The Blue Nile: C or D?

Maybe it's a good thing, that Dot to Dot never did make a cover, of I Love This Life.

Simply the most amazing music ever made.
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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

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.

Some nice songs. What would you even call music of this ilk? It's pop, but like, dressed up nice.

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.

You won't get your money back, you know.

which two tracks are "white reggae"??????

I'd have to listen and think about it.

Maybe none?

I think he meant "Considering A Move To Memphis" and "I Am The Resurrection."

Maybe.

Oh, wait a minute, those aren't on Hats.

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'.

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?

Champion Doug Veitch to thread.

Butch Cassidy Sound System to thread

WTF is wrong with 80s soundtrack music???

cozens post is great

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

WTF is wrong with 80s soundtrack music???

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.

ban shushtari.

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.

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.

In defence of Tim F he only spent 3 minutes thinking about his post before suggesting you get banned.

"saturday night" is totally the AM radio staple that never was

> ["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)

hey, who wants to hear a EUROBANGER cover of "tinseltown in the rain"?!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1911867154cb309a/

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

Holy crap I had no idea this existed!

I've already listened to this three times. Damn.

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.

it just started raining while i was listening to "tinseltown in the rain". SPOOKY

OMG I AM LISTENING TO TINSELTOWN IN THE RAIN RIGHT NOW EVEN SPOOKIER

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.

lol i forgot i posted the eurodance cover of "tinseltown" here

I still think Ally C should do a cover of this song.

do i love youuuuu
yes i love youuuuuuu

...but it's easy come, easy go...

i love the blue nile

and i dont care who knows it

Is it a badge of dishonor or something? I love the first two albums but after that, meh...

everyone makes fun of me when i love the blue nile

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...

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.

I love the Blue Nile but I have trouble convincing certain of my friends that they don't sound like Sting. >:|

they do! kind of. and thats ok! because sting isnt as bad as all the humorless old dicks want him to be!!

'high' has good tracks on it - love "broken loves" and the title track