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BCB said:an inspired choice..bravo
I second that. The Roses rule.
For me they give me the sound of being 17. I'd cry if someone told me I could never listen to them again. Can't see how that'd happen, but anyway.
Maybe if Ian Brown was was done for child porn, I dunno. But I'd still listen to them.
if i hadn't already written a bloody essay about Sparklehorse's Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, i'd consider switching my vote to In An Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Reno
The In Kraut
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo
I discovered Yo La Tengo when I was living in San Francisco during the the mid-90's. A friend took me to a gig at a beautiful little venue called The Great American Music Hall. The people who came on stage did not look like rock stars. They were a plain looking married couple from New Jersey and burly bloke with long frizzy hair. Then they started to play and Yo La Tengo became one of the things that makes life worth living for me. No posturing or attitude or superficial rock'n'roll glamour, just sheer passion for the music. At the end they gave an encore which consisted of a 30 minute guitar freak out by Ira Kaplan called I Heard You Looking which I found so emotionally overwhelming, I cried through most of it out of sheer bliss.
I love most of Yo la Tengo's albums but I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One is probably my favourite, combining the more experimental approach of the past with the quiet and intimate music that was to come. Then again, maybe it's the one that I love the most, because it was the first one I bought. In any case it is the perfect mixture of the tender and the dissonant, sugar and spice and it never becomes cloying or to abrasive. They don't hit the obvious emotional buttons that other rock bands do, so I never become tired of listening to the same songs, because musically there is always something new to discover. Unlike with most rock bands when I hear their music I feel like they are people I'd like to hang out with. Their very lack of posturing, attitude and surface glamour is what makes them so fucking cool.
I discovered Yo La Tengo when I was living in San Francisco during the the mid-90's. A friend took me to a gig at a beautiful little venue called The Great American Music Hall. The people who came on stage did not look like rock stars. They were a plain looking married couple from New Jersey and burly bloke with long frizzy hair. Then they started to play and Yo La Tengo became one of the things that makes life worth living for me. No posturing or attitude or superficial rock'n'roll glamour, just sheer passion for the music. At the end they gave an encore which consisted of a 30 minute guitar freak out by Ira Kaplan called I Heard You Looking which I found so emotionally overwhelming, I cried through most of it out of sheer bliss.
I love most of Yo la Tengo's albums but I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One is probably my favourite, combining the more experimental approach of the past with the quiet and intimate music that was to come. Then again, maybe it's the one that I love the most, because it was the first one I bought. In any case it is the perfect mixture of the tender and the dissonant, sugar and spice and it never becomes cloying or to abrasive. They don't hit the obvious emotional buttons that other rock bands do, so I never become tired of listening to the same songs, because musically there is always something new to discover. Unlike with most rock bands when I hear their music I feel like they are people I'd like to hang out with. Their very lack of posturing, attitude and surface glamour is what makes them so fucking cool.
Shuddup ya face Joe Dolce Vita.
This remains my favourite record. Its a searing indictment of the travesty of epistemoloigal and ontological thought behind libertarian socialism.It pulls my head in all directions in my aim to counter the spurious book reading non thinking worms on u75.
This remains my favourite record. Its a searing indictment of the travesty of epistemoloigal and ontological thought behind libertarian socialism.It pulls my head in all directions in my aim to counter the spurious book reading non thinking worms on u75.
Dj TAB
Mr Whippy
Fave record!?!?!?!?!
Ok - I first read this thread this morning, and to be honest this question has been throbbing in my head for most of the day. Well here I am after 7pm, still pontificating wildly.......
My first issue was pre or post recreational substances, I decided to go for prior to discovering naughty things since it is likely that my judgement remained unimpaired throughout this period and may have declined in recent years! (the lovely lady reading this as I type thinks that I may have refined....)
Anyway I must concur with those who have said stone roses, klf chillout, orbital brown album as they are all way up there in thier own league as far as classics go....
So what album has eventually surfaced as the favourite I hear you cry....The Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Just popping it on to play now and settling into The Kiss - instantly bringing back memories of teenage insomnia, lying under the covers in bed with it blaring through a trusty Sony walkman. Moving swiftly on into Hot Hot Hot, a slice of fantastic funk, not bad for a supposedly dour bunch of lippie-wearing goths.
All I want demonstrated admiral synth lines, after which we drift into If only tonight I could sleep, heavy with eastern influences, madly atmospheric, and sounding hot and humid.....
After How beautiful you look tonight comes the very poppy Why can't I be you, probably sums up my schooldays in more ways than I'd like to contemplate. One more time over and we're into Like cockatoos then The Perfect Girl....I don't know why but there's a whiff of unrequited love.......probably scarred for life you know....
Just Like Heaven, if ever a track did what it said on the tin, I don't think my cassette is listenable to in this section since I re-wound it soooooo many times......One More Time was probably the only way they could have followed Just Like Heaven.
Torture, Catch and The Snakepit lull you before Shiver and Shake, then Fight, a lovely angst-ridden anthem for a hormonal teen.
This album just has it all, good funky tunes, upbeat poppishness and mellow notes topped with Robert Smiths' uniquely quirky approach to vocals. What does it do for me? -well bring back huge chunks of childhood experiences as well as the emotions that went with them. Even today there are bits that make me bounce happily round the rug, applaud, smile, wince and a whole pile of other stuff.
I'll finish now, but I do hope you all dig it out and enjoy listening to it again.
Ok - I first read this thread this morning, and to be honest this question has been throbbing in my head for most of the day. Well here I am after 7pm, still pontificating wildly.......
My first issue was pre or post recreational substances, I decided to go for prior to discovering naughty things since it is likely that my judgement remained unimpaired throughout this period and may have declined in recent years! (the lovely lady reading this as I type thinks that I may have refined....)
Anyway I must concur with those who have said stone roses, klf chillout, orbital brown album as they are all way up there in thier own league as far as classics go....
So what album has eventually surfaced as the favourite I hear you cry....The Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Just popping it on to play now and settling into The Kiss - instantly bringing back memories of teenage insomnia, lying under the covers in bed with it blaring through a trusty Sony walkman. Moving swiftly on into Hot Hot Hot, a slice of fantastic funk, not bad for a supposedly dour bunch of lippie-wearing goths.
All I want demonstrated admiral synth lines, after which we drift into If only tonight I could sleep, heavy with eastern influences, madly atmospheric, and sounding hot and humid.....
After How beautiful you look tonight comes the very poppy Why can't I be you, probably sums up my schooldays in more ways than I'd like to contemplate. One more time over and we're into Like cockatoos then The Perfect Girl....I don't know why but there's a whiff of unrequited love.......probably scarred for life you know....
Just Like Heaven, if ever a track did what it said on the tin, I don't think my cassette is listenable to in this section since I re-wound it soooooo many times......One More Time was probably the only way they could have followed Just Like Heaven.
Torture, Catch and The Snakepit lull you before Shiver and Shake, then Fight, a lovely angst-ridden anthem for a hormonal teen.
This album just has it all, good funky tunes, upbeat poppishness and mellow notes topped with Robert Smiths' uniquely quirky approach to vocals. What does it do for me? -well bring back huge chunks of childhood experiences as well as the emotions that went with them. Even today there are bits that make me bounce happily round the rug, applaud, smile, wince and a whole pile of other stuff.
I'll finish now, but I do hope you all dig it out and enjoy listening to it again.
Is Rage against the Machine - Rage against the Machine.
Why?
Because it shows me that some things don't change.
Why?
Because it shows me that some things don't change.
Lou Reed, Transformer (1972)
This record reminds me of the days when I was impatient to find out what the future would be like. It opens with an unresolved contradiction:
Vicious, you hit me with a flower
You do it every hour
Oh, baby you're so vicious
The force of the record is born from this contradiction. Back then I could see it between the harshness suggested by the record cover, and the mellowness of the songs.
In Andy's Chest, Andy Warhol in his childish voice opens his treasure chest and describes the imaginary things and beings that fly out of it.
you made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
It is a performance. Transformer is the mask. Lou Reed picks it up and becomes someone else, like in Caroline Says, Lisa Says, Sally Says, Sweet Jane. He is Harry, Jeanny, Kathy, Holly, Candy, Little Joe, Sugar Plum Fairy, Jackie, and many more.
This record reminds me of the days when I was impatient to find out what the future would be like. It opens with an unresolved contradiction:
Vicious, you hit me with a flower
You do it every hour
Oh, baby you're so vicious
The force of the record is born from this contradiction. Back then I could see it between the harshness suggested by the record cover, and the mellowness of the songs.
In Andy's Chest, Andy Warhol in his childish voice opens his treasure chest and describes the imaginary things and beings that fly out of it.
you made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
It is a performance. Transformer is the mask. Lou Reed picks it up and becomes someone else, like in Caroline Says, Lisa Says, Sally Says, Sweet Jane. He is Harry, Jeanny, Kathy, Holly, Candy, Little Joe, Sugar Plum Fairy, Jackie, and many more.
parade by prince.
magnificent and i am always at a loss for words to explain why.
its....otherworldly, it starts and stops, resplendent with romance, love affairs, tragedy, beauty, hope and life, in spades. its beautiful, it tells a story and the journey leaves me in tears at the end every time.
magnificent and i am always at a loss for words to explain why.
its....otherworldly, it starts and stops, resplendent with romance, love affairs, tragedy, beauty, hope and life, in spades. its beautiful, it tells a story and the journey leaves me in tears at the end every time.
Margin Walker
Untraceable
Surfa Rosa by the Pixies
A quality album every song a classic
They were one of the first proper bands i got into when i was younger.
The album will be 20 years old next year, but if it was released tomorow it would still sound way ahead of its time.
A quality album every song a classic
They were one of the first proper bands i got into when i was younger.
The album will be 20 years old next year, but if it was released tomorow it would still sound way ahead of its time.
surely Margin Walker is better?
Margin Walker
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Dubversion said:surely Margin Walker is better?
It`s close
Invisible Touch : Genisis
I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that I really didn't understand any of their work. It was too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent.
I think "Invisible Touch" is the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility, at the same time it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums.
In terms of lyrical craftsmanship and sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism.
Take the lyrics to "Land of Confusion." In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problem of abusive political authority. "In Too Deep" is the most moving pop song of the 1980s about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock.
I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that I really didn't understand any of their work. It was too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent.
I think "Invisible Touch" is the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility, at the same time it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums.
In terms of lyrical craftsmanship and sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism.
Take the lyrics to "Land of Confusion." In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problem of abusive political authority. "In Too Deep" is the most moving pop song of the 1980s about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock.
is that verbatim from American Psycho?
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Sugarcubes. Life's Too good
I was sitting on the floor in 1988 when Billy Bragg introduced me to the video of Birthday. This group were not brand new, but I had not seen or heard of them before then. The song was brilliant and I immediately fell in lust with Bjork.
Next day I rushed out and bought the album. I could only listen to it a couple of times before taking the train to London for a meeting taking place in the ULU building. In the student union bar after I quite literally bumped into a poet dressed all in black with a black net over her face and bright red lipstick. She had been singing along to Birthday as some cool student had chosen the track on the jukebox.
Back home I listened to The Sugarcubes album over and over. I also briefly dated the poet before the incident with the toads pretty much finshed that off. (She wrote and said she really liked me and wanted to keep in touch by letter, but didn't want to ever see me again. I still have the letter).
All the songs on this classic album are fanfuckintastic. delicious demon, blue eyed pop, f***ing in rythm and sorrow. My initial lust for Bjork soon developed into something more intense. One day she will phone, and my life will be complete. I just know the toad thing wouldn't have bothered her.
I was sitting on the floor in 1988 when Billy Bragg introduced me to the video of Birthday. This group were not brand new, but I had not seen or heard of them before then. The song was brilliant and I immediately fell in lust with Bjork.
Next day I rushed out and bought the album. I could only listen to it a couple of times before taking the train to London for a meeting taking place in the ULU building. In the student union bar after I quite literally bumped into a poet dressed all in black with a black net over her face and bright red lipstick. She had been singing along to Birthday as some cool student had chosen the track on the jukebox.
Back home I listened to The Sugarcubes album over and over. I also briefly dated the poet before the incident with the toads pretty much finshed that off. (She wrote and said she really liked me and wanted to keep in touch by letter, but didn't want to ever see me again. I still have the letter).
All the songs on this classic album are fanfuckintastic. delicious demon, blue eyed pop, f***ing in rythm and sorrow. My initial lust for Bjork soon developed into something more intense. One day she will phone, and my life will be complete. I just know the toad thing wouldn't have bothered her.
Dubversion said:
GOLDIE TIMELESS
This cd as a whole makes a lot of sense, even when not all tracks are really good. the 1st track is way too long, but "sea of tears" is brillant. a classic album and one of the most interesting in the 90's.
great construction of very long compositions, and a sense of freedom, of space, of greater-than-life. Quality album i love it
blackadder
I knew a girl named Nikki
'The Beautiful Ones' by Prince, not only is it a top song, but I proposed to wifey while Prince was singing it at a concert in Paris. I'm a romantic bastard arnt I.
I'm a romantic bastard arnt I.Maxwell Urban Hang Suite
I have like many others, too many to mention, but Maxwell his lyrics are so slick i adore his sensual funk and seductive sound. I think if i had to choose fav track it would have to be Asension (Dont ever wonder) only because the lyrics remind me of me ! P.S I named my persian cat after him !
Oooooh...
It happened the moment, when you were revealed
'cause you were a dream that you should not have been
A fantasy real
You gave me this beating baby
This rhythm inside
And you made me feel good and feel nice and feel loved
Give me paradise
1-so shouldn't I realize
You're the highest of the high
If you don't know, then I'll say it
So don't ever wonder
(repeat 1)
So tell me how long
How long it's gonna take until you speak, babe
'cause I can't live my life
Without you here by my side
Ooh...
You gave me the feelin', feelin' in my life
(rpt 1)
One more of his tracks il mention which have beutiful lyrics
Til The Cops Come Knocking
Didn't you dig the way I rubbed yo back girl
Wasn't it cool when first I kissed yo lips
Was it enough to penetrate yo dark world
Or were you embarrassed about the way you freaked
Well I wanna hold you
I wanna know you baby
If it's alright
1 - Gonna take you in the room suga'
Lock you up and love for days
We gonna be rockin baby
Till the cops come knockin
Pappa gonna have to leave
A message on the telephone baby
There won't be no stoppin' me
Till the cops come knockin'
Six on a Thursday night and you be jonesin baby
For a brother to hold you tight and keep on goin
Last lover came and went
Didn't even hug n' kiss you n' caress you
Gimme a call it's cool the M's all open
Im open wider than oceans
I'll be your lotion
If it's alright
Gonna take you in the room suga'
Lock you up and love for days
We gonna be rockin baby till the cops come knockin
Repeat 1
Please you tease you eat you
Make you feel so good inside
Loving you long if that's alright?
Gonna take you in the room suga'
Lock you up and love for days
We gonna be rockin baby till the cops come knockin
Just to mention aswell i have shared his albums with many men along the way, but the feeling of Maxwell never ever reminds me of anybody else when i play it ever. Like some music can Classic
I have like many others, too many to mention, but Maxwell his lyrics are so slick i adore his sensual funk and seductive sound. I think if i had to choose fav track it would have to be Asension (Dont ever wonder) only because the lyrics remind me of me ! P.S I named my persian cat after him !
Oooooh...
It happened the moment, when you were revealed
'cause you were a dream that you should not have been
A fantasy real
You gave me this beating baby
This rhythm inside
And you made me feel good and feel nice and feel loved
Give me paradise
1-so shouldn't I realize
You're the highest of the high
If you don't know, then I'll say it
So don't ever wonder
(repeat 1)
So tell me how long
How long it's gonna take until you speak, babe
'cause I can't live my life
Without you here by my side
Ooh...
You gave me the feelin', feelin' in my life
(rpt 1)
One more of his tracks il mention which have beutiful lyrics
Til The Cops Come Knocking
Didn't you dig the way I rubbed yo back girl
Wasn't it cool when first I kissed yo lips
Was it enough to penetrate yo dark world
Or were you embarrassed about the way you freaked
Well I wanna hold you
I wanna know you baby
If it's alright
1 - Gonna take you in the room suga'
Lock you up and love for days
We gonna be rockin baby
Till the cops come knockin
Pappa gonna have to leave
A message on the telephone baby
There won't be no stoppin' me
Till the cops come knockin'
Six on a Thursday night and you be jonesin baby
For a brother to hold you tight and keep on goin
Last lover came and went
Didn't even hug n' kiss you n' caress you
Gimme a call it's cool the M's all open
Im open wider than oceans
I'll be your lotion
If it's alright
Gonna take you in the room suga'
Lock you up and love for days
We gonna be rockin baby till the cops come knockin
Repeat 1
Please you tease you eat you
Make you feel so good inside
Loving you long if that's alright?
Gonna take you in the room suga'
Lock you up and love for days
We gonna be rockin baby till the cops come knockin
Just to mention aswell i have shared his albums with many men along the way, but the feeling of Maxwell never ever reminds me of anybody else when i play it ever. Like some music can Classic
Mr Toothache
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I met my present girlfriend at an Oasis gig!
"Wonderwall" is our song
"Wonderwall" is our song
'Parade' by Prince is the most romantic record ever made. It is a magical whirlwind of relentless inspiration, also the soundtrack to the French set film 'Under the cherry moon' in which Prince starred with Kristian Scott Thomas. The music is a masterpiece of sexy funk, quirky humour, tender love songs and heartbreaking orchestral brilliance that has you in tears by the end, every time xxxxxxxxx
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Tracklisting to Prince and The Revolution's 'Parade'
1. Christopher Tracy's Parade
2. New Position
3. I Wonder U
4. Under the Cherry Moon
5. Girls and Boys
6. Life Can Be So Nice
7. Venus De Milo
8. Mountains
9. Do U Lie?
10. Kiss
11. Anotherloverholenyohead
12. Sometimes it Snows in April
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Tracklisting to Prince and The Revolution's 'Parade'
1. Christopher Tracy's Parade
2. New Position
3. I Wonder U
4. Under the Cherry Moon
5. Girls and Boys
6. Life Can Be So Nice
7. Venus De Milo
8. Mountains
9. Do U Lie?
10. Kiss
11. Anotherloverholenyohead
12. Sometimes it Snows in April
Nitin Sawhney: Beyond Skin
Listened to it on a boat going up a river on the Mexico/Guatemal border a few years ago and whenever I hear it I get nostalgic for mosquito bites, caymen, dirty clothes, sunburn, and of course some of the friendliest people around.
If that makes sense to anyone else
Listened to it on a boat going up a river on the Mexico/Guatemal border a few years ago and whenever I hear it I get nostalgic for mosquito bites, caymen, dirty clothes, sunburn, and of course some of the friendliest people around.
If that makes sense to anyone else
Clapham Omnibus
a bit laid back
Dani California Chilli Peppers.
Just becaause I like it. Sorry to be so boreing
Just becaause I like it. Sorry to be so boreing
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