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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8822 Registered: 05-2005 |
Aqualung - Complicated, from their new EP Additional Features. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1127 Registered: 03-2007 |
Frontier Scouts - Out Of Your Shell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rguzmG27 B48 Released in Australia around the time of Send Me A Lullaby. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4079 Registered: 03-2005 |
That is extraordinary Hugh. It sounds like an even more slavish David Westlake homage. I love the slightly pitch-wandering bass. According to discogs, on their slightly later 5 song EP (45rpm 12 inch; my favorite vinyl configuration) David McComb plays acoustic guitar. I wonder if Chapter Music released a physical version of the anthology in 1998. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4080 Registered: 03-2005 |
Answered my own question by visiting Chapter's own website. Yes, they did issue a CD back then. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1128 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I have a CD copy of the following on route to me. I will let you know if and when it arrives. https://www.discogs.com/Andrew-Wilson-Am ateurism/release/1202827 Grant played bass and Lindy played drums on the following tracks and Robert wrote the liner notes for the compilation :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCly6zP 49E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7OpsLAz uh4 | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1129 Registered: 03-2007 |
Andrew Wilson and Associates - Then I Lost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fS41GXI 27E&list=PLMNnRmql6SkDCTQPHLx0ZndZEBYJkR hOC&index=3 | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4081 Registered: 03-2005 |
Superb. I'll have to see if I can find a copy of the CD. Most telling is the Andrew Wilson and Associates track. It's excellent. As is "In the Orchard" now playing for me on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiVegx6- OiA&list=PLMNnRmql6SkDCTQPHLx0ZndZEBYJkR hOC&index=4 Major find. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4082 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hmm. Unbelievably I found a used copy on Amazon of all places. Not cheap but not horrible. Totally worth it, assuming I actually get it. Nothing on eBay and nothing on discogs. Hugh it was funny to go scrolling through the Chapter Music catalog and realize how many of their releases I already have, including their two "Can't Stop" anthologies of early Aussie punk/post-punk music, but I never blundered into the Andrew Wilson disc. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1130 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I would hope that at least one of us receives a copy so we should be okay. I picked up the only copy on Discogs yesterday. The Seller resides in Canada. Really looking forward to taking delivery of this one. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1280 Registered: 04-2005 |
L.A. Salami - Jean Is Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytHK4Z_9 IpY | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1131 Registered: 03-2007 |
Andrew, I like it. Ordered his two albums a few minutes ago. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4083 Registered: 03-2005 |
Same reaction from me Andrew! In my case, since there are a decent number of views on youtube, I'm going to trek to Amoeba Records to see if they have at least one of the albums and support the bricks and mortar store. It does work my nerves, however, that "Nazis on the Northern Line"--another great song!--and so many others of his earlier songs are only available as downloads. Meanwhile, MY song of the day is also thanks to Andrew: Bill Pritchard - Helas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-XnFy7A ofE | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1132 Registered: 03-2007 |
Only available as 320kbps digital downloads as far I can tell. That rules me out. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4084 Registered: 03-2005 |
Well, I tried. No L.A. Salami at Amoeba even though it's a large store and Salami has a relatively high (for me) youtube viewer score and was rated by a U.S. indie DJ! I looked under "L" and under "S" under "rock" as well as the same letters under "European" (pretty unlikely, that) as well as "soul" (in case the stocker was misled by skin color stereotypes) and "hip hop" (same theory) and "reggae" (same theory). Empty handed. So both albums ordered from discogs. Hugh, I'm thinking eventually Salami's earlier songs--or at least the best of them--will be pulled together for an anthology. He seems to be very prolific. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 586 Registered: 08-2005 |
Dido - White Flag Shouldn't be 'my type' of music, but heck, it's a great song. Ah bless. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8824 Registered: 05-2005 |
Julianna Gianni - I Fall Apart | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8826 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Middle America, from last year's Sparkle Hard album. This song may be the most Pavementy song Malkmus has done since his solo debut it 2001. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1281 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Ronettes - Be My Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5tgZlT EkQ RIP Hal Blaine Max Weinberg of the E Street Band apparently said that just for the drums on this song Blaine was guaranteed a place in rock'n'roll history. But when you look at the list of his sessions it's quite amazing. I never knew that he drummed on Love's "Andmoreagain" and "The Daily Planet" for example. PS I know absolutely nothing about L.A. Salami...just heard that song on French radio and liked it ! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1274 Registered: 08-2004 |
LCD Soundsystem - Seconds | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2019 |
Since I'm currently writing on my favourite Russian band, here's one of their songs I've been playing a lot this March... Auktsyon - Mimo (rough translation would be "Past Me" or "Beside Me") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MnNldT- i8E | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4090 Registered: 03-2005 |
Mine for this day can only be this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7_WuT8M 2xg When I think of New Zealand I think of Martin Phillipps. I think of a gentle thoughtful man who warns us about the damage we're doing to our common oceans, who shares with us his struggles with his own conflicting impulses, processing the challenge of being a true human before our eyes. THAT is what I think of when I think of New Zealand: someone who really tries to help us to understand ourselves. | ||
| Hugh_nimmo Unregistered guest |
Alexey, I see they have been around for quite a long time and have a substantial back catalogue. Any recommendations as to where I should start? | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2019 |
Hugh, I would recommend starting with Ptitsa ('94) and Bodun ('91) as they have their strongest melodies, and then moving on to later and 'looser' stuff like Devushki Poyut ('07) and Yula ('11). For what it's worth, my personal favourite is Eto mama ('02), which is a live-in-studio recording with some of the most insane horns I've ever heard. Truly a singular group, imaginative and, unlike most Russian musicians, they are not too reliant on lyrics. Fantastic live, too. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1136 Registered: 03-2007 |
Alexey, Many thanks. I liked the track you posted so I ordered IOna earlier today from a Discogs Seller. I have just received the invoice and I am somewhat disappointed as the shipping price is higher that he / she quotes in his / her terms and conditions. Are you aware of any decent Discogs Sellers or other sources for the albums? | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2019 |
Hugh, I’m sorry to hear that... As a consolation, you did get a great record. Auktsyon vinyl LPs are notoriously costly and rare, especially their 80s and 90s stuff (Ptitsa from 1993/1994 is my holy grail - like Forster’s The Evangelist). To be honest, I’ve never had that kind of bad experience on discogs. I live in Minsk, Belarus, but even I generally forego Russian sellers unless I can make it absolutely sure how much the whole thing will cost. Hugh, in case you need help with communication in Russian with a discogs seller in future, feel free to write to me. And yes - that does seem to be the only source of their albums! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1548 Registered: 10-2006 |
Robert Forster – One bird in the sky From Ghost Town caught me off balance in much the same way. Already more than satisfied, the listener is sweetly floored by the long lad’s capacity to wrap things up with a bit of gentle magic. I immediately played it for the wife, who just as immediately burst into tears. Always a good sign. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1137 Registered: 03-2007 |
Thank you for your very kind offer Alexey. The Seller reduced the shipping price once I queried it but I am now left wondering if I will receive the genuine article or a bootleg. Time will tell. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4092 Registered: 03-2005 |
Alexey, cyrillic text is pretty challenging for most of us using the Roman alphabet. Well, it is for me anyway. I drew a blank when I tried to search for "Auktsyon" on discogs, which I'm sure Hugh also tried. Part of the challenge may be no standard Roman alphabetic transliteration for their name. Another odd factor that might be relevant for those of us in the EU or US is political economic sanctions against the Russian Federation. I don't know if those are still in force and, if so, whether they extend to all commerce including individuals trying to buy and sell small objects like records and CDs. I'm wondering whether any sellers in the so-called "Visegrad 4" EU members (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary) might have Auktsyon's albums on offer. It's certainly tantalizing! And Hugh is our resident internationalist. He tried in vain to interest me in myriad Scandinavian artists for years until he finally broke through my shell with a handful of Danish artists and with the peerless Finnish group Cats on Fire. Some of us don't really mind not understanding the lyrics if the music and vocal delivery is appealing. In the past I've raved on here about the 1960s recordings by Czech singer Marta Kubisova. I certainly don't understand her songs' lyrics, though I've happily adopted "nepis dal" as a handy expression when I think somebody is BS-ing me about something. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4093 Registered: 03-2005 |
And Stuart, I definitely agree about "One Bird in the Sky." | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4094 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ah! I forgot to check one of my usual alternative sources: eBay! I see a handful of Auktsyon CDs listed. I see several from Latvia. No idea why I forgot the Baltics as a source. Is this where you found your purchase Hugh? | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 5 Registered: 03-2019 |
"One Bird In The Sky", absolutely! Unless Luke Haines releases some classic in the near future, this is destined to be my song of the year. Come to think of it, previous time I cried while listening to a song was when I first heard "Janet, Johnny + James" by The Fall. Long time ago. Yeah, Randy, I can see that about the alphabet. God knows I tried to write using Cyrillic script, but what I got in preview was a bunch of odd numbers and signs. So I guess the only way for you would be to copy and paste from Cyrillic alphabet... Indeed! I didn't even think about eBay as I have never used it - but must be useful. Sanctions are still in force, I believe, though not being Russian I have no idea how they affect these transactions... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4095 Registered: 03-2005 |
Alexey, the most legitimate-looking vendor is the Latvian seller who seems to have four different compilations on offer. Can you reach these links and give any opinion as to their merits? https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUKTSYON-Legend s-RUSSIAN-PSYCH-AVANG-POST-PUNK-KRAUT-RO CK/162171180298?hash=item25c227d50a:g:lt gAAOSwrslaZG0z https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUKTSYON-The-Be st-RUSSIAN-PSYCH-POST-PUNK-BLACK-CD/1524 00185785?hash=item237bc249b9:g:EroAAOSwR XRZSqY6 https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUKTSYON-The-Be st-RUSSIAN-PSYCH-POST-PUNK-BLACK-CD/1524 00185785?hash=item237bc249b9:g:EroAAOSwR XRZSqY6 https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUKTSYON-The-Be st-RUSSIAN-PSYCH-POST-PUNK-BLACK-CD/1524 00185785?hash=item237bc249b9:g:EroAAOSwR XRZSqY6 While all of these are compilations with generally ugly cover art they do seem to be proper official releases and not bootlegs. There is also a seller in the Staten Island borough of New York City (!) offering three CDr's of three of their albums. These, I assume, are bootlegs. Here is the link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-3CD-Aukt syon-CD-Russian-rock-music-3cd-3-albums/ 264169659732?hash=item3d81bd1d54:g:X0wAA OSwqKNcUIgv | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2019 |
Well, Randy, that compilation with ugly cover art does look like a genuine thing - in fact, this CD was my introduction to the band a long while ago. Three CDs from NYC look like 2000 remasters - they are fine but they are not originals. Originals are still mostly here: https://www.discogs.com/artist/372855-%D 0%90%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%BE%D0%BD | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4096 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thank you sir! It might be wise for me to start the same way you did with a compilation. I will study the discogs listings. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4097 Registered: 03-2005 |
I get even more eBay results when I remove the "s" and spell the band's name in Roman as "Auktyon." Even a seller in Australia! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4098 Registered: 03-2005 |
The bad part is that none of the compilations are new enough to include Mimo. Well, except for a very sketchy offer of a CD that contains mp3's of all songs from 13 albums! I hate to think what sort of sound that has. Hugh, did you buy your copy of Iona from the seller in Israel? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4099 Registered: 03-2005 |
Oops, I guess "Iona" is "Yula," the 2011 album. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1138 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I purchased a relatively inexpensive copy of IOna from a Russian Federation Seller with a 100% rating on 226 sales. He initially set a slightly higher shipping charge than that stated in his terms and conditions but immediately reduced it and apologised when I drew it to his attention. His communication has been first class and he has advised me that he will ship the order on Tuesday. According to his terms and conditions, all packages are sent via Registered Mail with Tracking. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1283 Registered: 04-2005 |
Keren Ann - Le goűt d'inachevé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCwlqAZ6 yqE New album ("Bleue") is a return to singing in French. OK no cheating ! Who is she duetting with here ? I would never have guessed...but once you know it is obvious...but only in parts ?! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4105 Registered: 03-2005 |
No clue Andrew. His pronunciation sounds really choppy to my inexpert ears. So I assume he's an anglophone. I don't recognize the voice. I don't know who her partner is or if she has one so I can't consider that. I'm not cheating and researching. Nice she's gone back to French. Hugh, I have to admit that Amazon has lately been serving me well when some other options fail. I bought a new copy of IOna/Yula from Amazon who have even already told me it's being shipped! I also bought a 2CD career overview of 40 songs on eBay from the seller in Staten Island as the photos of this indicate it is probably not a bootleg. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8828 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ex Hex - Want It To Be True. And I want to see them live, but I doubt Australia is high on their tour list. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1551 Registered: 10-2006 |
Curses, also no idea. Pretty 'orrible, whoever it is, at least in the solo bits. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8829 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh come on, people. It's so obvious who that is on the Keren Ann song. I copped it on his first line. You must be blind not to hear it. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1941 Registered: 08-2006 |
Randy, anglophone for sure but he's pretty well known for a certain line of French in one of the best-known songs by his former band. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1552 Registered: 10-2006 |
Damn, I had to peek... and then of course it's obvious!One of those artists I have a great deal by but hardly ever listen to. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4108 Registered: 03-2005 |
Damn! How did I manage to put my comment intended for this thread on the wrong one? Oh well. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4109 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, here is the comment I meant to post on this thread. It is now rendered half moot by Stuart's post above. "My guess, Padraig and Rob, is that this will be somebody I've heard of but not somebody I listen to. Or maybe somebody I do listen to but only casually and not consistently enough to recognize the voices like, say, Yo La Tengo. I won't look it up. I'll wait and see if somebody (like Stuart) works out who it is. If it turns out to be somebody whose voice I should be well familiar with I'll definitely laugh. But right now I really think it's not a voice I am familiar with. Since I always buy her records, at some point I'll get this new Keren Ann album and then, of course, I'll know who it is. But I'm going to sit on it for a while. I've been getting more than enough music to absorb recently anyway." Stuart's new comment is interesting. When I originally heard the recording (three times) I thought along the lines of "it's probably somebody famous I am not into, like the lead singer to New Order or somebody like that." That's still my theory. I will laugh if it turns out to be somebody I personally should recognize because I personally have records by him that I have actually played. I am reminded of the thing I sometimes say to people who start asking me if I've heard of so-and-so: it's an unbelievably large musical universe; we choose our little corners of it to explore. | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2019 |
Randy and Hugh, please let me know about the records you ordered! Would love to know your opinion. Also, no worries about it being a genuine item - I believe that Yula (this is transliteration - "IOna" got me confused for a second, but I guess it does look like that!) bootlegs don't even exist at this point. Music-wise, interests of Russian pirates don't really stretch beyond 2005 or so. Oh and l would also like to thank Andrew for accidentally discovering L.A. Salami - at the moment, I'm very much enjoying his new LP. "THE ISIS CRISIS" is firmly stuck in the brain. | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2019 |
Oh and mine for today... Momus - "Born To Be Adored" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9tEhJy6 KIo | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8832 Registered: 05-2005 |
And nobody spotted my clue with the word blind? Rob’s clue is better, though. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1943 Registered: 08-2006 |
I meant to salute you for that, Padraig, although it took me a bit to get it. I thought you were just indulging in some Yogi Berra-style wordplay : ) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8833 Registered: 05-2005 |
Keren Ann quiz: Is her co-vocalist A Sting B David Lee Roth C Zach de la Rocha D Someone else | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4111 Registered: 03-2005 |
I never had any Police records nor any Van Halen records so if the singer is either of the first two I would never know it. And I don't know who Zach de la Rocha is unless I go ask Dr. Google. Like I said, the musical universe is enormous, mind-bogglingly so. My attention has been drawn to other sectors of it. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 457 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heard this song .When DB sings in french,with a little accent, it's difficult discover... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8834 Registered: 05-2005 |
I spelt it wrong, Randy. It's Zack de la Rocha. Now do you know him? | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1553 Registered: 10-2006 |
Not Dave Berry, though... be wonderful if it were... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1554 Registered: 10-2006 |
Ah yes, Alexey, the beauty of the GBs board, where a casual mention can plunge you into a vortex of discovery… hard to believe now, but when, for instance, I first joined up, I think my French collection ran to “Francoise Hardy Around the World” and a Jacques Brel compilation. Now it’s two and a half chunky shelves with some of my most well-thumbed favourites… | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4112 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night I did precious little sleeping thanks to an unhappy mix of alcohols during the day. Oddly, since I've stopped working I drink far less than I did before and seem to be seriously losing my proficiency there. So I logged onto here on the tablet and saw Trou's hint. DB. David Bowie? But he's been in the cold ground for over a year! And wouldn't I recognize his voice right away, bad French or not? And what former band was his that Rob referred to? If it's Tin Machine I'm out of luck because by the time that happened I was off Bowie and never got around to listening to them. The Spiders From Mars? Does a Ziggy Stardust song use a French line? I wouldn't consider "wham bam thank you ma'am" French myself. Isn't "Suffragette City" the most famous song from that period? Is there maybe a little French line thrown into "Starman" somewhere but all I can remember is "There's a starman waiting in the sky. He'd like to come and see us but he thinks he'd blow our minds" and of course, "let all the children boogie" followed by that lovely Ronson guitar hook. Is there an anagram in Padraig's multiple choice question? Is Zach de la Rocha a Bowie song character? If so, I am undone by my habit of paying little attention to lyrics except on songs where I really genuinely admire the lyrics. (Alexey, that's why I truly don't mind listening to foreign language music.). The only Bowie song that I lyrically got into was "All the Madmen" probably because of his reference to "est" which was undoubtedly electroshock therapy but which I originally thought was an amazingly early and erudite reference to California psych scam cult Erhard Seminars Training. Obviously there are of lot of others that I subliminally know many of the lyrics to which I can sing along to if they start playing. As you can readily see, I never took up crossword puzzles. So, now, I will relisten to the Keren Ann song. If it's Bowie, yes I will laugh. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4113 Registered: 03-2005 |
Well, somebody took down the link. So I went to the short little French language promo for the new album. David Byrne. I do have some old Talking Heads records bought when they were new and then re-bought when CD's came out. They gradually fell out of rotation after I thought "True Stories" was crap and I had moved on to the likes of Nick Cave, the Fall and Cocteau Twins. I tried listening to the classics after a long absence about a dozen years ago and decided they no longer appeal to me and thus would get no slots on the iPod. I think I pissed off somebody on this board when I expressed my opinion that they hadn't aged well. I even saw David Byrne live at the Hollywood Bowl, also maybe about ten years ago. I remember telling people that the only new song he did was some little ditty about his grandchild. Nope, I'd never recognize his voice after all this time. He's been way off my radar for a long time, other than as the specific example of who I fervently hope Robert Forster never becomes. Wish it had somehow been Bowie brought back by ouija board. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4114 Registered: 03-2005 |
Alexey, I returned home last night after my downtown Los Angeles bar crawl to find Yula had arrived. I played it immediately. It's a very swirling production. With real instruments including horns! But it will need many more plays before I can say much about it. I need to acclimate myself to the sound of the Russian language in the vocals as it's quite different from, say, French or Italian or even Deutsch. It's a bit more like Czech in sound. And since it's a relatively new record of theirs I really need to hear the 2CD anthology when it shows up so that I can start to pick out the continuing threads of Auktsyon or Auktyon. | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2019 |
Indeed, Stuart, there's nothing like a chance of discovering something that would make you go: Where the hell has this been my whole life?! Come to think of it, that's exactly what happened when I heard my first Go-Betweens song ("I Need Two Heads")... Again, seemed so accidental at the time. | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 10 Registered: 03-2019 |
Randy, yeah, in my experience with late-period Auktyon (I now see it's a more common spelling - though I've encountered both) repeated listens never fail to reveal new and fascinating details. Russian language... I can only imagine! P.S. Oh and you remind me. "True Stories" WAS crap. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8835 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I love your posts above. I’m a huge David Byrne/Talking Heads fan. The Byrne show I saw late last year was wonderful. But it’s not for everyone. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1139 Registered: 03-2007 |
Alexey, As Randy mentioned above, cyrillic script is pretty challenging for a lot of us. On receipt of your recommendations, I headed over to Discogs to check out 'Bodun' and 'Ptitsa / Ptiza.' At first I didn't think they were listed but then I worked out what was what by working from the release dates you gave me. I liked the track you posted on the board so I decided to start with the album listed on Discogs as 'IOna' which I now know to be 'Yula.' I have since ordered the 'Bodun' and 'Ptitsa / Ptiza' box sets. One Night Suzan - No Guts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oEHSXGa 0Sw | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8836 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ex Hex - War Paint. Just a great indie rock song. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1556 Registered: 10-2006 |
Scott Walker - Montague Terrace in blue As beautiful as music gets, I think, and the orchestral arrangement is perfect. And song titles with a street name in them always appeal to me. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4116 Registered: 03-2005 |
My song of the day is this one from Scott's fifth album "When the Band Comes In" with its uncanny insight into old age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ZPGYE3 o_U | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1284 Registered: 04-2005 |
Scott Walker - I Threw It All Away (1996) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ken3dfr3 FiU | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8842 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jenny Lewis - Wasted Youth. If Fleetwood Mac ever feel like doing to either of their female members what they did to Lindsey Buckingham, they need look no further than Jenny Lewis for a replacement. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8844 Registered: 05-2005 |
Peter Perrett - I Want Your Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldquP2Dd RYM&feature=youtu.be (the video looks like it was designed to get MTV play in the mid-1980s, but the song is great. | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 12 Registered: 03-2019 |
Fantastic news about the new Peter Perrett single! Interestingly, only today I was reading Truman Capote's short story "Master Misery" about a man buying other people's dreams... Indeed, the song is delightful. New albums by Robert Forster, Edwyn Collins, Peter Perrett... What a year this is shaping up to be. I guess all that is left is a new Robyn Hitchcock LP. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4120 Registered: 03-2005 |
Alexey, you listen to cult anglophone musical artists and read Truman Capote. What do your neighbors in Minsk think of you? By way of contrast, out here in sunny sensual Southern California yesterday I read Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" and listened to the CD of outtakes and demos to Alain Bashung's 1991 album "Osez Josephine." I had to put down the Kafka story in the middle for a half-hour and go outside just so I could stop freaking out. I've been trying to find a youtube post for one particular beautiful song outtake from "Osez Josephine" (Tue-moi, je te couvrirai) but my attempts so far have been fruitless. It's found on the new giant box set but has a recording copyright date of 2012 so it must have been released previously. In consolation I'll attach this "Bleu Petrole" outtake found on "En Amont." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YzDV8w uDM | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4121 Registered: 03-2005 |
Stuart, I definitely agree with your assessment of "Montague Terrace in Blue." Arranged by Wally Stott. I can't remember if Wally has been discussed on this board before. If you're not familiar with the story of this arranger I promise you an interesting journey. | ||
| Alexey Member Username: Alexey_p Post Number: 13 Registered: 03-2019 |
Ha! Well, Randy, I'm now more concerned about what the officials of the Minsk University where I teach will think of me when I tell them I have to fly to Bonn/Cologne in early May, right in the middle of the academic year, to see Robert Forster's gig... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1557 Registered: 10-2006 |
Jon Anderson – Makes me happy In a musical world rapidly being taken over by doleful ethereal waifs singing metallic angst it’s occasionally nice to be reminded that some folk, like the YesLord, actually manage to enjoy life and communicate it in giddily positive stuff like this. And look well on it, too. What on earth would happen if he worked together with Paul McCartney? Too much? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4122 Registered: 03-2005 |
Stuart, it wouldn't be such a stretch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP83u6rt UY4 | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1558 Registered: 10-2006 |
Good heavens!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8845 Registered: 05-2005 |
Good Lord! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4123 Registered: 03-2005 |
I first heard that Warriors track on the very same 2-LP British Decca collection "Hard Up Heroes" that introduced me to Dave Berry's "My Baby Left Me." It also had an early Cat Stevens song--remember, this anthology was released in the early/mid 70s--and David Bowie's timeless Jacques Brel/Anthony Newley-ish "The London Boys" recorded in 1966. Did either of you by any chance explore any of the offerings youtube pitched on the righthand margin? I happen to like some of Los Bravos' records--they did a great version of Vanda/Young's cod-soul classic "Bring a Little Lovin'"--but I NEVER heard of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy0Ev7B- yzo So wrap your mind around that: Spanish popmeisters Los Bravos did the first recorded version of a Yes song. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1559 Registered: 10-2006 |
And rather thrilling it is too! Thanks Randy! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8847 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wow, that is really great. What a treasure trove YouTube can be. Google got a bargain when it paid a mere $500m for YouTube. | ||
| Austin Member Username: Bruegelpie Post Number: 194 Registered: 09-2004 |
Padraig wrote: >>Ex Hex - Want It To Be True. And I want to see them live, but I doubt Australia is high on their tour list. Padraig, Hop on a plane and come to Detroit and you can see Ex Hex with me on Monday! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8857 Registered: 05-2005 |
Austin, I would love to. But, alas, I used up all my frequent flyer points on my recent trip to Ireland and the UK. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1944 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'm seeing them Wednesday in Chicago. The good news is they're doing a taping that day with the radio show "Sound Opinions," which I assume will air soon. Padraig, can you get NPR content? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 8858 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think so, Rob. I’ve certainly listened to quite a bit of NPR online in the past. ABC NewsRadio in Australia carries regular NPR programs, but jus news, not music. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1275 Registered: 08-2004 |
I'm glad you aren't watching Chicago on Wednesday, Rob. Japan - Halloween |