Scott Walker "Bish Bosch"

yeah but not as much on his last three records though.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, October 6, 2012 5:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wrong

You could easily picture this in the current top ten

I hope he does another solo acoustic number for the closer like the last three.

yeah but not as much on his last three records though.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, October 6, 2012 5:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wrong

― We demand justice: who murdered Chanel? (Matt P), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:18 PM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

really? i guess i just don't hear much humor on the recent ones--maybe a bit of it on the drift. i'd be interested to hear where you find humor in these LPs.

There's not much humour in Tilt, is there? There's a fair bit in The Drift but it's one of the reasons i don't like the record very much - punching donkeys in Galway & donald duck voices & easily seeing this in the current top ten - it's just not my sense of humour.

I only ever found those funny when they were pointed out to me as funny. Before that I just found those bits terrifying.

I think the demonic duck on The Drift is supposed to be terrifying AND funny.

Whereas the Rick Dees one...

Lots of musical jokes. The tape rewinding... "Birds!" Pst pst pst pst! Pst pst pst!
And you could play Xiu xiu? or "The drift"? with "This is not a cornhusk doll / dipped in blood in the moonlight / like what happened in America" or the "pee-pee soaked trousers" bit

Not haw haw funny but macabre and witty and definitely not 100% serious

Cryptic is the word for this album. Like a hall full of doors that contain keys to other doors.

Is the tape rewinding supposed to refer to something specific? I find that bit rather out of place/unexpected. The whole thing is fairly post-modern in its humour which is kind of surprising considering the canvas it's painting on.

This time for real:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Accd9StNlYE

I don't want to hear it until it comes out officially, but I'm worried it'll have been discussed to death on here by then. Would a NO SPOILERS PLEASE rule be alright?

down already. that was quick.

http://youtu.be/PfrVuhD8maE

trailer's super well done. the songs sound awesome. so psyched for this.

Seems to 'rock out' a little more than The Drift, without sacrificing all the vast, nerve-wracking spaces. With all that studio footage, is it too much to hope there will be some sort of longer-form 'making-of' sort of thing eventually?

Whoa

xpost -- it definitely 'rocks out' more. The slabs of guitar feedback aren't there for nothing.

Can't wait for this.

"Bish bosch" almost sounds like a genre name.

I predict this will be the best album to ever feature a dude scraping machetes

Cue Richard E. Grant "he's sharpening the fucking knife..."

http://www.boerderijcampingdelinde.nl/Fotos/Biesbosch.jpg

"Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights. Sorry about that."

Aaaarghh, YouTube in Germany is such a pain in the ass.

"YouTube in Germany" is my favorite Associates song btw

his url's not perfect, but that can be altered

finally got around to listening to climate of hunter. 80s production aside, this album takes my breath away. so hauntingly beautiful and mysterious, and all such adjectives. wish he made at least one other album in this vein. def looking forward to the new one.

80s production aside

gtfo

Amazon Germany has 30 second clips from each track online... they seem to be almost randomly cut but there are a few lyrical gems in there ("If shit was music, you'd be a brass band...")

http://www.amazon.de/Bish-Bosch-Walker-Scott/dp/B009CXLS4S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1352039563&sr=1-1

"Corps De Blah" actually fits in nicely with that fake trailer

huge pic, so linky here: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/387575_10152260524970265_560626555_n.jpg

Desperately trying to avoid this thread before Christmas. I kind of regret watching that preview video upthread cos afaic it contains spoilers.

please don't hate me but after listening to those AMAZON samples my conclusion is that if it wasnt a Scott Walker album - no one would give a shit imo

Got a copy of this today, will report back after I have some time with it.

Desperately trying to avoid this thread before Christmas. I kind of regret watching that preview video upthread cos afaic it contains spoilers.

― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, November 5, 2012 12:53 PM (Yesterday)

This one? (which I *still* laugh to myself about often)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=49Fdd35hZWc

please don't hate me but after listening to those AMAZON samples my conclusion is that if it wasnt a Scott Walker album - no one would give a shit imo

― nostormo, Monday, November 5, 2012 2:45 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This implies that someone other than Scott Walker is capable of making this album, which I really doubt is the case.

two songs streaming on spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7JtIJipLCZT7HjOGbrvvjY

Just came here to post that. Epizootics! -- holy shit.

a big f u to the u k

please don't hate me but after listening to those AMAZON samples my conclusion is that if it wasnt a Scott Walker album - no one would give a shit imo

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md37rr3AzN1rw2gyh.gif

OK, listened to this album. First thing that came to mind was Robert Wyatt recording a heavy metal album. Lots of weird guitar riffage throughout, plus the usual nutty percussion (sharpening knives, etc.). Walker's voice seems a little ... higher? More histrionic? Def. a predictably intense listen, made more severe by all the repetition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ih7KzKLLWA

That was an exhausting and fast-moving 10 minutes. Whoosh.

AWESOME

Love it. Great video too. Though sitting in the dark and letting the music paint its nightmare-scape in yr brain is still the only way to listen to latter-day Scott IMO.

i think "epizootics" is my single of the year.

I am saving this for tonight right before I go to bed

This is great.

my conclusion is that if it wasnt a Scott Walker album - no one would give a shit imo

This is true inasmuch Walker is a huge name, and most people making this sort of music don't get the attention they deserve. Hell, the beginning (before the unmistakable voice kicks in, obviously) sounds kind of like Volcano the Bear. Nobody really gives a shit about them, but they're one of the best bands out there. So... yeah, maybe.

I can't imagine anyone would make this album other than Walker, so the premise is kind of built to break.