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Sweet, glad you checked it out. It's a pretty unusual piece. I've been able pick up a pile of pristine Metheny vinyl for super cheap lately, and have really enjoyed digging into his catalog. Such a wide range of interesting recordings, especially from the ECM days.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
This record.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
Yeah, this record. <3
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
my 3.5 yo son blew my mind by singing parts of Chinatown. Turns out my wife had an old CD of Kapput in the car.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 25 August 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
don't let the terrible name scare you, mr twin sister delivers sophistihouse sure to delight any Kaputt fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-XHeBLwTE
― niels, Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
does this come in instrumental?― jaxon, Saturday, January 8, 2011 5:45 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ||||||||, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
this man sounds like an elf
― ||||||||, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
it's that time of the year folks
― gbx, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
get the elf off the shelf
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
I'd say he sounds like a smurf. His voice is really beyond bearable. The music can have its moments though. Like "The laziest river" for example. Very eclectic stuff rooted in the eighties. Reminds me of my student years. Retro but pretty good retro.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 23 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
the sound of an entire generation of music critics ossifying about half-remembered childhood referents
just playing, ilx!
― imago, Friday, 23 November 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
his actual speaking voice sounds like that so he's not putting it on (he was in front of me at the waldorf cold beer and wine once)
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 23 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
it's not the terrible name that puts me off.
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
oh then what is it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
sophistihouse
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
haha
well see what descriptor you can come up with
anyway people who dislike Bejar's voice I don't mean to say you're not welcome itt but I will say you're wasting your time because Bejar is a great singer
― niels, Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:49 (five years ago) link
polite no
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
a friend of mine once described his voice as a cross between nick cave and kenny everett
― . (Michael B), Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:32 (five years ago) link
I actually like that Mr. TS song but I'm struggling to see much of a connection. That name though, sheesh.
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
here's an interesting anecdote:
Frontman Dan Bejar had largely completed his soft-rock opus before asking Shabason to improvise over the recordings, where his ghostly saxophone lines proved to be the perfect complement to Bejar’s alternately hedonistic and weary narrator, hanging over every story like a heavy cologne.
― niels, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
i got a new tattoo
https://i.imgur.com/Nge8t6i.jpg
― gr8080, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
Excellent <3
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
8 years old. How.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
one of the greats
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
randomly the new lloyd cole album "guesswork" sounds a lot like a destroyer album with lloyd cole singing (with a touch of junior boys ballads too)
― na (NA), Monday, 29 July 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
i'm not saying it's a great album or anything
thanks for the tip! this album is totally Blue Nile core.
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 29 July 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
the commotions were definitely in the sophitipop pocket at times (other time more jangly or even countryish?). can't say I've kept up with his solo career but will give this a listen
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 July 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
quite possibly my favourite album ever is 10 years old today, wow
― ufo, Monday, 25 January 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
The weird part about Kaputt is that also showed me that the saxophone didn't suck. I was such a self-loathing sax player for so long and Kaputt showed me that people actually want to hear a saxophone solo. Who knew?— Joseph Shabason (@JosephShabason) January 25, 2021
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 08:55 (three years ago) link
(he's the saxophonist on it)