tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post3754127484962594168..comments2024-03-02T20:25:18.316+00:00Comments on Always Searching For Music: The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set 7"Punkzer0http://www.blogger.com/profile/03863961322955578815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-13673430640221400332009-06-05T14:18:45.073+01:002009-06-05T14:18:45.073+01:00Hi Longy I think I first heard the Monochrome set ...Hi Longy I think I first heard the Monochrome set on Peel, then again most of what i found out was from himm.<br /><br />Hi Steve, I'll have to look out for the remix (wouldn't be surprised if I've got it and didn't even know)<br /><br />Hi Anon, in my opinion not as good as Alphaville but still very good. Thanks for the extra bit of trivia always nice to add to the knowledge.Punkzer0https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863961322955578815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-16684418379670929882009-06-01T15:08:36.464+01:002009-06-01T15:08:36.464+01:00Dead curious to hear if this is as good as the mig...Dead curious to hear if this is as good as the mighty Alphaville, for which also many thanks. Anecdotally, the MS drummer John Haney was the brother of Crass member Joy de Vivre ... cheers, Dave Sez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-9752906456255383502009-06-01T11:43:55.751+01:002009-06-01T11:43:55.751+01:00Yes, the remix is nicer, if I remember rightly, wi...Yes, the remix is nicer, if I remember rightly, with the vocal more upfront.45 Revolutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366062750608767227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-9869248606010815412009-05-31T19:43:45.349+01:002009-05-31T19:43:45.349+01:00This is the only Monochrome Set 7'' I've ever owne...This is the only Monochrome Set 7'' I've ever owned. But its a good-un. Peely used to like them alot if I remember righty.Longyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168794648430025104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-16500396912624362082009-05-31T13:32:34.076+01:002009-05-31T13:32:34.076+01:00Doh! Thanks Simon, I should of known that one, tha...Doh! Thanks Simon, I should of known that one, thanks for pointing it out.<br /><br />Hi Steve, I didn't even know there was remix edition, is it a different version?Punkzer0https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863961322955578815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-74608323607505516812009-05-31T10:13:25.948+01:002009-05-31T10:13:25.948+01:00I met Ian Penman once, early 80s sometime: you kno...I met Ian Penman once, early 80s sometime: you know how he used to write? He didn't talk like that, thank fuck.<br /><br />Anyway, on the 'remix' edition of this single, the matrix says 'remix for Louise': who's Louise??45 Revolutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366062750608767227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020615143442794781.post-28489987307899543242009-05-31T00:00:57.294+01:002009-05-31T00:00:57.294+01:00"Penman" would refer to 'legendary' NME journalist..."Penman" would refer to 'legendary' NME journalist Ian Penman who was tireless in his espousal of noisier new music (as well as the hedonistic excesses of the Spandau kind) and whose hedonism was only matched by the studied post-modernity of his prose. He and Paul Morley constituted the main reasons to read the NME in the later 80s.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724425043218124723noreply@blogger.com