yeah why can't these british guys just rock out, you know? like americans, like black sabbath.
hahaha. In a recent BBC doc about Brits playing in the US, Ian Anderson said that, as Tull openers, Roxy Music didn't go over in the US because they were too arch/arty. Which, you know, coming from a flautist fronting a band with a member dressed in a bunny suit...
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 15 February 2013 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
it was kinda weird how well Tull did in the u.s.
― 'glown' with the king (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 February 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah why *those* particular prog-hippies got over is kind of inexplicable
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 February 2013 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
I still haven't heard Beefheart yet. It's interesting that you lump him in with The Fall and Can thoug― how's life, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:13 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI still haven't heard Beefheart yet. It's interesting to me hat you lump him in with The Fall and Can though, because I really love Can but I can't stand (and have given up on even trying to like)The Fall.― how's life, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:15 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:13 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I still haven't heard Beefheart yet. It's interesting to me hat you lump him in with The Fall and Can though, because I really love Can but I can't stand (and have given up on even trying to like)The Fall.
― how's life, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:15 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Got about halfway through This Nation's Saving Grace again this morning. Still nope.
― how's life, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
The Feelies.
Been trying, and failing, for a long time.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 November 2013 06:46 (ten years ago) link
Mogwai
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2013 07:52 (ten years ago) link
I used to be a kneejerk smartass about hating Mogwai. Like, whenever someone would even mention liking them in passing, I'd go nuclear. Now the hate's worn off and I can enjoy (later) Mogwai in small doses. Still not a band I go out of my way to hear.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:00 (ten years ago) link
I can't imagine ever getting worked up about Mogwai but rock music has to have vocals, sorry Mogwai
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:34 (ten years ago) link
Flipper
― Call the Cops, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:38 (ten years ago) link
Grateful Dead
― Call the Cops, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:39 (ten years ago) link
Henry Cow
― Call the Cops, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:42 (ten years ago) link
Bands
― . (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2013 08:45 (ten years ago) link
Call the Cops I call first dibs on all the records that you don't want anymore
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2013 09:38 (ten years ago) link
Count me in with the Mogwai thing.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 8 November 2013 09:56 (ten years ago) link
Swans. Never in the mood.
― cheeseburger, Friday, 8 November 2013 09:59 (ten years ago) link
The Fall. Normally an ILX poll makes me more enthusiastic about an artist but still the only Fall album I like is the Best of the Fall, mainly for the atypical pop moments that proper fans don't like.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 8 November 2013 09:59 (ten years ago) link
Call the Cops I call first dibs on all the records that you don't want anymore --gotta lol geir (NickB)
Ha. You're on.
― Call the Cops, Friday, 8 November 2013 10:01 (ten years ago) link
awesome.
i'm not big on mogwai anyway, but flamboyant goon tie's proposal of a mogwai with vocals is waaaay worse, so just count yr blessings flambo.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:04 (ten years ago) link
There are a number of mogwai songs with vocals
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:08 (ten years ago) link
But thankfully it's a small number.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:43 (ten years ago) link
This would be my pick as well. Same goes for Art Bears actually.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 8 November 2013 11:01 (ten years ago) link
Oh no I never suggested anybody in Mogwai should sing! I can't even listen to Tortoise, there is no place for instrumental post-rock in my heart :(
I looooove Art Bears but liiiiiike Henry Cow
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 8 November 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
The Fall. Normally an ILX poll makes me more enthusiastic about an artist but still the only Fall album I like is the Best of the Fall, mainly for the atypical pop moments that proper fans don't like.― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, November 8, 2013 9:59 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, November 8, 2013 9:59 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This^ It's things like The Chiselers and Hit The North I like, but Mr Pharmacist? Noooo....
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
not sure there's such a thing as a "proper" Fall fan, and anyway so far as I'm concerned I like "pop" Fall as much as the "weird" stuff. Mt Pharmacist seems an odd choice for "weird Fall" anyway as it's a cover version.
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:14 (ten years ago) link
Bach Chamber Choir Badfinger Ballin' Jack Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Bearfoot (Canadian band) Beefy Red Beggars Opera (band) Betsy & Chris Black Sabbath Black Widow (band) Blue Mink Bones (band) Brinsley Schwarz Bronco (band) Brother (Canadian band) Brotherhood of Man Brownsville Station (band) Brutus (Canadian band)
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 8 November 2013 12:16 (ten years ago) link
― The Killer Inside Meme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:17 (ten years ago) link
not sure there's such a thing as a "proper" Fall fan, and anyway so far as I'm concerned I like "pop"
Fall as much as the "weird" stuff. Mt Pharmacist seems an odd choice for "weird Fall" anyway as it's a cover version.― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, November 8, 2013 12:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, November 8, 2013 12:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Uh, no it's not weird Fall, it's just the song I associate with them more than any other. Like DL, the only album I can bear to listen to is the best of really. Always amazed how many songs I know by them are covers - Ghost in My House, Why Are People Grudgeful etc...
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:18 (ten years ago) link
I keep trying to get into Drexciya and losing interest midway through listening.
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 November 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
one of those bands where their biggest hits were covers - ghost in my house and victoria xp
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:21 (ten years ago) link
xxp Ah okay gotcha. the covers are some of their best stuff IMO, no shame in only liking them if that's your bag! People who think they're a proper fan because they "prefer the early demos" are history's greatest monsters, pretty much.
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thediamondauthority.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Diamond-Wedding-Bands.jpg
I really don't get why ppl wear these things on their fingers
― sarahell, Friday, 8 November 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
Drexciya maybe benefit from a "best of" approach, a lot of tracky numbers in their catalogue, not that i don't love all of it
― . (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:26 (ten years ago) link
xp By "proper Fall fan" I mean people who voted in the poll and chose a lot of stuff from 1979-83. I prefer later songs like Hit the North, Bill Is Dead, High Tension Line, Telephone Thing and the cover versions, so I tend to feel like a part-timer.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
I'm a big Fall fan but wouldn't claim to have deep knowledge of all of their records, for some bands I think it's okay to accept that you won't hear every note they ever played.
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:32 (ten years ago) link
No! You must hear every note they have played and then poll them. Once a month. In a different order slightly.
― . (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
okay boss
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
is that why they call them new order?
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
always different, always the same
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:39 (ten years ago) link
peter hook and yr granny on bongos
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
I hear Hooky's looking for work these days
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
Boards of Canada. I love the idea of all this occult stuff lurking in their music, but when I actually listen to it all I hear is pleasant, drifty ambience.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
They're definitely a magic-eye band.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
Expanding head band
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2013 12:53 (ten years ago) link
heeeey... I just 'got' the pun in that band name.
I've never gotten into Boards of Canada either. I liked that one tune on the first album with the crazy chopped human voices, but otherwise I don't get why their simplistic, quasi-nostalgic IDM-with-breakbeats is so different compared to other IDM-with-breakbeats acts who've done similar things, only with more innovation and originality.
― Tuomas, Friday, 8 November 2013 13:16 (ten years ago) link
tbf you don't get lots of things
― . (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
/Henry Cow/This would be my pick as well. Same goes for Art Bears actually. --my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram)
This would be my pick as well. Same goes for Art Bears actually. --my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram)
I love Art Beats, though.
― Call the Cops, Friday, 8 November 2013 13:21 (ten years ago) link
Bears fuck
in the woods
― . (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2013 13:22 (ten years ago) link
Well yeah, but with BoC I at least tried. I even bought the album!
(x-post to NV)
― Tuomas, Friday, 8 November 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link