With the idea of this album being a "recordette", I wonder if or how he would go about a 6-7 track album like the old days, or would that be a "Blue Nile" approach, strictly speaking.
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 3 July 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link
btw does anyone know what he's up to these days? not touring or planning on releasing new music as far as i can tell?
― k3vin k
He's almost finished a new album. I think it's due early next year.
― kitchen person, Monday, 3 July 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Voted for Cars In The Garden as well. The way he sings the title is so heartbreaking, even by his standards. I really loved the cover of it on the last Hannah Peel album.
― kitchen person, Monday, 3 July 2017 02:40 (seven years ago) link
ok had no idea "cars in the garden" was such a consensus fave, have to listen closely again
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 04:23 (seven years ago) link
getting into buchanan's slow, sad songs over the past month has made me realize that "easter parade" is one of my favorite songs of his, too
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
Yeah same, one of his best
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 3 July 2017 14:49 (seven years ago) link
― kitchen person, Sunday, July 2, 2017 10:36 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
btw do you have a link for this?
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
recentish buchanan interviews i found btw for anyone interested:
http://www.popmatters.com/feature/166769-at-the-source-of-the-blue-nile-an-interview-with-paul-buchanan/http://thequietus.com/articles/09375-paul-buchanan-blue-nile-interviewhttp://www.secretdecoder.net/features/2014/06/16/colors-and-aspects-an-interview-with-paul-buchanan/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/7175705/The-Paul-Buchanan-Interview
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
ok..."cars in the garden". i'm currently in liquid form
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
the quietus interview is great. the love he has for his estranged bandmate is striking -- he talks of him like a lover
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
That Quietus interview is fantastic - and kind of shattering. I guess it's part of the covenant and he says, more than once, that it is what it is - as in something he's been dealt - but would any of us willingly sign up for that level of discontent and dislocation, whatever the aesthetic outcome?
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 3 July 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
i'm about 1/3 through it and wondering if i should stop, get to know the album even better, and then finish it
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/paul-buchanan-of-the-blue-nile
just link dumping for my future use sorry guys. started this and the version of "easter parade" that leads it off is predictably amazing
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 July 2017 22:04 (seven years ago) link
Maybe now that it's warm out I'll give this another go. In the winter, this record immediately makes me think of pets I have lost. Not a criticism, it's just so disarmingly sad.
― henry s, Monday, 3 July 2017 23:18 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, I really can't remember where I read this now. From what I can remember reading, I think he started in 2013 and then last year somewhere I read that the album was 80% done. I did see someone speculate that the band were back together on their Facebook page earlier this year and somebody else confirmed his second solo album was almost finished. I'm struggling to find links but I'll keep looking and post what I do find.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
jeez guys this album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 09:04 (seven years ago) link
Quietus interview just blows me away.
Kevin use this thread all you want for link dumping, I'm certainly not complaining.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
There were reasonsBut forget themNothing stands hereOur way
For the starlightIn my suitcase
And for the good days
Don't leave
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 4 July 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
i want to share a pretty crazy opinion but i'm going to hold off for a few weeks at least
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 4 July 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
I'll bite! No seriously, you cannot be in a Blue Nile/Buchanan thread and tease us like this; it's unethical, it's not right. Think of all the melancholy weak souls you are crushing. You won't sleep another night! Please do tell.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
i mean i just want to make sure i'm being measured with my very, very personal and emotional reaction to this album. it might be my favorite work of his. but i want to take some time to make sure
― k3vin k., Thursday, 6 July 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
favorite right now is "half the world"
― k3vin k., Thursday, 6 July 2017 00:54 (seven years ago) link
i need to stop copy and pasting from lyrics sites because they suck and are wrong
― k3vin k., Thursday, 6 July 2017 01:22 (seven years ago) link
half the world has gone to sleephalf the world is on its kneesdreaming of somewhere else
for the snowfallout on main streetonly love can seefor saint martha in the hallwaydon't leave
the astronaut in god's blue skydreaming of a summer daywaving his last goodbye
there were reasonsbut forget themnothing stands in our way
for the starlight in my suitcaseand for the good timesdon't leave
― k3vin k., Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
afaik the word "starlight" is in 3 blue nile/buchanan songs and they are all in my top 10
this is great kev
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:56 (seven years ago) link
i'm glad you like it! this record has meant a lot to me over the past couple of weeks
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 July 2017 04:18 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkUOd6NBj70
"family life" is probably his closest antecedent to this album's sound
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 July 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCgqGXivhKg
rare video of paul playing piano and singing!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 July 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
think i'm going with "half the world" but every song means something special to me. the first three in particular
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 July 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
"wedding party" also destroys me on a weekly basis
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 July 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Its a good dayFor a landslide
There are tearsIn the car park outside
A long walkIn the long grass
We were lostUnder glittering skies
Are You trying to tell meWhat i already know?
Let me go
Tear stainsOn your pillow
I was drunkWhen I danced with the bride
Let it goLet it go
― k3vin k., Saturday, 29 July 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for the revive. It reminded to post (repost?) this: http://www.glasgowist.com/interview-ken-sweeneys-in-search-of-the-blue-nile-on-bbc-scotland/. Of note is a mention of a new album, which people above thought to have heard something about recently (and which I'm guessing this was the source).
― Pataphysician, Saturday, 29 July 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
might be my favourite album of the decade.
First hunch is to vote for either Half The Word or Cars in the Garden. But of course it's like an entire song cycle, a Winterreise.
There were reasons, but forgot them.
I want to live forever.
― Ludo, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
― Pataphysician, Saturday, July 29, 2017 9:35 AM (two days ago)
whoa yes!!
― k3vin k., Monday, 31 July 2017 04:32 (seven years ago) link
also ludo otm
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
thread is sorely missing posts from brad and tim
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 1 August 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Just six voters, despite k3vin doing gods work in here?! Outrageous.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 08:57 (seven years ago) link
i don't know this album very well at all so didn't feel qualified to vote unfortunately.
i have been on a big blue nile kick recently again but need to put this album into my rotation.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
after listening to this album so much i find that my favorite blue nile songs these days are the slow, sad ones ("easter parade", "let's go out tonight", "from a late night train", "family life")
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og05XStpa9M
Is Jesus on the telephone?Or is he sleeping?
All I thought You forWas dreaming
The coffee is cold and out of reachYou are mistaken
I read a movie magazineThe planes are landing
Do you want to fly?
― k3vin k., Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:17 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJFivQk-9OU
of course paul likes yeats.
― k3vin k., Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
honestly hearing paul read those poems brought so much clarity to my appreciation for both his music and yeats' poetry. it's pretty clear why i love both
― k3vin k., Saturday, 12 August 2017 04:33 (seven years ago) link
this is my favorite album ever
― k3vin k., Saturday, 12 August 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YGmb02RJTw
― k3vin k., Friday, 25 August 2017 01:54 (seven years ago) link
(as mentioned by kitchen person)
http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/paul-buchanan-mid-air
very otm review
― k3vin k., Sunday, 27 August 2017 06:18 (seven years ago) link
it distresses me so much that i can't find a live video of paul doing "cars in the garden"
― k3vin k., Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
Same ;_;
Is there even a live audio version out there? There are a couple of bootlegs, but the ones I know don't contain the song (all Blue Nile era)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 16 September 2017 21:55 (seven years ago) link
bootlegs of what?
― k3vin k., Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
Uhm, Blue Nile?
Blue Nile, Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990This one
My q was if there even exists an audio version of a performance of Cars in the Garden. Apparently not.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:15 (seven years ago) link
ohh i thought you were implying that there was a version of CITG on a bootleg you knew of
― k3vin k., Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
― Ludo, Saturday, July 29, 2017 2:05 PM (five months ago)
otm
― k3vin k., Friday, 26 January 2018 07:21 (six years ago) link
― k3vin k., Saturday, August 12, 2017 7:10 PM (five months ago)
― k3vin k., Friday, 26 January 2018 07:23 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qV_UtLhuxU
His voice is absolutely spectacular here. Can't imagine standing there in the crowd.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
wasn't he supposedly done with a new album? any news on that?'meanwhile' is such a classic, would deserve a proper release...
― Pagoda, Thursday, 4 July 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CR00yk2Li0I/?utm_medium=copy_link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
He seems very nice
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
got the reissued 2x LP a few days ago, listening now :)
was hoping there would be some good stuff in the booklet, it’s basically a jumbo lyric book
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 31 August 2022 13:16 (two years ago) link
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/24078861.paul-buchanan-blue-nile-stage/
rare paul sighting, and a new song!!
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:45 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_P0ZdvUV9s
“mid air”“let’s go out tonight”“snow” (new song!)“happiness”
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:06 (seven months ago) link
"Snow" is lovely. So nice to hear his voice with that orchestral backing. Pretty much confirms if I ever see him live, I'll weep throughout.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Sunday, 28 January 2024 20:30 (seven months ago) link
Thanks for sharing!! Keep watching for the encore, where they replay "Mid Air" (without audience coughing) and "Happiness."
― ernestp, Sunday, 28 January 2024 22:27 (seven months ago) link