Orleans (band)

The campaign responded by dropping the song from their playlist. Did not have any US Top 40 hits. The band made the news briefly in late October 2004 when John Hall publicly commented that the Bush presidential campaign never received permission to use the song at campaign events. The consistent lineup has also allowed the band to coalesce as a live act not only reproducing their studio albums live but also able to recreate the band's entire back catalogue. Hall quit his solo career and reunited with the band in the early 1990s, releasing a few recordings on the band's own label, Major Records. Vanishing Point revitalised the band and introduced a far more complex musical dynamic that has so far have produced increasingly complex yet accessible albums in the form of XTRMNTR and Evil Heat in a surprisingly short period of time. Kelly died of a heroin overdose in 1984. Starting with the Vanishing Point album (influenced by the film of the same name) a new complex dance/dub rhythm was present in most of the tracks harking back to the crossover success of Screamadelica.

They continued performing, in spite of a diminishing audience, and released One of a Kind in 1982. Mani was the key addition though. Orleans, meanwhile, got another hit with Forever's "Love Takes Time". Shields brought a great deal of producing talent and a third guitarist to the live band. In 1977, Hall left to begin a solo career and became active in the anti-nuclear program, cofounding Musicians United for Safe Energy. More line up changes added Mani and Kevin Shields to the group. The song was used as a slogan by ABC television in 1977. More of an out and out rock and roll record, critics compared it in style and sound to the early Rolling Stones.

"Still The One" from their follow-up LP Waking and Dreaming was their second big hit. Give Out But Don't Give Up, recorded in Nashville, was another radical departure. One of its singles, "Dance with Me", became a Billboard top ten song in 1975. Screamadelica was blending rock with dance music. After ABC dropped the group, their self-produced second album, Let There Be Magic, came out on Asylum Records in 1974. This remix has since become the most well-known version of the track and failing to put the definitive original version on any album has (as with "Velocity Girl") damned what may be the group's finest moment to obscurity. Their debut album was Orleans, recorded in Muscle Shoals. "Loaded" was followed by "Come Together" - a remarkable psychedelic gospel track sampling Nastassja Kinski from Wim Wender's 'Paris, Texas' and the guitar riff from Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds." The original track was backed by a Terry Farley produced version with added beats and an instrumental mix by Weatherall containing a sample of the Reverend Jesse Jackson ("You will hear gospel and rhythm and blues and jazz, all those are just labels, we know that music is music") which became another dance classic and highpoint of the Ibiza scene.

The band signed with ABC Records in 1973. The track was a phenomenal critical success, played everywhere from Ibiza to Glasgow and, along with The Stone Rose's "Fool's Gold" and The Happy Mondays' "Step On," marks the point where white indie music got funky. Lance Hoppen, Larry's brother, joined the band later in that year. "Loaded" took the piano motif (provided by new recruit, former member of Felt, Martin Duffy), the horn section and bassline from the climax of "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have," added a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am", a sample of Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues" and the central introductory sample from the Peter Fonda B-movie The Wild Angels. The band took their name from New Orleans because that city was home to the mixture of music they played when the band was founded. Employing methods of deconstructing and layering grooves normally found in the Jamacian dub music of King Tubby and The Scientist. The band was founded in January 1972 in Ulster County, New York by Wells Kelly, John Hall and Larry Hoppen. Standout track "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have" was remixed by Dance DJ Andrew Weatherall (Sabres of Paradise/Two Lone Swordsmen).

Orleans is a 1970s soft rock band, best known today for "Dance with Me" and "Still the One". Today "Primal Scream" remains a curiously underrated album and several critics have voiced the opinion that a critical reassessment is overdue particularly given its relatively contemporary style. Founder member Jim Beattie left to form Spirea X, continuing that early psychedelic sound, the central trio of Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Rob Young (augmented by drummer Philip "Toby" Tomanov and bassist Henry Olsen of Nico's band The Faction) relocated to Brighton and ditched their trademark jangly sound for good. Due to their dramatic change in sound the band risked alienating their initial fanbase and the album was criticised in the music press. The following self-titled album had a much heavier edge influenced by MC5, Iggy Pop and The Stooges and the sixties Detroit garage scene.

The highlight of their early work is undoubtedly the "Crystal Crescent" B-side "Velocity Girl" which was effectively the melodic template for most indie music for the next decade, The Stone Roses' "Made Of Stone" and their debut album in particular are indebted to it's sound as are a host of others. Debut album Sonic Flower Groove was heavily influenced by The Byrds, The Velvet Underground and the C86 shoegazing scene (eg My Bloody Valentine, The Wedding Present etc) of which they were pioneers. The music was meant to be somewhat instinctual and primal in nature. Initially a psychedelic rock group with a formless loud guitar based sound influenced by the primal scream therapy theory (which also gave the band their name).

The band has been through several lineups and musical styles with Gillespie being the only constant element. The band was signed to Alan McGee's Creation label. Other members include guitarists Andrew Innes and Robert 'Throb' Young, former Felt keyboardist Martin Duffy, former Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield, and touring guitarist and producer Kevin Shields, formerly of My Bloody Valentine. Primal Scream is a rock band from Scotland and headed by former Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie.

2002 "Miss Lucifer" #25. 2000 "Accelerator" #34. 2000 "Kill All Hippies" #24. 1999 "Swastika Eyes" #22.

1997 "Burning Wheel" #17. 1997 "Star" #16. 1997 "Kowalski" #8. 1996 "The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Uptown" (with Irvine Welsh and On-U Sound) #17.

1994 "Jailbird" #29. 1994 "Rocks/Funky Jam" #7. 1992 "Dixie-Narco EP/Movin' on Up" #11. 1991 "Higher Than the Sun" #40.

1990 "Come Together" #26. 1990 "Loaded" #16. Dirty Hits (2003) ("Greatest Hits" compilation); #25. Evil Heat (2002); #9.

XTRMNTR (2000); #3. Echo Dek (1997). Vanishing Point (1997); #2. Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994, featuring George Clinton); #2.

Screamadelica (1991); #8. Primal Scream (1989). Sonic Flower Groove (1987).