If It's Saturday, It Must Be Friday

The dust has barely settled on my Gavin Friday post earlier this month, enthusing about his long overdue new album, Ecce Homo, out on 25th October.

However, trawling t'internet for a completely unrelated music video threw up a performance of Caruso (from 1995 album Shag Tobacco) for Dutch TV show 2 Meter Sessions on 14th September 1995. 

 

It's a hugely underrated album by a (in my opinion) hugely underappreciated artist and this is a fantastic version, Gavin alternating between jewel encrusted megaphone and cigarette gravelled voice right into the mike.

This inevitably started a meander through other Gavin videos out there, so here are six for your weekend pleasure, including - at last - a decent quality version of another Shag Tobacco classic (and lead single), Angel. 

I've also discovered an extract from a RTE TV tribute to David Bowie called Starman, aired on Irish TV in 2021, and featuring Gavin performing The Bewlay Brothers from Hunky Dory. 

King Of Trash, another should-have-been-a-hit single from 1992's Adam 'n' Eve, also got the bold, brash, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink official video treatment.

 

You Take Away The Sun featured on 1989's album Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves, Gavin's first with Maurice Roycroft aka The Man Seezer. No idea where this live version was performed, and it looks like it's been taped off the telly, judging by the abrupt ending. Lovely, impassioned performance.

Lastly, Caucasian Walk by Gavin's former band Virgin Prunes, from the Waterpop festival on 11th August 2012. It's one of seven songs available online, possibly the entire set, all worth a look.

I can only hope that Gavin's planning to tour Ecce Homo and, better still, wind up in my neck of the woods as he is a mesmerising performer and I would love to see him live on stage.

1) Caruso (Live On 2 Meter Sessions) (1995)

2) King Of Trash (Official Video) (1992)

3) The Bewlay Brothers (Cover of David Bowie) (ft. The RTE Orchestra) (2021)

4) Angel (Official Video) (1995)

5) You Take Away The Sun (Live) (1989)

6) Caucasian Walk (Cover of Virgin Prunes) (Live @ Waterpop, Netherlands) (2012)

In April 2022, I posted a Gavin Friday mixtape side that I originally recorded in July 1997 called Hearsay & Heresy. I've reactivated the link and you can find it here.