― 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
i like to hear Mainstream every once in a while. to think 29 once seemed so old to me! still a pretty song to hear at 40.
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't actually remember 29 - maybe i'll dig the record out today. i still fondly remember From the Hip Sean Penn Blues and Big Snake. i always thought My Bag was a bit of a crap song though.
a lad who has just started working at my local shop looks like a young Lloyd. that's probably why i had that dream about him the other night. i can't remember the details of the dream though.
― jed_, Sunday, 12 July 2009 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I listened to Don't Get Weird On Me, Babe last week. "She's a Girl and I'm a Man" may be his greatest song.
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 July 2009 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Currently finding myself obsessed with Easy Pieces. It's the only one of the Commotions-era albums I never owned (though I heard several of its songs on the best of).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 24 July 2010 07:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"Minor Character" is often my fave Lloyd Cole song.
― flashing drill + penis fan (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 24 July 2010 08:09 (thirteen years ago) link
While "Easy Pieces" is the weakest of the Commotions album, it's still really solid. Better live, I think, without some of the odd production choices.
Meanwhile, Lloyd's got a new album with a real-live band coming out in September. Fan-financed (including me) this time. I'm very glad to see he's got other folks with him as his last two solo albums were very weak, in part I think because he's all alone with himself.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 24 July 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link