Liana
The fourth album 'Time of no Reply' was released after his death, he had no control on it. Still some good tracks on it though.
Yeah Gabby was never a great actress, but she did buy us a drink in the bar.
I was in Dublin a few years ago and this record shop had a weird shrine to Nick Drake, candles and the famous rug from the Pink Moon photo sessions. I touched it and felt very emotional.
I am happy that you are a Nick Drake admirer Liana, in hindsight i can see that he may possibly be an influence on your writing, which is lovely.
Did you know that in his contract it is written that none of his music will ever not be availible in record shops?
Deserved genius.
Ralph
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influence on my writing?
*collapses in tucks*
well... bless you ralph.
strange all the similarities with buckley and drake.
'cept buckley was better, of course... just by a nose, as it were..
Ralph, Liana,
i have every record that Nick Drake ever made, many that he didn't make, and several that he just thought about making. i also slept with him on several occasions. it was nice.
Chant
you go down in my estimation chant.
he was an ugly bugger when he was alive.... now if youdve said you copped off with jeff buckley, id be well impressed.....
buckley is never better than drake
that's just absurd missus :)
it's like saying the bootleg beatles were better than the original.
drake left a legacy including red house painters, who in turn will come to figure prominently in top 100s of the future, as well as much of 4ad's other back catalogue (no mean feat). buckley had a good songwriter for a dad, and so far has influenced muse, f&&*(&ing MUSE and puddle of mudd. much of his material is stolid grunge in thirds. fair enough he had a great vocal range but as a friend of mine recently said, yngwie malmsteen could play a scale in less than a second but it still sounded wank ;O)
I managed to download the John Power gig at the Kashmir last night, which rekindled my love of Cast. I've been listening to that and old Cast b-sides all day.
I've had the electric power of the primal beat ripping through me recently(!)
The Ramones
Man or Astroman? - Experiment Zero
The Hives - Your New Favourite Band
And Old NME Cassette of Garage stuff like Count Five, The Castaways, The Kingsmen
Wire - Pink Flag
Big Black - Atomizer AND Songs About Fucking
The Jesus Lizard - Liar
All The Pixies
The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea withe the Adverts
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
And various singles and songs by The Libertines, White Stripes, Strokes, Doves, Beatings, Candys, Rancid, Clash,Kate Bush, and dead good mix albums for robot dancing and @!#$ shaking
Like mississippi, I do not understand a word of what andrew pack is on about.
However, in a bid to be just a little bit contemporary, and having rejected everything that David Bowie did from 1972 onwards (i.e. the start) as arrant nonsense, base pap and self-conscious twaddle from top to bottom, I acquired Heathen after seeing him interviewed on the telly with Jonathan Woss and thinking David was witty, urbane and cool.
The record is utter shyte. His record company should have talked to him about where creative music went long before he got famous. He's learnt nothing apparently from the evidence of this pile of smegma.
David Bowie should stick to doing interviews and let musicians do the rest.
Yours etc
Completely daft old shyte.
David Bowie's latest double album, Heathen, is a really great listen. It's all new stuff but back to his old style. So much so that you kind of feel you know the tracks, even upon first listening. Highly recommended.
Boz Scaggs's latest, Dig, is another excellent album. Contains the excellent "Miss Riddle", which Jazz FM has been playing for the last couple of months.
Anything by Chris Botti. Phenomenal young jazz trumpeter. Particularly enjoying his "Midnight Without You" album.
Anything by Acoustic Alchemy. I've got the last three albums. Also listening to a lot of Fourplay and Peter White at the moment.
I always liked Jean Jeanie myself.
My favorite of Bowie song is the theme music to a movie the name of which I forget, but it was something about Natasha Kinski turrning into a black panther at midnight and killing people. The movie was so-so, but the theme song was great.
Just got the new Neil Young 'Decade' double CD of greatest hits type of malarky. Is very good, but not sure why he limits his greatest his to 1966-1976 (any musos know why?) as who can forget his early 90's classic 'Keep On Rockin In The Free World'?
I'll never forget a busker singing this in Paris when we went on an art trip from school. It inspired me and my mates to be buskers in our park when we got home. We weren't cool though like the nomadic type busker feller. We made over a pound though, and enjoyed ice-creams, etc.
Also will confess to playing Darren Hayes' 'Insatiable' at least twice a day in the car. Exceptionally good (but, I fear, not cool).
Boz's Dig has been a fave of mine for many months and has impressed just about everyone I have played it to.
But I am tainted because in 1968 I thought Boz was the bee's knees and always have while when Bowie's spinmeisters told us in 1972 that he had arrived on the scene, I and everyone I knew at the time thought the thin junky was already missing the point rather badly. My friend Mary did the clapping on one of his major hits that I am afraid I cannot name at the moment and she was well weird.
People I play Heathen to today shake their heads in dismay. Except for Paul in the office.
Now music,
Here are some preferred samplings:
Andy Warhol - Velvet Underground
"Sunday Afternoon"
"Run Run Run"
Jam Live at the BBC - The Jam
The first eight tracks from CD1
Their first two BBC sessions from 1977
Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World
The whole album
Ramdon selections from Pebbles (like Nuggets but less well known)
The Vines new album
D Bowies Afraid from Heathen
The Who Sell Out - The Who
"I Can See For Miles"
"I Can't Reach You"
From This Is The Modern World - The Jam
"The Modern World"
"London Girl"
"Don't Tell Them You're Sane"
"I Need You (For Someone)"
"Tonight At Noon"
From In The City - The Jam
"Art School"
"I've Changed My Address"
"Away From The Numbers"
"Time For Truth"
"Bricks and Mortar"
I am quite keen on finding out about modern bands too. I bought the Vines cd single on one listen and got the album when it came out
I am also an Oasis fan and I like their new album as well.
Funny old world, Stephen, isn't it? We post our threads within two minutes of each other, no doubt sitting writing at our PCs at the same time, and both write about Bowie's Heathen, but from opposing viewpoints. Be a sad old world if we all liked the same music, but what serendipidy in our comments.
There's no such thing as coincidence. Spooky.
Iceman
The Modern World is a very underated album. 'Tonight at Noon' is wonderful.
I saw the Jam play 18 times, The Style council 15 times and Paul on his own about 10.
Favorite Jam song 'Ghosts' from the Gift album. Have not got the BBC stuff yet, waiting for payday.
Ralph
(always away from the numbers)
You should get "Frequency" for the PS2. There's some wicked tracks on that; and you can mix your own variations of the tunes.. the music from that is going through my head at the moment.. is a seriously cool game man.. and one that I've been killing way too many hours on lately.. definately worth checking out if you haven't already.
As for latest music.. I haven't bought a CD or downloaded any MP3's in months. In fact I haven't really listened to much music at all.. apart from when I go out to parties, or am round friends.. or the stuff I mix myself with synthesizers..
So I don't know what's the rage at the moment.. I'm kinda in videogame and working with computers land at the moment.. planning my escape from Samsara. It involves one rucksack, my own two feet, and a stash of money I'm gonna save up- to pay for a plane ticket. And then I'm outa here..
Well it's a nice dream anyway.. might not happen for a long time yet.. but oneday. Is something to work towards anyway..
but Hell has got nothing to do with music.. but it seemed to tie in somewhere with it.. I constantly get lost in the maze of my ramblings.. it's my TV eyes.. I can't think or see properly..?
Where's the exit?
()-:
I also am a big fan of garage punk circa 1965 - 68 before it went to hippy. I have a huge collection of this stuff, including all the Pebbles albums, featuring bands suchas The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, TC Atlantic, The Rumors, The Dovers, The Tree, Preachers, Caretakers and lots of other bands. You may better know the sound from Kaye's Nuggets album, which I am sure some of you have heard about if not own already.
One thing I like about this stuff is that the songs are very basic like some punk songs but dont have any pretension behind them either, dealing with themes like alienation, love and respect.
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