Ship Of Fools by World Party

bigdavejonnyt’s jam on 10 Mar ’13 and then once after that (See all)

“Recorded on a mixing desk cast out by The Wombles which somehow adds to the poignancy of its message.”

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Recorded on a mixing desk cast out by The Wombles which somehow adds to the poignancy of its message.

bigdavejonnyt 10 Mar 2013

In preparation for my upcoming 30th, I've been collating a Spotify playlist of tracks to mark each year. This, of course, has turned into a rather sprawling project covering 150+ songs but I thought that I'd try and showcase some of them on TIMJ. So to start off, the years 1984-86 and the imperious World Party.   8

tomdwilly 16 Jun 2014

Inexplicably woke up with this song stuck in my head. Make it my jam? Why, yes. Yes, I will.

grumbleupagus 20 Dec 2011

Save me from tomorrow...   3

sirterence 3 Jul 2015

Heard this the other day for the first time in ages. Still holds up.

lah_ann 5 Apr 2015

So, last week I was thinking of some ideas for this week's radio show and settled on a theme of working around 'The Waterboys'. What I like to do (most of the time at least) is have some kind of connection between the 3 artists (we usually play 5 songs in total). As The Waterboys have just released a new album (think more straight forward rock/blues and definitely not Fisherman's Blues style) that would be the centrepiece, but I needed something to top and tail it. That light bulb moment (!) and the names 'Karl Wallinger' and 'World Party' popped into my head. I've hardly stopped listening to World Party since and I'm revelling in the genius that is Mr. Wallinger. I'm struggling to think of a finer pop song of the times (then or now), so I thought I'd share. PS - Terry Reid's version of "The Whole Of The Moon" will close the show. Enjoy :)   7

cbinseoul 19 Jan 2015