― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:29 (twenty years ago) link
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― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:30 (twenty years ago) link
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― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:33 (twenty years ago) link
rockist i think simon wosname (topping?) studied latin percussion in ney york. i have a 12 on factory by him which is well smoochy on the timbales (but still crap)
― mullygrubber (gaz), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:33 (twenty years ago) link
(and yes i know what it means.)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:35 (twenty years ago) link
(My psychoticism quotient is high tonight.)
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:40 (twenty years ago) link
"So, not like Joy Division at all, then."
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:46 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:48 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:50 (twenty years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:54 (twenty years ago) link
Oh jesus wept. In WHAT WAY is it 'JD-parody-ish'? WHAT WAY? WHICH 'Earlier Stuff'. Alright I'll concede that the voice is low-register kinda tuneless and not exactly a million miles from Curtis (of course ST stood in for IC a couple of times) but musically, apart from the original All Night Party/Thin Boys it's nothing like. DoJo's drumming makes sure of that.
BTW - All Night Party on the 'Ballroom' side of G&B has the best intro ever. Droning guitar noise, huge pop as a jack is plugged in, a mumbled word from Topping and a fucking great explosion as DoJo's drums come in insanely fast and syncopated. 'My Life Is Just/An Angry Blur'. Indeed.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 08:20 (twenty years ago) link
I could wibble on for hours, but I'll just say "Go buy" and leave it at that. Sextet to follow soon, I hope.
― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:46 (twenty years ago) link
Go on, Jeff. WIBBLE!
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:43 (twenty years ago) link
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― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
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― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
A.C.R.
M.C.R.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 13:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 13:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago) link
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― Rob M (Rob M), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 15:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Their best stuff is far, far better than anything Section 25 did.
― Bimble..., Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link
oh, come on. acr could be a mighty band, but nothing they did touches "hilltop". (and nothing in the entire universe touches the hilltop megamix. an album in a song! genius.)
that said: i did go through a small period of genuinely believing "i won't stop loving you" to be the greatest song in the whole world, so ask me again in a year's time.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble..., Thursday, 23 December 2004 08:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― bulbs (bulbs), Thursday, 23 December 2004 08:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble..., Thursday, 23 December 2004 08:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, wait.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 23 December 2004 09:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Bimble - is the 'horns' thing you refer to Tony Quigley's soprano sax work? If so, yes it's great and unique. The solo in And Then She Smiled is wonderful.
It's interesting that SXXV were mentioned - I think both bands are cut from the same cloth - experimentalists wh0 never stayed still. In fact that's really the Factory ethos. I think of ACR and SXXV in the same way as I think of Can. In fact Can must have been really important influences on both bands. (look out for the cheeky steal of the Aspectacle bass line in Knife Slits Water! There's also a ley line direct from Monster Movies to Aways Now)
Bimble - what is it about Sextet that makes it hard to deal with for you? I agree about MCR - it's kinda dull.
I agree with grimly's comments re : Hilltop and it's megamix. Staggering!
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 23 December 2004 12:24 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
"Do The Du" sounds kind of like "Immigrant Song." (Way worse singer, though.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 28 March 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
This is great. More of a new tune than a remix. Wish ACR would go into the studio more often.
https://soundcloud.com/barryadamsonselections/i-got-clothes-acrmcr-rework
― Jeff W, Saturday, 23 September 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Oh look they just did.
new:acr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=220&v=wrwjo2v-F3s
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwjo2v-F3s
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
also featuring Tony Wilson at the start!
acr:set incidentally is a career-spanning comp that will be released on October 12th
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
acr:box to be released next month, including:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc_7s3G_IIcFairly faithful to the original, sounds great though I wish Grace Jones would have finished her vocal take..
― willem, Thursday, 4 April 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
Two versions as well, I wonder what the difference is?
― MaresNest, Thursday, 4 April 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIRGhm8KKbk
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 17 October 2021 23:51 (three years ago) link
This is surprisingly great, not familiar with their 21st century work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vIQafS1RQE
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link