The biggest musical guest so far on Tim's Twitter Listening Party has been Paul McCartney, who at the time released his most recent album last December. I've known Simon throughout the years.He was a definite go-to artist for me.” Me and Gary spoke about three or four times before his actual party because he was so meticulous about wanting it to be great. I knew obviously they were massive when I was growing up, but I didn't really know the backstory. Says Burgess: “Gary did one of the best ones. Guests such as Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp and Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon have joined in the fun. Get involved with Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties over at and on the hashtag #TimsTwitterListeningParty.As the fans play the featured record of the day, an artist associated with that album would simultaneously live tweet stories behind the recording. In the words of Pete Doherty during a lockdown listening party, “bang, bang, bang, wallop”. Keep your records close, your Spotify active, and settle down for the music.
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And with a second English lockdown in full swing, the need to find a way to stay in tune with the world has never been more important.
With such unheard insights at the refresh of your Twitter feed, who needs to go out? When we needed it most, listening parties were added to our list of hobbies and forms of escape. The album did well enough that Rizla made these special skins and gave them out to festival goers when we played the main stage at Reading festival 97 #TimsTwitterListeningParty #AMaximumHigh /1jiRNZn1cAĪs Noel can't read or write music we got a music professor from the Royal College to write out the correct notation for the song 'Masterplan' – that's what's on the blackboard on the cover. Shed Seven‘s Cannon shared a refreshing nod to those festival days, while we’re inclined to take a closer look at Oasis’ infamous artwork. We ended up in the studio with Macca and Will, Liam put a backing vocal on their song Nothing lasts Forever and we both did handclaps on the outro. I reckon if you got mugged and this was in your headphones, they’d stand no chance. Oasis’ Bonehead channels Liam Gallagher’s unmistakeable Manchester presence, as well as sharing a never-before-heard memory with Echo and the Bunnymen. We did, I think I'm right in saying, get 9 of the eventual 14 tracks, recorded in the first 24 hours – like bang bang bang bang bang bang wallop. While we all listen to the album together, each band member takes us through the true meaning behind the lyrics we could have been singing along to for years – even if its origin was merely a moment of madness.įun fact I always like the line in James ‘Laid’ ‘my therapist said not to see you no more’ so i added ‘fuck what the therapist said it’s just something he read’ in the 2nd verse, literally just to have the word therapist in a tune.Īnd so commenced the most efficient, and I'd argue most splendid, batch of recordings in the Libertines' studio career. The intimate discoveries that come with each live tweet from the artist are ingenious. The click of a button or the scratch of a needle were the sounds behind Brits opening their timelines at the exact same time to immerse into the chosen album of the hour, topped off with live tweets streamed from the artist themselves, including the likes of The Cure, Blossoms, Liam Gallagher, The Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs, The Smiths, The Strokes, Blur, Pulp, The Streets, The Vaccines, Foals and Royal Blood, to name a few. While Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess’ listening parties were born well before 2020, the endearing concept was discovered and adored by thousands more when thrown into a worldwide lockdown. Let’s face it, it’s natural to neglect delving into the innings of a record when, for so many, music is background noise for the morning commute, daily errands and – pre-Covid – social gatherings. Millie Finn delves into the latest way to listen to an album In a world where our favourite tracks are at our Spotify fingertips, we’ve forgotten to appreciate the b-sides and the underdogs.
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