The Fall: Nobody cared about this band until sometime in mid-2001, when the critics had run out of classic overlooked 80's English bands to tout Midlands spastics for people merely looking to expand their record collections.
I almost agree with you, although speaking from experience during my college years, nobody actually cared about this band until sometime in 1994 when the critics had run out of classic overlooked '70s English bands.
― MC, Friday, 30 November 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Bill I'd say a pretty hefty chunk of critic types know & love BOC all the way through Fire of Unknown Origin
― J0hn D., Friday, 30 November 2007 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I still wanna know what "to tout Midlands spastics" refers to cos I have no idea WTF they were on about!
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Probably true, I'm talking more general public types and radio programmers. I don't think I've ever heard an Eric Bloom sung BOC song on the radio, and he was their de facto lead singer.
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― Bill Magill, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
still wanna know what "to tout Midlands spastics" refers to cos I have no idea WTF they were on about!
Yeah, I ignored that part cuz I had no idea myself...
― MC, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Where is the LOVE for all these Christian rock acts who are ripe for hipster reappraisal?
― dr. phil, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Rank & File - just the first two albums, anyway.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Another vote for Nada Surf. The best power pop band in the world.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Jason Falkner-- MC, Friday, 30 November 2007 15:18 (1 hour ago)
I'd totally agree - but that new record isn't going to win any new fans ... nine years between full length records for that - ugh!
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
this is crap, every generation discovers the fall eventually.
― Edward III, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
"still wanna know what "to tout Midlands spastics" refers to cos I have no idea WTF they were on about!"
that was a lack of proofreading and clarity of expression, that is what that was about. I should have been clearer:
The Fall: Nobody cared about this band until sometime in mid-2001, when the critics had run out of classic overlooked 80's English bands to tout. The Fall were just spastics from the Midlands, and their records were for people merely looking to expand their record collections.
I sincerely hope that one day I will listen to the Fall and hear the genius that others seem to hear, and that I'm wrong on this.
Also, dang, I hate Tom Waits so much.
― Chelvis, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Uh, the Fall were not from the Midlands.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Any more bullshit for us? :)
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
it took me six years of hearing and disliking random things by the fall before I "got" them.
― Edward III, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
so don't give up on the fall, however, you may want to pause before hitting the "submit response" button in the future.
― Edward III, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I think Falkner's new album is pretty good. Not too different stylistically from the past, so is your problem with the level of the tunes? "This Time," "NYC," "The Knew," "Anondah," and "I Don't Mind" are all quality IMO.
― MC, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Speaking of underrated power pop, I agree on Nada Surf (being underrated, not the "best")
For best underrated, I'd go with Superdrag, Sloan, The Shazam, or even Falkner if you throw him in there.
Actually, underrated... power pop... you could even say Cheap Trick, but I don't think we want to have that conversation on ILM yet again.
― MC, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
"King Crimson's modern improvs - The ProjeKCts (1 - 4 + X). I am possibly the biggest crimhead this side of Alpha Centuri an believe this is the pinacle of their existence.
I dunno man. I bought the first Project and all I could hear was the terrible V-drum presets that Belew was playing. He even talks in the liner notes about getting the drums in the mail, unwrapping the box, plugging them in, and recording. That is not the proper use of any sort of synthetic instrument.
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The Fall -- I saw the Middle Class Revolt tour (Brix was back!). Just an awesome show. And a great (UNDER-RATED) album. Mark Smith paced the stage glaring at his bandmates, kicking the mic out of the kickdrum, away from the bass amp, and eventually stormed off stage. Brix finished the set for him. Could have been preconceived. Didn't matter.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
People don't seem to take Three Dog Night very seriously. It's not all walrus mustaches and chest fever...they had such a great run of singles. And they chose the best songwriters of the time. Eli's Coming is so frenetic and creepy.
Cher and Cass Elliott are eternally underrated. Also, Joe South is a lot more interesting to me than most of the new Dylans types who came after him. Except Loudon Wainwright, whose sad songs aren't given as much attention as his goofy/witty ones, I don't think, which is a shame cause they're so much better.
As for things a bit more obscure,I think Marilyn's album Despite Straight Lines sounds really great. He tried so hard w/the Was Not Was people and all.
The Pulsars record from 1997 is my favorite synthpop record since the mid Eighties.
― Arthur, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 06:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Blue Hippos -- Late-80s Twintone trio.
Spastic and angularly hepped-up joints and r-rated rants
― christoff, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Binary Star
― talrose, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Claude Delcloo
― ian, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
hot 8 brass band rebirth brass band new birth brass band free agents brass band soul rebels brass band
― Jordan, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
NO-MAN
― Gendou Ikari, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Nortt
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
hell yeah on the eddy grant love. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/ettiem/killerontherampage.jpg good tunes, great legs!
hell yeah, too, on the ray parker jr. love. been picking up raydio records on sight the last year or so. evey one has at least a few fantastic tunes. favorite at the moment is "more than one way to love a woman." the chorus is almost steve millerish.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"Michael & His Slipper Tree" rules!...one of those tunes that burrows into your head after just one listen...
my fave underrated artist is Scott 4...(the band, not the LP)...motorik country/western, don't know how they slipped through the cracks...
― henry s, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Ashlee Simpson
Guns N' Roses (very underrated on ILX)
Buckethead
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Nate Carson, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 02:59 (Yesterday)
I'll admit, Projekct 2 is my least favorite of them all. 3 and 4, on teh other hand stand out especially to me considering it sounds like nothing they've done previously and was only touched upon on THE POWER TO BELIEVE. Projekct One is excellent but is reminiscent of some of their previous work.
I hear Tony's back in the band so I'll see how it goes from here.
― Cliftonb, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
In some strange alternate universe, maybe.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
this will probably cause an explosion of laughter but I really liked the one New Radicals album
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Suzy Mangion, as well as her band George.
early Piano Magic.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link
" 'Guns N' Roses (very underrated on ILX) In some strange alternate universe, maybe."
they're evaluated fairly in the posts from 5+ years ago, but not now. The response to the leaked Chinese Democracy tracks is particulary bad (maybe I should have listed nuGNR as underrated too).
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 06:18 (sixteen years ago) link
eX-Girl Smile Like Dog Salk Vacchin Luminous Orange
― Jack Burton, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 06:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Monroe Mustang particularly their first album on Trance Syndicate. Silkworm Unwound
― Souvarine, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 09:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I found Killer On The Rampage by Eddy Grant in a Scope shop a month or 2 ago :)
I like eX-Girl. That's a good one.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 09:44 (sixteen years ago) link
THAT FIRST URBAN VERBS RECORD IS SO FRIGGIN' GOOD. IT'S LIKE A DOLLAR RECORD.
SAME WITH HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE RECORDS. SO GREAT AND SO UNDERRATED OR WHATEVER.
SAME WITH THAT FIRST TRANSLATOR ALBUM. PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER EVERYWHERE THAT I'M NOT BUT THAT ALBUM IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
BUT THAT URBAN VERBS RECORD, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR...ROCKS SO GOOD.
― scott seward, Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link