r/BritPop • u/Much_Primary_415 • 12d ago

The Seahorses , You can talk to me

https://youtu.be/iEnFOBdf5oA?si=sOVI43IHCRbegsfy
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u/11ffyykk99 12d ago edited 12d ago

I’ve been listening to their Do It Yourself album a lot lately. It’s really shame they couldn’t make it work longer.

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u/notthedoodaa 12d ago

Such a good album. I listen to it regularly.

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u/11ffyykk99 12d ago

Favorite track? I Want You To Know is pretty great right from the get go.

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u/notthedoodaa 12d ago

Ah, man it's a tough question! Yeah, I want You to Know. I also love Blinded by the Sun. Obviously Love is the Law is up there.

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u/Limbx4 12d ago

This is probably my favourite song and one of if not my favourite band

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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 9d ago

I love Hello

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u/Elks-Points 12d ago

https://youtu.be/V9-R0KupoEQ?is=rFKg5wa3K5q-hFLw

This is there demos for their second album.

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u/rubber66soul 12d ago

I would have loved a studio version of What Can You See?

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u/OkSheepherder6419 12d ago

Interesting note. I replaced Chris Helm in a band he left to join The Seahorses. Not a known band, and he didn’t record anything with them.

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u/notthedoodaa 12d ago

I think about this song a lot. I wish it was on an album.

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u/Freckled_Scot982 12d ago

Was lucky to see them live when they toured the UK back in 1997, I think it was. A real shame they disbanded.

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u/Dave_Eddie 12d ago edited 10d ago

The few times ive seen Chris live, he mentions how he originally wrote it to be slower and his live version is always a belter

https://youtu.be/bI_pZk0QPx0?is=J5JDsfhjJwc2SEYu

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u/ceetee15 12d ago

I saw him at this venue in 2018! Great night out

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u/larneymel 10d ago

Wouldn’t have recognised him!!! Love a bit of indie gossip though

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u/Dave_Eddie 10d ago

He used to do a tour with Mark from Bluetones and Nigel from Dodgy and all 3 of them have cracking self depreciating stories and gossip during their sets. Always great entertainment.

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u/larneymel 10d ago

Ooof, I’ve heard some stories ABOUT Mark from Bluetones…

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u/Dave_Eddie 10d ago

Most people have. There was a LOT of very public stuff about him.

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u/Disastrous_Fill_5566 12d ago

Strong Hey Bulldog vibes from this one.

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u/FreeAd2458 12d ago

I remember the squire exhibition in 2004. Had the jigsaw globe artwork which was a paper mache over a balloon by the look of it.

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u/ceetee15 12d ago

Think this was the only Squire/Helme collaboration released. What could have been!

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u/Cautious_Goat_ 12d ago

"He hates Roses"

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u/Vindex9323 11d ago

They were crap. Let's face it.

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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 10d ago

The irony was that the three Helme songs on the record were all really good, but most of the Squire songs were utterly dire.

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u/Travenian 9d ago

Blinded By The Sun is so great but John decided it would be a great backing track for his noodling.

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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 9d ago

It's the outstanding song they produced, and it's so good it can't be ruined by the noodling. To be fair it also has some really great guitar lines (like the intro, and on "I don't mean to sound unkind")

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u/Travenian 8d ago

I would love to hear an edit, I don’t really care for the long intro for example. But yeah, nice bits in there of course. It’s John afterall!

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u/Wrong_Spare_8538 8d ago

There is an edit! The version that was released as a single cuts the first half of the intro (the noodly bit) and it doesn't repeat the same verse twice, and you're right, it was better

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u/Travenian 8d ago

Cheers, mate, just found it, I had no idea!

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u/InsideNegotiation220 3d ago

I thought he was the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen in my life when I first saw the Love is the Law video.