Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Yes, Collins' hands are bad, so his son, Simon, is drumming, in his place (Chester Thompson having retired). @Thor, I suppose that it would rankle you to know that I've seen Supertramp live. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Was it super? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 It was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: ....I've seen Supertramp live. Oh my.😞 I'm sorry for your loss Thor: loves SUPER TRAMP hates Giachinno 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 9 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Yes, Collins' hands are bad, so his son, Simon, is drumming, in his place (Chester Thompson having retired). @Thor, I suppose that it would rankle you to know that I've seen Supertramp live. Sorry. Nick, not Simon IIRC. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Yes, Collins' hands are bad, so his son, Simon, is drumming, in his place (Chester Thompson having retired). @Thor, I suppose that it would rankle you to know that I've seen Supertramp live. Sorry. I remember we were all impressed with the Supertramp Paris live album and how well it sounded. That must've been a really good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Falco said: Nick, not Simon IIRC. Is it? Apologies, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Tough competition, but this might just be my favourite a-ha album. Obviously the best pop thing my country ever produced. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Twelve inch single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Taaaaake meeee ooooon! bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,357 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 A-ha were the last live music gig I was at (30th Oct 2019) before the pandemic kicked in ... good show. I remember it coming out that they'd clashed with John Barry over how 'The Living Daylights' should be (and this was following Barry having similar disagreements with Duran Duran over A View To A Kill), and indeed a rather different version of the track subsequently featured on the 'Stay On These Roads' album. It was the last thing they played that night, so they've clearly made their peace with it in the intervening years. Give me that sort of creative tension over Billie 'mumble mumble mumble, isn't my 'a highlighter pen leaked over it' hair cool?, mumble mumble mumble' Eilish's shit any day of the week. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 " Once there was a man" should have been the title song. On my program it is and TLD is only an instrumental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Don't you mean "If There Was A Man"? You know it's the end title, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Right. But, it's much better than A-ha. I program it as the main title song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: It was the last thing they played that night, so they've clearly made their peace with it in the intervening years. You mean they played the version that's on Stay on These Roads, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Right. On STAY ON THESE ROADS, it's good. Live, it's an absolute killer! Check it out, on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I only saw a-ha live once, in 2005. It was a free concert in Oslo's main park, which gathered about 120.000 people. Interestingly, we had warmed up earlier in the day with a concert of LOTR music performed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, on that same stage. It was a great day! I stood right next to the white "tent" on the right-hand side, fairly near the stage, so I'm somewhere in this pic: Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 At least you got to see them, Thor, unlike Supertramp, eh (sorry; don't mean to rub it in)? For the record, The Living Daylights was, is, and always will be, my favourite Bond song, and the score () will always be my favourite Bond score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: At least you got to see them, Thor, unlike Supertramp, eh (sorry; don't mean to rub it in)? Why you!!!! Yes, I envy you that, although I did get to see Hodgson solo, as previously noted (and he obviously performed several of the classic Supertramp songs): Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,357 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: You mean they played the version that's on Stay on These Roads, right? Well, yes ... apart from anything else, the orchestra that would've been required for the movie version were conspicuous by their absence. Thor's pic there ... this came up in my Facebook memories today, me at a Stereophonics gig 3 years ago - Other people! Actual draught beer! Non-feral hair! *Sniffle* Jurassic Shark and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Yes, those were good times. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Other people! Actual draught beer! Non-feral hair! That beer looks muddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,357 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 As far as I recall, it was Heineken ... probably just the bit of me behind it that makes it look 'dark'. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Grammy winners are Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eillish, ... Zzzzzz. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 47 minutes ago, Thor said: Yes, those were good times. Out of interest, Thor, has Hodgdon ever performed "Lord Is It Mine?" live? I like that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Out of interest, Thor, has Hodgdon ever performed "Lord Is It Mine?" live? I like that song. He has, but the only live version available on album or video, is on the "Classics - Live" album from 2010. Plenty of versions on the ol' Youtube, though, even with orchestra. I agree, very haunting song. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Speaking of TD, as we have been...does anyone have the two recently-released box sets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Speaking of TD, as we have been...does anyone have the two recently-released box sets? That's for the 'electronic' thread! But no, I sadly do not. It's hard to justify when you already have a lot of the albums individually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 My friend introduced me to an artist that raps about science. It’s incredible and unlike anything I’ve heard before. This one’s for @Bayesian Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I never ever would have believed it was possible to rap about statistics, and yet here we are. Thanks for sharing this! For what’s it’s worth, the songwriter(s) did a pretty damn good job covering the Bayesian basics. One should always be ready to update their beliefs/expectations as new, relevant evidence comes to light! Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Their last album is also their masterpiece (and the only one I own on CD). Foreshadowing the work on CHESS, but with some funky beats, ethereal melodies and extremely sophisticated arrangements. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Agreed, 100%. Although not my favourite Abba record, it is their finest achievement. It's just a shame that it didn't sell well, on first release. Time has offered a reappraisal, which is good, because it's their first (and, to date, last) fully grown-up record. Damn. I'm in the mood to hear The Visitors (Crackin' Up), now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Surely it still sold like hot cakes! I mean, It's ABBA! I heard a song during a speaker review on youtube which I though was not bad. Never heard of the artist before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, AC1 said: Surely it still sold like hot cakes! I mean, It's ABBA! It sold, but not it didn't achieve SUPER TROUPER sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 With the exception of Dancing Queen, America never bought into ABBA. It was too Euro. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 True. If Abba had cracked America, they would have achieved Beatles-like sales. They're too good for America . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 That being said, many of their albums went either gold or platinum in the US, but there was no mania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 ...unlike Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A little oddity by Ben Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Those strings, those strings! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH So good :') mrbellamy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 That slowdown in the beginning, and the long piano chord at the end. SteveMc and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The Boomer Anthem Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 This one isn't on my best from Police double CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Great concert for one of my most favourite Pop albums of all time. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I find JW's Superman march to be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I don't. Take this. Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach I Still Have That Other Girl - YouTube Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Does anyone like Enigma? I happen to think that MCMXC a.D. is one of the best records of the 90s. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I don't know you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Does anyone like Enigma? John Barry's score? Sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Michael Cretu was guilty for some quite embarrassing musical acts in the 80s. So, then Enigma was no option for me. Even though, probably Enigma was not bad. After the "The Name of the Rose" movie suddenly these gregorian chants were a thing. And Cretu made the next logical step. I would have prefered if it would have been done by someone who is knwoingly rather interested in music than in hits and record sales. When I just think back to the 80s, it is interesting that religion and god were quite a present and frequent topic in pop music lyrics. That has obviously changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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