Barry Adamson – Set the Controls For the Heart of the Pelvis
Jarvis Cocker being breathlessly filthy and Barry Adamson’s genius hook make this a absolutely brilliant happy Summer song. Basically there’s not a bloke in the world so middle class, white and repressed that he can’t dance to this.
Adamson started life in The Bad Seeds before going solo. He’s done a lot of film music and about half a dozen albums of truly superior cinematic pelvis jazz. This is from an earlier album – 1996’s Oedipus Schmoedipus – which is no more than decent but contains a couple of absolute belters such as this.
Last year’s Strangers on the Sofa was absolutely superb, and an enormous relief after its disappointing predecessor. But has he topped Set the Controls For the Heart of the Pelvis yet? I doubt it.
Barry Adamson – Set the Controls For the Heart of the Pelvis
Disclaimer: I am actually on holiday at the moment, probably fucking up my brother’s wedding by swearing too much in the best man’s speech, so it’s all a bit minimal at the moment. Normal service will be resumed after we return on about the 25th July]
