hahathink my fave version of "close watch" is the fragments of a rainy season solo performance ... his vocal there is perfect: "i still hear your voice at night / when i turn out the light / and try to settle down"
― tylerw, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
The Fragments versions are pretty much my favorite versions of all of those songs.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
yeah i was thinking that as i was typing it: think my fave version of "_________" is the fragments of a rainy season solo performance. that record is unbelievable.
― tylerw, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
It's the first piece of evidence I use in my argument that people dismiss live albums at their own peril.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Fragments versions, in particular, of that song, "Dying on the Vine" and "Cordoba" are the definite ones as far as i'm concerned.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
yep
Playing roundhouse & philharmonie de Paris in feb btw but dunno if that's mfans: the tour or just like, a show
― noe love derp wev (wins), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
this one too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTpiadDuA5o
― tylerw, Friday, 20 November 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
Having overspent on poorly recorded bootlegs of solo Cale, I was thrilled when Fragments was released in 92. Saw him perform twice in 1988 and 1989, the first with Chris Spedding and the second solo, and was growing a bit desperate for a document of those stripped yet intense versions. "Dying On The Vine" is particularly definitive on this collection.
― doug watson, Friday, 20 November 2015 23:11 (eight years ago) link
That ws the first Cale song I ever heard and I still think it's one of his v best. Hearing the original version ws a bit of a shock.
― albvivertine, Saturday, 21 November 2015 02:22 (eight years ago) link
heads up this is on spotify
― microtone policing (wins), Sunday, 24 January 2016 13:44 (eight years ago) link
this?
― YOLO Versus Powerball on the Moneygoround, Part One (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
the thread
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
pisssssssss
― trigger warning: your mom (mattresslessness), Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
sorry
music for a new society reissue/2016 redux
― microtone policing (wins), Sunday, 24 January 2016 15:16 (eight years ago) link
So I gave this a listen and, while it's an interesting reinterpretation, I don't understand why he felt the need to turn it into an opera. I mean, the original is already quite intense, but here he's added even MORE drama to it all.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
So over on the Blackstar thread I posted 'bout how KMUW's "Strange Currencies" ignored the FCC or Public Radio rule somebody mentioned vs. playing more than one track by a given artist per hour, as they celebrated Bo's birthday with an hour of hits & album tracks, then a second hour of guest shots etc (like on Ronson's Slaughter On Tenth Avenue). And right now, for the hell of it apparently, they're following tracks from M:Fans, Songs For Drella and The Matrix Tapes with the Rock N Roll Animal "Sweet Jane". Not all Cale, but not bad. (More from M:Fans coming up.)
― dow, Friday, 5 February 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
Changes Made in the style of Joy Division on M:FANS is p lolz
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Friday, 5 February 2016 10:32 (eight years ago) link
riyl dark morbid spiritual soundscapes
― napster p2ppies (wins), Friday, 5 February 2016 10:57 (eight years ago) link
Thoughtless Kind as Kanye also pretty funny.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 5 February 2016 14:15 (eight years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 5 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
hahaha the reworking is a blast
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
which it feels weird to characterize anything about this album as a "blast" but idk he kinda made it fun
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
haha, yeah, i think i'd call it "fun", too! which is quite a feat, considering these songs.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
also "back to the end" is super gorgeous
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:22 (eight years ago) link
if I didn't like the "Close Watch" rework will I still find things to like y/n
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
definitely, every rework is pretty distinct
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
http://www.stereogum.com/1869163/watch-john-cale-play-the-velvet-underground-nico-with-animal-collective-the-libertines-mark-lanegan/video/
― dow, Monday, 4 April 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link
No-thanks
― albvivertine, Monday, 4 April 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
I refuse to listen to anything a member of Animal Collective has contributed to
― beamish13, Monday, 4 April 2016 06:42 (eight years ago) link
I feel the same about the Libertines.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Monday, 4 April 2016 07:49 (eight years ago) link
agggh no
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Monday, 4 April 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/john-cale-and-guests-velvet-underground-nico
― StanM, Sunday, 22 May 2016 10:32 (seven years ago) link
(= same thing as before but complete and HD)
― StanM, Sunday, 22 May 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
John Cale @therealjohncale 37m37 minutes agoIts official, @therealjohncale joins #BowieProms on July 29 Royal Albert Hall http://bit.ly/29rbHdd
― dow, Sunday, 10 July 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnBoy2GWEAAPKj0.jpg:large
― dow, Sunday, 10 July 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
Cool.
Just was listing to "in Every Dream Home A Heartache" and thinking how much Bryan Ferry's vocal sounded like John Cale. In fact before I recognized what song it was really thought it was John Cale.
― The Rite of Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 July 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Baby John Cale! He whispered "I performed in a concert that lasted 18 hours" into a game show host's ear <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=0mqO-xsRyTM
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 8 October 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
That Welsh accent is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
― Tom's Tits Experiment (Tom D.), Sunday, 8 October 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
He's playing at the Joshua Tree Desert Daze festival this coming weekend, and Terry Riley is also on the bill for the same day. I'm thinking how cool it would be if they do some Church of Anthrax stuff together.
http://desertdaze.org/
― nickn, Monday, 9 October 2017 06:07 (six years ago) link
that video just set me up for the day :)
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 October 2017 06:30 (six years ago) link
Is Even Cowgirls Get The Blues still available? He was really intense in the late 70s, did a bit of a twin guitar thing going on .NOt sure taht's even his best from the era but him between like 76 and 81 live is pretty great, certainly up to the turn of the 80s.
I got a few sets fo his from Dime and other torrent sites that are great.
― Stevolende, Monday, 9 October 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Riley is playing the same stage, immediately before Cale, so looks very promising (I'm going).
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
I'm not, unfortunately, but this does look like the best festival I've seen in So Cal for a long time.
― nickn, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
Is Even Cowgirls Get The Blues still available? He was really intense in the late 70s, did a bit of a twin guitar thing going on .NOt sure taht's even his best from the era but him between like 76 and 81 live is pretty great, certainly up to the turn of the 80s.I got a few sets fo his from Dime and other torrent sites that are great.
I, uh, may have written a fairly long piece on this era recently: http://www.furious.com/perfect/johncalecowgirls.html
You can check out a pretty wide selection of late 70s shows, particularly the 1979 tour, under the Cale section here:
http://tela.sugarmegs.org/alpha/j.html
― whitehallunity, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
that's a great read
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
thanks a lot! There were a couple older ilx threads that helped me first get my bearings of the era before I started digging around more to write it.
― whitehallunity, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
Agreed, really good piece. I've always been fascinated by this era but never really heard anything with decent sound. Of the recordings available, are any of the boots of better quality than Cowgirls?
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
Reading that excellent Perfect Sound Forever article (thanks!) got me thinking. Anyone put together a better sound quality version of the "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues" bootleg? Tyler, this seems right up your alley. ;-)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
agggh live Church of Anthrax?!!?? jealous!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
Seems unlikely, tbh, but there may be some Cale/Riley interaction.
― nickn, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link