Just found out about this sort of prose poem David Bowie wrote in 1995 for Q magazine about Tricky.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 10:14 (three years ago) link
http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/q95.html
Nearly God his must fully realized project imo
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
Apparently he has a full chapter of him and bowie in his book, I might need to buy it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 10:46 (three years ago) link
Apparently he has a full chapter of him and bowie in his book, I might need to buy and read that one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 10:48 (three years ago) link
have never once heard someone say "i'm loving PMT, especially the second half." haha. maybe i too should give it a relisten.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 14 October 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
The first half of Angels With Dirty Faces is pretty good too, but boy, does that drop off. He really should've kept some of Maxinquaye back for the latter albums.
― fetter, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
Started reading the book, it’s a pretty interesting read so far. Tricky comes off as a very tragic figure, starting right off with his mother’s suicide.
He comes off as unnecessarily feisty in some situations and also a bit of a narcissist, but he’s also pretty self-aware about his music and knows his discography is filled with dead ends and experimental failures.
I’m only 1/5 in but would definitely recommend for fans of Tricky and the music industry in the 90s.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:22 (three years ago) link
Nearly God's oppressive whispering sound is fairly prescient of the whole ASMR/electronic pop sound used today.
Yes!
But I always think both Nearly God and PMT feel *remarkably* current, like insanely so. I remember a day around 2019 where I played nothing but those and Yves Tumor and it all connected.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 15 August 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link
coke in your nose
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 August 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
I’m repeating myself but “Nearly God” has “Poems” which might just be the best track Tricky has ever made.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:17 AM
otm
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 August 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
Both of those songs were remarkably top 30 hits here. Purely fanbase-driven sales but still, what clout.
PMT would have been my answer for the poll. One of my 100 favourite albums ever by anyone I think
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 15 August 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
Maxinquaye was kind of understated, but felt like an earthquake at the time, and Pre-Millennium Tension and Nearly God built on that sound. All of them are great albums
― Dan S, Monday, 15 August 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link