“ Merge Records on YouTube” / “The Clean - Safe in the Rain (Official Video)” (1 user) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqwE7la2JI
#theclean
There's sun shining all of the time
Yeah, sun's shining all of the time
Time, time, time, time, time
And sometimes I'm all on my own
Sometimes I'm all on my own
Time, time, time, time, time
If I took a page from your book
It's gonna be page number nine
Time, time, time, time, time…
Time, time, time, time
Sun's shining all of the time
Sun's shining all of the time
Time, time, time…
So from earlier days in my callow youth around the Waitemata Harbour, the original 1982 cut from the "Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten" EP –
The Clean, "Beatnik" (1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3JHWlSRzc
Damn, YouTube, the ads are longer than the track!
#JukeboxFridayNight
#AotearoaMusicMonth #TheClean #IndieRock
Heavenly pop hits: the Flying Nun story (2002)
-Music documentary-
https://youtu.be/GJxdex3QHog?si=mea4XsG1x5BvfssG
#HeavenlyPopHits #TheFlyingNunStory #Pop #Rock #Music #NewZealand #Christchurch #Dunedin #Auckland #DunedinSound #FlyingNunRecords #TheChills #TheClean #TheStraitjacketFits #TheVerlaines #RogerSheperd #ChrisKnox #TheBats #TallDwarfs #Skeptics #Gordons #BailterSpace #HeadlessChickens #3ds
The Great Unwashed [https://thebigcity.co.nz/artists/g/the-great-unwashed]
The Great Unwashed were a quieter, folkier edition of The Clean, a contrast to their raucous earlier sound. Peter Gutteridge's contributions to their song-book should not be understated, with 'Born in the wrong time' an absolute classic.
The Clean – Anthology [https://thebigcity.co.nz/articles-interviews-live/album-reviews/the-clean-anthology]
Flashback to my 2002 review of The Clean's 'Anthology' (2002, Flying Nun Records, FN468, a double CD monster packed to the brim with material from The Clean's early and mid-period releases.
Note: My original review was a touch naive and under-researched; I've added some notes/corrections.
Victorian Coffee Gallery [https://thebigcity.co.nz/resources/venues/victorian-coffee-gallery]
Bohemian Cafe that was one of the very few late night spots in Christchurch during the late 1970's through to early 1980s. The Clean filmed the music video for notable early single 'Beatnik' here in 1982. The Volkswagens played here regularly, along with the likes of The Topp Twins (as 17 year olds!), and various other folk performers.
#nzmusic #nzvenues #theclean #beatnik #thevolkswagons #topptwins
Live: Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday [https://thebigcity.co.nz/articles-interviews-reviews/live-music/flying-nun-30th-birthday-the-clean-subliminals-t54]
Flashback to the Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday show, November 26th, 2011 at the CPIT Students Association with The Clean, The Subliminals and T54.
Electric Blood [https://thebigcity.co.nz/artists/e/electric-blood]
Electric Blood was the formative group of Robert Scott; forming the group with his brother in 1978, and featuring any number of local friends and family members on extremely lo-fi DIY recordings.
#nzmusic #undergroundmusic #thebats #theclean #robertscott #electricblood #everysecretthing
Snapper [https://thebigcity.co.nz/artists/s/snapper]
The key group of New Zealand underground legend Peter Gutteridge (despite being a founding member of BOTH the Clean and the Chills). Snapper made driving, droning guitars-infused with synths post-punk throughout the 1980s and 1990s before Gutteridge disappeared from the public eye.
#flyingnunrecords #greatunwashed #snapper #spacious #thecartilagefamily #thechills #theclean #thegreatunwashed #petergutteridge #nzmusic
Live: Peter Gutteridge (and Brother Love) [https://thebigcity.co.nz/articles-interviews-reviews/live-music/7769]
This show was during the short spell between Peter re-emerging from a long performance break and his passing just 2 years later.
The profile photos I took of Peter were picked up by International Press
#greatunwashed #petergutteridge #snapper #thechills #theclean #thedarkroom #nzmusic #darkroom #flyingnun
The Clean – Compilation
My review of 'Compilation', the original retrospective of The Clean's first phase releases. 2 singles and 2 EPs crammed into a brilliant album.
https://thebigcity.co.nz/articles-interviews-reviews/album-reviews/the-clean-compilation/
#AlecBathgate #BoredGames #ChrisKnox #DavidKilgour #FlyingNunRecords #GreatUnwashed #RobertScott #Snapper #SpellingMistakes #TheBats #TheClean #TheEnemy #ThePinGroup #ThePuddle #ToyLove
The Jessels
One off x-mas theme side-project (joke release?) from Toy Love's Chris Knox and his soundman cohort Doug Hood (who both lived in Jessel Street in Grey Lynn, Auckland) featuring their partners Barbara Ward and Carol Hood. Sometimes credited to David Kilgour and Martin Phillips too.
https://thebigcity.co.nz/artists/j/jessels-the/
#ChrisKnox #ChrisKnoxAndTheNothing #DavidKilgour #FlyingNun #Knoxious #RightLeftAndCentre #TallDwarfs #TheClean #TheEnemy #TheJessels #ToyLove
The And Band
The And Band were an outgrowth of influential but undiscovered Wellington punk-oddities The Spies. When feed up with the limitations of the Wellington scene, the band, along with several of their friends relocated to a small Christchurch flat, sharing a recording spac
https://thebigcity.co.nz/artists/a/andband-the/
#GeorgeHenderson #Mink #PerfectStrangers #SpacecaseRecords #TallDwarfs #TheAndBand #TheClean #TheGDHSmokeMachine #TheNewExistentialists #ThePuddle #TheSpies
The Renderers played Christchurch in April 2004, along with the Terminals and an acoustic performance from Hamish Kilgour. I conducted this interview with Brian and Maryrose Crook in the lead-up. #nzmusic #undergroundmusic #renderers #theclean #terminals
https://thebigcity.co.nz/articles-interviews-reviews/interviews/maryrose-and-brian-crook-apr-2004/
The Clean - Tally Ho #theclean #riphamishkilgour #indierock #80s #onryoux2
My Top 1000 Songs #198: Point That Thing Somewhere Else. Way back in 1981, New Zealand indie rockers the Clean splayed out a post-Velvets/Stooges extended vamp with a spooky groove, giving punk rockers license to become noisy-ass jam bands. #music #indierock #KiwiRock #TheClean #FlyingNun https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2023/02/my-top-1000-songs-198-point-that-thing.html
#TheMorningLine:
#TheTurtles, Grim Reaper of Love
#TheReplacements, Favorite Thing
#StarryEyedandLaughing, Going Down
#TheLevonHelmBand, God Don't Never Change
#ChuckBerry, Almost Grown
#LetsActive, Too Bad
#TheBeachBoys, Cuddle Up
#TheClean, I Wait Around
#TheSupremes, The Only Time I'm Happy
@artstukas hey I like the song, reminds me of the Violent Femmes music