― 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
quite a few of us are just plain wrong, then, aren't we? :)
although i must admit, the read-and-burn era stuff makes a *lot* more sense as two mini-albums as opposed to one full-lengther.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
I still haven't been able to find the "So and Slow It Goes" single, which has remixes by The Orb and LFO. I did manage to find the 12" with the 2 remixes The Halfer Trio did for Wire. Awesome.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and 154 >>>> everything else I own
― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Send: Check the lp version, all the tracks are 'redux' i.e. edited down to their basic essences, and all the missing tracks off the "Read and Burn" are included. I should get this, one of these days.
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
really? that sounds intriguing. does anyone have this? is it worth it?
i got the CD version because it came with the live disc, which is wonderful: "mr marx's table" only really works live, and the vocal on 99.9 is mind-blowing.
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:00 (nineteen years ago) link
I have this, and I remember the idea being more exciting than the actual reality. I recall there was some sloppy editing.
I haven't played it in awhile though, perhaps I should dig it out.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
i'd have to disagree there...
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 23 September 2004 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Queen Electric Nipple Scorcher (Queen Electric Butt Prober BZZ), Thursday, 23 September 2004 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
It blew my mind straight off. I had only really heard A Bell Is A Cup and Ideal Copy prior to this, and I wasn't prepared for the sheer brilliance.
A Mutual Friend is one of my all-time favorite songs.
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 11 March 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 11 March 2005 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: damn cheapskate satanists (latebloomer), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
that's what listening to 154 feels like for us, yes
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: damn cheapskate satanists (latebloomer), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 11 March 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
-- mark grout (mark.grou...) (webmail), September 23rd, 2004 1:46 PM. (link)
Funny, I thought I typed this in last month... (Still haven't got the REDUX yet, suffice to say)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 14 March 2005 09:32 (nineteen years ago) link
I mean, Miccio, it's not even worth responding to. We all know he's a joke. What's weird is that I like SOME of our posts Alfred, but then you post craziness like this. don't get it.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 14 March 2005 10:45 (nineteen years ago) link