Skeletons in the cupboard

[Reid Malenfant]

It's not that some of the listings are bad, in fact quite the opposite, it is that they fit the requirements of being "Skeletons in the cupboard" i.e. "... those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’".

Some of them are bad though & still have zero street cred What was i thinking I was much younger so put it down to stupidity

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[Beechwoods]

I have that! Mine's the first-edition CD, and it's one of those really nice weighty mid-80's CD's not the flimsy excuse for CD's you get now

[John]

Just thought a few more I got hidden away (I really cannot believe I will confess this)
Michael Bolton Everybody Crazy When he used to be a rocker
Blackjack Worlds Apart
I always loved Last of the Teenage Idols

Oh my god I think I see myself in the audience

[Rare Bird]

The intention of this thread seems to have been misunderstood. This is possibly due to reference to some of the examples I listed.

It's not that some of the listings are bad, in fact quite the opposite, it is that they fit the requirements of being "Skeletons in the cupboard" i.e. "... those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’". I can't imagine any street rapper or acid house music fan liking IABD.

O right well then everything i have has zero street cred

[Barry]

O right well then everything i have has zero street cred then

Welcome to the club mate.

[Rare Bird]

Welcome to the club mate.

Just going off topic a sec if you do like 'It's a Beautiful day' track like ''Girl With No Eyes'' you might like The Comfortable Chair

Magic stuff

[magiccarpetride]

Since I mentioned that I had been thinking about starting this thread, it falls to me to actually kick it off.

What I have in mind is those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’; the sort of thing that you bought to remind you of a time and place in your life and/or that you simply enjoy listening to, although you may be in a minority of one.

I’ll start things off, in no particular order (since they were pulled from different parts of my collection) we have:

Canned Heat, ‘Boogie with Canned Heat’
Marc Brierley, ‘Hello’,
Kraftwerk, ‘Autobahn’,
It’s A Beautiful Day, ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’,
The Incredible String Band, ‘5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion’ and ‘Changing Horses’,
Ron Geesin, ‘A Raise of Eyebrows’,
Lalo Schifrin, ‘Marquis de Sade’,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, ‘Peanut Butter Conspiracy’,
Planxty, ‘The Well Below the Valley',
Phil Collins, ‘Face Value’,
The Hollies, ‘Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress’,
Manfred Mann, ‘For Sale’,
Robert Plant, ‘The Principle of Moments’,
Andy Roberts, ‘Home Grown’,
Leon Russell, ‘Leon Russell and The Shelter People’,
Pete Skellern, ‘Astaire’,

And finally:

Sainkho, ‘Out of Tuva', an odd mixture of Tuvan ‘throat singing’ and Mongolian electro-pop.

So there you go – any followers? Come on, don't be shy, let’s hear what’s “in your closet”.

Regards

Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade"

[Beechwoods]

. I can't imagine any street rapper or acid house music fan liking IABD.

The real skeletons are those that are dismissed by those who think themselves real music fans, maybe because they sniffed a bit of popular acclaim at some point. I name Aswad - fantastic, honest, early UK reggae, or Marillion - their Fish stuff is fantastic and certainly wasn't designed to top charts at the time, they just happened to.

There are those who seem to always love the 'bands that could have been The Beatles' but would never admit to liking The Beatles, you know the sort!

I guess sometimes you get bands who are lauded as the zeitgeist, who people could dismiss as being overrated, but that's not necessarily their fault, maybe the fault of the reviewer trying to pin their credibility on the next big thing. It's best to set aside all that stuff and listen without prejudice. Now there's a skeleton in the closet

[Thing Fish]

Eek, The following are kept under lock and key.
Altered images - happy birthday
Adam and the ants - kings of the wild frontier
Madonna - anything by her i'm afraid

[MartinT]

I guess sometimes you get bands who are lauded as the zeitgeist, who people could dismiss as being overrated, but that's not necessarily their fault, maybe the fault of the reviewer trying to pin their credibility on the next big thing. It's best to set aside all that stuff and listen without prejudice. Now there's a skeleton in the closet

A good example seems to be Dire Straits. It's popular for them to be criticised by all and sundry, or to be treated as 'not cool'. What I hear is a very talented band with some superb and memorable songs, excellently played.