Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Really? Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go. "What are you going to do about it?" that's what I want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 You don't feel you could love me, but I feel you would. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Was this ever posted? I mean, WTF! https://www.nme.com/news/music/library-of-congress-to-add-kermit-the-frogs-the-rainbow-connection-to-archives-of-important-recordings-2907621 Kermit performing The Rainbow Connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,373 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Great song! Favourite performance in duett with Debbie Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I was never fan of Katie Melua but I bought her latest album because it's pretty good. I don't know what changed but it's her first album where producer Mike Batt is nowhere in sight. It feels like she's grown up now. Another album I listen to regularly these days on the streaming services is 'Liberty' by Anette Askvik. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The most extensive, unfiltered Genesis interviews ever: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 It's time to fire David Gilmour! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlastoEls 563 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 25/9/21 at 12:11 AM, His Royal Noelness said: Oasis Knebworth 1996. Saw this tonight and it was amazing. Loads of music from both nights obviously but this was all about the fans and their experience. They got a nice sized bunch to reminisce and it’s just crazy how much the world has changed in 25 years. I was too young to even know who oasis were but the doc brought back memories of when I saw them in Slane in 09 and the experiences around that. It’s great being able to buy tickets from my phone while in bed but I kinda miss the comraderie of queuing up outside a shop to get tickets. August 1993 oasis didn’t have a record deal and had played a handful of pubs. August 1994 they release their debut album. August 95 and their making the evening news because they’re in a chart battle with another band. August 1996 they played the largest free standing gigs in British history. 2.7% of the population applied for tickets. It’s just insane how quick it all blew up. I couldn’t get through on the Knebworth ticket lines back in the day, Spent 25 years regretting not just showing up and touting it! On 14/11/21 at 12:40 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: I guess you could call it that. My favourite solo Waters will always be RADIO K.A.O.S., but I like most things he's done. I even like ÇA IRA. #TeamAmusedToDeath Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,520 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 14 hours ago, GlastoEls said: #TeamAmusedToDeath Same team here. Masterful album, by far the best of the solo Waters. But I like them all. With the possible exception of THE BODY soundtrack, which I kinda like, but which is also so weird, it becomes alienating at times. GlastoEls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Brian Wilson and I certainly agree on this Brian Wilson: 5 Albums I Can't Live Without Tom Guernsey and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 #4 I can agree with, but isn't it a little egotistical to list your own record as #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Brian is so used to repeating the same narrative and anecdotes to press at this point it's just reflexive. I get it, too. Even moreso than any Beatle, his legacy rests entirely on 1962-1967, no matter how many cult fan favorites there are from after that period (I say this as a giant Wilson fan). But also, I don't want to come off as harsh, but his decades of mental illness and drug abuse have left him a bit.... simple minded. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I really like HOLLAND. Sail On Sailor, is, probably, my favourite Beach Boys song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: I really like HOLLAND. Sail On Sailor, is, probably, my favourite Beach Boys song. I love a LOT of Beach Boys music from that '68-'73 period, but my contrarianism can't run deep enough to say any of them are my favorite by the group overall. I mean... come on. "God Only Knows" exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I'm not saying it's the greatest, Stu, only that it's my favourite. I think I prefer Caroline No, over God Only Knows. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 BTW my favorite Beach Boys song from the '68-'73 period isn't even a Brian song, it's a Carl. "Feel Flows" is incredible. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,210 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 8 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Brian Wilson: 5 Albums I Can't Live Without #2 is an interesting Stones pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2021 Some new Neil... lovely. Disco Stu, Naïve Old Fart and GerateWohl 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 It's a different vibe, for The Divine Comedy. I like it. I've always wondered what a Neil Hanlon/Paddy McAloon collaboration would sound like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: It's a different vibe, for The Divine Comedy. I like it. I've always wondered what a Neil Hanlon/Paddy McAloon collaboration would sound like. I've got into the phase of listening to it over and over... it's just such a lovely song. I'm not sure I'd say it was much of a departure from his usual style, but love how lush it is especially after the electronica heavy Office Politics (which I'm only partially warming to... at least relative to his other albums). I really wish he'd go all out with a big orchestral album sometime... Interesting, I do love a bit of Prefab Sprout, although haven't enough any of their albums more than Andromeda Heights which is just gorgeous and the first one I bought. Terry Wogan used to play Electric Guitars, Prisoner of the Past and the titular track on a loop on Wake Up to Wogan (as well as I Don't Want to Be Alone by the Bee Gees). I think their styles would mesh though, albeit at the pop end of Neil's output. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 @Tom Guernsey, you really need to hear Prefab's JORDAN: THE COMEBACK, SWOON, STEVE MCQUEEN, and FROM LANGLEY PARK TO MEMPHIS. They are all towering pieces of pop personification. What do you think of Hanlon's version of The Good Life, as heard in GANGSTER #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 20 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: @Tom Guernsey, you really need to hear Prefab's JORDAN: THE COMEBACK, SWOON, STEVE MCQUEEN, and FROM LANGLEY PARK TO MEMPHIS. They are all towering pieces of pop personification. What do you think of Hanlon's version of The Good Life, as heard in GANGSTER #1? I do have Jordan: The Comeback and will give it another listen. Also have Crimson/Red and Let's Change the World With Music but not the other two albums but I'll check them out, thanks! As for The Good Life... I've not seen the film, but it's a nice version! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,373 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 16 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: It's a different vibe, for The Divine Comedy. I like it. I've always wondered what a Neil Hanlon/Paddy McAloon collaboration would sound like. The vibe of the song and particularly the harmonies remind me strongly of "Norma and Norman" from Office Politics. Very happy that Hannon is working on new stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,373 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Nice documentry for the 30th anniversary. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 21 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: @Tom Guernsey, you really need to hear Prefab's JORDAN: THE COMEBACK, SWOON, STEVE MCQUEEN, and FROM LANGLEY PARK TO MEMPHIS. They are all towering pieces of pop personification. Swoon and Steve McQueen, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Why is it that so many ardent fans of these two records dislike everything released subsequently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Paddy McAloon became too soft and corny because he wanted to conquer America. He even sang about it. Hey Manhattan ! Here I am ! Call me star-struck Uncle Sam. Strolling Fifth Avenue Just to think Sinatra's been here too These myths we can't undo they lie in wait for you We live them till they're true, Manhattan doobie doo. Hey Manhattan doobie doo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 7 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Nice documentry for the 30th anniversary. I don’t know how I’ve not watched this yet. Must rectify. I wish The Best Mistakes was the first single for a new regular album… I may have breached the maximum recommended dose of this song. I’ve had to force myself to listen to other stuff today. But with The Best Mistakes unceremoniously inserted at random points. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,373 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 55 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: I don’t know how I’ve not watched this yet. Must rectify. I wish The Best Mistakes was the first single for a new regular album… I may have breached the maximum recommended dose of this song. I’ve had to force myself to listen to other stuff today. But with The Best Mistakes unceremoniously inserted at random points. Yes, I think, I heard the song today about five times, too. The greatest hits album "A Charmed Life" comes out in February. And the 3 CD Super Deluxe version of that will contain a bonus album with new songs. Until then we have to live with what he published so far. By the way, do you know this one. It was a left over from the Office Politics sessions. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 12 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Yes, I think, I heard the song today about five times, too. The greatest hits album "A Charmed Life" comes out in February. And the 3 CD Super Deluxe version of that will contain a bonus album with new songs. Until then we have to live with what he published so far. By the way, do you know this one. It was a left over from the Office Politics sessions. 3CD set already ordered! Although I created the actual 2CD version as a playlist and enjoyed how it played. There's more variety of style compared to his first best of (A Secret History) and probably a couple of tracks I'd have picked differently, but hopefully it'll entice a whole new generation of fans. Look forward to the third disc of extras. Can't believe there's anything left after the boxed set. I forgot about Outside, thanks for the reminder, think it counts as the obligatory Covid inspired song! GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Still love the melancholic brass riff ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Ever have a song that you haven't heard in years just suddenly get stuck in your head out of nowhere? Acid Gallery's "Dance 'Round the Maypole" has been in my head on a loop for hours now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Randy Newman's "Rollin'" is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. It's a Newman specialty, to pair lyrics that are really quite bleak behind their irony with beautiful uplifting music. "Guilty," also about the same character's substance abuse, might be more straightforwardly sad, but I find the self-delusion of "Rollin'" to be infinitely sadder. Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,531 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Well, it didn't take me long to get this: Will be making my way through slowly, first just familiarising myself with Disc 1, the base album. Now on second listen I like a lot of the individual songs a lot after seeing Get Back, but what a strange and messy assembly this is. I could take the terribly overproduced ones if maybe they were just on one side - this Long and Winding Road feels so much like a finale! Make Side A the intended live album with the rooftop performances and chatter and more raw mix and fly on the wall and short jams included and make Side B a sappy Farewell to The Beatles with more structure, that'd at least be something, but this random mix and match doesn't work. The primary reason I got the big box for this and not the smaller 2CD one like I did for Pepper, White (Okay, 3CD) and AR is the inclusion of the Glyn Johns mix on disc 4, can't wait to get to that one! A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 An early Chrismast present to yourself, Holko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,531 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Huh. Yeah, I guess so! Along with all the other things I ordered. I can cry less about the price then. Already on third listen I think Side A is okay, the reworked tracks are built up to, Side B's opening choice is great, reminds me of being at grandma's and putting a record on, it's mostly the second half and especially end of Side B that I feel are weakly done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Whatever way you look at it, LET IT BE is a complete sow's ear, and you can't make a silk purse out of it. Better to go from THE BEATLES straight to ABBEY ROAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Rick Beato tells me to go with the Naked version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 The non Spectorized “Long and Winding Road” is boring. That song needs the lush orchestration to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,531 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: That song needs the lush orchestration to work. From what I heard of it in Get Back, I'm leaning towards agreeing. It still could be toned down a bit. Now Across the Universe, that really doesn't need choirs and all that, it could use some of the psychedelic stuff they had been doing for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Let’s face it, it’s not among Paul’s strongest work, especially when sat next to the incredible “Let It Be.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Let’s face it, it’s not among Paul’s strongest work, especially when sat next to the incredible “Let It Be.” I thought we were talking about Let It Be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Let it be, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Okay, okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Holko said: Now Across the Universe, that really doesn't need choirs and all that, it could use some of the psychedelic stuff they had been doing for years. This has always been my personal favorite version (there are so many), but that's probably just because it was randomly the first one I ever heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Soon they'll demand a naked version of Peter Skellern's You're A Lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Disco Stu said: That song needs the lush orchestration to work. No it doesn't. It needs to be presented as The Beatles intended it to be presented, and not tarted-up by some homicidal Yank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Naïve Old Fart said: No it doesn't. It needs to be presented as The Beatles intended it to be presented, and not tarted-up by some homicidal Yank. OK then it's just a mediocre Beatles song, there are a few of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 hours ago, AC1 said: Soon they'll demand a naked version of Peter Skellern's You're A Lady. Never, dude! You're A Lady is just fine as it is. It's a great, great song. What's next? A naked version of John Miles' Music? 3 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: OK then it's just a mediocre Beatles song, there are a few of those Not at all. I just object to some American interloper faffing around with Merseyside's finest. I like the song...but I'll only listen to the NAKED version, because that's what The Beatles intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Or at least what Paul intended in 2003 Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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