Thor 7,508 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Anyone here properly into boy bands, though? Now's the time to confess! I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s, when classmates were raving over New Kids on the Block, I listened to 70s prog rock and Elvis Presley, LOL! So out-of-tune. New Kids had a couple of good songs, though, as did NSYNC. Other than that, that's an arena I was never into. Much like the grunge scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 48 minutes ago, Thor said: Anyone here properly into boy bands, though? Now's the time to confess! I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s, when classmates were raving over New Kids on the Block, I listened to 70s prog rock and Elvis Presley, LOL! So out-of-tune. New Kids had a couple of good songs, though, as did NSYNC. Other than that, that's an arena I was never into. Much like the grunge scene. If I remember right Silverchair started as Kind of a grunge boy band. They were about 14 years old, when they started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Well, The Beatles should count. I wouldn't call myself a boy band devotee but I was a Backstreet Boys kid, l still like a few of theirs. My favorite trivia is that the bass of "The Call" is a sample of one of the boy's farts which you can't unhear. Catchy Max Martin chorus. Totally unfamiliar with boy band stuff since the early aughts but was listening to a podcast which shouted out "Little Black Dress" by One Direction as a counter against boy band prejudice, arguing that it pretty much sounded like a Big Star song taken on its own. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Not quite rock/pop, but anyway. I absolutely adore the Artemiev/SOLARIS elements of the album, but can't get into the experimental 'sound design' bits. So I've made a playlist with just the beautiful bits, resulting in a gorgeous 31-minute album. Yes, it's a bit of a controversial thing to do, since the two elements are supposed to play off of one another, but there you go. MaxMovieMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Thor said: Anyone here properly into boy bands, though? Now's the time to confess! I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s, when classmates were raving over New Kids on the Block, I listened to 70s prog rock and Elvis Presley, LOL! So out-of-tune. New Kids had a couple of good songs, though, as did NSYNC. Other than that, that's an arena I was never into. Much like the grunge scene. I'll grudgingly admit that boy/girl bands have had the odd good tune here and there, but overall their 'manufactured' nature rubs me the wrong way. Faleel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Thor said: Anyone here properly into boy bands, though? Now's the time to confess! Once upon a time, The Beatles were classed as a "boy band". In that case, I'm guilty as charged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 964 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 We’re Boyz II Men a boy band? I was definitely into them. I miss r&b slow jams. Their duet with Mariah Carey was the music event of 1995 where I grew up. Faleel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 As someone who never really got into pop or rock music, boy bands passed me by, despite the obvious visual attraction for a gay teenager… then again, I have had Want You Back by Take That going round my head recently. It’s either that or the main theme from Hellraiser. Which is quite a pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Not too much of a stretch to see how Take That on a loop would feel like eternal damnation, lol. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: ... Want You Back by Take That ... Or, as Peter Kay says: "wash yer back" Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 So... some no-talent pop star is dating an American football player. Whoop-de-fucking-do (!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Sir Brian May was involved in retrieving the asteroid samples collected by OSIRIS-REx: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/25/world/brian-may-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-bennu-scn-intl-scli/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 What do we think, Proggies? It certainly doesn't sound bad ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Am off tonight to a 40th anniversary remastered screening of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. Have never seen it before, but its status as the best concert movie ever intrigues me. I have a DVD of it that was given away with a newspaper, but have never got around to watching it. Bought the CD earlier this week and have given it a few plays in order to familiarise myself with the tracks that weren't single releases. . Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Fucking brilliant film, and the best concert film, ever... by a country mile! Enjoy. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Trying to replicate my old cassettes (those that I managed to save after my parents moved house a couple of years ago; they sadly threw a lot of them unbeknownst to me). This one, I had as an ORIGINAL cassette, and managed to save. Lovely album; with slightly "slicker" production values than their early stuff, and focussing more on Caribbean-type sounds. On 29/09/2023 at 10:53 AM, Sweeping Strings said: Am off tonight to a 40th anniversary remastered screening of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. Have never seen it before, but its status as the best concert movie ever intrigues me. I have a DVD of it that was given away with a newspaper, but have never got around to watching it. Bought the CD earlier this week and have given it a few plays in order to familiarise myself with the tracks that weren't single releases. . Funny, I just listened to David Byrne's LAST EMPEROR material yesterday, and -- being a relative Talking Heads noobie (sorry to say) -- decided to check out some of their stuff on Spotify. Lots more to explore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 59 minutes ago, Thor said: ... being a relative Talking Heads noobie (sorry to say) -- decided to check out some of their stuff on Spotify. Lots more to explore. Start with LITTLE CREATURES. It's not their best (that would be REMAIN IN LIGHT) but it is their most commercial. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Start with LITTLE CREATURES. It's not their best (that would be REMAIN IN LIGHT) but it is their most commercial. Thanks for the recommendation! Will do. Now on to another from my ancient cassette collection, now reacquired digitally (I have both 1 and 2 on ORIGINAL cassettes): Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Great stuff! Piano Concerto No. 1 is absolutely brilliant, and totally belies its rock music origin. A very accomplished piece of work. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 38 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Great stuff! Piano Concerto No. 1 is absolutely brilliant, and totally belies its rock music origin. A very accomplished piece of work. Indeed it is. Both volumes clock in at 2 hours and 12 minutes combined, so it's a staggering work to get through. But oh so wonderful. Probably the most experimental a wee kid could get through at the time. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 50 minutes ago, Thor said: Probably the most experimental a wee kid could get through at the time. You've obviously never sat through a double bill of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, and TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: You've obviously never sat through a double bill of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, and TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS He, he. No, I came to LAMB much later, as a seasoned, old teenager (but prior to 20). What was the strangest record you listened to as a wee, pre-teenage kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Iconic album, not much to say -- other than that I had this on a cassette copy and listened to it a lot in my formative years. By the way, here are a few photos of my cassette walkthrough at the moment, including hand drawn covers of some things: Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 It's the 50th anniversary of Dark Side Of The Moon and they got a big reissue coming https://www.pinkfloyd.com/tdsotm50/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGK6Y29J https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSHHN1MV https://www.swiatksiazki.pl/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-50th-anniversary-digipack-7065819-muzyka.html And Roger Waters decided to re-record the entire album as his seventh solo album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon_Redux https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC9S2B1P https://www.swiatksiazki.pl/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-digipack-7019249-muzyka.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,527 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 It has a ton of discs but compared to the slew of extras these big anniversary Super Deluxes generally get, it's pretty disappointing: CD1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50th Anniversary) [2023 Master] CD2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, 1974 LP1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50th Anniversary) [2023 Master] LP2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON BLU-RAY 1 (AUDIO) Original album 5.1 and high-resolution remastered stereo mixes, 1. 5.1 Surround Mix – 24bit/96kHz Uncompressed 2. Stereo Mix – 24bit/192kHz Uncompressed 3. 5.1 Surround Mix – dts-HD MA 4. Stereo Mix – dts-HD MA BLU-RAY 2 (AUDIO) Original newly remastered album Atmos and high-resolution stereo mixes, 1. Dolby Atmos Mix 2. Stereo Mix – 24-bit/192kHz Uncompressed 3. Stereo Mix – dts-HD MA DVD (AUDIO) Original album 5.1 and remastered stereo mixes, 1. 5.1 Surround Mix – Dolby Digital @448 kbps 2. 5.1 Surround Mix – Dolby Digital @640 kbps 3. Stereo Mix (LPCM) – 24-bit/48 kHz Uncompressed So absolutely nothing but the original album and a live recording, copypasted over every format. Naïve Old Fart and Jay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 There can be only one: The original! Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I have that too, given to me by my dad. I also have the CD, of course, one of those remastered 90s ones. I think there are few homes out there that DON'T have DSOTM in one shape or form. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Samples of Roger Waters' redux album https://music.apple.com/nz/album/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux/1697479161 MaxMovieMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 964 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 05/10/2023 at 11:47 AM, Thor said: I have that too, given to me by my dad. I also have the CD, of course, one of those remastered 90s ones. I think there are few homes out there that DON'T have DSOTM in one shape or form. Mine doesn't. I'm not the biggest Pink Floyd fan, and prefer The Wall, honestly, but I've gotten to the point where I don't really like all these super deluxe expanded editions. The remastering is often of debatable quality, and a lot of music was left off of albums for a reason. I had all the expanded U2 sets, and sold them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 That's fine. Most of my Pink Floyd CDs are first or second generation releases too. They do the trick for me; I don't need endless reissues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Here's David Gilmour's answer to Roger Waters re-recording Dark Side Of The Moon. https://www.madhousemagazine.com/david-gilmour-re-records-great-gig-in-the-sky-with-yoko-ono-on-vocals/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 "Great Gig In The Sky" with Yoko Ono?! Oh, no!!!! It's Clare Torry, or nothing. I don't know why these people bother carping and sniping, especially in public? Why can't they just learn to ignore each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Lol. It's a fake story, Richard. It's a site like The Onion. The video's been around for over a decade, she wasn't really singing TGGITS MaxMovieMan and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Phew!!! That's a relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Images from U2's residency at the Sphere in Vegas are giving me probably the worst gig envy I've ever had in my life - MaxMovieMan and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 It's even better than the real thing Sweeping Strings and Jay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Yeah, definitely added seeing a show there to my bucket list Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Has anyone ever added a bucket, to their bucket list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 22 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Has anyone ever added a bucket, to their bucket list? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Does this look somewhat familiar to you guys? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Yes, yes it does. Naïve Old Fart and A24 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 All together: #An independent station - WJAZ, With jazz and conversation, From the foot of Mount Belzoni# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Phil and Lily Collins (2023) Have been listening to some old Phil Collins Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 964 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Sad to see him in such a state (the illness makes him look 20 years older than what he actually is), but I hope he's able to rest on his laurels a little bit. He's deserved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I like it! Sufficiently old-school for me to latch on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Mine should arrive next week (Amazon has charged it already, but not shipped it yet). But reviews seem to be overwhelmingly positive, so I'm looking forward to it. The way I see it, even a merely solid Stones album in 2023 would be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,537 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 58 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: ... reviews seem to be overwhelmingly positive... Let me guess: "Their best record since SOME GIRLS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: Mine should arrive next week (Amazon has charged it already, but not shipped it yet). But reviews seem to be overwhelmingly positive, so I'm looking forward to it. The way I see it, even a merely solid Stones album in 2023 would be worth it. Vinyl or CD? I haven't actually ordered it in physical format. Just listening on Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now