Can't Stand The Rezillos as part of the new Cherry Red set Flying Saucer Attack.I was semi aware of them. Not sure what I'd heard. maybe saw TOTP on TOTP at the time.But the sound is a lot more multidimensional and 3D than I expected. Really love this set. Well first disc anyway, 2nd is the live set.
― Stevolende, Monday, 28 May 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
was odd to hear about this being reissued - i'd bought a copy in fopp a month before where they had a pile of them. it says sire / warner and also "plundering the vaults".
― koogs, Monday, 28 May 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
(although it makes sense that they'd be selling them off ahead of the reissue, i guess)
― koogs, Monday, 28 May 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
"Dream Police" rules so much!
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 July 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
The Police - Synchronicity
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 20 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
I barely listen to music from that era, but Blonde on Blonde is an incredible album
― Vinnie, Saturday, 21 July 2018 06:25 (five years ago) link
:)
― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 July 2018 06:55 (five years ago) link
This is a shocking admission to make on ILM, but until very recently I had never heard any Fleetwood Mac, except for a few well-known tracks. So I've been listening a lot to their classic 70s Buckingham-era albums lately. All three are great, but I have to say I prefer s/t to both Rumours and Tusk.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 23 August 2018 09:18 (five years ago) link
Does that mean you still have the Peter Green stuff to discover? If so, could we swap ears for a bit?
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
Yeah I've never heard the Green or Welch-era stuff.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:15 (five years ago) link
Then play On is the one, especially if you can still get the expanded version from a few years ago.1st lp is too straight Chicago electric blues.
the live set from Boston in '69 has them stretching out heavily and has its moments.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
Bare Trees!
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
Roxy Music - "Stranded"Tim Buckley - "Greetings from L.A."
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
Basically all of R.E.M.'s 80s albums. I only owned Eponymous before and never got into it as much as the two other REM albums I owned (Automatic for the People and New Adventures in Hi-Fi) so mostly didn't bother exploring 80s REM until this year. I'm not sure what changed, but all of this stuff sounds amazing to me now and REM is very quickly moving up on my best bands of all time list.
― silverfish, Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
Yesss.
I have a theory that the broad millennial dismissal of REM will begin to fade soon. They're ripe for rediscovery.
― Dr. Goldfood and the Grill Bombs (Old Lunch), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
Millennials are old enough to remember R.E.M. 2.0 hanging around, like uncool uncles — but I can see Gen Z discovering the band, with fresh eyes/ears.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
I Was A Millennial R.E.M. Fanatic
but i guess it’s true that no one else my age cared
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
When is the 10,000 Maniacs revival?They were never cool to begin with, so there’s no baggage to cast off!
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
Someone should stick Human Conflict Number Five up on Bandcamp, pretend it’s a new album, and start the whole cycle over again.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
THere seem to be 10,000 Maniacs torrent wars every couple of years on various torrent sites so maybe they'll catch on.First couple of lps are ok.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
Still love the Maniacs (Merchant era only, mind you).
Their catalogue is a mess though. I was hoping Elektra would do a 30th anniversary reissue of In My Tribe last year w/extras, outtakes and live stuff (of which there is plenty) but of course it never happened.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
I've always said there's an alternate timeline where they break up after the first few albums flop and become a record geek us post punk icon like the feelies
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
(rem not 10k maniacs)
I think the fact that REM's most well known song today probably being 'Everybody Hurts' which is almost a novelty song at this point doesn't really help to get younger music fans interested in them
― silverfish, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Over the last few weeks I downloaded all the songs off John Peel's Festive Fifty that I didn't know and finished listening to them last week, and was surprised to find I quite liked a couple of 10,000 Maniacs songs, I think from around '83 or so. Don't think I'd ever knowingly heard them before though.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
although looking it up on spotify it looks like 'Losing My Religion' is way more popular than 'Everybody Hurts' (which is second) so maybe my theory doesn't hold up.
Very surprised to see 'Shiny Happy People' as the third most listened to track
xp to myself
― silverfish, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
There’s a terrific moment in Parks and Recreation, where Adam Scott’s character (who is being teased for his uncool taste in music) plays “Pop Song ‘89” at a high school dance, and the kids go nuts — “It’s classic rock!”
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
Also, his character's claymation video prominently features "Stand" (for its 7 second duration)
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
Adam Scott has an REM podcast now
― President Keyes, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
and people found him in the "Drive" video
― President Keyes, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Like, in the crowd? Huh
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
https://news.avclub.com/heres-professional-r-e-m-fan-adam-scott-hiding-in-the-1825790999
― President Keyes, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
Probably just need some more sweet claymasysh to bring the kids around.
― Dr. Goldfood and the Grill Bombs (Old Lunch), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
No, I didn’t explain it right — the kids loved it. And the extension of the joke was that they just scratched their heads at the 2-year-old hip-hop (or whatever) that “cool Millennial” Tom Haverford played... he was the guy who had been busting the chops of Scott’s character about his uncool taste.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
I found a clip that starts off with the audio from the R.E.M. scene (but somehow it's synced with the totally wrong video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOV5JIcYz60
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
Teenager: "I only listen to CDs... it's the way music like this was meant to be heard."
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
unfortunately it's awful. it's co-hosted with scott aukerman. i actually really like adam scott aukerman, and i really wanted to like the podcast (R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE: ME?). but good lord do they like to stray from the subject. each episode is 2 hours long and spends maybe 4 and a half minutes talking about anything relevant to REM
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 August 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
they cover the names of the band members
― President Keyes, Thursday, 23 August 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
peter dollar billmichael stipendmike millerbill buckcherry (might be remembering that wrong)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 August 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
Yeah the REM rehab is kicking in fast IMO. This was.. interesting. http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2017/07/31/best-rem-songs-ranked/
― piscesx, Thursday, 23 August 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
There’s really a boatload of nerdy REM stuff on the podcast buried after a half hour of fucking around
It kind of interesting to hear Superfan Adam Scott defending all the latter day albums to Auckerman, who gave up on the band around Green.
― President Keyes, Friday, 24 August 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
C'mon, Aukerman. You couldn't even make it as far as Out of Time?
I should give the post-Up stuff a real chance someday.
― These Sticks Were Made For Dipping (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 August 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
i believe it, but even then it's intermittent! the last time i tried to listen, i randomly clicked on 10 different locations of an episode to see if they were talking about r.e.m. in any of them. zero!
i think i was just spoiled by the mccartney podcast series, where they're super earnest and constantly talk about paul mccartney
― Karl Malone, Friday, 24 August 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
I probably should mention at this point that the Adam Scott/Scott Aukerman podcast is what prompted me to check out the early REM albums after not really listening or thinking about them for ~15 years. If you don't like their jokes and bits, only listen to the second half of the episodes where they just go through that episode's album track by track. Their enthusiasm is infectious.
― silverfish, Friday, 24 August 2018 04:14 (five years ago) link
unfortunately it's awful. it's co-hosted with scott aukerman. i actually really like adam scott aukerman, and i really wanted to like the podcastREM are boring and U2 are terrible but I have learnt an awful lot about both bands from the excellent podcast over the last four years
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Friday, 24 August 2018 06:29 (five years ago) link
like, the names of the members, and what instruments they play
also, The Godfather is a film
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Friday, 24 August 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
jailbreak by thin lizzy
― Ross, Friday, 24 August 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
Adam Scott has an REM podcast nowunfortunately it's awful. it's co-hosted with scott aukerman. i actually really like adam scott aukerman, and i really wanted to like the podcast (R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE: ME?). but good lord do they like to stray from the subject. each episode is 2 hours long and spends maybe 4 and a half minutes talking about anything relevant to REM― Karl Malone, Thursday, August 23, 2018 1:45 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Karl Malone, Thursday, August 23, 2018 1:45 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just discovered this post and Karl, man, you are so wrong. They often take a half hour to an hour to get to the album itself, but there's usually at least 30 minutes worth of on-topic and substantive musical/critical/cultural commentary, and each episode also gives you a sense of where two fans were in their lives as listeners when each album came out. Plus once you get used to the looong digressions before they get on topic, all the tangents never stop getting funnier (helps to keep in mind that it's an absurdist comedy podcast first and a music podcast second). I probably found it easier to enjoy because I discovered it through their previous podcast, RU Talkin U2 to Me; I'm much more of an REM fan than I am a U2 fan so I got used to their meandering on the earlier podcast without the frustration of waiting for them to get to a subject I really cared about. And once you know their rhythm you can just estimate when they'll actually get down to business and skip ahead of the long warm-up. Smoke a bowl and give it another chance.
― It's like an Christian pop (thewufs), Sunday, 16 September 2018 06:23 (five years ago) link
Monster is completely underrated but I can't imagine a critical reappraisal by people younger than me (36) soon.
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 16 September 2018 09:26 (five years ago) link