Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Talulah Gosh - Steaming Train

Talulah Gosh were once synonymous with twee - back before it became a genre and was simply an insult (or was meant to be, anyway). Which I always thought was a bit unfair, because a lot of their songs rocked. The fact that they were sung by a young, cute female with a young, cute voice seems to be what made the difference in a lot of people's minds, which is pretty sexist, I think. Did you know she has a PhD in economics?

Of course it is fair to say that they were hugely influential on the twee scene that followed, and it's not as though they didn't fit that description perfectly at times (e.g., "My Best Friend" and the lovely "Just a Dream"). But to me the archetypal Talulah song is <2 minutes long and ~200 BPM. Like this one.

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