Classic! youtu.be/YH7IcMoJ-pM?...

The live version last night was killer... Electricity comes from other planets 💥💥💥

I'm still amazed that I live in the same time that these magnificent bastards exist.

Like the song, but a missed opportunity to lay on a wicked Bawstin accent in the Matt Damon impersonation.

The 52s squeeze in..... Following a record about a hostage, I am now obliged to finish The Late Show with my favour B52 song ..... I'll give you fish, I'll give you candy. .... Give Me Back My Man. Good night to you all buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Cans? Did someone have a song with Cans in the title? This means that I now have to play something from the wonderful Bag Of Cans. So many to choose - I must play them more often - but Hostage At The Dinner Table seems apt. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Scustin. Proving that Irish people do, indeed, drink stout. The beer theme continues with their new release 'Drinking Cans In A Field With Matt Damon'. The title could nearly be true and Matt did spend some time in lockdown outside Dublin. During Covid, I mean. Now on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

As the Late Show is playing songs by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce, to mark Bobby's death last week .... we can't go past the new recordings from Trelane & The Squires Of Gothos - Trelane being an avid Monkees fan. Their brilliant version of Valleri is now on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Well, I though that the name Steve Lane rang a bell.... so .... Small Faces. Seen here in Ronnie's front room. No reason to play them, apart from the obvious. That their records are still brilliant. Like 'My Mind's Eye' Now on the Late Show buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Fun fact, my husband is a Carpet Man also 😉

"I remember when this was all high rise flats and supermarkets' Its Steve Lane. From Australia. Excellent new record 'A Song You Can Write No More' is now on the Late Show, with just the right amount of Beatley guitar to sound swell. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Happy birthday to Freda Payne. With a great haircut. To go with the great records. Band Of Gold is left waiting in the darkness of its lonely room, while Unhooked Generation is on the Late Show wMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Did you forget that The Rich Kids were ever so young? I did. As it's Rusty Egan's birthday, I thought we should see them and hear them again. Peel session version of their eponymous single now on the Late Show. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

It took me a bit of time but I can see that this is a photo of Tall Child aka Zha Gandhi in a bath. A creamy kind of bath. I hope it was warm. Or maybe it's not that at all. Whichever, their song 'Oh Well, That's Life' (from the EP Somehow You Grow) is on the Late Show again. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Ah, its him. There seems to be some thinking that the hit single that he had doesn't fit well with today's thinking. Which may be true. But then others say that Going Steady (the original A side) was better anyway. Let's hear the evidence. On the Late Show buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Well, if Pebbledash have a record called Tiles And Moss then I will have to play Up The Ladder To The Roof. The post Diana Supremes. Jean Terrell and Cindy Birdsong and Mary Wilson. Such a record. A Frank Wilson composition. Now on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

This is Pebbledash. Cork band. One of the great Cork bands, by the sound of their records. Tiles And Moss now on the Late Show. The disc jockey wonders if there's always a house element to their music. And then goes to get his coat. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Butter wouldn't melt, etc....... Gram Parsons. Died this day in 1973. 26 years old. Yes, there's the story of the burial , but there's also the great record he left behind. Grievous Angel. Which has Ooh Las Vegas on it. Along with Emmylou Harris singing with Gram. Now on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

So, I could have gone with a photo of Redd Kross to go with their recording of Blow You A Kiss In The Wind. But then I'd miss the chance to show Boyce and Hart along with Serena / Elizabeth Montgomery, from that episode of Bewitched. Redd Kross is on the radio, though. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

new release - Seiko Nemoto and chums. Excellet nuggets for the way we live today ... Mimiko now on the Late Show buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Cass Elliot was born this day in 1941. By some accounts, she didn't like the name Mama Cass. So, it's banned from here on. I could play something from her group with Michelle, John and Denny...but I think we need to hear 'It's Getting Better' on the Late Show. And hope it works. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

I think if a band is called Sexual Objects then it's good that their record sleeve looks nice and calm and understated. Their song 'Merrie England' isn't calm or understated. But it's excellent. Now on the radio round here buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Trammps. They knew how to make brilliant records. They weren't so hot at defending free kicks. Hold Back The Night now making everything and everyone feel great on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

No Cars? Snake Eyes. Fast Cars? Buzzcocks. Makes sense. By the way...this sleeve was invented in 1978. It looked cool and modern then. It looks even more cool and more modern now. What happened? buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Was that address a squat?

It's Snake Eyes. They don't get out much. They stay in their bedroom, play games, make records and eat. That's all. Their top rated recording 'No Cars' is playing on the Late Show while they do something else to amuse themselves. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

I've been meaning to play this on the radio for the last month. I can't remember why. Apart from it being a cultural high point in European culture. Now on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Thanks to the esteemed rockabilly enthusiast Brian Young for pointing me in the direction of top Australian practitioners. Plastic Section. They've a bass player who is from Belfast. Still, they're great. Revenge - the title song from this collection - now on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Best thing they ever did, much better than that I Got You Babe tosh

Never did I ever expect to hear 'Kia Picanto' in a song. (This is lovely, by the way)

Strawberry Studios? I must go reread Paul Hanley’s book.

I heard a version of The Beat Goes On while waiting for the main film to start at the pictures this week. It reminded me of the greatness of Sonny Bono and Cher. And prompted a play of their 1967 single on the Late Show, where drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain every Friday. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Flash! Bang!Wallop!What a picture what a picture, what a photograph. Derry's singing sensation Paddy Nash. New LP, Still We Rise, is almost upon us. And it has Wains. As in , Derry girls. And boys. Now on the radio round here buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

A rare Michelangelo portrait of Lol Creme. It's Lol's birthday today. Why not play Donna, the first 10cc hit? And a nod to Beatle Paul's Darling buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Jonesey's guitar is cracking on this.

In the race of life, in the race of rock and roll, in the race around the clock.... Automatic always finish comfortably. New record, Lazy, sounding swell on your smart speaker. Or whatever contraption you listen to The Late Show on. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Hey , Hey ! It's Bill's Birthday Today ! Mr Medley is 85. And still looking good. He wrote Little Latin Lupe Lu for him and his brother Bobby. The Righteous original now on the Late Show. Little Latin Late Show Lupe Lu, if you like. (You don't. No problem) buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

It's the cover of the new Tulpa record. Which is, helpfully, called Let's Make A Tulpa. (You may, like me, have to look up what a tulpa is.) Excellent new record, by the way. Now spinning away on the LSwMB buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Two cheeky Monkees fans. The Sex Pistols' version of Stepping Stone is a work of joy. As heard on the radio round here, to mark the passing of Bobby Hart. buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Bobby Hart. RIP. He wrote the songs that made The Monkees sing. Along with Tommy Boyce, of course. So , only place to start on tonight's Late Show.... walkin' down the street, getting the funniest looks from everyone we meet ..... buff.ly/9rzR0Lq

Tonight's fantastic Late Show with Mickey Bradley at 10.04pm on BBC Radio Ulster is a thing of beauty featuring music from Tulpa, Pebbledash, @buzzcocks.com, Mo-dettes, @paddynash.bandcamp.com , Rich Kids, Gram Parsons and much more. Join the chat here on Bluesky @mickeyundertone.bsky.social !

Released 40 years ago today, how it all came about could fill a book. Soon forgotten at the time by all but a few. Always grateful for the love still out there though, what a difference (a mere) four decades makes 😄

The Little Red Riding Hoods. Deborah and Chris. One of the photos by Martyn Goddard taken in 1978. Which can be seen in a new and marvellous exhibition in the Barbican. The Late Show's disc jockey went down to London to see it. And so, he ends with "Picture This". Obviously. buff.ly/QvJ0liy

The return of The Belair Lip Bombs. Hey You. (it does not include the words '"don't" or "watch" or "that" or "this.) But it is excellent. As heard on the Late Show wMB. buff.ly/QvJ0liy

The great Mark Volman, a top Turtle. Aka Phlorescent Leech, aka Flo ...... Happy Together and She'd Rather Be With Me are indeed high water marks of Western Civilsation.... but Outside Chance has a special place in the Nuggets Universe . Now on the radio round here. buff.ly/QvJ0liy

Underdown. On The Town EP. If I was in the business of labels, I would say this is quirky classic pop. But I'm not, so I'll say it's tip top entertainment. Some Kind Of Fun now on the LSWMB buff.ly/QvJ0liy

Ha!! Thank you.

As Johnny Cash passed away this day in 2003, there's another of his vast collection on the Late Show. His re-reading of Nick Cave's The Mercy Seat. Which is much better than the original Bad Seeds version, say some people. I think Nick would say it too. Now on the radio round here buff.ly/QvJ0liy

The new collection from the vaults of Lux and Ivy and Cherry Red. Which has a Johnny Cash recording, of course. God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away. From 1962 originally. buff.ly/QvJ0liy

Memorials. Framed. Their wonderful music life continues with Acceptable Experience. As heard on the Late Show before and will continue until they get a Grammy, or a certificate. buff.ly/QvJ0liy