why do people advocate banning for every goddamn perceived transgression on this board? it's not a healthy discursive climate.
anyway, i already stated that i hadn't given it much time. that was my immediate impression. sorry if you didn't like it.
― Shushtari (res), Monday, 15 September 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
In defence of Tim F he only spent 3 minutes thinking about his post before suggesting you get banned.
― Billy Dods, Monday, 15 September 2008 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
"saturday night" is totally the AM radio staple that never was
― donna rouge, Monday, 15 September 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
> ["Downtown Lights"] instantly reminded me of something you'd hear on those soft rock stations that they play in dentist's offices
WTF? (head explodes)
― Former Golden Boy, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, who wants to hear a EUROBANGER cover of "tinseltown in the rain"?!
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1911867154cb309a/
― donna rouge, Saturday, 20 September 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I just put this up on Youtube because a) it wasn't there and b) it needed to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3vit0yatY8
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy crap I had no idea this existed!
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I've already listened to this three times. Damn.
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
It's really easy to just put this song on repeat and then realize an hour later you've been listening to it for an hour.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
it just started raining while i was listening to "tinseltown in the rain". SPOOKY
― a vaguely goofy lesbian (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:19 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG I AM LISTENING TO TINSELTOWN IN THE RAIN RIGHT NOW EVEN SPOOKIER
― max, Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
probably its over for you now tho
maybe there was a little overlap
Max OTM, "Rags To Riches" is a pretty amazing song. And production too! That and "Automobile Noise" are total next level, secret hidden kingdom score 1000 points god control material.
― Tim F, Monday, September 15, 2008 2:07 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
Quite fucking true.
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 06:06 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i forgot i posted the eurodance cover of "tinseltown" here
― a vaguely goofy lesbian (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 June 2010 06:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I still think Ally C should do a cover of this song.
― Stevie T, Thursday, 17 June 2010 07:07 (thirteen years ago) link
do i love youuuuuyes i love youuuuuuu
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
...but it's easy come, easy go...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 5 August 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the blue nile
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
and i dont care who knows it
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it a badge of dishonor or something? I love the first two albums but after that, meh...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
everyone makes fun of me when i love the blue nile
― CharlieS, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really listen to anything after the first two albums either, but I don't really care. Next time I have to take a long walk at night in the drizzling rain...
― heterosexist matrix of desire (Gukbe), Friday, 6 August 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
The second I heard it, it instantly reminded me of something you'd hear on those soft rock stations that they play in dentist's offices ("Downtown Lights").― Shushtari (res), Monday, September 15, 2008 7:02 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark
In defense of Shushtari, I first heard "Downtown Lights" while working at a grocery store. I actually had to stop working and just walk around the store listening to it. I was floored. Muzak has some benefits.
― musicfanatic, Friday, 6 August 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I love the Blue Nile but I have trouble convincing certain of my friends that they don't sound like Sting. >:|
― Janet Privacy Control (corey), Friday, 6 August 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
they do! kind of. and thats ok! because sting isnt as bad as all the humorless old dicks want him to be!!
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
'high' has good tracks on it - love "broken loves" and the title track
― Donna and the pitfall of being pulchritudinous (donna rouge), Friday, 6 August 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant believe i never posted about the time i was having a bad shrooms trip--well not a bad trip yet btu kind of borderline--and i went back to my house alone and turned off all the lights and listened to walk across the rooftops and had, you know, a ~~moment~~ in the cosmic sense, and totally turned myself around
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
probably the most comforting album i can think of for some reason
ha, when i revived this thread i was listening to it at 8pm, still in bed nursing a horrific hangover from drinking the days before it, totally comforting.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arOG2_QG4ls
Wow!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 April 2011 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Let's Go Out Tonight is unbelievable
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 April 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks for that film. two things i like about them. they do their thing and they're scottish. i am still not crazy about the music but i don't hate it like i used to.
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 16 April 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Exactly, they do their thing--and they seem likeable in that film.
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 April 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i've got builders in replacing my bedroom window.they've got a radio on in there, Heart FM or Radio 2 or something.anyway its quiet enough that i can easily ignore whatever is playing.then some small part of my brain started alerting me ... the chords changes .. so familiar yet wrong ... wtf IS that???ugh....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaT1qKm-Jj8
― zappi, Thursday, 26 May 2011 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
That's not as bad as I had feared!
― Stevie T, Thursday, 26 May 2011 11:10 (thirteen years ago) link
royalties for the boys, and more people driven to the sublime original--net gain
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 26 May 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
This gives me chills only because the original plays in my head while listening to it. But, agreed, this is actually a nice cover.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 26 May 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Simply the most amazing music ever made.― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 PM (8 years ago)
― cutty, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/storage/album-covers/Paul%20Buchanan%20Mid%20Air%20Cover.jpg
So how's this Paul Buchanan album?
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's wonderful - the best thing he's done since Hats. My tl:dr thoughts here: http://paulbuchanan.com/reviews/
Incidentally came across this the other week - pre-Blue Nile sounding v Steely Dan:http://vimeo.com/24108742
― Stevie T, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
Was listening to a couple of tracks on youtube right before you posted that first link and damn, you have nailed the mood of it exactly.
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Waits is a very apt mention btw, obviously the quality of the voices is v different, but he was the first name that came to mind listening to it just now. That whole hushed feel, music to contemplate the sad dust on your shelves to.
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
What was up with Blue Nile announcing tour dates a few years back and then abruptly canceling?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Looking forward to hearing this. Can't believe its already been so long since High. I should listen to that album again, I loved it at the time but haven't played it in years. Peace at Last is such a frustrating album Happiness is a good opener but I don't really remember anything until the last three tracks which are all so good.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 21 May 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
"My True Country" just popped up on WFMU. My ears pricked up in the first 2 seconds. Just beautiful.
― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently his album is number 3 in the midweek chart, quite surprising.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's wonderful - the best thing he's done since Hats
! This is the first I've heard of a new record!
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently his album is number 3 in the midweek chart, quite surprising.― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:50 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh man, if it caught on, a little late career crossover success for paul buchanan would make me really happy (as long as the quality stays at his absurdly high level)
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HGSFQo63r0
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 07:59 (twelve years ago) link