The Wildhearts

Preview Track 1: Understanding Jane (April 21st)
Current mood: Understanding
Category: Understanding Music


Preview track 1 – Understanding Jane

Originally by – The Icicle Works

Lead Vocal by Ginger



Some words from Ginger & Scott about the song.

Ginger:

This song was the blueprint for My Baby Is A Headfuck. I love Ian McNabb's vocals and lyrics. His solo albums are also amazing (check out his first, self titled solo release). I had imagined we'd do a great version of this song as it has The Wildhearts stamped all over it. Hey, we only copy the best.

Scott:

How could you not want to cover this song? I've tried to write this song a thousand times. When a band can write a song with the same chords and structure that you've heard 1000 times before, and STILL make the hairs on your arm stand up.... learn everything you can from them.


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Thats fookin mint that is, not a lot i can really say, i love it, the feel of it reminds of Fishing For More Luckies era b-sides.

Really love it! Great summer tune, great solo and superb vocals as always. The Wildhearts could not go wrong with this song. Next please

C

Yep, like that

Aye, liking that one

One for the music trivia fans, I just stuck Icicle Works in the ever so (un)reliable Wikipedia so i could have abit of a read and i discovered two things that pleasantly surprised me

1 - In the official members listing the have Ringo's son Zak listed, I never realised he'd been in an actual band I thought he'd just coasted by on his dads on wave.

2 - The song performed over the end credits of the film Scream by a band called SoHo is actually an Icicle Works cover, Whisper to A Scream.

Hehehe i like finding stuff out like this, im off to do it with the the rest of the bands covered

That's my song for Summer 2008 sorted then.

The original was great but this is the mutts nuts!!

Sarc wrote:One for the music trivia fans, I just stuck Icicle Works in the ever so (un)reliable Wikipedia so i could have abit of a read and i discovered two things that pleasantly surprised me

1 - In the official members listing the have Ringo's son Zak listed, I never realised he'd been in an actual band I thought he'd just coasted by on his dads on wave.

2 - The song performed over the end credits of the film Scream by a band called SoHo is actually an Icicle Works cover, Whisper to A Scream.

Hehehe i like finding stuff out like this, im off to do it with the the rest of the bands covered

But how d'you know any of it's true?

Was hoping for Unsung, being the first track on the album an all but this is amazing!

Ginge's comment really helped me understand the album better - This is a hisory record of some of the songs that influenced the evolution of the band and the sounds that shaped them

The bit from 1:48 is almost an exact replica of Headfuck (or should that be vice versa ) and this gives me a whole new perspective on the song AND a whole Icicle Works discography to discover

Brilliant! The Wildhearts still on top form in 2008! Who'd av thunk that about 10 years ago...

btw anyone else get any Blink 182 - All The Small Things flashbacks!? Bloody 'ell! I never realised how influential this song was....

Ean wrote:

Sarc wrote:One for the music trivia fans, I just stuck Icicle Works in the ever so (un)reliable Wikipedia so i could have abit of a read and i discovered two things that pleasantly surprised me

1 - In the official members listing the have Ringo's son Zak listed, I never realised he'd been in an actual band I thought he'd just coasted by on his dads on wave.

2 - The song performed over the end credits of the film Scream by a band called SoHo is actually an Icicle Works cover, Whisper to A Scream.

Hehehe i like finding stuff out like this, im off to do it with the the rest of the bands covered

But how d'you know any of it's true?

Cuz I'm listening to the original Whisper to a Scream now and its the same song and the lord spoke and the lord say .......(adopts cool gravelly low Samuel L Jackson type voice)...........IT GOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!

my3dtvtan wrote:btw anyone else get any Blink 182 - All The Small Things flashbacks!? Bloody 'ell! I never realised how influential this song was....

I keep on having Silver Sun - There Goes Summer flashbacks.

"I'm having trouble understanding jane"

Yep, great, next tune please. Do we need to wait another week!?!

Great cover, was pleasently surprised.

Icicle works have just toured, still going but dunno in what form. Checkout Evangeline .

never heard of this band or song before, and i'm thinking i've been missing out - FUCKING AWESOME, and like people have said, it's a great summery tune!!!

spoon_of_grimbo wrote:never heard of this band or song before,

fuckin hell, i feel old now