Upwards @ 65 Degrees

Happy birthday Julian Cope, born 21st October 1957.

Today's selection is a no-nonsense, chronological romp through six decades of Drudian genius in 65 minutes. You know it makes sense.

 

Photo sourced from Stewart Lee, manipulated using Delaunay filter at LunaPic.

1) Brave Boys Keep Their Promises (John Peel Session): The Teardrop Explodes (1979)

2) Take A Chance (Zoo Version): The Teardrop Explodes (1979)

3) Laughing Boy (Album Version) (1984)

4) A Crack In The Clouds (1987)

5) The Tower (1992)

6) Propheteering (1997)

7) Michelle Of My Former Self (2003)

8) I Can Remember This Life (2008)

9) They Were On Hard Drugs (Album Version) (2013)

10) Clonakilty As Charged (2017)

11) A Dope On Drugs (2020)

12) Boris Good-Enough (2022) 

 

1982: To The Shores Of Lake Placid: 2

1984: Fried: 3

1987: Saint Julian: 4

1992: Jehovahkill: 5 

1997: Propheteering EP: 6

2003: Rome Wasn't Burned In A Day: 7

2007: Peel Sessions Plus (1979-1982): 1 

2008: Black Sheep: 8

2013: Revolutionary Suicide: 9

2017: Drunken Songs: 10

2020: Self Civil War: 11

2022: England Expectorates: 12

Upwards @ 65 Degrees (1:05:00)