I used to go to the Sunday Teenage raves at the Christchurch Town Hall; the Blams, Hip Singles, Mockers, Exponents all played. As a 14 years old it was simply epic...
Don's mum was a councillor at my high school north of Auckland in the early 80s and often talked about her son who plays in a band blam blam blam.she was a treasure and I'll never forget her
Watched and sang and danced at the Blams Wellington gig at Meow in 2019 wonderful- top musicians still, Don playing tenor horn and drums, Tim Mahon was tight as on bass and the remarkable Mr Bell on guitar- they'd done a countrywide tour- had prepped real well and their complex arrangements sounded just brilliant.
i grew up around these guys ...deeply embedded in New Zealander culture...particularly if you lived or worked on dominion road ...auckland.....nostalgia
I first heard this in late ‘86 I Love This So Much I didn’t know who it was for decades But Thank God for the Internet Their choice of Off Notes for this piece was so Good I love the full wet reverb choir with the laugh at the end - So mid ‘80s It would have been really nice if they had continued down this road
Very delicious and I can't help but wonder if it was lurking in the back of Eddie Vedder's mind when he wrote "I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky but why ... can't it be mine?
Should Have conquered the world. So sad what happened to Tim's hand in that tour accident way back when. Glad to hear he's back playing bass again. These guys didn't have a bad song. I have them all. 'Luxury Length' is 100% class.
Luxury length is epic, remember watching that vid on RWP. Karyn Hey, god I was totally infatuated with her. I have The blam blam blam story; CBS SBP237993 with Netherworld dancing toys on side B.
So good. I didn't really get into the blams at the time that they were around but now I don't know why. I always found Mark Bell to be an interesting but very pleasant guy. Simon Daubney once told me that he and Mark pulled out of a sailing race because they ran out of cigarettes. Somehow it didn't surprise me that they would do the unintentional.
..Life by No's.(?)👿Thank u Mr M.Phillipps☺ 👍👏🔊 your Brillant Chillblue🔊chnl.🎯/&,Recall Working wth Peter.G.@ Forestry.@'Time of The 'BLAMS.. Crash.!!&,Realising how that NZ Musician.Bond Was very Well n Alive..As it started to Concern Me..As We(I )Had only Heard..Re;The were in A bad Crash..wth @'Least 1(?)Member Crutical..!Cheers 'Thel only.Honest 'M.P .Outthere.phil.🔊👿👀ps;(Apologies to you Person(pre-F/bk👀👂".Simply your P.o.v.!-Just Great your Finding This Great Music.!@'CHILLBLUE@RUclips'11/10: been goin off(My😠 a lil of l8).Hope🐧 We all good.hv a great Day..lol.phil@'Dn.🔆
A friend of mine was the flatmate/houseminder of the lead on that show. It was a big fancy ass house adjacent to Lake Pupuke. Had some really good parties there. Never saw the TV star, but he had a fifteen foot tall poster of himself on the wall of the two story lounge.
The writer/singer said, of the song when interviewed "This one came out of nowhere. It is sort of an imitation of early Talking Heads lyric approaches where you have a really unsympathetic character standing up and stating his case - like Psycho Killer. I was listening to Talking Heads quite a bit and XTC. I don't know where 'five blue figures in a white circle' came from."
Three quarters of a three piece.... Hmmmm. No styling budget for the poor old drum machine. Typical. Brain the size of a planet, and they couldn't even be bothered getting it some slacks.
Look at how old they were, and listen to the production - this is so brilliant, and could be released as is, today.
I used to go to the Sunday Teenage raves at the Christchurch Town Hall; the Blams, Hip Singles, Mockers, Exponents all played. As a 14 years old it was simply epic...
Don's mum was a councillor at my high school north of Auckland in the early 80s and often talked about her son who plays in a band blam blam blam.she was a treasure and I'll never forget her
Indie kids fashion never changes
The jumpers are always cool Indie fashion wear :)
I remember going home to change out of my Kinko's uniform to put on a Postman's Jacket to go out to a show.
OMG, can't believe this exists. It's brilliant.
Such amazing Talent amongst these 3
Watched and sang and danced at the Blams Wellington gig at Meow in 2019 wonderful- top musicians still, Don playing tenor horn and drums, Tim Mahon was tight as on bass and the remarkable Mr Bell on guitar- they'd done a countrywide tour- had prepped real well and their complex arrangements sounded just brilliant.
i grew up around these guys ...deeply embedded in New Zealander culture...particularly if you lived or worked on dominion road ...auckland.....nostalgia
in a half way house?
I went through rehab in the '80s.
And stayed in a 1/2 way house bordering Eden Park... Spitting distance from Dominion Road.
I found this song through a New Zealand radio station. love that it has history :)
I first heard this in late ‘86
I Love This So Much
I didn’t know who it was for decades
But Thank God for the Internet
Their choice of Off Notes for this piece was so Good
I love the full wet reverb choir with the laugh at the end - So mid ‘80s
It would have been really nice if they had continued down this road
Even now this holds up as a great video - low tech, but it still has all the elements required!
I just can't even 😢 my music 🎵 flying nun days
This is a really great and somehow mysterious song.
There's five blue figures on a white circle
They're making agreements
They're keeping each other in line
It reminds me of the Fall, not the singing but parts of the guitar music and even parts of this video in a fall song I saw
Dude, they are nothing like the fall. What ya tripping on.
No, seriously, that is a major brain fart right there.
i've unwittingly looked like every member of this band at some point. i didnt know who they were until today. atm i'm tim
good music tho
"I want you to be happy... but I'd rather you were still with me..." How delicious is that?
I couldn't possibly say, Your Honour...
Genius. Matched by the music.
Very delicious and I can't help but wonder if it was lurking in the back of Eddie Vedder's mind when he wrote "I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky
but why ... can't it be mine?
Outstanding. Never gets old. And the girl breaking character and laughing 2:50 always makes me happy.
Ah ! Bell, Mahon and McGlashan. Never recorded a weak song. Never.
Mighty Blams...
such cool music..
Awesome to see this!
Should Have conquered the world. So sad what happened to Tim's hand in that tour accident way back when. Glad to hear he's back playing bass again.
These guys didn't have a bad song. I have them all. 'Luxury Length' is 100% class.
Luxury length is epic, remember watching that vid on RWP. Karyn Hey, god I was totally infatuated with her.
I have The blam blam blam story; CBS SBP237993 with Netherworld dancing toys on side B.
Brilliant 👏 👏 ❤❤❤
Don possessed by the spirit of 80's dance!
I never appreciated this song for how good it is.
Wow havent heard this since the 80s -thnk you for the post!
takes me way way back. CLASSIC
No kidding... Donnie looking incredibly young here. I'm used to seeing him in his Mutton Birds days.
So good. I didn't really get into the blams at the time that they were around but now I don't know why. I always found Mark Bell to be an interesting but very pleasant guy. Simon Daubney once told me that he and Mark pulled out of a sailing race because they ran out of cigarettes. Somehow it didn't surprise me that they would do the unintentional.
A helluva song, simply stellar! Thanks
One of my favorites.
oh man this song takes me back. had this on 45rpm when it first came out
Been looking for this for ages ... thanks so much for putting it up.
Really good that.
Never 'erd of 'em tho.
I love this group😀. They remind me of a swinger version of AH-HA😎
There was a lot of creativity in the air back then. Fred Dagg was at his best too.
Iv always liked this,...remember the Reverb room night club, yep I was there & always too drunk lol
Started at Rossmini collage on the shore as a school group 👍👍👍
Auckland Uni :)
You have to like this. In a pre-Facebook sense of the word like.
..Life by No's.(?)👿Thank u Mr M.Phillipps☺ 👍👏🔊 your Brillant Chillblue🔊chnl.🎯/&,Recall Working wth Peter.G.@ Forestry.@'Time of The 'BLAMS.. Crash.!!&,Realising how that NZ Musician.Bond Was very Well n Alive..As it started to Concern Me..As We(I )Had only Heard..Re;The were in A bad Crash..wth @'Least 1(?)Member Crutical..!Cheers 'Thel only.Honest 'M.P .Outthere.phil.🔊👿👀ps;(Apologies to you Person(pre-F/bk👀👂".Simply your P.o.v.!-Just Great your Finding This Great Music.!@'CHILLBLUE@RUclips'11/10: been goin off(My😠 a lil of l8).Hope🐧 We all good.hv a great Day..lol.phil@'Dn.🔆
OH THAT GUITARS Peds..Amp.That 'VIBRANT WARM.TREMOLOE(?)..I love it..great gtr player./Band/Guys..Lyrix..et.
This sounds a lot like Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen combined... cool, dark vibes
What a banger.
Holy Horned Hand-signs Batman!... Was that Don McGlashan throwing us a mano cornuto at 2:00?!
This honestly just makes me proud to be a Kiwi.
Love it.
Very Len Lye.
I just found this video, and wondered if anyone else would pick that influence up.
gotta give them extra points for matching Rikkies!!!!!!
ooh....as in rickenbacker??took me a while to get there
best music
Classic
they did a great version of the Dr Who theme. I think it might have been the bside to this
Gee...Michael Hurst is so young in this...he is so hilarious at times and what an amazing actor, who remembers Hercules the Legendary Journey's?
I worked on that show for a little while,.. the biggest fan of Michael Hurst seemed to be Michael Hurst
A friend of mine was the flatmate/houseminder of the lead on that show. It was a big fancy ass house adjacent to Lake Pupuke. Had some really good parties there. Never saw the TV star, but he had a fifteen foot tall poster of himself on the wall of the two story lounge.
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Love Tims parka, and are those Levi Sta-prest ?
Classic video ! Love Blam Blam Blam !
"Is it in everyone's interests?"
So sweet and edgy ❤
Have started my EOTWP; end of rhe world party!
Anyone with me in spirit?
preferably I expire before the planet 😂
How punk 😂
Vampire Weekend take notice.
NIU ZILLAND!!!!!
Strange kinda song with the video, reminds me of a video by The Fall
Reminds me of The Fall, not so much the singing but the music does. Mark e smith could easily have sang this. Even the video is Fall like
What is the meaning of the “five blue figures on a white circle”?
The writer/singer said, of the song when interviewed "This one came out of nowhere. It is sort of an imitation of early Talking Heads lyric approaches where you have a really unsympathetic character standing up and stating his case - like Psycho Killer. I was listening to Talking Heads quite a bit and XTC. I don't know where 'five blue figures in a white circle' came from."
Drama School Lunatics xx
Aah mis-spent youth hehehe
shit hot
It’s kinda like the talking heads mixed with the zombies
K'rd 2019 colourised.
Rickenbackers !
You know what would go good with this song? A small tuba.
luxury length was a great album, better than the swingers
About the business round table perhaps? Or the permanent members of the security council even? Whatever one wants it to be I guess.
Peter Mateer I want you to be happy but I'd rather you were still with me.
US foreign policy? Perhaps we can regime change something?
Offbeat to say the least.. I don't know about the indie fashion comments, but it appears the Moddy boy memo reached three quarters of the band.
Three quarters of a three piece.... Hmmmm. No styling budget for the poor old drum machine. Typical.
Brain the size of a planet, and they couldn't even be bothered getting it some slacks.
If you ever needed proof that gingers have no soul, HERE IT IS.
I d'like the song but not very much the goofy dance with the gaffophone...
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