Alan Neilson
with contributions from Lynette Neilson, Martin Taylor, Mark Clarke, Jai J Brierley, Jo Staples, Ian Cole, Charles and Minnie Allen, Roland, Ricky, Les, Tel, Maud, Joe, Alice and Mac.
alan neilson on iTunes
'The birthday EP'; 'Life Gets Tedious?'; 'The Life and Times of Charles A Allen'; and the full-length album, released at last 'bear_bare':
And neilson's influences happen to be:
Elliott Smith; Paul Simon; The Sundays; Sex Pistols; Belle & Sebastian; Ronnie Lane; Talk Talk; Billy Bragg; David Bowie; Frank Black; Ed Harcourt; P.i.L; The Mekano Set; Jo Stapleton; The Clash; Arcade Fire; Aimee Mann; Sam Cooke; Steve Marriot; Liverpool FC; Bright Eyes; The Smiths; Ultrasound; Aqualung; Jeff Buckley; Eg and Alice; Talking Heads; Joy Division; Bobby Conn; Echobelly; Theatre of Hate; Tricky; Sufjan Stevens; Charles and Minnie Allen; CRASS; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Buddy Holly; Del Amitri and Justin Currie; Prince (pre-1990); j j brierley; Miss Halliwell; The Shins; Bauhaus; Otis Redding; Blondie; The Martian Schoolgirls; Gilbert O'Sullivan; Leo Sayer; Fischer Z; E.L.O; Albert Hammond; and Andrew C. Neilson
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Sounds Like
Bright Eyes; Elliott Smith; Billy Bragg; Rod Stewart
ALAN NEILSON'S "The Birthday e.p." IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM iTUNES.
BUY ONE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO BUY ONE TOO Neilson on iTunes
and now the full-length album: 'bear_bare' is available too:
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IN FEBRUARY 2008 ALAN NEILSON IS AWARDED GARAGEBAND ARTIST OF THE DAY FOR HIS DELIGHTFUL SONG "THE LONGTERM FORECAST". CHECK OUT GARAGEBAND FOR YOURSELF:
"I could tell you a load of stuff about me; you know, a list of where, when and why, but that doesn't really give the full story does it?
You just need to know that although sometimes I sing as if I'm unhappy, I am fundamentally a happy optimist... at worst, a realist who only believes in chaos.
A lot of my songs tend to be based around stuff that I see going on around me, but when I sing "I" it is not necessarily: don't mix up the singer with the song as M Stipe once said. Anyway, in a nutshell my philosophy is this: there is no god so take responsibility for your own actions. Nothing is certain so work hard to make something work. Don't take anything for granted.. love and live life because after this, there is nothing.
I just think that this world is all we've got.. when you understand that you are born on your birthday, you are alive, and then you are not alive, it makes everything very clear... don't waste a second...tick, tick"
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ALAN NEILSON:
DAMO OF THE FRAMES: "sounds like jimi hendrix beating and biting pete townsend to a pulp...then giving him a little kiss for his troubles"
MARTIN TAYLOR OF THE MEKANO SET, CRACKERDOG AND MILK: "Like a peeled plumb, potentially bad idea in theory, but tastes great!"
J. LEE DANBY (FAMOUS NORTHERN ARTIST): "Your music reminds me of green glass chips they use in cemetaries... not quite blue and not quite stone..."
OVERPLAY:
Classed as the worthy other contender and described thus: "About the song 'Harry, Lyn and Me' - This West Coast concoction ripples with piano, 12-string and tales of lost potential. The vocal bristles with all the best bits of Bob Seger or Don Henley, while the elegantly sun-soaked vibe pulls you deeper into the shimmering ocean."
Misc. facts about a neilson:
Favourite drink: Strawberry Nesquik
Favourite songs: Tin Solder by Small Faces; Forbidden Colours by Sylvian and Sakamoto; Sweet Thing by Bowie; Memories by PiL; New Test Leper by REM
Favourite Food: Chicken Dhansak or Steak Flavoured Roysters or Caramacs or Wispas
Favourite Word: Poo
Favourite Films: The Rebel; Kes; Cabaret; Sweet Charity; King of Comedy; To Have and Have Hot; The Flesh and the Devil; Star Wars; The Apartment; Amelie; Broadway Danny Rose; Withnail and I; Naked; Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Quadrophenia; It Happened One Night
Would love to play your stuff on my radio show, The British Breakfast on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond, Virginia USA and streamed live on www.wrir.org. Can you make that happen?
Respectfully,
Gene Pembleton ewpsw@hotmail.com 2500 Lauderdale Drive Richmond, Virginia 23233 USA
Hi, thanks for being our friends, a very warm welcome.. FRIEND VOTE Indie Top 100 is the best MySpace place to showcase your songs. To join in, all you need to do is ask your friends to vote for one of your songs, if you get enough votes you appear in the chart, if you appear in the chart you will get more friends, if you get to No.1 your page views and song plays will increase significantly! All the best, hope to see you in the chart soon. Keith@FV UK + Julie@FV US http://www.myspace.com/indietop100 http://www.twitter.com/indietop100
Thanks a big lovely bunch Alan. We'll let you know when we've got some more local gigs booked and hopefully we'll see you there! Thanks for coming down, it was good to catch up! Ian.
haha, too right mate, MPH does not sleep, he eats, drinks, sleeps, dreams music! Its really a privilege to be able work with him and realise my own dream of being in a band!! Take care
I have had a weird couple of weeks where I have had to do all the things I am usually very cagey about (play instrument, sing). Hmmm... you know.
Also not sure if you are getting my emails? Did you get my links to what the team at Elementery Online have been working on? They did some updates last week but could do with 'artist biogs' and stuff. Once that stuff is ready they can open up the site to intruders. Unless you want to just 'go live' with it?
The Mekano Set are coming to Wolvs on Saturday 21st March. It's going to be an interesting night!
Cheers Al! Tis true, coming back to the old country. Will be interesting to see what Wolvs is like these days! See you saturday for a 'right boozy do!' How are your ears by the way? Are they up for a rendition of The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore? Or do you fancy a go at Wrathchild? Don't Ask Me? Substitute? Coo Ca Choo? Town Called Malice? x
happy new year to the neilsons - well be fantastic to see you soon for another cdog session. I have the super8 footage back from July. You look amazing in that captain birdseye beard hurrah! JO x
