More Martha’s? I think so . . . . . don’t mind if’n I do! (Radio Asheville - WPVM 103.7)

Is it time for Martha (again)? Think so . . . . muffin anyone?

(singles bought when they came out no 329)

I can’t help it I’m a romantic fool! 

Radio Asheville - WPVM 103.7

They say : 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘-𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑-𝚙𝚘𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚔, 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟾0𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟾0, “𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑,” 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍.

“𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑” 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝟸0 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚄.𝚂. 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 #𝟹𝟽. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍-𝟷𝟿𝟾0𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.

𝚆𝚎’𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 “𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑” 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚆𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎!

𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔’𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎.𝚘𝚛𝚐/𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝-𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎. 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝟷0𝟹.𝟽 𝙵𝙼, 𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝟻:00 𝙿𝙼 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝙽𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟷:00 𝙿𝙼.

Martha and The Muffins - Women Around The World At Work |jt1674

 Cursed perhaps by the universal one hit wonder status of Echo Beach (bought when it came out of course) and yet they continued to make bright shiny and intelligent pop

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/791221888918634496/martha-and-the-muffins-women-around-the-world-at

URBANASPIRINES profile compilation of 3 Album MARTHA & THE MUFFINS

Martha And The Muffins: Far Away In Time 1987

Bit of a one hit wonder over here (Echo Beach - which we bought when it came out over here) but Kostas has done his usual masterly profile!

Check it out!

Kostas says:

 Based in Toronto, Martha and the Muffins initially comprised Martha Johnson (vocals, keyboards), Martha Ladly (vocals, keyboards, trombone), guitarist Mark Gane, bassist Carl Finkle, drummer Tim Gane, and saxophonist Andy Haas. The group forme in 1977 and, on the strength of their debut independent single, "Insect Love"/"Suburban Dream," were signed by Virgin U.K. The band's debut album, Metro Music, appeared in 1980, led by "Echo Beach," which would become a new wave classic. 

Echo Beach performed by Martha & The Muffins | written by Mark Gane | produced by Mike Howlett | from the album Metro Music (1980) | additional audio/video post-production by sonicboy19

Read on here . . . .

MARTHA & THE MUFFINS

"ECHO BEACH"

I could have sworn I posted this before but can't find it now. It is way up there in terms of classic pop songs and one hit wonders here in the UK but more significantly for yours truly I bought this when it came out. I LOVED it! What a hook



Echo Beach far away in time, echo beach far away in time . . . . my job is very boring . . . . . .