"the wires are down" also a fantastic b-side. love this band so so much
― impudent harlot, Thursday, 21 February 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
actually yeah, where was this band hiding when i was in high school?
― impudent harlot, Thursday, 21 February 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I really can't see The Blue Nile appealing to high school students in any decade!
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 21 February 2008 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
you don't think teenagers find songs about falling in love and wanting to leave home appealing? maybe musically you have a point but i bet some of my sad-sack emo-loving friends would've liked "let's go out tonight" at the least
― impudent harlot, Thursday, 21 February 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Please, please, please does anyone have a copy of 'St. Katherine's Day' they could share? It's impossible to find.
Original Blue Nile demo, inc. "St. Katherine's Day" is now up on slsk. *whistles*
― Bimble, Monday, 3 March 2008 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
no i was 16 when TINSELTOWN...floored me for the first time one night. perfect teenage album the debut is.
― pisces, Monday, 3 March 2008 12:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I fell in love with A Walk Across The Rooftops when I was fifteen. That was in 1998.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 March 2008 13:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I have just acquired the first two LPs, at last, and have been listening to them over and over and over again all week. I feel that I am finally in a position to understand almost everything on this thread.
Though right now at this very moment I am listening to early Prefab Sprout.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 11 September 2008 08:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe it's a good thing, that Dot to Dot never did make a cover, of I Love This Life.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 11 September 2008 08:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Simply the most amazing music ever made.― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― sex viagra cialis hard teen firm wet tight sexy rod unit teens hole suck (max), Sunday, 14 September 2008 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i had hats on my computer at one point but i deleted it because i never listened to it. kinda wish i had it again since everyone is raving about it
― Shushtari (res), Monday, 15 September 2008 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm listening to the samples of Hats on amazon, and i'm starting to remember why I deleted this... it sounds like bad late 80s soundtrack music! the first album sounds a lot better, based on these 30 second previews.
― Shushtari (res), Monday, 15 September 2008 03:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Some nice songs. What would you even call music of this ilk? It's pop, but like, dressed up nice.
― burt_mcgurt, formerly known as (burt_stanton), Monday, 15 September 2008 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
You won’t like them. A Walk Across The Rooftops contains slap bass, trite lyrics on the debris of relationships, pans from (yawn) Coppola’s One From the Heart into (yawn) Paris, Texas, sung by Springsteen impersonating Sinatra. Hats has two white reggae tracks, gated snares, repeated use of the word ‘baby’, yes, is ‘lush’, ‘cinematic’ and MOR. Annie Lennox and Rod Stewart have covered their songs. Phil Collins endorses them.
― the pinefox, Monday, 15 September 2008 08:56 (fifteen years ago) link
You won't get your money back, you know.
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 15 September 2008 09:01 (fifteen years ago) link
which two tracks are "white reggae"??????
― zappi, Monday, 15 September 2008 09:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd have to listen and think about it.
― the pinefox, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe none?
I think he meant "Considering A Move To Memphis" and "I Am The Resurrection."
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe.
― the pinefox, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, wait a minute, those aren't on Hats.
― the pinefox, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I have to think again, now, about what I meant, to say. I don't think I meant 'Over The Hillside', 'Downtown Lights' or 'Headlights oan the Parade'.
― the pinefox, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't really think white people shouldn't play reggae, any more than black people, shouldn't. If Jamaicans can do it, why not Scots?
― the pinefox, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Champion Doug Veitch to thread.
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 15 September 2008 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Butch Cassidy Sound System to thread
― zappi, Monday, 15 September 2008 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link
WTF is wrong with 80s soundtrack music???
― sex viagra cialis hard teen firm wet tight sexy rod unit teens hole suck (max), Monday, 15 September 2008 12:59 (fifteen years ago) link
cozens post is great
― sex viagra cialis hard teen firm wet tight sexy rod unit teens hole suck (max), Monday, 15 September 2008 13:01 (fifteen years ago) link
from rags to riches is the really key song I think--"I have hope and good intentions" is their facebook about me and "I am in love... I am in love with a feeling" is sort of everything they've ever sung in just a couple words
― sex viagra cialis hard teen firm wet tight sexy rod unit teens hole suck (max), Monday, 15 September 2008 13:09 (fifteen years ago) link
nothing; it's bad 80s soundtrack music that I don't care for. 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"). it just sounded like very generic and AOR music from that era. admittedly, i haven't given this much time, but off the cuff, I'm kind of surprised by how much people like this.
― Shushtari (res), Monday, 15 September 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
ban shushtari.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 September 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Srsly though, "very generic and AOR music" is such a boring criticism it's not even worth engaging with.
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, 15 September 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy crap I had no idea this existed!
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I've already listened to this three times. Damn.
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:42 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG I AM LISTENING TO TINSELTOWN IN THE RAIN RIGHT NOW EVEN SPOOKIER
― max, Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link
probably its over for you now tho
maybe there was a little overlap
― Tim F, Monday, September 15, 2008 2:07 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
Quite fucking true.
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 06:06 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
I still think Ally C should do a cover of this song.
― Stevie T, Thursday, 17 June 2010 07:07 (fourteen 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