Wild Frank

I love Neil but I wish he would take his foot off the gas a bit. I know its contary to his work ethic but I wish he would take a step back and really try to take some time to write some great songs. Sad to say I am more looking forward to the Archive releases than I am to any new material. Having said that I'm hope Neil will surprise me and come out with something great (although, in my opinion, he hasn't released a truly 'great' album since 'Sleeps with Angels'). I would really love one last great blast with Crazy Horse, something in the vein of 'Ragged Glory' and then concentrate on the Arch

This is all quite sad really. I don't forsee a happy ending with all this. I think they should just call it a day.

My feelings on the first two records are that Funeral works much better as an album whereas Neon Bible has some amazing songs on but is not as consistant or doesn't hold together as well. I am Looking forward to the new record and hope its something different again. I would like something less bombastic and a bit more organic and rootsy. I'm not sure entirely what I mean by that and why but thats what I want!.

I was thinking about Pink Floyd but I love The Wall. The one I have always struggled with is 'Atom heart Mother'. The titled track is far too overblown and 'Alan's Psycadelic Breakfast' is just poor. I also didn't really take to the two post-Waters records much as I would have liked too.

I'm not saying these are bad records but they are the ones by bands I love that I can't get into: Neil Young - Prairie Wind, Living With War and a couple of the mid-eighties efforts; Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey. I love this period of Van's work but can't love this one; The Jayhawks - Smile. Just too polished and contempory sounding. I understand what they were trying to do, but they failed. Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking. I love every Lambchop record apart from this one. Not sure why; My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges. Some good tracks but some very poor ones too. Shame; Genesis: A Tri

This looks very interesting. A new stage collaboration between Tom and Robert Wilson. I am a big fan of 'The Black Rider', 'Alice' and 'Blood money' so hopefully this could mean some new songs on the horizon. I'd love to catch one of these performances this time round. I missed the 'Black Rider' performance when it hit the U.K a few years back. http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=2257

This is a joyful process. I love exposing my two children (three and five year old) to music and seeing how they respond. I feel a sense of achievement if they appreciate some of the stuff I like. My eldest loves the solo at the end of 'Impossible Germany' whilst the youngest has a strange liking for 80s period Genesis, in particular 'Mama' and 'Home by the Sea'. This must be hereditary as 'Invisble Touch' was the first album I ever owned! The Eels are another band that children (or my boys especially) seem to warm too. Similarly latter period Tom Waits is great for kids. Very rythmic. They

I do kind of admire his stance. As a rule I'm not a fan of reunions or looking back, even as a one off. Bands have their time and for the Gabriel era Genesis this was very much 35 years ago (Christ...35 years!!). However....the chance to see Genesis with Gabriel is pretty much the only exception to this in my mind and I would love to see them all together for one last time...as long as Peter doesn't don the Slipperman costume!!!

More Info: Peter Gabriel has stunned the music world by announcing he won't be joining his former Genesis bandmates onstage for the group's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in March. In fact, the Sledgehammer hitmaker isn't sure he'll even attend the ceremony in New York. Fans were hoping the induction would lead to a reunion for the band's original line-up, but Gabriel insists he has no plans of teaming up with Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, who reformed as Genesis in 2008 for a world tour. Gabriel tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I’m definitely not going to sing. I l

Looks like Gabriel won't be attending the R'n R Hall of Fame doo. You have got to respect the guys integrity but I was kind of hoping for them to all get together for the ceremony and knock out Supper's Ready and The Battle of Epping Forest!! In related news you can now hear Gabriel's version of Arcade Fire's 'My body is a cage' from his forthcoming covers album. Sounds promising. http://www.genesis-movement.co.uk/

If you want to see the album pulled apart by angry dogs then I recommend going to the Pichfork website, where they give it 3.9 out of 10. The cool folk over there don't seem to like it.

I'm with you on this. I found albums like 'At Dawn' 'Tennessee Fire' a bit sprawling and lacking in focus. Once I heard 'Z' and 'Okonokos' I completley change my views on the band. I love those old records too now. That said I couldn't stomach their last album.

To be honest I was just being silly. I do have respect for 'Yes' and they are far from rubbish. I do love 'Heart of the Sunrise' as well as tracks like 'Awaken'. My point was the focus of different prog groups and different reliances on musical chops, lyrics or melody etc. I feel Genesis and Floyd were better groups as they really did service to their songs whereas Yes .......to be honest I'm confusing myself now. I know what I mean, but I can't express it!!. Not the best way to reach your 300th post. Nevermind.

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The plot gets even more confusing if you read Gabriels liner notes!. If you look on wikipedia someone has actually written an essay on 'The Lamb' but it still makes no sense. Great album though. Songs like 'Anyway' and 'In The Cage' are just quality.

One thing I have noticed is how 'Yes' tended to over-complicate a lot of their songs which tends to make them, in my opinion, rubbish!!. 'Yes' were always music-first where as bands like Genesis and Pink Floyd always put the song first and did whatever necessary to make the song great.

Prince: When I was much, much younger I was very unknowledgable about music...but assumed I new everything there was to know about everything. Therefore I classified Prince as horrible 80s pop and refused to engage with his music at all. Then I grew up. Bruce Springsteen: As above but replace '80s pop' with '80s rock'. Jane's Addiction: Sometimes, again when you are young and foolish, you would dislike a band or artist for ridiculous, non-music related, reasons. In this instance I disliked Jane's Addiction purely because my brother liked them and had the gall to recommend them to me. My r

Just a few: The Decemberists - Hazards of Love (Plot is somewhat confusing!?*$) San South Gabriel - The Carlton Chronicles (Naritive about a Cat) Marillion - Brave (Seriously good piece of work) Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (Concerning the pitfalls of fame) Davie Bowie - Outside Part One (Strange concept. Couple of great tunes on it though). Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (Concerning decay and technology). Eels - Electro Shock Blues (Concerning cancer, suicide, death, depression and things like that). Plus, although its an old one, the best of the lot: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by

I think we're on the same wave length, just expressing it differently. In terms of leaving nothing for the imagination I can't think of any album that does that as well as 'electro-Shock Blues'. That's an amazing album and one that I actually find uplifting.

I can see why people don't like the Eels. I agree that the lyrics are sometimes simplistic and almost child-like. It is simple music that gets to the point. I was just laughing at how negative that particular website were towards Mr. E. Incidently, my children, who are three and five, love the Eels, especially 'Hey Man, 'Souljacker 1', 'Dog Faced Boy' and 'Last Stop This Town'. I haven't played them 'Its a Motherf$%^&r', 'World of S%^t' or the wonderful 'F%^&er' yet. The wife would kill me!

I agree with the general consensus. Having given it a few listens I am loving it. Much more consistant than 'Hombre' with a more varied sound, if that makes sense. Would love to see him back out on the road and hiting the U.K where he is much loved. On a related issue, I was browsing the 'Pitchfork' website the other day and...they really don't like the Eels do they!!. 'Shootenanny' got two out of ten and Hombre Lobo got a right slating as well. Whats not to love about the Eels!?!

This is mere speculation but Thrasher's Wheat posted a link to a blog looking at the Performance Series and possible future releases. Nothing new that others haven't suggested already but nice to read all the same. http://heartbreaktrail.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/neil-youngs-live-performance-series-what-should-come-next/ You would have thought after last years deluge of releases and touring that 2010 might be a quieter year for old Neil. I would have thought we would get another one of these performance series disk towards the end of the year and, hopefully, 'Toast' the unreleased Neil and

Sorry!! Couldn't find a previous thread. Anyway, worth looking at again as there are plenty more sessions, notably the Lambchop one.

Not sure if people are aware of this little gem of a website. I discovered it last night. The premise is..... artists that you and I all like perform a song in the back of a Black Cab, usually in London, with an introduction by the cabbie. There are some really nice performances. Check out My Morning Jacket, Kurt Wagner, Micah P. Hinson and Bon Iver amongst others. There's also a disturbing but facinating performance but Mr. Daniel Johnston. http://www.blackcabsessions.com/

I'm liking this list. Reflects my own thoughts in many instances. Big shout for 'Lambchop' who put out many wonderful records throughout the decade, including the finest: Nixon. If anyones interested there was an amazing live Lambchop record (Live at Merge XX) released, via the Merge website, towards the end of last year. I would seriously recommended it. You get a free video download with the disk which is a stunning piece of work.