Sole Salvation

[djcraig]

Heard this English Beat song ("Sole Salvation") on the radio the other day- it sounded so good! I had actually completely forgotten about this song so it was a cool surprise.

Thank god for Indie 103 fm. Listen online at http://www.indie1031.com/

I got so inspired I created a playlist of lost, rare and live alternative songs.

Kid (Live Santa Monica Civic 1981) The Pretenders
Bastards of Young The Replacements
Nite Klub The Specials
Strap Me In The Cars
Come On, Come On Billy Idol
Twilight (Live Red Rocks) U2
Signal to Noise The Cure
Porcelain (Single Version) The Pretenders
Pressure Drop The Clash
Prison Bound (live) Social Distortion
Flowers By the Door Tsol
Seven Rooms of Gloom (Live BBC 12/31/79) Blondie
Love My Way (Live) The Psychedelic Furs
Sole Salvation The English Beat
We Want The Airwaves Ramones
Going Underground The Jam
More Than This The Cure
Changes (Live BBC 1972) David Bowie
Union City Blue Blondie
A Million Miles Away (Live 1981) The Plimsouls
Complete Control The Clash

There aint nothing like the old stuff. Anyway, thanks for indulging me.



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[DougMash]

Sole Salvation was always one of my favorite Beat tunes, but I don't think it was ever a single ("I Confess" and "Save It For Later" were also on theat amazing "Special Beat Service" album).

I remember Dave Wakeling once saying in an interview that he was a competitive swimmer as a teenager, so he had the breath to get through the impressive rapid-fire lyrics of "Salvation."

[skinnytie]

My favorite memory attached to this song:

When I was in college, I was the one who always had a new record (or records) in my hand. One day, one of our friends comes barging into our apartment, a la Dr. Bellows from "I Dream Jeannie". Out of breath, he just asks me "Do you have the new English Beat album?" (meaning "English Beat Service", in this case). I told him "no, not yet", to which he replied, "what do you mean, no??? I HAVE to hear Sole Salvation!!!!!" I told him I had that song on a single, and he asked if he could listen to it. I said, "Sure, it's in my room." So he goes into my room, shuts the door behind him, puts on the song at top volume, and we (me and two of my roommates) hear a lot of banging and knocking going on in my room. When the song is over, our friend comes out, shirt disheveled, sweating, panting, "Thanks, I really needed to hear that!" and left as quickly as he got there. We surmised he was dancing up a storm while listening to it, and just smirked about the whole thing afterwards.

Sole Salvation was a very popular song among my crowd; I'm surprised it was relegated to a b-side on that particular single.

[Frau_Blucher]

Very cool Craig. I hadn't thought of Sole Salvation in such a long time.

I used to only like live renditions of bands that I'd seen. Now, I'm digging 'em more and more - basically craving any reinterpretation of good music. It's sometimes crap, sometimes really good like these...

Ring of Fire - Blondie
Back in Flesh - Wall of Voodoo
Smash It Up - The Damned (always love the guitar prelude)
Crocodiles - Echo & the Bunnymen (anything by them really)
Love Will Tear Us Apart - The Cure
Transmission - New Order
New Dawn Fades - Joy Division (most any live version is better than the studio mix)
What We All Want - Gang of Four (super meaty)
English Rose - Paul Weller
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - Morrissey
How Long Will It Take - Plimsouls
I Got You - Crowded House