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« Reply #2450 on: August 25, 2015, 12:42:05 PM » |
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Donald Fagan may be a smug twat but he sure does make brilliant music. Hahaha, you sound like AGD. Agreed, very nice album. This:  |
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« Reply #2451 on: August 27, 2015, 11:26:16 PM » |
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 I know it's not their best album, but I don't think it deserves the negative reception it got (according to my friend and lukewarm reviews). Now, I'm not super familiar with their older stuff as albums, although I know a handful of songs. This is an impetus to get into more than just their fast few albums. I'm missing Building Nothing out of Something from my music library. I'm finally listening to Strangers to Ourselves for the first time all the way through. I knew and enjoyed a good handful of songs before tonight at least. Anyway, this is just me rambling... Not sure if anyone cares about the ramblings of a not-hardcore MM fan. A few things, though: The Ground Walks is a fantastic song. The Best Room might be my favorite song off of the album. I'm still not tired of Lampshades on Fire. Strangers to Ourselves still gives me shivers because it brings me back to when I saw them live and also cellos are wonderful. So a bad album? I think not. |
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"We are pushed to the wall as the heap fills the room to its limits. The window breaks. The house bursts. A heartbreakingly fine Scotch plaid passes before our eyes. Pinstripes carry us into Manhasset Bay."
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« Reply #2452 on: August 28, 2015, 01:39:09 AM » |
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« Reply #2453 on: August 31, 2015, 01:49:47 AM » |
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"Seasons" is an amazing song, but I just can't really get into anything else I've heard. I've only heard it once all the way through, so I'm still out on it. The first track of theirs that I heard was the album's closer, at Glastonbury (on TV). To be continued... Schmubbly, I've listened to it a couple of times since then and I've discovered it's that rarest of beasts-----a synthpop album with a heart. The two tracks that bookend it are stunning but the rest falls nicely into place and is never anything less than heartwarming. I like it. |
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« Reply #2454 on: September 05, 2015, 11:36:48 PM » |
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 Never before have I felt like an artist dared me to continue listening, only to reward my perseverance with more punishment. |
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« Reply #2455 on: September 07, 2015, 01:13:14 PM » |
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 I love this album. |
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« Reply #2456 on: September 07, 2015, 06:13:31 PM » |
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Why don't you write down the album title & artist? checking the links in the quote box didn't help.
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« Reply #2457 on: September 07, 2015, 07:49:14 PM » |
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The first one is the Seer by Swans and the second is Under Color of Official Right by Protomartyr. I posted the albums and their titles in a different thread a day or two ago. If you search the images in Google by dragging the photo into the search box, they'll come right up.
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« Reply #2458 on: September 12, 2015, 11:29:31 AM » |
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"We are pushed to the wall as the heap fills the room to its limits. The window breaks. The house bursts. A heartbreakingly fine Scotch plaid passes before our eyes. Pinstripes carry us into Manhasset Bay."
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« Reply #2459 on: September 13, 2015, 01:10:30 AM » |
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  Why can't the man make music as good as these anymore?  I wish I'd got into Hall & Oates years ago - what a group. |
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I'd rather be forced to sleep with Caitlyn Jenner then ever have to listen to NPP again.
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« Reply #2460 on: September 13, 2015, 08:45:19 AM » |
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Hall and Oates are super fun. Just saw them live a bit ago—their performance of "She's Gone" was a-maz-ing.
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« Reply #2461 on: September 17, 2015, 02:29:07 AM » |
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« Reply #2462 on: September 17, 2015, 12:10:43 PM » |
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 I always forget how good this album is. What Bob's managed to do at this stage of his career is incredible. |
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« Reply #2463 on: September 21, 2015, 01:10:10 AM » |
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my listening tonight consists of Moon Hooch, Posse, Radioactivity, and "Heaven's Gate" by Ducktails.
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« Reply #2464 on: September 21, 2015, 05:56:02 AM » |
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I wish I'd got into Hall & Oates years ago - what a group. Regrettably (perhaps) whenever I see pictures of Hall & Oates my thoughts immediately turn to...  That said, I love Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs and am always plessantly surprised by the music the duo makes... |
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« Reply #2465 on: September 21, 2015, 08:16:26 AM » |
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 In many ways the true follow up to Holland. |
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« Reply #2466 on: September 27, 2015, 06:03:12 AM » |
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I was alerted to this fairly odd album by The Ig in my TV guide, of all places. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_yzALAt2lE |
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« Reply #2467 on: October 02, 2015, 07:54:46 AM » |
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I wish I'd got into Hall & Oates years ago - what a group. Regrettably (perhaps) whenever I see pictures of Hall & Oates my thoughts immediately turn to... That said, I love Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs and am always plessantly surprised by the music the duo makes... Got Sacred Songs yesterday. An excellent album. Love NYCNY which basically sounds like Daryl fronting King Crimson. |
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« Reply #2468 on: October 02, 2015, 09:05:01 AM » |
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Got Sacred Songs yesterday. An excellent album. Love NYCNY which basically sounds like Daryl fronting King Crimson. High time I revisited that album. I'd forgotten all about that track. Wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epLXwup4bpA |
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« Reply #2469 on: October 02, 2015, 09:17:49 AM » |
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I know. On paper it shouldn't work but it's freakin' awesome!
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« Reply #2470 on: October 02, 2015, 12:31:20 PM » |
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I know. On paper it shouldn't work but it's freakin' awesome!
Reminds me of the real-life argument Fripp recorded through his hotel wall when in New York and set to music. Jack Nicholson has nothing to do with this track from Fripp's album Exposure----it may just be a ruse to throw the copyright police off the scent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExNAI3zJfYQ |
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« Reply #2471 on: October 09, 2015, 02:31:24 AM » |
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« Reply #2472 on: October 09, 2015, 09:22:03 AM » |
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« Reply #2473 on: October 09, 2015, 09:57:23 AM » |
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« Reply #2474 on: October 09, 2015, 04:52:49 PM » |
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