I have good memories of this, but looking back, it's quite front-loaded.
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
"Remember" - sweet melody, Beach Boys drum loop.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5bL_XbO64
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
voted "Remember" also
wish I'd have caught these guys at the Bassin de Neptune at Versailles a few years ago; what a venue!
― Euler, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I went with You Make It Easy, a sentimental fave...
― ColinO, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"sexy boy" might be the only song I don't LOVE.
I voted "remember"
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah sexy boy is the only one i'll skip.voted New Star in the Sky cause i r stoner.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
this is absolutely "sexy boy" for me
― hobbes, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at the baseball comments.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 27 May 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Great album but "Sexy Boy" by a mile.
― the subject of many men’s thoughts (daavid), Thursday, 27 May 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ecuador with a c, that session/live vid is A+++ except for them finishing before the moog solo (ie. the best bit of the entire song), which is an act of truly disgusting savagery imo.
― Bill A, Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:23 (thirteen years ago) link
heard this about a million times in 1998–9 era
― English: The Money Woman (history mayne), Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link
these days it kind of makes me want to do up a house
― English: The Money Woman (history mayne), Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Still my least favourite Air album. Voted for "Kelly Watch The Stars" though.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 27 May 2010 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 the moog cookbook remix of 'kelly watch the stars'
― English: The Money Woman (history mayne), Thursday, 27 May 2010 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
le voyage de pénélope
― Lamp, Thursday, 27 May 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 27 May 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I never really got that into this as a whole album, but Kelly Watch The Stars is yoga flame for all time etc, loved the song, loved the video, loved the fast rocked-up live version they would do around then
― atoms breaking heart (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 27 May 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Voting "Kelly" as well.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 27 May 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
La Femme d'Argent (English: The Money Woman)
Um, that's a very literal translation... I don't claim to be a fluent Francophone, but I think that in the vernacular, it means "The Gold-Digger". Anyway, the track gets my vote. Sheer heaven.And Bill A is right - leaving out the Minimoog solo from the soi-disant live version above was a crime against humanity.
― Vast Halo, Thursday, 27 May 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa i thought it meant something like "the saleslady" or something equally tame...
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 27 May 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't listened to this in aeons (a little surprised it's as late as 1998) - 'All I Need' seems like the obvious pick to me at least.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 May 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
lyrics are terrible but easy to screen out, but yeah i think 'all i need' too. love the second half in partic, even if it is stolen from another air record.
― English: The Money Woman (history mayne), Friday, 28 May 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
'les professionels' >>>>> 'all i need'
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 May 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
La Femme D'Argent is quintessential Air to me, closest to what I liked about early singles like Casanova 70, Modular, Le Soleil est Pres de Moi, etc. I like the pop stuff just fine but this is where I think they introduced a whole new vocabulary to downtempo instrumental music.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 28 May 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ended up voting for "All I Need."
if "Sexy Boy" doesn't win it will be strange because reading this thread makes me wonder if it will end up on top.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 29 May 2010 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i really like this record, though it falls just short of "talkie-walkie" or even their "premiers symptomes" EP.
i voted for "all i need." that woozy kinda-melancholy vibe is what they do best (my other fave air song: "le soleil est pres de moi").
― Aspergers Makes My Pee Smell Funny (Eisbaer), Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
besides, "kelly watch the stars" was more annoying to me than "sexy boy" -- though i heart both videos.
― Aspergers Makes My Pee Smell Funny (Eisbaer), Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Walkie Talkie made me forget that I actually hate "Sexy Boy"
― Image: electrostimulation applied on a penis (HI DERE), Sunday, 30 May 2010 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i think that i 1st heard "sexy boy" after it was all over the place, so i never got sick of it. dunno why some hate it so much.
― Aspergers Makes My Pee Smell Funny (Eisbaer), Sunday, 30 May 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know what it is about that song, it just gels in a manner that I find deeply irritating. I can't tell if it's because the beat is too soft, or the melody isn't pretty enough, or what it is, but it really, really, really grates on me and I never understood why people liked it.
I just listened to this album for the first time this week and... yeah. I am going to stick with WT; that is much more my type of thing.
― Image: electrostimulation applied on a penis (HI DERE), Sunday, 30 May 2010 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
"la femme d'argent" could also mean "the silver woman" which is what i always assumed it meant.
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Sunday, 30 May 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
TS: Walkie Talkie vs. Talkie Walkie?
http://img.shinyshack.com/l_walkie_talkie1.jpg http://pagesperso-orange.fr/religionnaire/artistes/air/art/talkie_walkie.jpg
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ce matin-la
i never noticed the FRENCH BAND on the album cover before
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 30 May 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
no real surprises here, i don't think.
― Aspergers Makes My Pee Smell Funny (Eisbaer), Sunday, 30 May 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
classic album
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 05:50 (six years ago) link
when it came out i found it really eclectic, superficial and derivative. there is a strong seventies vibe in it if i remember well. i kind of liked it but have never revisited it.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 11:56 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/evHaT0C.jpg
― 龜, Friday, 20 July 2018 11:15 (five years ago) link
Did not expect this: https://www.nme.com/news/music/air-to-play-classic-moon-safari-in-full-for-first-time-at-uk-and-european-shows-buy-tickets-3537610?fbclid=IwAR3bsKEXrmWNgD2miFDzKBmd1Jcv2SqkVJ2aa7rH1pm1BdmZR-UZrIT6-tA
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 15:36 (three months ago) link
write in for the David Whitaker version of Remember
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 16:19 (three months ago) link
I saw the original Moon Safari-era tour (Manchester Ritz) and according to Setlist fm they did at least 7 or 8 cuts from the album.
I am about to watch the Mike Mills-directed '98 dvd docu for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q48G1wEVVU
― piscesx, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 22:25 (three months ago) link
I love that thing ^ esp the cuts used for the “le soleil est pres de moi” video
― brimstead, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 22:28 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGCLZcY1p8New Star in the Sky (Demo 1)
promising
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 1 March 2024 13:51 (two months ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Dy5c5GMKUEgJJnDu9CPV8?si=C2hsFUCSTUKrrj1_FpgnsA
― calstars, Monday, 18 March 2024 20:15 (one month ago) link
"Talisman" got done dirty, one of the very best tracks here.
― Davey D, Monday, 18 March 2024 20:48 (one month ago) link
hard to improve upon perfection but a nice listen
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 08:48 (one month ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Dy5c5GMKUEgJJnDu9CPV8?si=C2hsFUCSTUKrrj1_FpgnsA🕸
― willem, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:25 (one month ago) link