Camper Van Beethoven

Posted by: worm on 05 July 2008

Bought their 'Telephone Free Landslide Victory' album on a blind recommendation.

For those not familiar the best description I have come across is 'Balkan Surfing Music'.

Very Marmite (you either love or hate them) however neither my wife nor my 5 year old have stopped humming the tunes since we bought the album.

Highly recommended.

Cheers

worm

Posted on: 05 July 2008 by Diccus62

Remember them from the 80's didn't realise they were still going

Posted on: 05 July 2008 by worm

It is their old 80's material that I have been listening to.

However, doing a quick Google - it looks like they are back together again.

Camper Van Beethoven site

Cheers

worm

PS what did you think of then in the '80s ?

Posted on: 05 July 2008 by Diccus62

can't really remember - too far in the midsts of time,never bought anything by them but were on the edges of my radar

Posted on: 06 July 2008 by 555

Thanks for this Worm.
I enjoyed 'em in the '80s thanks to uncle John.

Posted on: 07 July 2008 by ryan_d

Have to say that i don't know any of their stuff but its one of the best names for a band i've ever heard.

Ryan

Posted on: 07 July 2008 by Jet Johnson

Yeah I remember them ..I bought their "Key Lime Pie Album" in 89' ....there was a single taken from the album "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" (yep the old Status Quo Brit Pysche classic!)

..I played that album quite a bit back then but lost track of them I guess ...I'll have to dig the album out again....