― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 02:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 04:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 07:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, rescuing "the long good friday" similarly.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link
I think Lennon saw El Topo, flipped out, then they got Klein to green light Holy Mountain
& Life With The Lions >>>> Electronic Sound
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link
shasta linked to this -- http://www.subcin.com/eltoposounds.html on the Alejandro Jodorowsky : RFI thread
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Lennon and Yoko helped to arrange the release and distribution of El Topo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky
― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Thursday, 2 November 2006 01:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Thursday, 2 November 2006 08:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 2 November 2006 09:16 (seventeen years ago) link
This record gives me energy when I need energy.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Beware of Darkness is so beautiful, with that siren call guitar and george singing "watch out now, take kurr bewurr.."
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 12 August 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
aw man old Bimble posts :) :(
― glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 12 August 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Doing final assembly of the biggest project of the year -- pretty mindless, the brain-cell-burning work has already been done and I'm beyond exhausted. ATMP on neverending repeat is the perfect soundtrack for the ad placement and article-flowing, croaking along in my horrible voice.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Thursday, 12 August 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Wonderwall Music is really damn good, but it doesn't have "Behind That Locked Door". Or "Awaiting On You All".
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 August 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
If I ever make another mixtape I'm putting "Behind That Locked Door" on it.
Which one of the long jams has the "Electronic Sound" samples wailing away obliviously in the background? "I Remember Jeep"? "Thanks For The Pepperoni"? Either way, a pretty daft artistic choice - not unlike that Spooky Tooth album from the same year.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 12 August 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
...and hey, I just remembered that Gary Wright's on both of those records
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 12 August 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Since no one has mentioned it yet, let me put in a vote for the comparatively-low-key-but-still-somehow-epic "Let It Down." A perfect example of the buried gem that doesn't hit you right away while you're enjoying the more obviously great songs.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 13 August 2010 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Which one of the long jams has the "Electronic Sound" samples wailing away obliviously in the background?
Having just read the AMG write up moments ago, it's "I Remember Jeep."
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 13 August 2010 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Listened to this four times last night and today while I ground up theoretical pigs into digital sausage. (Then I switched to Sunn O)))).)
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 13 August 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually I prefer the earlier demo of "Let It Down" included as a bonus on the reissue - the Spector bombast on the final version makes my ears hurt.
xpost
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 13 August 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
My younger brother just bought me the original vinyl pressing in damn near mint condition, equipped with the original huge poster of George looking super creepy. Looked around online and it goes for a couple hundred (not that I'd ever dream of selling it).
"Wah-Wah" at full volume is one hell of a good time.
― citizenpuppet, Friday, 13 August 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
huge poster of George looking super creepy
nothin to see here, just a hippy hanging out with some gnomes
― glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 August 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazingly enough, as a Beatles fan who was listening to the radio when "My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life" were hits, I do not own this. I do love "Behind That Locked Door," though, and all three hits.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 August 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
The title track is soothing to my troubled soul.
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
01 - I Dig Love02 - The Art of Dying03 - My Sweet Lord04 - Apple Scruffs05 - Beware of Darkness06 - What Is Life07 - Hear Me Lord08 - It's Johnny's Birthday09 - I'd Have You Anytime10 - Wah Wah11 - Let It Down12 - Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)13 - Awaiting On You All14 - All Things Must Pass
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 3 January 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
err....shit, pasted over something there. That's a one-CD mix of this that I made back in 1998 or 1999, probably one of the first CDs I ever burned. It must have been my preferred listening experience for a while, because looking over it, I can't bring to mind any of the songs I left out (aside from "Isn't It A Pity"). Submitted for your consideration!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 3 January 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
testing it out right now, and looking forward to it! I always enjoy good chunks of All Things Must Pass, but something keeps me from heavily replaying it. Hoping this will help.
― Z S, ~THE~ University of Missouri-Columbia, (Z S), Monday, 3 January 2011 05:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Left out "Behind that Locked Door"
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 January 2011 07:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Got the reissued box set for my birthday in October, and I can only say my love for this album has continued to grow.Am I the only one to think that Let It Down is the template for later Spiritualized?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 3 January 2011 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah there's a pretty obvious connection
― assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 3 January 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well with this whole album really, not just that one tune imho
― assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 3 January 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
OTM OTM Definitely with that tune tho!
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 January 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Was just digging around Christgau's site and stumbled on his review of ATMP. Has he ever been more wrong than this about anything?
All Things Must Pass [Apple, 1970]As a slave of the very "MAYA" (pidgin Hindi for the concrete world) Harrison warns against, I am obliged to point out that playing headsie with the Universal Mind is not introspection and that the International Pop Music Community is not a group. Presumably, the featurelessness of these three discs--right down to the anonymity of the multitracked vocals--reflects Harrison's notion of Truth, and he's welcome to it. But he's never been good for more than two songs per album, and after "My Sweet Lord" I start to get stuck. C
― medelman, Sunday, 20 February 2011 08:14 (thirteen years ago) link
It's not a C, but it deserves no higher than a B+ or B. And most of George's other records are irredeemable.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 February 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
The "only 2 good songs per album" jibe holds for some of his others, its true, but never for ATMP. I'm especially fond of Simply Shady from Dark Horse, but its surrounded by tedious jams.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 20 February 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Irredeemable is a bit harsh. George lends himself to a S/D thread because there are great songs - if you're into melancholia with a spiritual edge - across his solo albums, amongst a bit of filler, e.g
Living in The Material World:
- That is All- The Light that has Lighted the World
Extra Texture:
- The Answer's at the End- World of Stone- Can't Stop Thinking about You
― Bob Six, Sunday, 20 February 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Aside from "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long," "Blow Away," and Cloud Nine (the only one I love end to end), I think the guy really needed collaborators.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 February 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I have the three-disc (three, right?) mini-box, and I've never listened to more than the first disc. What am I missing?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 February 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
if you're into melancholia with a spiritual edge - xpost
sums me up!
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 20 February 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Aside from "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long," "Blow Away," and /Cloud Nine/ (the only one I love end to end), I think the guy really needed collaborators. --Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 20 February 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That was my argument (I guess it wasn't clear).
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 February 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link