Wild Frank
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I think they should get some guy that sounds like him, or just call it a day.
There's no way Steven Tyler would have made it with those guys. He may admire them, but I could not see him fitting in with the band.
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.
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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!.
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Zappa: Thing Fish
Traffic: Shootout at the Fantasy Factory
Pink Floyd: The Wall
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.
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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 Trick of The Tail. I love Genesis a lot but this one, bar Los Endos, does nothing for me. Don't know any other Genesis fan who feels the same but there you go.
Bjork: The last two records. I was a big fan but kind of lost interest with her recent releases. I gave them a go but they just didn't work for me in the way that Homogenic or Vesperine did.
Aerosmith: Honking on Bobo. I really wanted to love this as I always thought they would make a great blues-rock album. Sadly it just didn't work.
Micah P. Hinson: All dress up. I'm a big fan of Micah's first three albums but this covers album was poor with some stange choices of song. Still love the guy though and will always give his albums more than a fair chance.
Bob Dylan: Quite a few actually. Let him off though cause his best stuff is better than everyone elses.
I would like to say an an interesting aside that, in my honest opinion, Tom Waits is the only major artist that has never put out a bad album. Everyone else has duff records in their catalogue but Toms output is immaculate...so far.
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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.
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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 don't seem as keen on Jazz as of yet. I was listening to a Kenny Burrell record in the bath last week and they came in a just proclaimed it as rubbish!! That must be their mothers influence!!
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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!!!
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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 learned at our last reunion (in 1982) that you can’t just get up there. You have to rehearse."
And his upcoming European tour plans might rule out an appearance: "I’m trying to find a way to do it... If I can work it out, I’ll go."
The rocker refuses to completely rule out a reunion in the future, but admits another get together seems highly unlikely.
He adds, "I always describe it as going back to school, since this was a school group for me. It’s a fun place to visit and see your old friends, but it's not a place you want to live. Phil (Collins) has had trouble with his wrists and his back, so it’s pretty unlikely."
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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.
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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.
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My Morning Jacket. Okonokos set me free.
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.
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interesting notion, frank ... i do agree that genesis & floyd were more song-based and yes (and elp) was more performance-based, but i think yes made it work. what examples of yes music would you consider rubbish because they get too complicated? their stuff has never hit me that way. i've always felt tracks like heart of the sunrise, close to the edge, perpetual change, starship trooper, sound chaser, going for the one, etc., are great songs with amazing arrangements whose complexity makes them stronger
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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1) A Ghost Is Born
2) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3) Sky Blue Sky
4) Summerteeth
5) Being There
6) Kicking Television
7) Wilco (The Album)
8) AM
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great record, although the story is kind of hard to follow
let's see ... Rael goes to New York, then ... Banks plays a synth solo ... after that i get lost
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.
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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.
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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 response to my brother was something like: "I'm fifteen years old. I think I know what music I like. I don't like Jane's Addiction. They are rubbish". Once again...I was wrong.
Reading the above I realise that I was a bit of a knob in my teanage years. I hope you can all relate to this horrible form of misplaced musical snobbery, or if not, at least forgive me.
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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 Genesis.
Personallly, I find that 'Sky Blue Sky' has a loose naritive running through it relating to Jeff Tweedy's personal problems and how he, and his family, have dealt with them (Please be patient with me, Hate it here, On and on). That maybe just me but, as someone who has suffered from depression, that album is very poinant.
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Oh, I didn't mean to suggest simplistic or child-like at all. Just that he doesn't leave much to the imagination. He's very literal. Nothing wrong with it. These are hardly childish themes he's dealing with.
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.
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I happen to dig the band, but I can understand why someone wouldn't. As I said above, there's very little subtlety to the lyrics -- even if there's some great lyrics and one-liners. And musically, there's not much complexity and some of the songs can end up sounding samey. These are all issues that I can get past because there are other virtues (for me) that make up for it. But it wouldn't surprise me if someone couldn't.
As for End Times, I agree with what everyone here is saying. The song Nowadays inspired me to pull out my guitar and harmonica. Some bands make me want to go grab my guitar. This band is one of them.
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!
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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!?!
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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.
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 Crazy Horse album. However, we know how Neil operates so expect the unexpected.
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Yes we have talked about this before here at VC (merged!) but it's always nice to get a reminder to check it out again and see what's new. Thanks for the nudge!
Sorry!! Couldn't find a previous thread. Anyway, worth looking at again as there are plenty more sessions, notably the Lambchop one.
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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.
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i think that Ys by Joanna Newsom is both the most ambitious and perfect album of the decade; then my other picks would be (in no order):
feels - animal collective
strawberry jam - animal collective
merriweather post pavillion - animal collective
rings around the world - super furry animals
phantom power - super furry animals
stephen malkmus - stephen malkmus
soul journey - gillian welch
person pitch - panda bear
nixon - lamchop
is a woman - lambchop
the software slump - grandaddy
sumday - grandaddy
return to cookie mountain - tv on the radio
bitte orca - the dirty projectors
insignificance - jim o'rourke
can our love - the tindersticks
love and theft - bob dylan
daisies of the galaxy - eels
don't give up on me - solomon burke
the trials of van occupanther - midlake
blueberry boat - the fiery furnaces
rehearsing my choir - the fiery furnaces
z - my morning jacket
loose fur - loose fur
a ghost is born - wilco
yankee hotel foxtrot - wilco
as usual, forgetting loads i am sure
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.
New Neil Young soon?
in Someone Else's Song
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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 Archives.
Better to burn out than to fade away.....