Music Of The Moment

[Dropbear]

Floodland got me into the band, though these days I can only listen to the earlier stuff.

The Mission sound too Led Zep to me.

That last album was trying too hard to cross over to American radio royalties.

 

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At the time yes...they were the new Beatles.........ahem................allegedly...

Yeah I know - I always saw it as a UK and age group thing - I don't think they had any impact much outside UK

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Oh, they were massive in Oz I believe. Doesn't the film Muriel's Wedding play with that theme?

ABBA was talented; as writers, producers, arrangers, musicians, and performers and I think that pissed a lot of music critics off, especially in Britain. I was brought up listening to them.

The Bee Gees are another...They recorded the tracks to Saturday Night Fever in a matter of days, in between recording another album! They literally just knocked them out.

We too often laud generic garbage (Oasis) and ridicule talent.

ABBA had the BPM thing licked. Japan followed suit on one of the singles, I think it was Quiet Life or Life in Tokyo, which was directly inspired by one of ABBA's hits and they decided it was the BPM that was critical.

Yeah I know - I always saw it as a UK and age group thing - I don't think they had any impact much outside UK

Plenty of English bands don't travel so well abroad, so I wouldn't hold them against them.

Crowded House was a better a comparison to The Beatles which was made back in the early 90s quite a bit.

The thing with Noel Gallagher, he couldn't write a ballad for toffee and he still can't. But it's one of Oasis slowest songs is my favourite, Champagne Supernova.

 

[Dropbear]

Watching the Fear series on Netflix and enjoying the soundtrack, including this old gem:

 

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[ter1413]

 

[Dropbear]

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Costello did a decent cover version, I always liked:

 

[ter1413]

Costello did a decent cover version, I always liked:

So did someone named Ms. Simone....

 

[Dropbear]

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

One of the best singers Britain produced.

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

Nina Simone

 

[The Ernesto]

Yeah I know - I always saw it as a UK and age group thing - I don't think they had any impact much outside UK

Oasis were huge in Australia.

 

[The Ernesto]

Always enjoyed the ABBA trope in The Trip.

 

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[Dropbear]

 

[Dropbear]

Musically I’m not a big fan of either of them, but I still thought this was a cool story. Most of us dipped our toes in various subcultures in our teens and early twenties and then moved on. I only know one person from back them who still identifies with all that, be it mod, punk, goth or whatever.

http://rocknwomen.avidnoise.com/2020/04/24/a-cemetery-tour-with-goth-royalty-an-interview-with-patricia-morrison-and-david-vanian/

 

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[Dropbear]

I still remember when a high school friend pointed out the sexual nature of the band’s name and feeling so dumb for not seeing it before.

 

[Thruth]

Punk inspiring teenagers and adults.

 

[fxh]

Oasis were huge in Australia.

?? what was their lasting influence?

I had the impression - perhaps wrongly that a lot of their appeal here was to UK expats

 

[Thruth]

This is priceless. He makes up his own lyrics at one point.

 

[Thruth]

Encore

 

[The Ernesto]

?? what was their lasting influence?

I had the impression - perhaps wrongly that a lot of their appeal here was to UK expats

No idea how you quantify a 'lasting influence'. I fckn hate them.

They toured here a few times and were popular. They got massive airplay on radio.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

I still remember when a high school friend pointed out the sexual nature of the band’s name and feeling so dumb for not seeing it before.

There's been a few of them: 10CC, Steely Dan and Throbbing Gristle for starters.

No idea how you quantify a 'lasting influence'. I fckn hate them.

They toured here a few times and were popular. They got massive airplay on radio.

After the Brit tabloid press ditched Phil Collins, they needed someone to replace him and they chose the Gallagher brothers.

The albums, all of them, are unlistenable from start to finish. They were big into the loudness wars on their CD's so there's no space or depth in their recordings. Just a flat loud wall of sound. Back to mono, almost.

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

Musically I’m not a big fan of either of them, but I still thought this was a cool story. Most of us dipped our toes in various subcultures in our teens and early twenties and then moved on. I only know one person from back them who still identifies with all that, be it mod, punk, goth or whatever.

http://rocknwomen.avidnoise.com/2020/04/24/a-cemetery-tour-with-goth-royalty-an-interview-with-patricia-morrison-and-david-vanian/

I find I'm dipping my toes into a bit of Rock Horror these days. This lot seem to be quite interesting.

Siblings of Samhain

 

[Dropbear]

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

I am the zombie



Lots of zombies sadly now

 

[Dropbear]

 

[ter1413]

 

[Dropbear]

 

[Thruth]

All right you devil worshipers give it a rest. I expect this of Dropbear but not you Sammy Ambrose . y'all need something light as a palate cleanse.

 

[Dropbear]

Falco? Tav Falco?

 

[Dropbear]

And now for some palette uncleansing from the unholy satanic majestic dwarf, Von Eldrich:

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Great live version with the Danish Voice Orchestra:

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

 

[Dropbear]

Miki