"Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

I've just received a music cassette that Karl Hyde made for a friend of his back in the mid 1980's.

Its a TDK AD 90 cassette filled with tracks that Karl liked, and wanted his friend to enjoy, accompanying it is a letter, handwritten by KH including doodles and a bit about the cassette, and how/why he made it (i don't have this yet - its coming under separate cover, with a KH hand made & hand drawn / doodled calendar).

The cassette tracklisting is handwritten by Karl - very neatly, and details the tracks and LP of origination where applicable....I haven't had the chance to listen to the quality yet, but this is what Mr Hyde was listening to around about 1985/6...all details are as on the tape....

A - "Some Stuff What I Listen To Sometimes"

1. Numbers - Kraftwerk (L.P. Computer World)
2. Kiss - Prince (L.P. Parade)
3. I'm a Man - Chicago (L.P. Chicago Transit Authority)
4. She Sells Santuary - The Cult (L.P. Love)
5. Somethingthat I Said - The Ruts (L.P. The Ruts)
6. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin (L.P. Janis)
7. Juicy Fruit - M Tune (12" Mix)
8. Highways of My Life - The Isley Brothers (L.P. 3+3)
9. Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (L.P. So)
10. The Beatles - Paperback Writer

B - "Some Other Stuff"

1. Suzanne Vega - Small Blue Thing (L.P. Suzanne Vega)
2. Village Ghetto Land - Stevie Wonder (L.P. Songs in the Key of Life)
3. Elenor Rigby - The Beatles (L.P. Revolver)
4. This is England - The Clash (L.P. Cut the Crap)
5. Walk This Way - Run D.M.C. (L.P. Raising Hell)
6. Still Alive An' Well - Johnie Winter (L.P. Still Alive An' Well)
7. Hell ain't a Bad Place to be - AC/DC (B Side to Whole Lotta Rosie)
8. Good Night Saigon - Billy Joel (L.P. the Nylon Curtain)
9. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (L.P. So)
10. Memory Motel - The Rolling Stones (L.P. Black and Blue)

so not a bad collection, some classics, some mid eighties artists....and some strange choices?

you decide....

this is what influenced Mr Hyde before Underworld MK I surfaced....

more details & insights on Mr Hyde to follow when i get the letter and calendar....although i won't be divulging anything too personal...just in case

Mattval1
"Numberonesuperfan"

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

That's cool stuff, thanks for sharing.

Do you think Karl is embarrassed by this now? I know if I had tracklistings of my old mixtapes posted for all to see, I would be ashamed. I mean, Smashmouth. How foolish of me.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

Thats awesome. How did you find this?

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

With the exception of a few artists on the tape i've not heard of, that's pretty loaded with classic songwriters...nothing to be embarrassed of in the slightest, esp. for 1986! One could do a lot worse back then!

This is pretty cool, like a "Back to Mine" from pre-UWmk1 or post-Freur!

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

I got a pretty cool cover of this one:

6. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin (L.P. Janis)

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

I think far from being embarrassing, it shows that Karl had great taste in 1985/86.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

Indeed.

I wish I had great taste in music. It may take a while.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

I hope Mr Hyde didn't mind me posting this tape listing here...

Rest assured that when i get the other stuff i will not be posting anything other than info about Underworld or KH's music, i will let the man have his privacy - things we did and said in the past ought to remain private.

These items are being sent to me as a private collector of Underworld memoribillia, by someone who knows what owning these things means - and rather than throwing them away they will be going to a good home.

These things are going into my collection, which one day i hope to share via other mediums, such as a book, and until then the private stuff will remain just that.

Mattval1

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

not exactly living on the edge is it? ;)

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

Happy to hear this, mate. I was feeling a bit iffy about this thread to begin with as it struck me as touching on very personal stuff which I would have kept to myself. Having said that, it is good that this has gone to a good home and I am sure Karl would agree. :)

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

Ditto - one of my first mixtapes had Let's Get Ready To Rhumble by PJ & Duncan back to back.... :\

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

ahh classic!! :D

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

*downloading* :cool:

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

I can remember one of the first indie-tapes i made in 1992. I think I still have it somewhere... i'll see if i can find it :) far from being embarassed by it, i know its got some classics on it :p however, in 1985/86 i hadnt really developed my tastes and was listening to whatever my brothers were listening to mostly (then again, Karl is older than me!)

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

Look what you've done: now you've got Karl wondering which of his undeserving friends has parted with his very personal gift for material gain. Poor man! http://www.dirty.org/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

very good ,thanks for sharing

I'd really like to know what kind of music UW were listening to in the mid nineties. If they'd done the Dirtyradio shows then, what would they have played? (Maybe people who've read interviews and stuff from that period have a clue...)

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

techno !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

yeah if you like the 80's :mad:


...

that chicago song is seriously the shit, i dont get it at all.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

whats wrong with the 80's ???

the 80's is the greatest era for popular music ever, as Stimpee knows ;)

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

i love well more than half of them songs.
some of them ' sculpted ' my ears way back when.
kudos, mr hyde.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

Word!!!

And another point concerning lyrics:

In the eighties, a lot of (but not all) musicicians used simple words/analogies to convey complex/deep situations and emotions (The police are the best example that springs to mind).

In the nineties, musicians generally used overly complex words to convey simple situations and emotions (or in many cases, absolutely nothing)!

At least imo.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

i have scanned this tape (at last) its located here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigscre...te/2281609402/

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

ahahahahah

i missed this the first time.

AHAHAHAHA.

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

so does Prince sue you for owning an illegal copy of his song or Karl for making an illegal copy of his song?

Re: "Some Music What I Like - Sometimes" - by Karl Hyde
 

well i think KH is entitled to use Prince's work as he did some session stuff at Paisley Park back in the old days afaik....

either way, are you allowed to write Prince these days without being sued?