{"id":14063,"date":"2012-12-12T09:08:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=14063"},"modified":"2012-12-12T09:08:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:08:58","slug":"watch-reunited-graham-parker-the-rumour-on-conan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-12\/watch-reunited-graham-parker-the-rumour-on-conan\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Reunited Graham Parker &#038; the Rumour on Conan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the desperate-for-rock, pre-punk days of 1976 we played <strong>Graham Parker &amp; the Rumour&#8217;s Howling Wind<\/strong> and <strong>Heat Treatment<\/strong> (both produced by <strong>Nick Lowe<\/strong>) albums to death.\u00a0 Sounding like a mix of <strong>Jagger<\/strong> and <strong>Van Morrison<\/strong>, <strong>Graham Parker<\/strong> brought a powerful grit and ferocity to his driving, passion-filled songs, and the <strong>Rumour<\/strong> was a tightly knit and phenomenally skilled ensemble.\u00a0 Lyrically, Parker fit us like a glove with his sarcasm and vitriol, not to mention his confessional ballads.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Parker and the band broke up in 1981 after putting out their mostly highly-regarded album, <strong>Squeezing Out Sparks<\/strong>.\u00a0 And unfortunately for Parker, the incomparably talented <strong>Elvis Costello<\/strong> came along in 1977 in a similar vein and eventually eclipsed Parker (who continued to record without the band in the &#8217;90s).\u00a0 Parker &amp; the Rumour are still held in high regard, however, and championed by many (see below) as one of the best bands ever.<\/p>\n<p>Now Parker and the band have unexpectedly reunited (including <strong>Brinsley Schwarz<\/strong>) and recorded a great new album entitled <strong>Three Chords Good<\/strong>.\u00a0 The reunion album was released in November in advance of <strong>Judd Apatow&#8217;s This Is Forty<\/strong> movie, in which Graham Parker &amp; the Rumour provide a plot point.\u00a0 As a result of the push by their fan<strong> Apatow<\/strong>, Parker and band have made it into the mainstream spotlight for the first time in decades.\u00a0 Watch them below on Conan last night performing a beauty (<em><strong>Long Emotional Ride<\/strong><\/em>) off their brand new album <strong>Three Chords Good<\/strong>.\u00a0 After, check out a relic from &#8217;77.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NtVKd7wz0Uk&#038;feature=em-uploademail<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FOOLS GOLD - GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR (BBC Live 1977)\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJRosJqpoog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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