― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Friday, 5 December 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Schwingung (Damian), Saturday, 6 December 2003 02:51 (twenty years ago) link
You should be slapped across the face with a sandpaper glove for that comment.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 6 December 2003 03:04 (twenty years ago) link
I was listening to 154 this morning and the lyrics are fantastic.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 6 December 2003 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Cinnimiccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 December 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 December 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 16:56 (twenty years ago) link
and yeah i love it
― geeta (geeta), Saturday, 6 December 2003 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:14 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:20 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:24 (twenty years ago) link
― cinno blountington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
Hey Jess, why do ya think that Chairs Missing is better than Pink Flag?
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:59 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 6 December 2003 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
That said Ned's post way back when is the only one of these that actually says why 154 is so damn loved. Can someone tell me what exactly I'm supposed to be enjoying on that thing (aside from the pre-Pixies prettiness of "the 15th" and "Map Ref" actually having a hook).
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 December 2003 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 18:09 (twenty years ago) link
all that said, "map ref" is still probably in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 6 December 2003 18:10 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 6 December 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link
but its not that prog really. but then again I've only heard 154 and pink flag.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 6 December 2003 20:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 6 December 2003 20:12 (twenty years ago) link
J: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Hahahaha.
TY: Um.
J: Ha. Hahaha. Ha.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 December 2003 20:13 (twenty years ago) link
I don't get the love for The 15th so much and I'm surprised at the lack of love for Song 1. Is Blur's Song 2 supposed to be a reference to Song 1?
― Comme personne (common_person), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Comme personne (common_person), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I've come round to most of Lewis' vocals, not least after experiencing his awesome arrogant over-affected supervillain shtick on the 1979 video. That 'fighting brave-ly, WILL SHE SAVE ME' bit in A Touching Display is so melodramatic it's genius.
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 05:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:08 (nineteen years ago) link
This is being issued legitimately, soon.
Classicobv.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Miccio, man, I love ya, but FUCK DAT...
anyway, CLASSIC. such a cold, chilly album. the textures are so bleak, atmospheric. "I Should've Known Better" sort of reminds me of Dracula.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 10:49 (nineteen years ago) link
I did have it when I was 15! I love "Map Ref." on the Troublemakers comp, and found a used copy not long afterward. Still my favorite Wire LP.
― mike a, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― carniewilson, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:00 (nineteen years ago) link
it's out now! i've just ordered mine from posteverything.com. get *in*.
tragically, they don't have any of those stunning a-list T-shirts left.
154 is a landmark; a colossus. it's so spectacularly under-rated (in general) too. is chairs missing better? not quite. but it's not worth arguing. two of the greatest albums in the history of time.
am i the only person in the world who loves - *loves* - a bell is a cup?
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
and i think i'm one of the few who actually enjoys the drill LP. i don't actually own manscape. i keep meaning to get it. it's a long time since i've heard it; i remember being hugely underwhelmed. which is why i never bought it, see?
i dug out my copy of the wir album the other day. holy christ, ticking mouth! one of their all-time finest moments. what a beautiful, bleak, terrifying song.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Comme personne (common_person), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link
And I loves Drill (drill drill, dugga dugga dugga and "1 2 drill .... U")
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, The Wir Remix of Erasure's "Fingers & Thumbs" is ace ace ace.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link
But yeah, I would say most fans don't rate the Manscape/Drill/First Letter era highly.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Didoismus (Dada), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
this is one of those things i've NEVER HEARD and i really must rectify that.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes.
Anyway, my copy has just arrived, so..
― Mark G, Saturday, 14 May 2022 13:41 (one year ago) link
A guy's gotta make a living. Colin Newman, that is.
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 May 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
the best fucking album ever made!!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 11 July 2022 12:32 (one year ago) link
yes. yes!!
― imago, Monday, 11 July 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
I feel like all the criticisms of this album are like "oh it's so silly and OTT and comically doomy".
But that is what I love about it??
― Tim F, Monday, 11 July 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
a touching display, you might conclude
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 July 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
You'd be very wrong if you did though.
― Eavis Has Left the Building (Tom D.), Monday, 11 July 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
My favorite album. (Thanks, Fischerspooner.)
― death generator (lukas), Monday, 11 July 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
Am I the only one who prefers Colin Newman's A - Z? I don't object to "silly and OTT and comically doomy" in general but the tracks led by Lewis and Gilbert just aren't as interesting melodically, harmonically, or vocally (though they are very interesting conceptually and lyrically).
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 11 July 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
(and texturally)
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 11 July 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link
Ever tried "In Esse" ?
(Makes Metal Machine Music sound tuneful. I sort of like it, but)
― Mark G, Monday, 11 July 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
I've heard all four Dome albums, and collectively they equal about one fine record plus a lot of mildly interesting experiments.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 11 July 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link