PaulWarning Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) came across this song on some recordings of radio programmes I've got, love it, but the title and the band name doesn't seem right, anybody help me out? Songs - Us, The Only Ones.mp3 Edited August 25, 2020 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 "Unavailable". That's not the band's name, that's an error message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Happy Jack said: "Unavailable". That's not the band's name, that's an error message. I was trying to edit it, here it is again, I've got it as us, the only ones the band name being Songs, but that doesn't seem right Not sure how to upload it so it plays from the post Songs - Us, The Only Ones.mp3 Edited August 25, 2020 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=The+Only+Ones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=The+Only+Ones of course it's obvious now, cheers, John Peel announced it as the Song Us, the only ones I completely misunderstood it doh! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 And this is why a missing apostrophe matters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nail Soup Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 18 hours ago, PaulWarning said: came across this song on some recordings of radio programmes I've got, love it, but the title and the band name doesn't seem right, anybody help me out? Good song! Fancy digging through your entire archive in case you have some other recomendations? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 One of the two competitions I've won in my life entailed naming the lead singer of The Only Ones. It was multiple choice and the answer was elsewhere in the magazine, but I'm still intensely proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 One of the great new wave bands that most people haven’t heard of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ahpook said: One of the two competitions I've won in my life entailed naming the lead singer of The Only Ones. You've won two competitions in your life... would be a better story if the Peter Perret comp was the only one !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Nail Soup said: Good song! Fancy digging through your entire archive in case you have some other recomendations? yes it's a cracking song but looking into it further I don't think it's the Only Ones, I think it's a band called The Songs (crap name eh?) and the title is Us, the Only Ones, can't find any info on them at all apart from this guy has posted some other stuff by them, none of it as good as that one though https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHoSwApI5_nC3yvafbUylQ I've got about 6000 songs some are obscure good ones, but not as obscure as that 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: a band called The Songs (crap name eh?) I think a lot of band names like that would not get chosen in the post-google age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBickerton Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I can help out here. The Songs were a band from Newcastle-upon-Tyne that were around from 1990-1994. They gigged a lot around Newcastle and the North East, and also did some UK tours and tours of Italy. I played in a band that supported The Songs quite a few times. This was their only single and our band (Troft) got a mention on the sleeve, which was cool. I remember Dan (the singer) being really chuffed about Peel playing the tune, which was actually the B-side of the single - the A-side was called Ginger. The band reformed for a one-off gig about eight years ago, at the drummer's Jim's 40th birthday party. They released an album in Italy around 1993/4, which was a bit watered down from the new wave inspired tunes they kicked out in 1990-1992. They were great live and had half a dozen songs that, given any exposure at all, could have been big indie hits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBickerton Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 16:22, PaulWarning said: yes it's a cracking song but looking into it further I don't think it's the Only Ones, I think it's a band called The Songs (crap name eh?) and the title is Us, the Only Ones, can't find any info on them at all apart from this guy has posted some other stuff by them, none of it as good as that one though https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHoSwApI5_nC3yvafbUylQ I've got about 6000 songs some are obscure good ones, but not as obscure as that 😄 Btw, the guy you mention above who posted The Songs' songs is the band's original bass player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, JakeBickerton said: Btw, the guy you mention above who posted The Songs' songs is the band's original bass player. cheers, how do you know that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBickerton Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 27/09/2020 at 22:11, PaulWarning said: cheers, how do you know that? I knew the band quite well, as ended up playing quite a few gigs with them, and we also shared the same manager for a while. James was, I'm pretty sure, the bass player, or guitarist - definitely one or the other anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBickerton Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Ok, just done a little research and James was the guitarist. My bad! The bass player was in fact called Simon and he's now in high-profile Smiths tribute band, Smyths - https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2010/oct/29/paul-morley-smiths-tribute-video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 2 hours ago, JakeBickerton said: Ok, just done a little research and James was the guitarist. My bad! The bass player was in fact called Simon and he's now in high-profile Smiths tribute band, Smyths - https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2010/oct/29/paul-morley-smiths-tribute-video Nice update! I saw the Smyths a year or so ago, and the bass player was great (but so were the others!) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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