The Square Mile: Your Ghost

Soundtrack

Bang - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Coffee and TV - Blur
Gone Daddy Done - Violent Femmes
Hey Boy, Hey Girl - Chemical Brothers
Lets Dance - Bowie
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
Sing when your winning - Robbie Williams
Aerodynamic - Daft Punk
D.A.N.G.E.R. High voltage – Electric Six
Fitter Happier - Radiohead
Good Morning - The Beatles
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Atmosphere - Joy Division
Alone - Custard
Broken English - Marianne Faithful
Call Me - Blondie
Ask - The Smiths
I Want To Be Adored - The Stone Roses
My Favourite Game - The Cardigans
I Know It's Over - The Smiths
Prove My Love - The Violent Femmes
Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me - The Cure
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
Electricity -Something for Kate
Electricity - Suede
Not Afraid Of Romance - MGF
Amoxycillin – Magic Dirt.
The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian.
Rid of Me - PJ Harvey.

Band Review

Walking in halfway through a Major Tom set has to be one of the more confusing experiences in life. Has Frank Black formed a pop covers band? One can’t help but wonder upon hearing the wail of the lead singer - Jay Ives.

Then I see a twee girl in a fairytale story dress with a big red bow in her hair singing sweetly one moment and chatting back to the singer like an argumentative lover the next.

This left of field banter intersects all of the songs. The chemistry between these to dominates the music.

It is by turns amusing, entertaining, irritating and cringe-worthy. The clap alongs are frequent and there is interaction with the crowd in spades, interspersed with repetitive samey anecdotal stuff, all of which isn’t my kind of gig, as it gets to the point of grating.

The anecdotes go something like: This song’s about drugs! Who in this room’s is high?, said in the kind of voice a kids’ theatre company might employ - I don’t know whether to feel disturbed or amused. My conclusion is that when Major Tom stick to strict performance of songs, the melodies and fun shine through, but all the other stuff detracts and bothers.

Paul Cowdery - ONION Magazine 12/2/2001

The Square Mile

Your Ghost - The National

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