― rm, Thursday, 7 October 2004 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 October 2004 09:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 7 October 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 7 October 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 7 October 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Thursday, 7 October 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
I like the way this song makes you wait something like 6 verses before they announce the chorus...
― dog latin, Thursday, 3 December 2009 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
the My Bloody Valentine version of this still utterly kicks it
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 3 December 2009 13:24 (fourteen years ago) link
And they do! / he does!
(announce it, I mean)
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 December 2009 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
MBV totally phoned it in
...and it's still one of the best things they ever did
― Cosmic Ugg (S-), Thursday, 3 December 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^this.
greatest song ever btw.
― Roz, Thursday, 3 December 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
'i should have known better' is the one for me, probably in my top 5 songs
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Thursday, 3 December 2009 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
whilst thinking about Eno's "The True Wheel" (because it won the Tiger Mountain poll) I suddenly felt there was some slight sonic link between it and "Map Ref", maybe the way it begins (sound?) or tempo or some of the chords - haven't compared them on a back to back play yet. then I noticed a link between another pair of Wire and Eno songs (but can't remember which two!). sorry, vague I know.
re: "I Should Have Known Better" could the idea of a steady intro pulse have come from Metro's (album-opener) "Criminal World"? Mike Thorne produced Metro's (post- Duncan Browne) follow-up album close to the time of 154.
― Paul, Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
mmmmm.....
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Verrrrrrrrrrrry interesting
― ILX Blob 59 (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
y'know Simon Reynolds has a pre-Wire Newman and Eno in the same car ...
― dad a, Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
"Baby's on DOT DASH, DOT DASH, better put her in the DON'T CRASH DON'T CRASH DON'T CRASH!"
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't give Simon Reynolds any credit for unearthing that one
― ILX Blob 59 (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sure that was in that Wire book that was out years ago
― ILX Blob 59 (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 December 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
People wanting more late 70's style Wire pop should check out 'Perspex Icon' off Object 57
― Cosmic Ugg (S-), Friday, 4 December 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm in Ireland just now, Killarney (none more Irish etc), I go into a pub, of course, buy a pint, sit down and this comes blasting out over the jukebox. Heaven, I tell you.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 June 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
My definition too, if I ever get that lucky. (In a car gets you there too.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 June 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link