that collection of little odds and ends from the early years--20, i think it was called--is really great too.
but yeah i fucking love this band. barafundle was my favorite back in the day, then how i long to feel that summer, but they're all great.
np: hush the warmth
― Jacques_Lamure, Thursday, 2 September 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
everything said above is true so it is a puzzle that most of euros childs solo material has been missable. the one richard james record i heard(is there more than one?) was also a bit dull. they need to collect john lawrence and megan and get back together, please. ah i just googled him and john lawrence has released an album this year. has anyone heard it? comparisons to csny-groan.
― keythhtyek, Friday, 3 September 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
holy fuck what a band
today is my GZM watershed
― acoleuthic, Monday, 6 September 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6v8SHvL7Zs
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 6 September 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
next week: LJ discovers Ned's Atomic Dustbin
― acoleuthic, Monday, 6 September 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously though, How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart is perfect for me today. Bwyd Time and Gorky 5 are also great.
...theGameOFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
OTM
― emil.y, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
I used to think it was "The Game Of Eyes takes place between two people and you have to follow each other around the board".
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
The Game Of Eyes takes place between TWO PEOPLE on a BURNING MARBLE BOARD! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! AHHAHAHAHAHA! GEOOOOOORGE!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
Bwyd Time rules, probably my favourite of all their albums.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
"...you're listening to..."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
BWYYYYD TIIIIIME!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
i love the reprise later on in the album when it sounds like someone firing lots of GEORGE out of a cannon or something...
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
The bit at the end of 'The Man With Salt Hair'?
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
This thread is making me want to listen to this album right now. The Telescope & Bonfire/Man With Salt Hair/Game of Eyes run is one of my favourite parts of an album ever.
I really miss this band.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
We don't appear to have talked about the Serpents or the Infinity Chimps on here much...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
the social worker tries, she triesto work out the game of eyes
Good to see some love for this album. It's my favourite of theirs but I don't see it talked about often - not that I see Gorky's talked about enough at all.
― slippery kelp on the tide (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
Blooooooood Chant....
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
All those early Ankst single/album covers were ridiculously great. Talk about making a distinct look for a band.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
xxxpost:
I dunno, part of me thinks that Gorky's had ran their course by the time they split. Euros used to be prolific and consistently good, now with his solo career he just seems to be prolific... there's the odd good moment here and there though, I think. Richard and John Lawrence were much less prolific songwriters in Gorky's, but they always managed to come up with some sterling stuff... and I can't help but think they lost a little something when John left the band after Gorky 5. They left behind a great deal of good music, though! Even now I'm taken aback by how good some of their B-sides like 'Lucy's Hamper' are.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:21 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Totally agree... especially the sleeve for 'If Fingers Were Xylophones'!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
http://images.45cat.com/gorky-s-zygotic-mynci-if-fingers-were-xylophones-ankst-1.jpg
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
These all look like they should be the cover of a fantasy series. You know, Susan Cooper or something:
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-379127-1131174104.jpeg
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-565473-1132181513.jpeg
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-565474-1132180566.jpeg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2669374-1295807054.jpeg
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1673794-1295821691.jpeg
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-576150-1295874982.jpeg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I remember buying those EP'S/singles, it was so exciting to bring them back home every time. Great artwork and some incredible B-sides. The 20 compilation they put out a few years later is one of the best albums I own, almost every song is a winner.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
The fact that at the age of 29, I am actually older than Euros was when the Gorky's put out their final album Sleep/Holiday, just blows my mind!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
* deletes loads of new music off iphone *
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
* loads up all the gorkys for train journey tomorrow *
actually i did listen to Barafundle not long ago and didn't find it half as god as i used to.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
think that one hasn't aged so well. how i long... is what they call 'timeless' tho
― imago, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Half as god is still pretty divine, ho ho. *is killed*
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
I still like Barafundle a hell of a lot... it's kinda like a halfway house between their Ankst work and the less "mushroomy" stuff they did afterwards. So on one hand you've got the beauty of 'Sometimes The Father Is The Son', and then on the other you've got the delightfully batshit 'Meirion Wyllt'.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
The 20 compilation they put out a few years later is one of the best albums I own, almost every song is a winner.
I should get that even though the only songs I'm actually missing are the two from the "Gewn Ni Gorffen?" single.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
My god, I'd forgotten how much of a gem 'Methu Aros Tan Haf' was!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5L68LxfuaU
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
In looking back over this thread I'm reminded of how many random lyric/spoken word bits they had that stick in the brain. They were extremely good for that.
"There's no need to worry!""Why's that, Johnny?"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
― Ned Raggett
I think you're only missing the one song which is called 12 Impressionistic Soundscapes, it's hardly essential. I only bought it for that song and just to have all the EP's on one CD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_oSKYiM8ZM
I thought about getting rid of all the singles as I really don't need them but I want to keep them just for the artwork.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
That bit before one of the 'O, Caroline' songs on Tatay where it's all like "For fucks sake, John" is a great moment too!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1dgWxAE--w
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CAPTAIN SINGYOU KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW YOU SHOULD TAKE OFF THAT RING MARY-ANN!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
As for their albums, Tatay is still my favourite all the way through. Barafundle and Bwyd Time would be close behind. I've gotten rid of a lot of albums over the last few years, Sleep/Holiday is the only Gorkys I've managed to part with. Walking For Winter and Pretty as a Bee are the only keepers on there.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
Tatay is just too much fun, it captures their crazier side with some moments of real beauty so perfectly. Yffordd Oren and Kevin Ayers are two my favourite Gorkys moments.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
'Happiness' isn't too bad either, but yeah, totally with you on Sleep/Holiday. Tatay has some wonderful stuff on it... the whole of the 'Anna Apera' suite! ('Gegin Nos' in particular being a favourite).
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:37 (ten years ago) link
Oh god, 'Y Ffordd Oren' is absolutely perfect, one of their best ever songs!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:38 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah Happiness isn't too bad. I think Mow The Lawn was their first and maybe only weak single.
Y Ffordd Oren would join If Fingers Were Xylophones and Game of Eyes in my three favourite Gorky's moments.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:41 (ten years ago) link
Contemplating DJing 'Game of Eyes' at Indietracks now, not sure if it'll work - as good as they are the songs aren't necessarily dance-floor fillers.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
I'm obsessed with Cristina despite the awful "magazine-a" rhyme
― Simon H., Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:49 (ten years ago) link
^^^their best song
― imago, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link