The Posies: Golden Blunders

Ahhh... The Posies! 

They came out of Seattle at the around the same time that grunge took off, but the Posies were not grunge... they were power pop. 

I didn't follow them much after their seminal album Dear 23, and also Frosting on the Beater. 



Ringo Starr covered this song. 

Jonathan Auer and Ken Stringfellow are the two mainstays in the band, and were part and parcel in Big Star reforming some years ago. Stringfellow also performed with R.E.M. for awhile. 

Charlatons UK: The Only One I Know

A chance to see what these guys look like: 



In snippets, flashes and quick glances anyway. 

Charlatons UK: White Shirt

The 2nd track from their debut album, Some Friendly: 



I find their music to be more groove-oriented as opposed to the Stone Roses' more melodic-oriented music. 

Charlatons UK: You're Not Very Well

Another band out of Manchester and the "Madchester" music scene. Aside from the Stone Roses, this is the only other band from that scene whose album I have. 



Other bands that you might have heard of from that time and place are: Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, and James.

The Stone Roses: Sally Cinnamon

If you saw the documentary I posted on Saturday, you'll have seen something about this song:

Sally Cinnamon

The video includes lots of early photographs of the band, back when the lineup was different, plus lyrics. 

The Stone Roses: This Is the One [Live in Coachella, 2013]

A performance from their reunion. 

This Is the One, 2013

There is a lack of sync between the sound and the visual, but I couldn't find any posting that was better. 

The Stone Roses: Blood On the Turntable

A revelatory documentary about the group:

Blood On the Turntable 

Wow... who knew? This documentary centers around the band's tumultuous relationship with its manager. As happens so often, the manager believes that he should worry about the money, and the band should worry about the music. 

That isn't going to work out very good, is it? Who ends up with the money?