The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1980)

[@cormwastle]

| Tracklist | 00:00 - I Wanna Destroy You 02:54 - Kingdom of Love 07:03 - Positive Vibrations 10:13 - I Got The Hots 14:57 - Insanely Jealous of You 19:12 - Strange (Bonus Track) 22:12 - Tonight 25:55 - You'll Have to Go Sideways 28:52 - Old Pervert 32:46 - Vegetable Man (Bonus Track) 35:44 - Queen of Eyes 37:45 - Underwater Moonlight

[@stevekirby7343]

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[@bobsoldrecords1503]

If Syd hadn't become an acid casualty, but decided he'd had enough with the Floyd and joined up with Alex Chilton after Big Star broke up, this would have been their first album.

[@bobsoldrecords1503]

@Paper St. Piss off

[@mamapetillo8675]

Oh, oh....well hello, old man! Paper regenerated! How ya doin! Funny running into ya here. How ya doing? I’m insanely jealous of you 😛😘

[@meagain6903]

well put

[@djtigerstripes]

I think Alex Chilton and Robyn Hitchcock played the same guitar

[@kittenfuud]

Please don't call Syd an "acid casualty" as more was going on than that. First off, he was disgusted. But that acid moniker persists, and tho he did take copious amounts, it's a rather unkind thing to pigeonhole what happened to him as just LSD. Phrase possibly could be substituted as "he left". Bc that's what he did. ❤

[@jean-noel4593]

What makes difference between a normal album and a great album ? There is no musician who can go to studio without talent, whatever it is, good singing, skill of playing, good composition... However, any great album is based of ambition. I discovered this album tonight and i found how ambitious it was. Fabulous.

[@hokieguy95]

Ironic how albums that influenced so many get heard by so few. What a gem of an album.

[@DiamorphineDeath]

What makes them special dude. The ones far out of left field get relitively light traffic.

[@philbowen2431]

The track listing includes two songs that were not on the original album - Strange & Vegetable Man. Two of the tracks that were on the original are missing - The Queen Of Eyes & the title track! This version of Old Pervert is not the original. I agree that the album Underwater Moonlight influenced many that came after and it is a gem. However, this is not it.

[@johnorjefftroutman3996]

@@philbowen2431 The two missing tracks appear to have been added. Just watched part of an interview with Robyn where he talks about UW having much more impact in America, mostly on musicians working in record stores/

[@hlamart1]

Remains one of my favorite albums. Did not see them live, BUT! did see Robyn Hickock his first tour afterwards at 688 in Atlanta. Man with the lIghtbulb head and those songs off of his Eye album with a couple of Softboys in the band. It was fantastic. Same week as The Church and Hoodoo Gurus played at 688. We were anxious to here songs off of this masterpiece. Some of his best poetry is on Underwater Moonlight. on Insanely Jealous and I Got the Hots. The guitar reminded us of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band.

[@aleistercrowley7594]

Extraordinario álbum primera vez que lo escucho y me voló la cabeza ahora entiendo porque es un disco de culto

[@marylouraygarcia401]

Espero nunca se masifique y solo seamos pocos los que lo conozcamos

[@stigjarlesletta3938]

wow. this is a great album.

[@sydglover4842]

There's just something so good about this album

[@canallumiere3103]

Power pop is the best! Great álbum.Thanks

[@CameronStewart-c4o]

Yeah, you probly support Israel too, just leave it at that

[@sylvainlafreniere]

One of the greatest rock album. I have destroyed 3 copies.

[@paulhadfield7909]

great song

[@oldmcmetal322]

It needed 41 years to discover this album at full blossom. I heard about the band through a friend obsessed with obscure bands like this one. Maybe I had to to listen to some of the bands songs but is wasn`t Hard Rock or Heavy Metal so it was like "Quite nice buddy but...".

[@mamapetillo8675]

I’ve bought and lost this record too many times to maintain any sense of self respect in admitting.

[@davidraymer397]

Love that cover with the puppets lol.

[@bookboy7007]

robert pollard does a cover version of underwater moonlight and the cover is shown with pollard standing behind the putppets. @@davidraymer397

[@dlstark1]

I had the luck to catch them on their 2001 reunion tour at the 9:30 Club in DC

[@feliperaurichbottiger6637]

Thanks Colin Smith !!

[@williamb.8059]

Good stuff!

[@larieravette1719]

great musicians! good music!

[@WizardofFuzz]

"Queen of Eyes" is the prototypical Stone Roses song

[@normgarrison4077]

Love the stone roses and I love this band

[@leesawford]

Kimberly Rew still doing his thing in Cambridge to this day - the flying pig’s always a good spot to catch him ( often with his partner Lee - the ‘open legged’ bass player, with a particularly good nack of keeping the machine running ) . Still as tight on the rhythm as ever.

[@edmondjones6775]

Love it!

[@philbowen2431]

RIP Matthew

[@blakewhittington4336]

Sad to hear the news. There's a lot of extra tracks of outtakes on spotify from these recordings that are great too.

[@johnorjefftroutman3996]

I heartily endorse the 2-disc reissue on Matador from 2001 if it can be found. I was also fortunate enough to see them on the 2001 reunion tour. They were fantastic.

[@CameronStewart-c4o]

That's probly why you support Israel. That's not justified

[@pedronunezvaldez9748]

Genial..!!!

[@doktorkev3131]

Does anyone know where do find the original version of Unprotected Love? The video used to be here but got blocked.

[@_MrPink_]

I can't wrap my head around Matt's death. What has happened to our world...?

[@saxglend9439]

No-one died before Covid-19. 💀

[@CameronStewart-c4o]

It's probly cuz Israel again. They shouldn't throw stones. That's neglect if you want to have a conversation about it you should be quiet anyway.

[@joedent3323]

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[@malicant123]

AA anyone?

[@arthurdiniz7469]

🇧🇷💕

[@leesawford]

I love the tunes but I can’t help but feel Hitchcock tries too hard sometimes with the existentialist imagery ( sometimes to the point of ‘cringe’), Syd had a natural talent of using words ( that sometimes appear completely unrelated to the topic) but they expressed an emotional or feeling- ‘ my hairs on end about you’ - one can instantly relate to. Hitchcock seems to use random words threaded together in an attempt too sound ‘out there’ rather than them having any actual point- either that or he’s just not as natural a talent as Syd.who could be I suppose ? I’m not knocking it - it’s wonderful music from very talented artists ..I just think Hitchcock’s ego ( and obvious Syd obsession) sometimes detract from the music.Without it there would be no soft boys though ! I just wish he could have ‘reigned it in’ a bit - ‘a lumpy cake in a cloudy starfish supper’ - see...anyone can do that !!

[@thunderstorm70]

Spot on

[@octaviussludberry9016]

Really? OK Barret fanboy, why come and seek this out and comment? Just listen to both, put aside your bias and enjoy it all. Don't be a bell. Both produced excellent music, which I suspect you didn't.

[@sydglover4842]

I don't know to be honest I think they're both very good at nonsense writing. Its something you can't force I see your point in that respect but his writing does not sound forced to me personally. I don't know if that makes sense, does it? Lyrical nonsense is hard but when I talk believe me its easy! Cool name by the way :)

[@yumyab256]

pretty good comment, kudos

[@oliverhoneywill4123]

Well. Tonight. If Elvis Costello ate sugarlumps. Each to their own.