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[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

Atomic Bomb's decent. It maybe suffers a bit from all the singles being in its first half. No Line has its moments, but maybe its greatest achievement is the awesome 360 tour that it spawned. 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said:

Atomic Bomb's decent. It maybe suffers a bit from all the singles being in its first half. 

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS) had the same, but it's side two where Bowie really lets rip.

Side one you could call "commercial", and side two "experimental".

[Marian Schedenig 9,384]

10 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said:

U2's Record Store Day release, which is now in my grubby mitts - 

 

I think you should have bought a lamp, too.  

[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

December isn't exactly the brightest month of the year in Ireland, and the fact that I don't usually bother opening the living room blinds probs hasn't helped either.   

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

Are you photosensitive, Sweep?

Where I am and at the height of Winter, we'd be lucky if we get six full hours of daylight.

[Thor 8,688]

2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Are you photosensitive, Sweep?

Where I am and at the height of Winter, we'd be lucky if we get six full hours of daylight.

 

Six hours is luxury. We get, like, three or four up here.

 

 

[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

On 06/12/2024 at 12:50 PM, Naïve Old Fart said:

Are you photosensitive, Sweep?

Where I am and at the height of Winter, we'd be lucky if we get six full hours of daylight.

Nope, but I AM 'it's none of your bloody business what my living room looks like, you nosey shit' sensitive  .   

[Jurassic Shark 13,719]

Don't be too hard on him.

[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

Lol, I of course meant those passing by my house. 

[A24 4,658]

 

OMG! John Lennon is still alive! 

 

Richard: Great! I can't wait for the next Lennon/McCartney album! 

Thor: Meh! He's so overrated! a-ha is much better! 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

Is that Julian?

[A24 4,658]

Not really, this is Julian Lennon:

 

[Holko 10,712]

It's from a batch of stupid AI generated images: https://www.instagram.com/beatleradio/p/DDgO05mOGr-/?img_index=2

[Marian Schedenig 9,384]

Does the AI generator think people take selfies with old school cameras the same way that they do with mobile phones in front of mirrors? (Also, does having the Eiffel Tower in the background violate copyrights? I'm not quite sure on its current state)

[Meredith McKay 7,067]

5 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

Does the AI generator think people take selfies with old school cameras the same way that they do with mobile phones in front of mirrors?

No, it thinks that they take selfies of themselves holding old school cameras.

[Holko 10,712]

4 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

Does the AI generator think people take selfies with old school cameras the same way that they do with mobile phones in front of mirrors? (Also, does having the Eiffel Tower in the background violate copyrights? I'm not quite sure on its current state)

It does if you tell it in the prompt

[Jay 40,285]

I'm just catching up the fact that the 20th anniversary edition of American Idiot has some really cool demos that show how some of the short sections of the long suite tracks were originally going to be full songs.  Anybody else here a fan of American Idiot?

 

 

 

[A24 4,658]

 

Huh?

[Thor 8,688]

Just a meeting, not an actual collab, I take it? It made me think if AP ever used any Yes personell. You'll have to dig a bit, but drummer Stuart Elliot has apparently played with Jon.

[A24 4,658]

And Jon Anderson has borrowed Alan Parsons' guitarist Ian Bairson and singer Chris Rainbow for his Song Of Seven album.

 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

OLIAS OF SUNHILLOW and SONG OF SEVEN aren't bad, but ANIMATION is so much better.

[Thor 8,688]

23 minutes ago, A24 said:

And Jon Anderson has borrowed Alan Parsons' guitarist Ian Bairson and singer Chris Rainbow for his Song Of Seven album.

 

Oooh, good catches!

[A24 4,658]

Chris Rainbow also sang on Jon Anderson's Animation. I wouldn't say that album is "much better". Many Yes fans consider Olias not only his best solo album but the best solo album by a Yes member. With its blend of Yes, World Music and Vangelis-like electronics, it's one of the most unique sounding albums and has therefore no competition, IMO.

[Thor 8,688]

Never heard it (or heard of it). Good sell-in, I’ll check it out.

[Meredith McKay 7,067]

 

 

@Naïve Old Fart

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

Thanks, @Doo_liss.

I've heard of this, but I hadn't yet have the chance to watch it.

[A24 4,658]

Last week I watched the first half. Second half ('80s Genesis and Phil 'Diva' Collins) is of less interest to me.

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

As long as there's plenty of talk about Brand X.

[Meredith McKay 7,067]

Not sure if this is just excerpted from the doc or what:

 

 

[Marian Schedenig 9,384]

On 20/12/2024 at 7:46 PM, Marian Schedenig said:

I've only ever found one comment on Newman by Folds (and I don't remember now what & where), but I do think he's a bit of his generation's Randy Newman. He certainly has at least a few satirical songs told from the point of a character, and a witty humour.

 

 

Continuing this from the other thread, because here's a new article/interview with Folds where he mentions Randy Newman:

Nine Songs - Ben Folds

[A24 4,658]

Stephen Prutsman (medal winner at the Tchaikovsky and Queen Elisabeth Piano Competitions) plays Sound Chaser from Yes. Completely nuts!

 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

I'm singing along: #Moves to counterbalance. Stars expound our conscience, as we accelerate our days to the look in your eyes#

Fuck me, this is incredible!!!

[A24 4,658]

2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I'm singing along: #Moves to counterbalance. Stars expound our conscience, as we accelerate our days to the look in your eyes#

Fuck me, this is incredible!!!

 

I love that part!

 

But I also love: Cha cha chaaa ... cha cha. 

[Jay 40,285]

Am I the only JWFanner who likes 90s alternative rock?

[Meredith McKay 7,067]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

Am I the only JWFanner who likes 90s alternative rock?

I would assume..... No?

[Darth Crossfader 601]

 

I discovered this early 80s new wave album by Talking Heads today and I've already listened to it twice. Some really groovy stuff! The synths on this album are awesome too.

 

On 29/12/2024 at 4:20 PM, Jay said:

Am I the only JWFanner who likes 90s alternative rock?

 

Like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and stuff?

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

@Darth Crossfader, try listening to REMAIN IN LIGHT. You won't be disappointed.

"The Overload" is stunning.

[Jay 40,285]

17 hours ago, Darth Crossfader said:

Like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and stuff?

 

That's grunge (which I like too).

 

But I'm more into the OTHER types of new rock music we were getting in the 90s.  Soup Dragons, Matthew Sweet, Spin Doctors, Blind Melon, Weezer, Gin Blossoms, Cracker, Garbage, Dinosaur Jr, Goo Goo Dolls, Cake, Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Everclear, Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers, Our Lady Peace, Oleander, Semisonic, Dave Matthews Band, Jimmy Eat World, Barenaked Ladies, The Verve Pipe, etc

[Thor 8,688]

I pretty much hate everything that has to do with rock in the 90s, grunge and indie/alternative being the greatest offenders. The bands listed above sound like a complete nightmare to me. On the other hand, I'm very much into the EDM of the decade (and some pop), but that was a love that surfaced after the decade had ended.

 

A strange exception to this rule is Rammstein. Not only a fan, but a completist, and they're very much a rock band of the 90s.

[Meredith McKay 7,067]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

 

That's grunge (which I like too).

 

But I'm more into the OTHER types of new rock music we were getting in the 90s.  Soup Dragons, Matthew Sweet, Spin Doctors, Blind Melon, Weezer, Gin Blossoms, Cracker, Garbage, Dinosaur Jr, Goo Goo Dolls, Cake, Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Everclear, Food FIghters, The Wallflowers, Our Lady Peace, Oleander, Semisonic, Dave Matthews Band, Jimmy Eat World, Barenaked Ladies, The Verve Pipe, etc

My sister likes Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, some Foo Fighters, doesn't like Spin Doctors

 

I like Matchbox 20, and Cake's Short Skirt, Long Jacket (aka the title theme from CHUCK)

12 minutes ago, Thor said:

 The bands listed above sound like a complete nightmare to me.

If stuff like this is a nightmare, I'd like more like these thanks!
 

Spoiler

 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

... Food FIghters...

[GerateWohl 5,344]

90s were grunge for me. Plus Red Hot Chili Peppers, Throwing Muses, NoMeansNo, Frank Black and some others.

Then I was rather a fan of Indy Rock of the early 2000s.  The Kooks, Block Party, Franz Ferdinand, System of a Down etc. and some hardcore stuff. First decade of the 2000s were the best era for Rock in my view.

[Thor 8,688]

Absolutely the stuff of nigthmares. Although I will say -- I felt "forced" (a self-imposed enforcement, mind you) to like some Red Hot Chili Peppers after Boingo released their final album in 1995. Several of the tracks there are in RHCP mode, so it made me reassess some of their work. If my big hero Elfman channeled some of it, there had to something to it. And then later, when I latched on to Cliff Martinez.

[Jay 40,285]

Yeah though I say 90s rock, I'd say that sound more or less persisisted through around 2005 or so before being fully replaced by the modern rock sound, which I can find very few bands I actually like from that point forward.  Muse, Paramore, Greta Van Fleet, Fitz and the Tantrums, Arcade Fire, Young The Giant...

[Meredith McKay 7,067]

2010-2014 is the cutoff for me.

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

And then later, when I latched on to Cliff Martinez.

I love Cliff Martinez.

Do you like David Holmes?

[Jay 40,285]

I love his scores to the Ocean's movies!

 

And of course Gritty Shaker, which probably got him the job!

 

 

[A24 4,658]

When it comes to pop & rock music I kinda zoned out in the '90s. 

[Thor 8,688]

1 hour ago, A24 said:

When it comes to pop & rock music I kinda zoned out in the '90s. 

 

Me too. Which is strange, because I was a teen in the 90s. But I was a weird teen.

[Naïve Old Fart 10,790]

2 hours ago, A24 said:

When it comes to pop & rock music I kinda zoned out in the '90s. 

 

Same here. I didn't discover much new rock & pop music in the 90s, but I continued to listen to new music by artists that I had grown up with, in the 70s, and the 80s.