The set and the banter sound magnificent.
Could the trouble with the phone be the blood?
― the bluefox, Monday, 11 October 2004 12:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
To-day?
― the bluefox, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 10:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 11:16 (nineteen years ago) link
But then I read the contents and warmed slightly. And did not buy it.
I kinda went off him when we went to see them at wembley arena, and it was all so 'another day another gig' dull for him, seemingly.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Last night at the Barras - the anticipation in the air, me feeling like a fraud after last week, the awful support artist ("please buy my album..."), the smell of the place once again.
Lloyd to rapturous crowd: "This is weird, isn't it?"Rapturous crowd: "YES!!"
He looked GOOD, clean shaven and from a greater distance - if he'd dyed his hair, you could almost have been fooled into believing it was 1984 again, if you wanted it to be.
Add to previous set - Four Flights Up and Patience. Cor.
Neil Clark is some kind of demi-god, I suppose. His lines are so articulate, aciculate even, carving their way through sweaty air and hearts and bones and plastic pint glasses.
Lloyd: "I don't know if I speak for the rest of the band, but I'm really old."
I read something about 'Rattlesnakes' being an album of instant nostalgia; I don't know if this was nostalgia or not - it was poignant, certainly. People around their forties rushing down to the front to be close to Lloyd, having grown out and back into that kind of devotion perhaps, or never having lost it but simply having nowhere to place it, to make it relevant; my friend's brother's tale of catching the minibus after school in '85 to see The Commotions play; songs relating to old girlfriends; the final, grand last stand, LC gathering the troops together for, what, not even a bow, just the sense and grace and excitement of being a band again, before walking off. That was moving. A long way down, indeed.
― Ally C (Ally C), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 15 October 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link
What, Simon Pegg out of Shaun of the Dead?
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 18 October 2004 15:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 18 October 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 18 October 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― ludesse (ludesse), Monday, 18 October 2004 18:57 (nineteen years ago) link
In other Lllllloyd news: Dave Eggars 'I was a teenage Lloyd Cole fan': http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1353957,00.html
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Perhaps because the song is actually based on Renata Adler's novel, ahem, 'Speedboat', Dave?
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 19 November 2004 11:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Must read Cook's reporting back!
And thanks, Doc.
― the bellefox, Friday, 19 November 2004 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Friday, 19 November 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
I will exchange it for something more suitable, I think.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Emancipation of Baaderonixx (KERERU 4 LIFE!) (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:14 (eighteen years ago) link
OTM. I used to be very fond of this record but lost my copy years ago. I recently replaced it and wished I hadn't bothered. I couldn't believe how badly the production had dated.
― frankiemachine, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
-- PJ Miller (pjmiller6...), May 25th, 2005.
"Easy Pieces", maybe..
― Amiii Stewart (Amiii Stewart), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 19 January 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― BeeOK (boo radley), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 13:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― dr x o'skeleton, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
If you dig into the http://www.lloydcole.com forum, there are rough MP3s of new songs, which seem close to _Music in a Foreign Language_ in style.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Thursday, 3 August 2006 13:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 4 August 2006 06:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― L Cole (noodle vague), Friday, 4 August 2006 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Friday, 4 August 2006 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 4 August 2006 12:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Well, classic. An under appreciated one, for sure. His first solo album LC has the potential to launch him into significant recognition in the USA, but the circumstances did not gel per chance.
I have briefly met Lloyd twice, both times at Mercury Lounge in NYC. First at a Del Amitri (they are friends w/ LC) concert - where after listening to my drivel re my fav LC songs, he predicted (correctly) that I may like his next disc Love Story. The next time was in the late afternoon when he was having a beer while doing his set list for a benefit concert (for Elephants). I was asking the bartender for tickets when he modestly told me that it was not going to be a real LC concert for he would only be playing 5 or 6 songs even though headlining. The concert was quite good, and luckily introduced me to the female Lloyd Cole in the form of one Karen Iris (http://www.karenires.com/).
Ranking the discs:
1 Lloyd Cole X *****2 Rattlesnakes *****3 Love Story ***** 4 Negatives ****1/25 Don't get weird ****6 Easy Pieces ****7 Bad Vibes ***1/28 Mainstream ***9 MIFL ***
we will bypass Etc and Plastic Wood for side projects... looking forward to anti-depressant.
For those wondering what LC would perhaps sound like if he was born in Pennsylvania, sang even more about betrayal, had a fragment of Dylan in his voice, and played quitar more often like Robert Quine -- consider Kevin Salem's Ecstatic and/or Soma City.
Of course LC also gets classic bonus points for being a big influence on Matthew Sweet's GIRLFRIEND disc, even recommending to him to rename, rock-up and imclude the title song.
― JEFF OBRIEN (JOBRIEN), Monday, 2 October 2006 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I saw Lloyd live on Sunday, with Neil Clark and a malfunctioning computer. They seemed a tad under-rehearsed. I think they should have ditched the computer and concentrated on playing guitars together. And why does Lloyd so often insist on ending songs early, and stopping Clark from taking cool exciting solos where they belong?
I was struck by how good a song 'Past Imperfect' is, for a songwriter so far into his career.
― the pinefox (the pinefox), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 10:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Half the PA wasn't working for half the set, and Neil's monitors were malfunctioning too.
― harvey.w (harvey.w), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 11:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― the pinefox (the pinefox), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link
I did not get to see The Who, apart from via the red button on my handset.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 12:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 12 November 2006 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― the pinefox (the pinefox), Monday, 13 November 2006 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 13 November 2006 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Has he ever disowned an album? The Negatives' "Tried to Rock" seemed more self-effacing and a comment on the albums' receptions than a direct statement against their quality.
Looking forward to a Seattle tour stop in 2007.
― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Monday, 13 November 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Lloyd's entire BBC output - sessions & live, with the Commotions & solo - are now out on 3 sets (5 discs total). The sessions are fantastic and benefit, as almost all artists do, from the minimal production / short recording time required. The live shows are pretty good on first listen with some unique covers thrown in for good measure.
I liked his last solo album much more than _Musc In A Foreign Language_ but neither get as much airtime as _The Negatives_.
― Mr. Odd, Sunday, 12 August 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks for the tip! Just ordered all three. A few of the non-album tracks have shown up on singles over the years, right? "Mystery Train", for one. Looking forward to a proper release of that.
Wonder if that means he'll release a b-sides collection. "Blame Mary Jane", "Eat Your Greens", "Radio City Music Hall", etc. - there are gems to be mined.
― scampering alpaca, Monday, 13 August 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/track/7iVBfvL8cvb2GmljUDJE6Y
― the pinefox, Sunday, 12 July 2009 09:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i had a dream about lloyd a few nights ago.
― jed_, Sunday, 12 July 2009 11:41 (fourteen years ago) link