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Bonjour, the early version of What For, was premiered at this gig.
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It was getting slippery onstage too, by the time James got there to dish out samples of their forthcoming album – destined to be another of the year’s best along with those from The Smiths and Woodentops. Apart from Tim’s raving, moving vocals and leg jerks, Jimmy’s pushy, bendy bass and Gavin’s busy and complicated drumming, there was this evening’s outstanding Jamesian element – Larry’s guitar playing. Whenever James play these days a new layer opens up, and this time it was through his fretwork exploration – segments of West African, bits of British folk, and techniques improvised out of nowhere.
James melodies and lyrics inhabit a kind of cultural subconscious, but the power of a Johnny Yen or a So Many Ways is no less real for having said that. Because of it, in fact, James go further to satisfying any hunger for newness – they’re verging on the poetic.
See attached press clipping.
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See attached press clipping.
Charlie Dance is the second track on the 1988 James album Strip-Mine.
The version on Strip-Mine is probably the most radically remixed from the original Hugh Jones produced session.
It was a massive crowd favourite in 1987-8, prompting impromptu stage invasions.
Tim described the song as “a terrible song written just after the Chernobyl accident” hence the references to cows not mooing any more and the governmental cover-ups.
| Song: | Charlie Dance |
| Released: | 26th September 1988 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Strip-mine |
| First Heard Live: | Manchester Town Hall – 7th June 1986 |