) # "Cities That Fall" (Flett) # "Abstract Sky" (Popplewell) # "Petrunka's Dream" (Popplewell/Churney) # " First Day of the Holidays" (Popplewell) # "Secret World" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 EPs
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