John Cale album poll

They're not as good (or even okay) as the other works!

music for a new society is great, esp. if you're in the mood for some bleak stuff

His "unplugged" versions of those songs are superior.

agreed but please never use the term "unplugged" again

Pretty nifty double live set just released:

http://www.amazon.com/John-Cale-Band-Live-Rockpalast/dp/B003BWBA6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288558270&sr=8-1

Way, way better than "Comes Alive", and rehabilitates some of the "Carribean Sunset" material nicely.

Paris 1919 or Music for a New Society for me....never could choose between the two, both nigh on perfect!

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/john-cale-paris-1919-round-16-toms-selection/

Having recently re-listened to both albums, I reckon MFANS is his true masterpiece, but I would always prefer to listen to Paris 1919.

He's 70 today!

(I unwittingly posted as such on the De Subjectivisten board; my browser was set to auto-translate Dutch and I didn't notice)

Penblwydd Hapus!

well said, willem, well said
:)
i'd put it just slightly differently, though:
john cale on kõigiti äge säga ja õnne sünnipäevaks ja kanget tervist talle!

happppy birthday. one of the greatest.

interesting that it's also Ornette Coleman's birthday, and that the artwork for Ornette's Free Jazz album was Pollock's "White Light." Interesting to me anyway.

lol, Cale and Lou born in the same year and a week apart!

I seem to remember some wanky discussion panel item on Lou last week. This hasn't been as dubiously celebrated and it sucks!

Sabotage is pretty underrated, methinks. Mercenaries is enormous. Listening to it a lot lately.

When I could take you apart
And if you give me half a chance
I'd do it now, I'd do it now, right now, you fascist

this guy

It is cruel to choose. He is the only interesting lyricist of paranoia. Even when no guns or threat of foul play are involved, his paranoia is exquisite. Here is a lyrical sequence of non-violent paranoid bits from three consecutive records: "Nothing frightens me more than religion at my door," "You know more than I know," "They're taking it all away."

The ones you need.

Nice. I just joined twitter and I follow you. I commented on your twitter about Honi Soit and the great Hungry For Love.

The ones you need🕸.

Yo La covered "Hanky Panky Nohow" *and* "Andalucia," which is pretty cool. Paul Kelly did a lovely cover of "Buffalo Ballet" that makes me wonder why more people don't cover John Cale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cBcd0IaIA

Btw, it's getting to the point where every time a dormant thread pops up I assume the person is dead when really I should start assuming it's a Soto list.

I heard Paul Kelly's cover before the original, it's close but I still prefer Paul's version.

Cale has a rare ability to be equally convincing in crazed punk mode as well as evocative wide-screen mode a-la "Buffalo Ballet"

Btw, it's getting to the point where every time a dormant thread pops up I assume the person is dead when really I should start assuming it's a Soto list.

Soto lists always come in threes.

like my dates!

lol. have to listen to Fear again, but I love Paris 1919

Don't sleep on Tyler's excellent Unreleased Cale comp on his blog!

Hedda Gabler had a very funny face