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Trust me #118Love You by Primal ScreamThe cover of Reverberations ( Travelling In Time)Way before the beats, groove, futuristic sounds and strobe lights of Screamadelica and the leather-clad rock n roll swagger, funky jams and blissed out ballads of Give Out But Don't Give Up, Primal Scream were a band (like many from Glasgow) influenced by the West Coast California sounds of bands like Love and The Byrds. The sun kissed music from America was filtered through the Glasgow rain, Southside tenement bedrooms and the romanticised vision and imagination of Bobby Gillespie to create the original Primal Scream sound. Gillespie was a kid obsessed with music - if he was forming/joining a band, then it had to be as good as the music of his heroes.In addition to his ambition, Gillespie also happened to look absolutely magnificent. Super cool, with a floppy fringe haircut that you can just imagine kids reading the NME / Melody Maker at the time wanting to replicate. Whether drumming with The Mary…

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