Ride

i totally like "if i were with her now", when he indulged his uh, 'perfect prescription' of beach boys/krautrock synergy moments

but then i lost interest after seeing him live around the time of "ladies and gentlemen" which was for me anyhow a total yawner

but now with his new record he is back into some jonathan richman vibe? or something? break it down for me you heads

I need to listen to the new one again

so, anyone admitting to listening to the heavy stereo album recently ?

or, the diggers ?

some folks say good stuff re that january album, but i've yet to make it all the way through it before boredom kicks in.

xps That's supposed to be a challop?!

man. ok

when i was nineteen i would listen to my college's radio station idly in the background

i almost wish i were joking but hearing "polar bear" and "kennedy" by the wedding presesents was some kind of life revolution to me. prior to that i had been so immersed in the punk world i scarcely realized there was a world of indie music apart from screaming and breakneck tempos. it was a revelation. like i patiently waited for the dj to announce what he had been playing and then scrawled it down and took it with me the next time i went to the local record store

I loved Ride more than life itself at some points in the early 80s but jesus christ their transformation into a classic rock band was one of the more disappointing career trajectories they could have taken. And I say that as someone who actually likes about half of Carnival Of Wife.

But I should really know better than to talk shoegaze on ILX.

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dunno, just thought ppl rated the early ep's over "leave them all behind". i remember it being received as a disappointment by my friends at the time

The best thing that Ride ever did was the Today Forever EP. I mean, the first couple of EPs were nice and I loved Nowhere, but Today Forever was the one that changed everything for me.

see i somehow don't even know that record or at least don't remember it. if you are american you miss out on so many things

You probably got it tacked on the end of Nowhere instead, though.

ah... that makes sense

y'know if you grew up in america you were sold "the smithereens" as being a viable "college rock" band so, just saying...

the fact i can use the word "ride" in conversations not involving a tilt-a-whirl is maybe impressive in itself

I loved Ride more than life itself at some points in the early 80s

Truly before your time (and theirs).

xps That's supposed to be a challop?!

how dare you see thru my cunning plan ...

when i was nineteen i would listen to my college's radio station idly in the background ...patiently waited for the dj to announce what he had been playing and then scrawled it down and took it with me the next time i went to the local record store

pre-internet, and outside of friends lending me stuff, this often was mostly how i found out about new stuff. in the early 90s it was usually WPRB in Princeton, and sometimes Drexel or Temple or U Penn would play indie/punk. I would even let a 100 min tape roll on a show that sounded good when heading to bed and then would skim through it the next day in the car to find new stuff.

The best thing that Ride ever did was the Today Forever EP. I mean, the first couple of EPs were nice and I loved Nowhere, but Today Forever was the one that changed everything for me.

― They have fangs, They have teeth! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, May 18, 2012 2:20 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

see i somehow don't even know that record or at least don't remember it. if you are american you miss out on so many things

― dell (del), Friday, May 18, 2012 4:34 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You probably got it tacked on the end of Nowhere instead, though.

― Ismael Klata, Friday, May 18, 2012 4:40 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

Three of the tracks got tacked on a CD EP for Vapour Trail. I never realized they were a part of something else until Sire put "Today" on one of those Just Say ____ comps.

yeah, totally! if a dj was playing a bunch of songs that appealed to me i would hurriedly search around for a blank tape and also would be scribbling down the names of the artists. i'm guessing that kind of thing has been talked about here before but it was so real and fun to discover new artists in that way.

...except when there was no back-announce, or you had to leave your car before you could hear it.

I prefer pulling up a station playlist on my phone now.

Less mystery, more clarity.

And don't overlook Ride's BBC sessions!

Truly before your time (and theirs).

― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short),

Actually my personal musical memory and state of being obsessed with music started in about 1981, though thanks for the compliment of thinking I'm younger than I am...

But anyway, it was a typo. Stupid iPhone typing on the bus. Early 90s obviously.

Also, I was living in the States when the Today Forever EP came out! If I could find it, other people could find it!

(That said, I was kinda working at or involved with two college radio stations around the late 80s/early 90s)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Album-Ride/dp/B00DDVPXW8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1378297865&sr=1-1&keywords=original+album+series

Mark and Andy from last night. All of a sudden I feel very, VERY old.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/p526x296/10532369_801204939899115_5382768225245488502_n.jpg

Where was that, The Social? I thought about going to that Lord Tarquin thing, but wasn't sure I could handle a geriatric scene celebrating itself. :-/

the scene that wets itself

Was just about to post this elsewhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6fEJ7q_MsE&feature=youtu.be

(Mark on new Telepopmusik track)

Now that the Year Of Slowdive is nearing completion, here comes the year of Ride.

It appears UK shoegaze outfit Ride is on the brink of a reunion. This morning, the band’s one-time label, Creation Records, posted a photograph of a Ride poster along with caption, “Ride Reunion 2015 photo from Primavera this morning,” and a #RideReunion hashtag. While the image has since been re-uploaded with one sans the caption and hashtag, the cat is already out of the bag: Ride appear set to reunite for the first time in over a decade for an appearance at this year’s Primavera Sound Music Festival in Barcelona, Spain.

over a decade?? that's selling it a bit short. they haven't played live together in almost 2! great news though either way.

acquaintance of mine saw Mark Gardner at some tiny solo thing a month or so ago and she said something like this was in the works.

Never understood why the Sonic Youth thing was worthy of being the sole occasion they previously reformed

Reunion officially on:

http://m.pitchfork.com/news/57511-ride-reunite-announce-world-tour/

what's Mark gonna do without the fringe?

just kidding. this will be cool

OH MY GOODDDDDD they better announce more dates

this is amazing news! have seen Ride around nine times.

Swervedriver are touring soon, too, I think.

live on BBC6 RIGHT NOW

http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2015/ride/
"RIDE are the band who slammed the door firmly shut on the (by then) flailing 80s pop movement and paved the way for bands like Primal Scream and Oasis to shine in the Britpop era."

Eh?

Someone is claiming tickets start at £27.50 for London on another forum. Anyone know what they are to be for the rest of the tour? Already got a Primavera ticket but thinking about Glasgow too.... hmmm

25 quid in Manc

That Roundhouse blurb is all sorts of wrong:

They helped Alan McGee’s label achieve its first UK chart breakthrough

I thought Primal Scream already had a top 20 hit with Loaded before Ride really got going?

http://i.imgur.com/nJME4H1.jpg

$35 for New York, not awful but wish it was cheaper. Oh well.

I also wish it wasn't at T5 but whatever

haha assumed nakhchivan photoshopped that hat in but no

a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis (now with added fedora)

theres something about the 20 degree head tilt and the glum middle distance stare thats just asking for a roguish at director to gently lower a fedora onto it

*art director*

i was confused cos i thought dave gilmour had replaced mark gardener

but no, it's his whole thing now.

http://pearlsnapdiscount.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/upsidedownalandannyandmark.jpg

I thought Primal Scream already had a top 20 hit with Loaded before Ride really got going?

i think it might have been p close - ride's second ep went top 40 in either april or may '90, not sure when loaded charted specifically but it came out in feb iirc

I think the Play EP scraped into the top 40 for a week, but I'd say Loaded was earlier and got much more airplay.

Yeah, Everyhit confirms it. Primal Scream went top 20 in March 1990, Ride went top 40 (very briefly) in April 1990.

lol Hurricane #1 are back with a new line up as well.

Has anyone worked out the lineup order for the various US dates?

Isn't it a double header with the Charlatans?

Yup so early rejecter is asking who headlines what night.

Ah. No idea.

"headliner to change each night" - 50/50 then

(I read that here, btw - https://spillmagazine.com/spill-news-the-charlatans-uk-ride-unite-for-north-american-co-headline-tour/ )

https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2024/01/Ride-Interplay-Packshot-1704569025-1000x1000.jpg

Interplay

1. “Peace Sign”
2. “Last Frontier”
3. “Light In A Quiet Room”
4. “Monaco”
5. “I Came To See The Wreck”
6. “Stay Free”
7. “Last Night I Came”
8. “Sunrise Chaser”
9. “Midnight Rider”
10. “Portland Rocks”
11. “Essaouira”
12. “Yesterday Is Just A Song”

Out March 29, 2024 on Wichita Recordings/PIAS

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

saw them last week playing all of Nowhere and a few new songs, all of it sounded GREAT. i don't think I've ever heard such a great sound out of a Rickenbacker! I think the tour is basically just starting, if you're thinking of going- go fer it!

I saw them last night here in Austin... they indeed sound fantastic. Mark Gardener needs to learn some dance moves from Tim Burgess though, liven things up a little.

saw them in l.a. and co-sign all of the above

I've seen them a ridiculous number of times now, it's almost a compulsive thing

Smoked weed with them out of an apple once, A+ would do again

I have seen Ride countless times too. Last time was in 2019, saw the Charlatans around that time too. Couldn't make it this last week tho

Funny, no one is saying anything about this new song. It does sound 80s influence but not sure that is what I want from Ride.

Take that back, majorairbro did say something...

they played Peace Sign last night, it was fine... I'm not a nu-Ride hater, Lannoy Point kicked off the encore and sounded great!

I saw them in SF. The new song sounded pretty lame, and 1 or 2 of the oldies/goodies had audio mixing that didn't quite come together. Overall it was a great show though.