Bands that sound the most like Slapp Happy

[regenerativemusic]

and don't say Slapp Happy, too easy.

[Zeuhlmate]

[Zeuhlmate]

[Steve F.]

This is going to be a rather short thread.

Having snarkily said that, the Alsan isn't too much of a stretch, although no one could or ever will write lyrics like Peter Blegvad.

[Zeuhlmate]

I cant hear the Alsan resemblance to The Slaps, but ears cant be attached to heads in different ways.

Yes, Blegvad is unique and very few sound like Dagmar Krause.

[chalkpie]

Not really a proper band, but I say Kurt Weill.

[mogrooves]

on the PG&AZ

[Conti]

I always see After Dinner as a sort of - *sort of* - Japanese Slapp Happy, although Slapp Happy is much, much more interesting to my ears.

[Zeuhlmate]

I always see After Dinner as a sort of - *sort of* - Japanese Slapp Happy, although Slapp Happy is much, much more interesting to my ears.

I thought of them too, but I'm pretty sure they are not in the same game. After Dinner is more about aesthetics, Slapp Happy is more about a message.

[Conti]

I thought of them too, but I'm pretty sure they are not in the same game. After Dinner is more about aesthetics, Slapp Happy is more about a message.

Very well put. I most certainly agree.

[Baribrotzer]

Although you could also say that Kurt Weill was about aesthetics, and Bertolt Brecht was about a message - the Brecht/Weill songs being the roots of Slapp Happy, as well as of substantial aspects of the Art Bears. Part of the reason that, even though Brecht and Weill might have done some of their best work together, they never found it easy to collaborate. Brecht might have had a less difficult time in his later work with Hanns Eisler, who shared his uncompromising political convictions.

[Progbear]

This is going to be a rather short thread.

Agreed. Does anyone sound like them? Maybe other Blegvad projects like the Lodge, slightly, but I don’t think anyone captured quite their unique mix of pop, quirkiness and eggheaded lyrics.

[Zeuhlmate]

More Pegelia Gold - perhaps in the outskirts of Slap Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STRwPb_DvU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ck5DYSGYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMWPN_brUHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1h7ae5fLnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8oRsJlVtog

[jake]

Thought about this thread when i heard this today- not exactly like Slapp Happy - but similar delivery

[regenerativemusic]

Estonian Artist Hille Ostrat Armulaulu Viise 1966 EMP Records Sweden Jazz

[polmico]

I guess this is as good a place for this as anywhere.

Performance and interview:
http://www.thewire.co.uk/video/watch...-last-november

[flytomars]

I guess this is as good a place for this as anywhere.

Performance and interview:
http://www.thewire.co.uk/video/watch...-last-november

Ha, I just heard it this morning from the room next door (who knew hotel bad acoustics could come in beneficial )

Last night performance was excellent, btw, but Cologne show was more emotional for me, being the first Slapp Happy show that I get to see...
The renditions were flawless (if you omit the false starts which were mostly amusing), the sound and mix were fantastic, much better than Cologne.
Perhaps some of the songs were a bit slow in tempo (just a conversation, heading for Kyoto which Dagmar herself said was on the slow train this time ), but I didnt mind, for me the evening was perfect.
Also great to see the ammount of love the band gets from the audience, Dagmar seemed overwhelmed by it at times.

[Steve F.]

"AND THE CROWD WENT WILD"

Nobody spins a tale like PB.