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Post by treatzapiza on Mar 1, 2019 22:48:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 5:43:14 GMT -5
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Post by sneakypete77 on Mar 6, 2019 13:20:19 GMT -5
I've been listening to a couple of Seattle bands that I discovered via a friend almost 10 years ago. The first, Tiny Volcano, was pretty much a vehicle for the talents of musician/songwriter Scott McPherson. This was their only album, self-titled, released in 2003 and well worth chasing up. Living around 4600 miles away in the UK, I'm not sure what he's up to these days but any members in the Seattle area might be able to shed some light. This gentle little instrumental with wordless harmonies and a gorgeous dreamy interlude always conjured up images for me of what a companion piece to 'I Went To Sleep' might have sounded like on 'Beach Boys Love You'.
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Post by sneakypete77 on Mar 6, 2019 13:48:57 GMT -5
The other Seattle outfit, 'Poland', fronted by Mark Romanowski and Mark Bombara released their album 'The Sun and The Sitting Room' in 2011 and this is my favourite cut. I guess if you wanted to hang a label on them it would be "baroque pop". The songs on the album have a quintessential English feel to them and are not unlike Syd-era Floyd, with a smattering of Oasis-like delivery, which might seem like a strange combination but I think it works.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 5:35:47 GMT -5
The other Seattle outfit, 'Poland', fronted by Mark Romanowski and Mark Bombara released their album 'The Sun and The Sitting Room' in 2011 and this is my favourite cut. I guess if you wanted to hang a label on them it would be "baroque pop". The songs on the album have a quintessential English feel to them and are not unlike Syd-era Floyd, with a smattering of Oasis-like delivery, which might seem like a strange combination but I think it works.
That's lovely! Touch of The Move to it--and a classic false ending! Yes, a very English feel! Couple of Syd fans on board here so you've got off to a cracking start. Thanks for the heads up, Pete. I must check out the entire album some time (got it bookmarked). As for me, right now I'm back on a Kate Bush kick (inside). My favourite Kate albums as we speak are The Sensual World, The Red Shoes and Director's Cut--a magnificent trilogy. I played the first of these yesterday: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sensual_World
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Post by sneakypete77 on Mar 7, 2019 7:20:36 GMT -5
Thanks for that jk. You're spot on with the Move comparison - I hadn't thought of that before, but the lead vocals on the verses do have that Roy Wood-like delivery.
Apart from her obvious hit singles I haven't heard much of Kate Bush, but I'll try and remedy that in the future.
Peter Gabriel era Genesis is one of my guilty pleasures, and I was a bit disappointed with his solo efforts after he left, but his duet with Kate is just magnificent. I can never listen to this song without getting just a little bit moist. Around the eyes, that is.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 7:43:20 GMT -5
Peter Gabriel era Genesis is one of my guilty pleasures, and I was a bit disappointed with his solo efforts after he left, but his duet with Kate is just magnificent. I can never listen to this song without getting just a little bit moist. Around the eyes, that is. Yes of course, it was you (looking at your avatar text!) who linked the brilliant "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". That album is my one foray into Genesis country. Although I did see them live once in their very early days. I have a fine live double LP by Peter. Otherwise I'm not that familiar with his solo stuff--"Sledge Hammer" and the chilling "Here Comes The Flood" on Fripp's Exposure album are standout exceptions. That duet is my (ahem) "don't give up" song, which I post when someone dear to me is suffering.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 7, 2019 10:56:55 GMT -5
Tom Petty's Highway Companion, 2006
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 18:04:48 GMT -5
Next up from Kate is an album of songs which were designed to work well live--she had plans to tour them but never did. The Red Shoes vies with The Sensual World as my favourite Kate Bush album: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(album)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 10:49:51 GMT -5
Next up from Kate is an album of songs which were designed to work well live--she had plans to tour them but never did. The Red Shoes vies with The Sensual World as my favourite Kate Bush album: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(album)My English teacher showed us a Kate Bush song named after Wuthering Heights, a book we had to read in her class. Im still not sure what to think about it, honestly. It's a good song but something about the falsetto she sings it in made me laugh the first time, and feel strangely uncomfortable on subsequent listens. Something about this video is vaguely unsettling to me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 11:04:18 GMT -5
Next up from Kate is an album of songs which were designed to work well live--she had plans to tour them but never did. The Red Shoes vies with The Sensual World as my favourite Kate Bush album: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(album)My English teacher showed us a Kate Bush song named after Wuthering Heights, a book we had to read in her class. Im still not sure what to think about it, honestly. It's a good song but something about the falsetto she sings it in made me laugh the first time, and feel strangely uncomfortable on subsequent listens. Something about this video is vaguely unsettling to me. Haha, yes. Her high voice threw me as well at first. Happily she didn't sing everything in that range. It took me ages to get into Kate Bush--thirty years! I do prefer the somewhat later stuff although quality-wise I'd say she's been very consistent (and consistently original) throughout her career.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 8, 2019 11:05:10 GMT -5
This morning I've had iTunes on shuffle--always an adventure that sometimes goes well. The most recent five were:
Build Havana - Future Clouds and Radar (one of my favorite songs of the century so far) Loner - Margo Price Summer in Savannah - Iron and Wine Slow Dance - Inara George The Repudiated Immortals - Of Montreal
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 11:18:52 GMT -5
My English teacher showed us a Kate Bush song named after Wuthering Heights, a book we had to read in her class. Im still not sure what to think about it, honestly. It's a good song but something about the falsetto she sings it in made me laugh the first time, and feel strangely uncomfortable on subsequent listens. Something about this video is vaguely unsettling to me. Haha, yes. Her high voice threw me as well at first. Happily she didn't sing everything in that range. It took me ages to get into Kate Bush--thirty years! I do prefer the somewhat later stuff although quality-wise I'd say she's been very consistent (and consistently original) throughout her career. This is my favorite song by hers Ive heard
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 13:45:31 GMT -5
This is my favorite song by hers Ive heard That's the opening track of Never for Ever, one of two Kate CDs I own (the other being Hounds of Love). I listened to all her studio albums on YouTube during the course of a year and have revisited a few of them several times since then. Interestingly, she doesn't sing stuff like "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" anymore because the "lie" of her voice has dropped over the years and she can't hit those high notes. Perhaps more ageing singers should think that way.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 17:35:47 GMT -5
I've since moved on to Director's Cut. You would do well to read the wiki page to understand how this album relates to The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. This track really spoke to me tonight so I played it twice in a row: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director%27s_Cut_(Kate_Bush_album)
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Post by sneakypete77 on Mar 12, 2019 10:47:12 GMT -5
I don't recall ever seeing these guys feature in one of these threads either here or at PSF. Led by the criminally-overlooked talents of Andy Partridge, an avowed Beach Boys fan, their career is captured wonderfully in the 2018 documentary "This is Pop", which to my knowledge has only been broadcast once in the UK. Their 1988 album "Oranges and Lemons" features this song, inspired by the Boys (Andy has admitted to listening intently to Smiley Smile on the way to recording sessions) which was recorded at Ocean Way Recording, formerly United Western. Andy has said that standing in the same studio as Brian Wilson was an overwhelming experience (even though XTC recorded at Studio One, while Brian I believe preferred Studio Three, but we'll let him off that one, he was close enough). He even inserted a small homage to Brian somewhere in this song. It's not that difficult to spot:
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Post by Will/P.P. on Mar 21, 2019 17:20:29 GMT -5
I don't recall ever seeing these guys feature in one of these threads either here or at PSF. Led by the criminally-overlooked talents of Andy Partridge, an avowed Beach Boys fan, their career is captured wonderfully in the 2018 documentary "This is Pop", which to my knowledge has only been broadcast once in the UK. Their 1988 album "Oranges and Lemons" features this song, inspired by the Boys (Andy has admitted to listening intently to Smiley Smile on the way to recording sessions) which was recorded at Ocean Way Recording, formerly United Western. Andy has said that standing in the same studio as Brian Wilson was an overwhelming experience (even though XTC recorded at Studio One, while Brian I believe preferred Studio Three, but we'll let him off that one, he was close enough). He even inserted a small homage to Brian somewhere in this song. It's not that difficult to spot:
Me and Bubbly Waves ran a xtc thread at Smiley. Unfortunately, now a garden left untended. I am a major xtc fan. Not many young folks know who they are, or just remember them for a couple of albums, that brief bright spot of Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons. Of course there is so much more. Andy and lately Colin continue to be active on the music scene.
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Post by sneakypete77 on Mar 22, 2019 5:27:42 GMT -5
Brian's influence on Andy is apparent in so many of XTC's songs. As we're in the midst of a Sunflower poll, here's one from their sublime Nonsuch album, because whenever I hear this song I always wonder if Andy used Our Sweet Love as his inspiration:
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Post by AGD on Mar 22, 2019 12:06:28 GMT -5
I don't recall ever seeing these guys feature in one of these threads either here or at PSF. Led by the criminally-overlooked talents of Andy Partridge, an avowed Beach Boys fan, their career is captured wonderfully in the 2018 documentary "This is Pop", which to my knowledge has only been broadcast once in the UK. Their 1988 album "Oranges and Lemons" features this song, inspired by the Boys (Andy has admitted to listening intently to Smiley Smile on the way to recording sessions) which was recorded at Ocean Way Recording, formerly United Western. Andy has said that standing in the same studio as Brian Wilson was an overwhelming experience (even though XTC recorded at Studio One, while Brian I believe preferred Studio Three, but we'll let him off that one, he was close enough). He even inserted a small homage to Brian somewhere in this song. It's not that difficult to spot:
Actually, not close at all - he was out by several hundred feet. Oceanway was originally the United part of United Western and Brian held very, very few sessions there, much preferring Western, across the parking lot at 6000 Sunset (United was at 6050) What was Western is now EastWest.
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