The Housemartins A Deep Dive Pop Culture Graveyard Ep 74

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This episode of Pop Culture Graveyard features a deep dive on The Housemartins, the brilliant indie-pop band who produced some of the best songs of the 80s. Please join me for a trip through the band's delightful discography, as I highlight the unique lyrics and irresistible music of the self-professed fourth best band from Hull! • If you'd like to help support my channel, please visit: • / popculturegraveyard • Please use these links to purchase the Housemartins albums: • London 0, Hull 4: https://amzn.to/3Af9M7b • The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death: https://amzn.to/2XwaOhd • The song Happy Hour still sounds as good as it did the day it was released. Here is the video (of which I'm sure Monty Python would approve), of a song that skewers sexism at a time when lesser bands were making extremely sexiest music/videos: • • [1986] The Housemartins • Happy Hour • Sheep is another favorite off the debut album, and here's a live performance on a TV-show (queued up), which follows an interview with Stan: • • The Housemartins - Sheep • I want you to see this in-concert, a capella version of Caravan of Love, which shows just how talented this unit really is: • • The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love {L... • Here's a killer video for Five Get Overexcited, where the band makes a joke out of changing drummers by having their new drummer, Dave, kidnap their old drummer, Hugh, and take his place. As if you couldn't guess, both drummers were friends who had gone to school together: • • the housemartins -five get over exited • The Light Is Always Green is one of my favorite Housemartins songs. Opening with the line, We dig our models with brains the size of models, this song about the pop-star life only gets better with age: • • The Housemartins - The Light Is Alway... • The World's On Fire is another favorite from their sophomore album. Check out the high notes Paul hits starting at around the 2:04 point. Breathtaking! • • Housemartins - The World's on Fire • Here's a charming documentary, with tongue firmly in cheek, showing the boys all living in a flat together at the time of their debut album success, which was name, of course, London 0 Hull 4: • • the housemartins whistle test documen... • If you enjoyed the boys singing a capella, check out this radio session which John Peel convinced the band to do as The Fish City Five. Great version of Happy Hour: • • THE FISH CITY FIVE John Peel 3rd June... • 00:00 Intro • 01:51 London 0, Hull 4 • 07:17 Caravan Of Love • 08:05 The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death • 13:16 Outro • • #TheHousemartins #PaulHeaton #IndiePop

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