Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 7 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I don't like the pre-2112 albums very much. Flashes of greatness but mostly tiresome bullshit. Not sorry at all about that. It took them a couple of years to find their voice. That's true. Rush always said that 2112 was the first record where Rush sounded like Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 For Thor and Richard: Alan Parsons ... Alone on a hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 "At midnight, on the 12th of August..." Wojo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,506 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Thanks for the video, Alex. We need a new studrio album already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 New album from Alan Parsons? I'll try anything, once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,506 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 It's been 14(!) years since A VALID PATH, although he's released a couple of singles since then. Quite frustrating that many of my favourite bands and artists haven't released a studio album in decades, even if they're still active. Roger Hodgson hasn't released one since 2000, for example, even if he has a vast catalogue of unreleased songs. He's just been obsessed about touring in the last 18 years. That's his decision, of course, but I can't help but to desire those unreleased songs. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Oh, life, there must be more?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,506 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 He he... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 6 hours ago, Richard said: Oh, life, there must be more?! A quote from one of their later albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Yes. It's a lyric from the last track on TRY ANYTHING ONCE, and it's among the finest songs that AP has ever recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Sure, Richard, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,506 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Richard said: Yes. It's a lyric from the last track on TRY ANYTHING ONCE, and it's among the finest songs that AP has ever recorded. Agreed. TAO is brilliant. I like THE TIME MACHINE and A VALID PATH too -- highly underrated albums, as is all of Parsons' stuff without Woolfson. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 @Thor, what do you think of ON AIR? Did you buy the 35th anniversary box of EYE IN THE SKY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,506 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 12 hours ago, Richard said: @Thor, what do you think of ON AIR? Did you buy the 35th anniversary box of EYE IN THE SKY? I love ON AIR. I forgot to mention it when I listed the post-Woolfson albums earlier. And yes, I have the deluxe editions of all the APP albums (in digital format), if only for a curiousity about the bonus tracks (demos etc.). But I didn't need them, really. The original albums were fine as they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 JWFan is celebrating. Today Madonna is 60! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Lucky karaoke singer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 My favorite Madonna song. Her first album is pretty genuinely great. I'm not sure she ever made another album that great again, but plenty of classic singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: JWFan is celebrating. Today Madonna is 60! That's something to...cherish 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: My favorite Madonna song. Her first album is pretty genuinely great. I'm not sure she ever made another album that great again, but plenty of classic singles. 'course she has! LIKE A PRAYER, and RAY OF LIGHT are both bona fide classics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Lucky karaoke singer! Many happy returns to her. I dont really care too much for her voice. Think she was something of a "made" pop megastar. I do like some of her songs, though. Papa Dont Preach is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 OH, FATHER is unbearably moving. My favourite Madonna track, by a country mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 This artist is new to me. I really like this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 18 hours ago, Disco Stu said: My favorite Madonna song. Her first album is pretty genuinely great. I'm not sure she ever made another album that great again, but plenty of classic singles. There can only be one: Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Fuck, yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I agree. It went all downhill from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 A whole bunch of post-1995 Prince albums just got put on streaming services. This latter half of Prince's career is incredibly hit-or-miss, but it includes one of my favorite Prince albums, Musicology. Highly recommended. "Cinnamon Girl" is a great single! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 There isn't a Prince song that I don't like, but DIAMONDS AND PEARLS was his last truly great record. Were those "Sunday paper freebies" ever released anywhere else in the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 44 minutes ago, Richard said: Were those "Sunday paper freebies" ever released anywhere else in the world? That album, “20ten,” is among the records that just hit Spotify et. al. 20 hours ago, Disco Stu said: This artist is new to me. I really like this song. This album is the real deal. I listened again this morning and it's a super interesting R&B-Jazz-Pop-Electro hybrid with a wicked sense of humor. The songs "Real Life" and "Trying Not to Die" are funky jazzy fun. Both feature great piano solos. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,336 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bespin 8,483 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 A little nice Roy Orbison playlist I made. Sometimes love stories have a happy ending! SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 My favorite singer/songwriter, Gerard Love, from one of my favorite bands of all time, Teenage Fanclub, is leaving the group! I'm gutted! Teenage Fanclub is pretty unique in that they have three singers, three songwriters, who've always had very equal presence on every album and at every concert. It's like Crosby, Stills, & Nash but more cohesive...and more power poppy. And they've all been a band together for 30+ years! This feels like when parents get divorced after 40 years together or something . These are like the nicest, gentlest dudes in the history of indie rock. I just never ever expected something as dramatic as a band co-founder leaving over a "difference of opinion." Gerard Love has always been my favorite songwriter in the group. He's written pop songs for the Fanclub that have so much special meaning to me. His voice is such a key piece of their three part harmonies. And his bass sound is fundamental to the group. He's still alive, and they're all still alive, but it still feels like someone's died. His songs are such a key piece of their legacy, but they can't possibly play them in concert without him. So weird. @Steve McQueen I guess this is how it felt when Michael left the Bangles? SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Yep @Disco Stu, and it sucks. Really like Teenage Fanclub's sound, the bass and harmonies especially. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Possibly the best 'low key' band of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!!! THIS IS..... GENOCIIIIIIDE!!!!! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 3:22 PM, Quintus said: Possibly the best 'low key' band of all time. Lee...don't marry her, fuck me. How long's a tear take to dry? I'm a perfect 10, but I wear a 12. Do you like The Housemartins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just found my submission to this poll I participated in a few years ago. 350 hardcore Bowie fans voted on his best albums and songs. https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/album-poll-day-3-10-1/ This was my submission. Blackstar would be in my top 10 if I voted now. (this was before Blackstar came out) Top 10 Bowie Albums 1. Hunky Dory 2. Heroes 3. Station to Station 4. Lodger 5. Aladdin Sane 6. Ziggy Stardust 7. Low 8. Diamond Dogs 9. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) 10. Let’s Dance Top 30 Bowie Songs 1. Life On Mars? 2. Heroes 3. Beauty and the Beast 4. Oh! You Pretty Things 5. Drive-In Saturday 6. Station to Station 7. Five Years 8. Queen Bitch 9. Young Americans 10. A New Career in a New Town 11. DJ 12. Stay 13. TVC 15 14. Starman 15. Fantastic Voyage 16. Let’s Dance 17. Changes 18. Rebel Rebel 19. Boys Keep Swinging 20. Rock ’n Roll With Me 21. The Jean Genie 22. Moorage Daydream 23. Quicksand 24. Ashes to Ashes 25. Andy Warhol 26. Blackout 27. Absolute Beginners 28. Rock & Roll Suicide 29. Golden Years 30. Fame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Big fan of them yeah, Caravan of Love and all that. Or anything Paul Heaton and Jacquie Abbot and I'll perk up and listen. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Top 30 Bowie Songs 1. Life On Mars? Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Now listening to the most underrated record of Bowie's entire career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Second most underrated. LODGER is first. Heck, I even like TONIGHT, and NEVER LET ME DOWN. I'm still umming and aahing, about Tin Machine. 1.OUTSIDE is a (bad) trip of a record. It's easily, his most "dense" work, and a brilliant 1-80, from BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, Richard said: Second most underrated. LODGER is first I suppose I have to agree with this. As nobody ever seems to love it as much as I do. It made #4 on my top 10 albums above! 6 minutes ago, Richard said: 1.OUTSIDE is a (bad) trip of a record. It's easily, his most "dense" work It's brilliant! Regarding the density, I think that's why Blackstar is so fucking amazing. It manages to be as dense (at least in terms of ideas) and interesting but much, much more accessible. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I like LODGER. I really want to hear the 2017 Visconti remix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_deleted_ 203 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 A fan of The DRA - Ryan Adams!! Favorite Album: 29 Favorite Song(s): Night Birds, Blue Sky Blues and Starlite Diner John Williams score/work to listen to after some DRA: Rey’s Theme, Cello Concerto and Raiders March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 "DRA"? _deleted_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Dracula? _deleted_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 David Ryan Adams. His best album is Cold Roses. And hey @Bilbo we got another one Bilbo and _deleted_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I don’t know if Cold Roses is my favourite but it’s definitely up there. I think I prefer Love is Hell. Let it Ride is probably my favourite song though. Love DRA! _deleted_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_deleted_ 203 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 🤤Waiting for the Blackhole album, he's been teasing us for so long😏 the DRA!!!!!!!!!!👻 Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 The guitar solo section of "Thirty Days" by Chuck Berry is something I'm very happy to have been alive on this earth to hear. (1:10 - 1:45) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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