Dave Q on the recent Brian Eno reissues

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Gravity's Rainbow rips that off from Ishmael Reed's The Free-Lance Pallbearers. Just sayin.

beta ray bill, Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link

That was the funniest bits of recent criticism I've read. And true! I love this part:

"On their way from turning the Talking Heads from Jonathan Richman into Spyro Gyra, David Byrne and Eno made My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, cited as innovative by Public Enemy producers the Bomb Squad, among others. What will happen when the crate-diggers discover Eno's old band? (Well, Ice-T did sample "Amazona.") Overall, Music for Films is like the spooky intro to Roxy Music songs such as "Strictly Confidential" or "Ladytron," except not as good."

Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I loved it, but when I read it I was at first worried that Mr. Queen might be losing his edge a little, because I found the article relatively easy to follow.

The last three sentences are GREAT GREAT GREAT.

xp what's the GR rip?

Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, it sucks to be a smoker nowadays, but thursday afternoon is a great record. i'd put it on right now, but, you know... it's thursday afternoon.

fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

The Spyro Gyra comment is so brilliantly true it's not even funny.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

And now Eno/Roxy made Wilco so unnecessary.

Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

On their way from turning the Talking Heads from Jonathan Richman into Spyro Gyra

oh jesus, i'm cracking up. the whole library is scowling at me.

poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

does dave drink for free everywhere he goes yet?

jones (actual), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

gah, must resist

http://www.brian-eno.net/halfspeed/releases.html

sleeve, Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link

Otm. Good to see Karl Malone got a decent gif gig out of this.

(no really, he would've crushed those bad gifs and made it a 1000 times better)

Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link

Breaking up side 2 of Warm Jets would seem to kinda ruin the abrupt transition between "Dead Finks" and "Some of Them Are Old," though I guess it could give you a blissful side 4 if you wanted to leave aside all that racket that makes up most of the rest of the album.

eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 15 June 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link

ha, my thoughts exactly

sleeve, Thursday, 15 June 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link


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