He was banned by his own management company for playing this live for a few years because, on one occasion when he got to the line “he spilled his guts all over the stage” he sliced open his stomach with a microphone. The song Sunspots from the same album is a joyous thing. So much of his solo output is overlooked and under appreciated.
Fun fact: the legacy of the literary work in France is so immense that it literally changed the word for "fox" in the French language. The old word for "fox" in French is "goupil" (somewhat closer to the latin "vulpes") and in the stories, it is a "goupil" named Renard. However, these stories became so ubiquitous in France that now, the word for "fox" is "renard", and "goupil" fell completely out of use.
This was Copey's live tour-de-force for YEARS (usually as the encore), he could stretch out versions to fifteen minutes by extending the spoken section and just go off on one about any subject he fancied!
Well that was a shock. I saw what you were reacting to and thought "This'll be good" and then I got a name check. I totally forgot I'd recommended it. Thanks for doing it.
Love Julian. The streak of LPs "Peggy Suicide," "Jehovahkill," and "Autogetton" blew me away. The songs "Uptight" and "Poet is Priest" get me going. Oh... "Ain't But the One Way" and "Las Vegas Basement." So many great ones on those three albums.
Cope is a unique performer, writer and wrote the go to book on stone circles etc. Just a one off that made the pop music we all wish was on the radio but wasn't and then some amazing rock and folk music.
First The Soft Boys and now this! I like where this seems to be heading. :-) (There are quite some similarities between the two, this being one of Cope's most Barrett-ish albums, and featuring those same abrupt changes from aggressive/experimental stuff to very melodic 60's style psych pop.)
Maybe my favourite post-punk songwriter. Smart and mischievous. Others albums have already received shoutouts in the comments but I'd like to mention Peggy Suicide, not only my favourite of his, but one of my all-time favourites in general.
Basically "Fried" is the album where JC's real "bonkers" reputation starts, from the sleeve onwards... I saw him on the tour for the previous album "World Shut Your Mouth" (which doesn't include the title track!) and he played most of this album rather than tracks from the record he was actually promoting... anyway, he's a legend, always a thumbs up from me...
From his World Shut Your Mouth album (not to be confused with the song of the same name which isn't on it), try: Elegant Chaos, Head Hang Low, and Kolly Kibber's Birthday.
If you like the bass line & main riff listen to “I Can Only Give You Everything” by Them (Van Morrison’s 60’s band). It’s a direct rip off. Not to criticise “Reynard The Fox”, it’s a good track & I loved this album as a teenager. “Laughing Boy” was always my favourite track off it. Good reaction 👍
Yes of course this about fox hunters in red jackets hunting foxes… then applied as a metaphor to a person in crisis. Before this became illegal in UK there was a “hunt sabatoeur movement that Julian would have been associated with. Many folk music renditions of Reynard as an archetype. A notable example is UK folk singer and influence upon Bob Dylan, Martin Carthy. June Tabor’s Reynard the Fox was a favourite version for me, but the available recording on CZcams is poor.
Yes, it is, I couldn't agree more! Wilder is one of the best albums of the post-punk/neo-psychedelia movement, along with Crocodiles by Echo & The Bunnymen.
Love me some Julian Cope... Nice review... Some other Cope songs to consider:- Kolly Kibber's Birthday, Metranil Vavin, East Easy Rider & Spacehopper...
It was his second album released in 1984 after World Shut Your Mouth. Confusingly the track World Shut Your Mouth was a UK hit in 1986 but was nothing to do with the album of that name 😂
Not a huge fan of Cope's output. I admire him more for his book 'Krautrocksampler', which introduced a lot of people to the wonders of Can, Faust, Neu and a whole range of Avant rock. If i had to pick one of his albums, i'd probably go with 'Autogeddon' or maybe 'Peggy Suicide'. All praise the Arch Druid!
Unlike his work with The Teardrop Explodes I'm not always keen on Julian Cope's solo work because of its inconsistent quality and unpredictability, but I like this track and most of his early solo material, although I prefer The Teardrop Explodes, and besides, you could do a reaction video to their excellent 1981 album, Wilder!😉
Like yourself i'm not the biggest fan of Mr Cope, but to me, this is the first thing that has gained my interest in a couple of weeks. Imo, this indicates how much the quality has waned just lately!
I seem to be in a minority in preferring Fried-era Julian Cope to the later stuff. I love the album, and this is one of my favourite songs from it. I went to see him in about 2005 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (I think) - and it was one of the worst gigs I've ever seen! Awful, meat & potatoes rock with no dynamic range and a lumpen band. And he *butchered* Reynard The Fox, with an utterly nonsensical stream-of-consciousness monologue. It kind of put me off him for life ☹️
He was banned by his own management company for playing this live for a few years because, on one occasion when he got to the line “he spilled his guts all over the stage” he sliced open his stomach with a microphone.
The song Sunspots from the same album is a joyous thing. So much of his solo output is overlooked and under appreciated.
I absolutely love your reaction to this. Been listening to this for 3 and a half decades now and it just never gets boring.
It’s not 1996 mate it was recorded in 84 I think
Fun fact: the legacy of the literary work in France is so immense that it literally changed the word for "fox" in the French language. The old word for "fox" in French is "goupil" (somewhat closer to the latin "vulpes") and in the stories, it is a "goupil" named Renard. However, these stories became so ubiquitous in France that now, the word for "fox" is "renard", and "goupil" fell completely out of use.
This was Copey's live tour-de-force for YEARS (usually as the encore), he could stretch out versions to fifteen minutes by extending the spoken section and just go off on one about any subject he fancied!
Well that was a shock. I saw what you were reacting to and thought "This'll be good" and then I got a name check. I totally forgot I'd recommended it. Thanks for doing it.
Glad you recommended it. I pushed for crack in the clouds but Reynard is probably a better introduction
I've had the same experience with stuff I forgot I recommended :D I love Julian too.
Love Julian. The streak of LPs "Peggy Suicide," "Jehovahkill," and "Autogetton" blew me away. The songs "Uptight" and "Poet is Priest" get me going. Oh... "Ain't But the One Way" and "Las Vegas Basement." So many great ones on those three albums.
Now you’ve heard Robyn Hitchcock and Julian Cope. Both were considered as possible examples of Syd Barrett if he had continued with music.
Cope is a unique performer, writer and wrote the go to book on stone circles etc. Just a one off that made the pop music we all wish was on the radio but wasn't and then some amazing rock and folk music.
First The Soft Boys and now this! I like where this seems to be heading. :-)
(There are quite some similarities between the two, this being one of Cope's most Barrett-ish albums, and featuring those same abrupt changes from aggressive/experimental stuff to very melodic 60's style psych pop.)
Maybe my favourite post-punk songwriter. Smart and mischievous. Others albums have already received shoutouts in the comments but I'd like to mention Peggy Suicide, not only my favourite of his, but one of my all-time favourites in general.
Great album. My favorite too
Try 'Strasbourg' from his first album
That first album is one of my most played!! Magnificent
Another great Copey track to check out is 'A Crack In The Clouds' from his St Julian album.
Basically "Fried" is the album where JC's real "bonkers" reputation starts, from the sleeve onwards... I saw him on the tour for the previous album "World Shut Your Mouth" (which doesn't include the title track!) and he played most of this album rather than tracks from the record he was actually promoting... anyway, he's a legend, always a thumbs up from me...
From his World Shut Your Mouth album (not to be confused with the song of the same name which isn't on it), try: Elegant Chaos, Head Hang Low, and Kolly Kibber's Birthday.
Great song, and great album. Glad to see Julian on the channel. This was released in 1984, not 1996.
I'd love to see you react to the album Jehovakill by him
If you like the bass line & main riff listen to “I Can Only Give You Everything” by Them (Van Morrison’s 60’s band). It’s a direct rip off.
Not to criticise “Reynard The Fox”, it’s a good track & I loved this album as a teenager.
“Laughing Boy” was always my favourite track off it.
Good reaction 👍
Trampoline is one of his greatest moments!
Love Cope. I think you may like the album "20 Mothers"
Yes of course this about fox hunters in red jackets hunting foxes… then applied as a metaphor to a person in crisis. Before this became illegal in UK there was a “hunt sabatoeur movement that Julian would have been associated with. Many folk music renditions of Reynard as an archetype. A notable example is UK folk singer and influence upon Bob Dylan, Martin Carthy. June Tabor’s Reynard the Fox was a favourite version for me, but the available recording on CZcams is poor.
This song so grizzly n cool and mentioning places in the song nearby to where I grew up way back in the early eighties.
Good album, but my favorites by Cope are Peggy Suicide and Jehovah Kill
Julian was "fried" during this period.
You should check out Teardrop Explodes second album Wilder. I think it's even better than Kilimanjaro.
Yes, it is, I couldn't agree more! Wilder is one of the best albums of the post-punk/neo-psychedelia movement, along with Crocodiles by Echo & The Bunnymen.
Love me some Julian Cope... Nice review... Some other Cope songs to consider:- Kolly Kibber's Birthday, Metranil Vavin, East Easy Rider & Spacehopper...
Postpunk meets krautrock and psychedelic wimsy. Brilliant.
More like 86 or there abouts!!!
It was his second album released in 1984 after World Shut Your Mouth. Confusingly the track World Shut Your Mouth was a UK hit in 1986 but was nothing to do with the album of that name 😂
Yeah, I can get behind this and give it a liking.
Check out Brain Donor, Cope's stoner band.
Not a huge fan of Cope's output. I admire him more for his book 'Krautrocksampler', which introduced a lot of people to the wonders of Can, Faust, Neu and a whole range of Avant rock. If i had to pick one of his albums, i'd probably go with 'Autogeddon' or maybe 'Peggy Suicide'. All praise the Arch Druid!
Please please please do "The laughing boy" in this same album
Not too bad, but man it's weird having the drums hard panned left. It's like hearing an old early stereo, four track 60s tune.
Excellent choice, so much love for Copey!
Unlike his work with The Teardrop Explodes I'm not always keen on Julian Cope's solo work because of its inconsistent quality and unpredictability, but I like this track and most of his early solo material, although I prefer The Teardrop Explodes, and besides, you could do a reaction video to their excellent 1981 album, Wilder!😉
Like yourself i'm not the biggest fan of Mr Cope, but to me, this is the first thing that has gained my interest in a couple of weeks. Imo, this indicates how much the quality has waned just lately!
Can't beat a Scouser! Give The Christians a try!
He's from Tamworth
@@stuartday7809 I meant scouse group, but if you want to be picky, He's from Glamorgan in Wales! 🤣
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In his gandmas house, on a trip when mum pregnant, from Tamworth.
Pedent me🤣
I seem to be in a minority in preferring Fried-era Julian Cope to the later stuff. I love the album, and this is one of my favourite songs from it. I went to see him in about 2005 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (I think) - and it was one of the worst gigs I've ever seen! Awful, meat & potatoes rock with no dynamic range and a lumpen band. And he *butchered* Reynard The Fox, with an utterly nonsensical stream-of-consciousness monologue. It kind of put me off him for life ☹️
At times, basic, annoying, and at the end, rather bunnymen-esque... not a fan.