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Johnnie Johnstone

@johnniejohnstone.bsky.social

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Teacher, husband, dad. Writes: Record Collector, Shindig, Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History of Josef K (Jawbone Press), The Clientele (J-Card Press)

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 4h

No wonder.

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 5h

Perfectly put Philippe!

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 5h

He really does.

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 5h

Seconded! One of these songs in which Macca can make a (genius) chord sequence as memorable as a great melody. The main hook, here, is the chorus's harmonic progression; I can't think of many other tunes which do this as well.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 5h

Once played this for a younger listener and asked who they thought it was.
‘That’s easy, Talking Heads’ they replied. It does have a similar jittery energy about it, while remaining defiantly ‘pop’. One of the oddest and most brilliant 45s of the era. Great vid too.
youtu.be/g5nzLQ63c9E?...

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 14h

The Birth I, 1969.
Kishin Shinoyama
(Bitches Brew vibe)

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 22h

Indeed. A perfect mix.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 22h

It’s a great album. Obvs v indebted to Beefheart, but who cares? Loadsa fun.

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 22h

Sub-SY really, but I was 19 when it came out and an indie nerd.

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 22h

Two goodies.

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 23h

How my record collection looked in 1991. How many of these did you own?

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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 1d

Aye.

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 1d

Had the worst day ever. I paid a joiner to build me a double bed and he's done a bunk.
It's just one thing on top of another.
(Nicked from the Still Game FB page)

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Jim Parrett 🍁 @jymn.bsky.social · 2d

Ronettes

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 2d

LOST AND FOUND: KAREN DALTON
pleasekillme.com/lost-and-fou...
'Though she has been dead for more than a quarter-century, Karen Dalton, a staple of the Greenwich Village folk scene, had the sort of voice that still haunts those of us who love music in the margins....