The Associates - Skipping - Gotterdammerung 2000
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- Опубликовано: 30 мар 2008
- Partial restoration of one of three songs from this Dutch television programme from summer 1982. Billy and Martha are in Dutch police uniforms, apparently.
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the keyboards on this are out of this universe,how the hell did Alan Rankine and Mr MacKenzie pull this off...just sublime
I Need to hear this song every so often.It's genius.
This song and the synthesized voice technique makes it seem very modern, killer song!
Brilliant - the lyrics are incredible....The bass , the music ...all so original - Love it
Genius - the backing rift is a perfect complement with the haunting vocals
This is the associates at their
utterly wondrous . This track quite simply takes my breath away .
they will always sound like no other - and that indeed is a wonderful thing.
Happy Belated Birthday!
My favourite song from 'Sulk'.
Keep on Dancing!!!
"Skipping" The Associates at their best. Check out the album "Sulk."
'SULK' is still brilliant even in this era, Billy's voice was truly unique, sadly missed.
Long time ago is saw this on dutch TV.
Great song.
what a band...possibly the the greatest band of the 80's....songs of such profound genius....a band of unique ability......a true product of the late 70's post-punk/Futurist period, but they were so arty....I mean they ooozed class, Alan and Billy were made up to break up...I mean how could such genius survive. I purchased Sulk in the late late 80's....I think 86....so 'missed the boat', but I remembered them fondly before of an enigmatic band....I love the album...every song is amazing!
thanks for uploading this is a gem
Love this performance.
+dj dude I met Billy at a party in Hampstead in 1984. He was a real gentleman. He was also a fantastic vocalist. Only Jeff Buckley and Amy have matched his astonishing powers, sadly all three have departed before their time.
My favourite track from the epic "Sulk".
timeless, what a bassline too!
I love Martha Ladly now.
Now and always
THANK YOU!!
Utterly euphoric. Just keeps improving with age. Like the Cocteau Twins at their best, this just take you to a much better place. Must have been something in the Scottish water! Two questions though; why wasn't this a single and where's Mr Rankine? He appears to have skipped off!
I believe Rankine left the band just before the Sulk tour which is a shame as Sulk turned out to be the band's most commercially successful album. Martha Ladly, the hottie on keyboards, contributed backing vocals and keyboards to the album. My fave period of the band's existence was when Martha was a member which was from 1982-1986.
superb stuffmy god that bassline...
Great to see this!
Brilliant!
Today's my birthday - the is a great gift.
Thnak you for posting.
……. Simply stellar all the way 'round .……
@kiwijohn01 You do of course realise that he's only miming and the notes he appears to be playing, actually bear no relation to the actual notes on this sublime piece of "pop" perfection. Btw, where's the one and only Mr Rankine got to?
Genius - check out the bas finger movements ?! holy cow....
Brilliance in action!!
I really reckon Skipping was the zenith of the Rankine/MacKenzie collaboration. And Billy without Alan was not the same, he had good moments but he could never equal this.
looooooooooooooove!
The name of the keyboardists is Martha Ladly I think.
@kiwijohn01 Apparently Billy wanted to replace Michael Dempsey as bassist, for the intended but very unfortunately, never realised, true Associates follow up to Sulk because Dempsey couldn't play slap bass! I never stop thinking what that album might have sounded like. It would have been nigh on impossible for it to have even come close to equalling Sulk but I have no doubt it would have bettered Perhaps. The more time passes, the more unique The Associates sound. And yes Rankine was a genius!
just tried to do exactly thay and yes - way above me at the moment,Classic song
Well it's true, Billy was a genius, but: If you sit down for a couple of hours and try and work this tune out on a keyboard, you'll soon see that Alan Rankine was a genius too.
This shit is still the shit!!! That one person who gave it a thumbs down needs their shit broken!
'broken' --or rather, together. Which I am sure is preferable .
two musical geniuses at work.rip billy such a waste
Michael Dempsey, so unerrated a bass player it's a shame. Immaculate style and skills.
better bassline than Hysteria from Muse
When this album came out it was a total flop...I read about it in a book...thought the cover art was great ...so bought it. It was like nothing I had ever heard. Loved it...Still do. The Associates - Sulk
Mark,Sulk was not a flop,going top ten and selling a quater of a million copies.Follow up perhaps was a relative flop.
Wonder why Alan wasn't there?
What's the keyboardists name anyone..?
martha from the muffins
Where on earth is Alan?
Utterly wondrous . .
Is Rankine there?
I know this performance is a backing track but why the hell is Alan Rankine not on stage playing the guitar? The keyboardist and the drummer weren't even in the band.