"autumn sunglasses" is so nice
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
yeahhh, the whole record is really strong! i think that opening tune is the only one that doesn't click for me, actually (which is weird, since he's usually pretty great at choosing openers).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
it's damn good electric robyn album
any signs of him touring w/band?
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
Saw this on tv last night. I probably shouldn't be surprised by things like this, but I was:https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w6Kr/subway-sweet-onion-teriyaki-destroy-song-by-the-soft-boys
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
I begrudge no artist for making a little cash and exposing their music to more people.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
they feed your pride with cold cuts and then lead you on to more
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
My buddy cried a tear on this a couple weeks ago and I said "Rew gave the ad world 'walking on sunshine, surely a greater offense to decency, though a far lesser song. '" 40 years of preservation is enough for this return imo.
― felix! phelix! ghelix! (Hunt3r), Saturday, 9 September 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
Hahaha well done unnamed aging hipster ad guy
I am not offended by this ad at all
For sure though this AIN'T the song I would have predicted for Robyn's first ad windfall
NB I also really like subways sweet onion teriyaki sandwich
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
haha, yeah, i have absolutely no problem with robyn getting some cash so that he can keep on keepin' on. on twitter, he said: "Oddly my first-ever US meal was a Subway in NYC, w/ Soft Boys in 1980. Chicken Teriyaki wasn't invented yet but we did play 'Destroy You'"
― tylerw, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
Isn't it time for an odds, sods, outtakes, etc collection from Sir Robyn? Would it be any good is the real question...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 17 March 2018 04:34 (six years ago) link
You mean a career spanning one or one that sweeps up the odd stuff from the last ~ten years?His odds and sods tend to be among his best stuff. One of the best things if the a&m albums ever get remastered is that those fantastic b-sides would likely be on there
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 18 March 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
Those Yep Roc box sets from a few years back are pretty comprehensive regarding the non LP Hitchcock stuff. They are still available. Also, the Invisible Hitchcock LP is tremendous. It collects his very early non-LP stuff. He actually pulled out a few gems from this when he did Black Snake Diamond Role shows in NYC last year.
― kwhitehead, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:13 (six years ago) link
Well, his last oddities collection was 2008's "Shadow Cat", so the last 10 years would be covered. I wonder if there's any Venus 3 outtakes?
Better yet would be a set of the many live-only songs he's done.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
yeah, i was wondering if his slower pace of releasing albums in those years means he is also writing slower and producing less outtakes/less chips from the workbench. Could be there just aren't that many odds lately!
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
i wouldn't mind hearing (if they exist) the demos for Love From London ... I feel like there might be some good songs lurking in there, I just kinda can't stand the overall sound of that record.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
otm
there are some good songs there, i can affirm
the sound picture of it is the worst bedroom DAW vaporishness (somewhat reminiscent of the awful sound of very late Prince records)
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
yeah, just sounds very much "in the box" if that makes sense ... think i've heard a live version or two where I've thought "hey this isn't terrible!"
in other news, i listened to black snake diamond role three times over the weekend. what a great record!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
you are making me bitter all over again about having gone to the 'wrong' Robyn/YLT Black Snake show (ie the one where they didn't play Let There be More Darkness)
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
BTW: were you spinning the LP with the saxes or CD without?
w/ the saxes!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
(this is what my 1981-centric saturday morning looked like) https://instagram.fapa1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/70a74e79381c153ebbfac61c93770f69/5B32FBC0/t51.2885-15/e35/29093386_212974649257650_3805667218432196608_n.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
I has that "Lope at the Hive/Only The Stones Remain" two-half-albums. It is nifty.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
There are days when I think You & Oblivion is my favorite RH record.
― mick signals, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
yeah that, Invisible Hitchcock and A Star for Bram are the big reasons why I say his castoffs are so frequently top shelf stuff
xposts i guess the closest RH has come to a "Do Me, Baby" is Wafflehead? Or Agony of Pleasure.
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
I always forget to think of Invisible Hitchcock as an outtakes album when I listen to it. I bought it in the 80s and to me it was just One of his first solo records, maybe with some iffy quality control on side B.
― mick signals, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
my favorite RH album cover tbh
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
i guess the closest RH has come to a "Do Me, Baby" is Wafflehead? Or Agony of Pleasure.
when i was listening i was half-imagining Prince covering RH's "Heaven"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
i guess "egyptian cream" is the most prince-like title he's got, haha
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
Well, he does say "Fuck me baby, I'm a trolley bus" in "The Authority Box". But I can't tell if he's being sexual.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
Like, "Woke up this morning, and fuck me I'm a trolleybus 🚎"
?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
wow i never thought of applying that phraseology to that lyric
i always just figured he wanted her/him/them to have sex with him because he's a trolleybus.
Now i think your interpretation is right
like holy crap i'm a trolleybus
However, there still remains the weird swallowed "UCK me darling" in La Charite on Nextdoorland
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Robyn's written many not-so-veiled songs to now ex-lovers and wives. I wonder what it's like for him to play them, does he just mentally transfer the implications to his new love or is it a painful reminder?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 02:32 (six years ago) link
I feel beautiful and beautiful queen are the biggest Michele songs I can think of - does he play those still? I can’t remember.
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 13:03 (six years ago) link
Man, “The Beauty of Earl’s Court” is really lovely. Interesting decision leaving that off Eye, and including “Agony of Pleasure.”
― JoeStork, Monday, 6 August 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
Looking forward to seeing him at the Betsey Trotwood (London) on Tuesday night - and I have a spare ticket, if anyone's interested...
― toby, Sunday, 14 October 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
report???
I was utterly heartbroken to not be able to see him last friday night in nyc playing in front of an electric band because we had to go to massachussetts for an emergency. i hope this mini tour will not be the last time he ever tours electric with backup.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 19 October 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
I saw Liz Phair in Nashville a few weeks ago, and in the encore she brought Robyn Hitchcock on stage to sing "I Wanna Destroy You" with her and Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz were the opening band). It was pretty great.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 19 October 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
There's a video of that on Youtube - not a combination I'd ever imagined.
the show on Tuesday was amazing - one of the best I've seen him play (of the 40 odd I've seen at this point). solo acoustic, about 50 people in the audience, just magical - kicked off with Tonight, ended with Airscape, but in between we got a bunch of interesting stuff - the first time I've seen him play Glass (which suddenly clicked for me), what he claimed was the live debut of You've Got, the banter was as good as ever. Also the first time (I think) of hearing I Wanna Destroy You on acoustic - not quite as good as the incredible versions from the electric shows earlier in the year, but still pretty good.
Also I thought he was off in a fantasy when he was talking about writing songs for an Ethan Hawke movie, but I guess it's real (and he also played this):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1sAd6_WruI
― toby, Friday, 19 October 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
haha, maybe that movie is good, i have no idea — but the cover of that soundtrack is the worst.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 October 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
I'm looking forward to his Nashville show in November - I haven't seen him with a band since the Jewels For Sophia tour.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 19 October 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
EZ you didn’t catch any of the Venus 3 tours?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 20 October 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
Unfortunately not. I lived too far away from any of the shows.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 20 October 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
Last night's show was a lot of fun. Loose and freewheeling set in a tiny club. One of the benefits of Nashville is he plays hometown shows often enough that he can pick and choose his venues.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Bummed I couldn't get also tickets to his Bluebird Cafe acoustic set tonight but such is life.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 November 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
Last nights show solo or band?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 10 November 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Band. Him and the Fabs. Good setlist:
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 November 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
Try again:Hitchcock setlist
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 November 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
Winchester! Love that one ... don't think I've ever heard him play it live.
― tylerw, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
It was a first for me!
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
I haven’t kept up w him in years but nice to see Madonna. Aleah liked Queen Elvis and thought it was unjustly maligned.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 11 November 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link