Somnambulist

Vince was good with Depeche Mode too!

True. I didn't go back far enough.

Vince Clarke is a good songwriter.

Yaz and Erasure have some good tunes.

I would love to hear some Vince Clarke tunes rerecorded with the musicians, singers, equipment, technology of early Motown. If you listen to the songs, they'd make some excellent classic Motown tunes.

Hot Burrito #1 and Hot Burrito #2 though in name only.

There are some really awful reunion things going on now. I mean, c'mon, Heart, Journey, and Cheap Trick? That's just sad. Even the Police was a little like "woah". Most of these guys need to just leave it hung up when they call it quits. Guys like Jagger or Springsteen can hang in there and pull it off, but showing back up after 10 or 15 years is just plain scary for most of these guys. Roger Waters was scary.

 

I can't really think of a defunct band that I think would make better music reunited than what they've already done... there are plenty I'd love to see live, but none that I'd expect better new music from necessarily.

Hasn't Cheap Trick pretty much been playing pretty consistently for the last 30 years or so? They had a line up change years ago but that didn't stick for too long and I think they're all back playing around every few years. I may be wrong though.

I always mention Harry Nilsson's The Point in these threads. I grew up on that record.

My daughter always goes to sleep listening to Jason Falkner's album of instrumental Beatle tunes.

A reunited Jam would be a cool show to see.

Husker Du or even Sugar.

Blur.

A real Roxy Music reunion (w/ Eno).

I 2nd XTC with Terry Chambers, Dave Gregory, Barry Andrews as well as Andy and Colin. Even just a studio record with all of them since they were never on a record all together.

Teenage Fanclub did a nice cover of "Between Us."

I've got a Rutles tribute album from a number of years ago. Bongwater, King Missle, Marc Ribot and Syd Straw, etc. Good stuff.

I recently finished reading The Beatles Anthology and you really get an idea of how close Neil was with the band. Of all the people associated with the Beatles, he would have been the only other one to recall what Beatlemania was actually like.

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although the cd version (untitled)/(unissued) is great when you don't want to sit through the 16 minute version of Eight Miles High. The Byrds are one of my favorite bands but I listen to them as more of a singles band. Not necessarily their official singles but rather I jump around and become obsessed with a number of songs at a time. I love the "Ballad of Easy Rider" live version on the (untitled)/(unissued) disc. Clarence White was a great addition to that band at the time.

You mentioned xtc from the 80s. Go with "Black Sea" for their first full album of melodic stuff then check out "Skylarking" and "Oranges and Lemons."

Any Elvis Costello from the early 80s then "Spike" from 89 (I think).

The Smithereens "Especially for You."

Again 89 but The Stone Roses first one.

I second, third, whatever the Husker Du mentions above. Favorites are "New Day Rising" and "Flip Your Wig."

The first few They Might Be Giants.

The Mark Lewisohn book is the one that you want. (Although I have yet to read the Geoff Emerick one, actually). But that Lewisohn book is amazing.

 

This one:

I have the hardcover version of that book from years ago:

One of my favorites.

This one?

 

It's mostly him complaining about stuff.

That's the one. I heard it was pretty good but it will probably be a library check out rather than a purchase.

Just purchased and about to start:

I once inquired about a job in a recording studio and the owner didn't have a job for me but suggested I read "All You Need is Ears." I did and it was an enjoyable read.

I really want to read the Geoff Emerick book on the Beatles recordings. I hear it's the nuts and bolts of the Abbey Road sessions. Good music nerd stuff.

The Band - The Last Waltz

The Band - Rock of Ages

XTC - Live in Concert (1980)

Dave Stevens, creator, author and illustrator of The Rocketeer comics, has passed away. He was in his early 50's and died of leukemia.

Most people know of the Disney film The Rocketeer, which was a fine adaptation, but it was Stevens comics of The Rocketeer that I was fond of. He was a great artist with a unique style and had an eye for the past by bringing in old Hollywood actors/characters into his stories. He is also credited with the revival of Bettie Page as he based Cliff's girlfriend in the Rocketeer stories on her.

My wife and I had "Here, There and Everywhere" by The Beatles for our first dance.

I'm trying to get my brother-in-law to use Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways" or Rhett Miller's "Question."

Sam (Sam Rockwell) and Eddie (Steve Zahn) from "Safe Men"

One of the funniest movies no one's ever seen. A lot of stars Rockwell, Zahn, Paul Giamatti as the classic Veal Chop, Michael Lerner as Big Fat Bernie Gayle, Mark Ruffalo "Sweet 'stache", Josh Pais, Harvey Fierstein, Michael Showalter, and written and directed by John Hamburg, writer of Zoolander, Meet the Parents, etc.

Safe Men clips on YouTube

Mine's an XTC b-side but as I was sleepwalking through my previous career, it fit on that level as well.

Are You Ready for the Country by Peter Doggett

This is a pretty good book on the subject. Looks like it's out of print but a library must have it around you. Interlibrary loan, etc.

I guess I shouldn't have donated my copy to charity.

When I brought my wife to a Wilco show in, I think, 2000 at Toad's Place in CT, we were waiting on line to get into the venue when all the members of Wilco walked past the line and got into a van. My wife, who was just vaguely familiar with the band said, "Hey, there's Jeff Healey!" His name will always be tied to that memory for me.

Rest in peace.

Saw a trailer for this too. I just can't shake the Johnny-5/E.T. look of the robot.

I'm sure the kids will want to see it so I'll have it memorized by the time it's out on DVD.

Just finished:

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris.

About a hundred pages into:

heartfullofholes - that was him. I wouldn't have remembered that in a million years.

Long time member/lurker although my sign up date doesn't really indicate that.

I remember when there were a couple of competing boards for alt.country bands, 2000 or 2001. There was one board I was scared to post on but they were a funny bunch and I remember some crossover in the early days of ViaChicago and this other board. Particularly when TweedyGurl first started posting. I remember the people on the other board thought she was someone having a laugh and she had to really convince everyone she was who she was.

There was also a poster on the early days of ViaChicago from Philadelphia. I can't remember his name but he was big into Randy Newman, the Kinks and was a writer. I always enjoyed his posts.

It took me a while to re-sign up once the board reset.

Cheers.