kew. rhone. the book
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/slapp-happy-faust-two-day-residency/
― Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link
wait, which faust?
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 12:29 (seven years ago) link
Cool news, would go if I lived close
― calstars, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
Ha, "which Faust" was my first question when I saw this but it doesn't really matter. I am definitely going.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:45 (seven years ago) link
That has to be the highest ticket price I've ever seen at Cafe Oto.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:58 (seven years ago) link
It's probably the Peron/Diermaier version, they seem more active than the Irmler version and have played with various RIO types in recent years.
― heaven parker (anagram), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
At 22:12 in this mix is a sick Japanese pop version of "The Drum": https://soundcloud.com/prtls/artist-mix-kero-kero-bonito
I almost fell out of my chair when I realized what it was!
I've run a cursory search to find the artist, etc., but no dice... Any help??
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
Whoops, guess I should clicked the link beneath the mix. Apparently it is "Love and Hates ft. The Pegasuss". Here's the album!: https://whitelilyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/l-a-h
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
I'm sort of convinced that "The Drum" is secretly the best song ever written, as all three versions of it (that I've heard) are amazingly great.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
(Make that 4 versions -- forgot about "Casablanca Moon")
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
The Drum was my introduction. Adult Crash in NYC, I asked about it because of the Faust connection. They put on The Drum and I bought it. Never looked back.
Here's another great cover:
https://nonightsweats.bandcamp.com/track/whos-gonna-help-me-now
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 04:10 (six years ago) link
There’s something almost mystical to me about “The Drum”; like it’s the last song played around a campfire at the end of the world. I can’t really explain it...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
"wardrobes flap in tatters/you and i grow old"― mark s (mark s), Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:26 PM (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the re-recorded casablanca moon is literally the first LP i ever bought
i owned acnalbasac noom also for a while a lot later but never liked it as much (perhaps just thru over-familiarity)
― mark s, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
I didn't like it as much either fwiw.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
Also, what a bizarre career Anthony Moore has had.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:44 (six years ago) link
Really like that Love and Hates version, thanks morrisp!
― emil.y, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link
Sure! Yeah, I'm like obsessed with it... that beat!
The Bandcamp page seems to be dormant (for other than streaming), but I found the track/album can be purchased on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H2VHA2/
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
I have a theory that Charlie and Charlie is the plot of me, myself and Irene. Lots of similar references
World as it is today has the best screaming ever
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
Acnalbasac preference may also come down to which one you heard first
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
I think it must, because I cannot imagine anyone preferring the overbaked orchestral version
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
lyrics changes are a big dud there as well, not as good
What lyric changes?
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
major changes to Me & Paravati, at the least, pretty sure there are others but I'm not gonna listen to the vastly inferior version to find out
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
There's also some Zappa esque added backing vocals on one song that cheapens the material. With sleeve here
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
But in most other regards it's miles better.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
Also the lyrics to "Me and Parvati" are better on "Casablanca Moon"!
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
fuck em up buff jeckley
― mark s, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
xp OK now I'm convinced that these two albums exemplify the "liked the one you heard first" effect because Tom D is objectively wrong here ;)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
Definitely seems dependent on which version of the album you heard first, for instance, I can't imagine why anyone would prefer the out of tune version of "The Drum" on AM to the one on CM.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
Though "Dawn" and "Half Way There" are better on AM and "Charlie and Charlie" is better than "Haiku".
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
Definitely with you that drum is better on CM. Generally I prefer AM but some arrangements on CM do work better for me
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
I think I generally prefer Krause's vocal performances on "CM", and the arrangements in most (tho not all) cases.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:47 (six years ago) link
I will also add that the chorus of "A Little Something" has intermittently popped in and out of my head for decades. (I prefer the "AN" take of that one, btw.)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
(...although the outro of the "CM" version is very, very nice. Just listened to it.)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
AM ALL THE WAY
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
I like the idea of ANvsCM preference being used as some sort of baroque but highly consequential litmus test -- like the final, decisive question on a job interview.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
"which version do you see yourself listening to in five years time?"
― mark s, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
Poll?
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
Have you noticed that The Impossibles version of The Drum is a cover of Bongwater's cover (they also sing "bong water.') It's amazing fact Tuesday.
― If I Could Only Rename My Member (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 09:34 (six years ago) link
Wow, another version of the song I had never heard (and another great one!). Was this a “hit” in the UK? I don’t know the band...
I feel like the Love And Hates cover may have been most directly inspired by this version (the “One-two-three-four” count at the beginning...).
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
I don't think anything by bongwater could be called a hit, but they certainly have a cult following?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
The Impossibles not Bongwater!
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
I remember it getting some media coverage but it wasn't a hit.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
Kisses sweeter than wine was a minor hit
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
Yeah sorry I was taking about The Impossibles. Were they a UK band? Not finding much on them...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
Yes.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
Kevin Shields was involved in their first single (which featured a Dinosaur Jr.) cover. They probably would have had some indie chart hits execpt they were on a major.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
Hmm... they're not on Spotify, Wikipedia doesn't know them...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
I think they only put out a few singles. Sort of a made up band, but aren't they all?
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link