Yeah, always more a flag of convenience at best.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 May 2012 21:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
I have no problem at all with Mark's or Loz's songs on Carnival of Wife.
― They have fangs, They have teeth! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
I don't suppose anyone's got a rip of 'Rolling Thunder #2', which is a pretty solo guitar version that was on the b-side of Birdman? I'd like to hear it again, but it's ungooglable (a massive drawback of one-word bands btw, lord alone knows how anybody goes about finding stuff by Can)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
try this
http://www.sendspace.com/file/giq0n4
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Fabulous! I never expected to hear that again.
(it kind of makes me want to run an iPhoto slideshow now)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
moose would win the after gazing poll no? surely they are the only ones that became better after they stopped gazing. well i suppose you could say that the boo radleys stopped gazing after 'everything's alright' and they released their best records after that. maybe between those two which makes sense since they recorded their best records across the hall from each other.
― keythhtyek, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
i would say mojave 3 if they count. i would take their debut over any boo radleys or moose (or ride, or probably valentines frankly)
― ban halen (electricsound), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
(don't mention The Valentines)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
There was a very swift decline with Mojave 3. The first album was so great and the second so dull that I got off the bus immediately. Did I miss anything?
Glad someone mentioned Moose, as they were the band the term "shoegazing" was coined for, and made lovely records right up to their demise. Saw them live (with Submarine supporting, did they count?) and though it was a short set (B songs) they were marvellous, conjuring up all the magic and swirl of their records.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
not really. i like a lot of the 2nd album but the first is all-time for me.
― ban halen (electricsound), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
I bought "Ask me tomorrow" at the same time as "Pygmalion" and couldn't believe the difference between them, but with the same spooked atmosphere on both. "Love songs on the radio" ended up opening my first lithotripsy cd (theres a thread about it on here from 2003) and hey I've got more litho next week.... And this time I've got The Telescopes' "Flying" leading the way (well I will be pumped full of morphine and flying myself).
Nobody's mentioned the Telescopes have they? Shame.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 06:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
I tend to think of the Telescopes as being to weird and arty (not to mention early) to get lumped in w shoegaze. I tend to file them next to Loop & Spacemen 3 in the "not really gaze" category.)
― They have fangs, They have teeth! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 06:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
The media seemed to take against the Telescopes from the start, claiming they were bandwagon jumping on the MBV / Loop style, then signing to Creation and going baggy didn't help. There was progression in their singles but they were too early or too late and fell between too many stools.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 07:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
Oh I like them, I just don't think they're shoegaze.
They fall through too many cracks. ;_;
― Narco Martenot (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
A true shoegazer can always avoid the cracks.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
LTAB isn't a great (or even a good) song in terms of songwriting in a "great even when you play it with an acoustic guitar" way.there's not much happening melodically and it's pretty repetitive.but the arrangements, dynamics and production are fantastic.the intro is one of the most exciting thing ever !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I love the intro-intro (who keybds) and the second intro (guitars kicking in) but then it just loses the momentum I find
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 18:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
Really enjoyed listening to this again today as the sun returned. Twisterella, Mouse Trap, Cool Your Boots all sounding great but its all about OX4 really. Beautiful.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
I've always loved it, but I feel like it's only really now I'm listening to it on headphones that it's really kicking in for me - the last couple of minutes are extraordinary.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm talking about Leave Them All Behind there.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
Alan Moulder did a good job, it would've been easy for that to just sound like loud static. I didn't know he was married to Toni Halliday!
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
Making Judy Smile is the only real clunker
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
I wasn't too impressed with Not Fazed tonight after hearing it again for the first time in a few years.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 20:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
sad no one voted for Not Fazed - my #2 pick and an underrated track, from the looks of things
― Carnage of PJ Soles (Pillbox), Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
Happy birthday admrl!
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 May 2012 06:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Happy birthday admrl but I'm still disappointed in these results TBH.
― Dixie Narco Martenot (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Thursday, 31 May 2012 06:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
making judy smile is a great pop song, don't understand the dislike as much as i don't understand the love for ltab.
― keythhtyek, Saturday, 2 June 2012 18:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
Zeroes seldomly signify dislike. It's usually "perpetual third favourite".
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
Come on, it's terrible!
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
^ otm
― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 2 June 2012 20:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
Still hoping that one day we get a proper ranking poll system as opposed to a pass/fail one.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 2 June 2012 20:58 (11 months ago) Permalink