Chili's fans - Specifically Blood Sugar album

Deadman · August 2014

Knock me down was my favourite track for years. Sounds a bit 80's now (obviously) but I still love it. It makes me feel a bit sad which I kind of like.

For many years Soul to squeeze was also a stand out track for me. When Under the bridge was released I was lucky enough to get hold of the German import on general release in my local independent record store (remember those?), that had UTB, S2S, Sikamikaniko and that fantastic cover of Search and destroy on it. Anyway, I made a massive error at the time by giving it to a mate as he loved UTB so much and as I had BSSM I figured I'd just pick up another copy of the single. It turned out that ONLY that particular German UTB had those (at the time) uber-rare tracks on it. I spent about 5 years looking for another copy and picked up a quite rare S2S EP along the way but that German UTB copy was like rocking horse shit. This was obviously the days before the internet and downloads when you had to scour record fairs and the back pages of NME. I've got a copy again now and I still keep a tight hold of it!

I also became a little obsessed with solo JF stuff and I can tell you that his stuff was VERY difficult to get hold of back in the days. Smile from the streets you hold was the rarest of them all with Niandra Lades and usually just a t-shirt coming in a close second. John had them deleted after they'd been released as it's reported he was ashamed of them. I can understand it for the former (it still sounds terrible to me even today) but Niandra Lades is a great album, even if it sounds like it was recorded on a tape deck in his living room. It used to go for anywhere up to £100 on Ebay after it was deleted. I bought mine for £2.99 out of a bargain bucket!

I can echo what the others say. I love 'Anne' as a track, and The Empyrean album is great if (dare I say it) a little long-winded at times for me.

Here are some of my stand out faves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYbdVsWRqEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oELIUoYpcE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKXO_I5Ef8c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5GQHgfjv8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1PBtTPusQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWk7k4szim4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXk0LRpR-zE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKXrNuc8qU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdA2k6RlZD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eGIIPtn-s