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Grex > Music2 > #196: NP #4: Music to Conference By |  |
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mcnally
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response 275 of 503:
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Nov 2 05:31 UTC 1999 |
Talk Talk -- "Spirit of Eden"
I'm not sure I can over-recommend this album. Nor do I have any idea
(if it were not for their name on the album cover) how you would ever
know that this was the same band that charted with cheesey synth-pop
hits in the early 80s. Despite glowing recommendations and a strong
cult following on Usenet, for many years I avoided it because every
time I thought of Talk Talk (the band) I thought of "It's My Life" or
"Talk Talk" (the single.)
Instead, this album is a lush and layered composition, a perfect
blend of string bass, wonderfully subdued percussion, drifting organ,
and muddy vocals that the band never matched on any other album,
although you can hear shadows of it from time to time. You can hear
hints of it, too, in some of Tim Friese-Greene's production work for
other bands (for instance, Catherine Wheel..)
Happily, I believe "Spirit of Eden" has been re-released in the US
after having been available only on import for many years. I'm not
sure I've ever talked anyone into buying this album, though that's not
for lack of trying. At any rate, someone *should* snap up the used
copy I saw recently at Encore..
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orinoco
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response 276 of 503:
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Nov 2 15:33 UTC 1999 |
Ben Folds Five, "Whatever and Ever Amen".
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dbratman
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response 277 of 503:
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Nov 2 21:56 UTC 1999 |
The new re-release CD of "Yellow Submarine". Remastered; that seems to
mean in this case that it's LOUDER!
gnat 245: I'm about to visit Portland; where's your friend's record
store?
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gnat
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response 278 of 503:
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Nov 2 22:29 UTC 1999 |
I don't remember (since I don't know my way around the city), but it's
called Discover Records - you should be able to find it in the phone book.
Tell Michael Keefe that I sent you... :)
Reviewing for the station: Saturnine, "American Kestrel." I kept
thinking, "Who do these guys sound like?" And then it hit me -
they're like a very quiet, gentle version of the Byrds. The Gene
Clark cover should have clued me in. 3.5 stars, maybe 4.
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mcnally
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response 279 of 503:
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Nov 2 23:22 UTC 1999 |
(3.5/4 out of how many possible?)
Perhaps I'll check that out, I'm a big Byrds fan. Another Byrds-like
album I recommend from recent years is Ride's "Carnival of Light"
I think it pissed off their regular fans, who expected more drony
shoegazer stuff, but at least *I* really liked it..
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gnat
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response 280 of 503:
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Nov 3 03:27 UTC 1999 |
3.5 out of 5. (I don't think they warrant a 4.)
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katie
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response 281 of 503:
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Nov 3 05:12 UTC 1999 |
I'm listening to Dev Singh, "Heartscape."
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eeyore
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response 282 of 503:
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Nov 3 13:57 UTC 1999 |
(Meg thinks that maybe her music isn't exotic enough for this conferance)
Right now it's Montey Python Sings.
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katie
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response 283 of 503:
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Nov 3 14:08 UTC 1999 |
The Best of Mary McCaslin.
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otaking
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response 284 of 503:
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Nov 3 20:23 UTC 1999 |
Gibbon the Troubador, "An Ode of the Troubador" I've seen Gibbon perform at
cons, and at the Blessed Be and Meet Me in '99" event. I love listening to
him perform. He has a cool description too. "Gibbon the Troubador is a
twentieth century characature of a sixteenth minstrel."
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scott
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response 285 of 503:
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Nov 3 21:30 UTC 1999 |
He's also a regular at Ren Fest in Michigan.
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tpryan
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response 286 of 503:
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Nov 4 02:53 UTC 1999 |
The Batman:Beyond soundtrack CD. Just out recently.
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mcnally
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response 287 of 503:
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Nov 4 03:22 UTC 1999 |
The Rolling Stones -- "Let it Bleed"
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gypsi
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response 288 of 503:
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Nov 5 12:41 UTC 1999 |
"Absent" - new song by yours truly and my friend Magnus
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otaking
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response 289 of 503:
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Nov 5 13:43 UTC 1999 |
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"
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eeyore
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response 290 of 503:
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Nov 5 15:20 UTC 1999 |
Les Miz: The British version.
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orinoco
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response 291 of 503:
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Nov 5 17:23 UTC 1999 |
King Crimson, "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
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oddie
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response 292 of 503:
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Nov 5 18:30 UTC 1999 |
I am listening to a Verve "jazz masters" compilation of Antonio Carlos
Jobim. I picked it off the shelf a couple of nights ago just looking for
something nice and quiet to listen to while doing homework, and have become
hooked on it. Some of the songs have really nice acoustic guitar solos,
and on others he does really lovely subtle piano improvisations. And he
has a lovely warm voice. Some of the songs feature Elis Regina's voice,
which is beautiful too.
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gypsi
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response 293 of 503:
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Nov 5 20:40 UTC 1999 |
"Heartbreak Beat" - Psychedelic Furs
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scott
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response 294 of 503:
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Nov 6 02:48 UTC 1999 |
NIN, "Fragile", the "right" CD of the 2 CD set.
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mcnally
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response 295 of 503:
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Nov 6 03:23 UTC 1999 |
The Clash -- "Black Market Clash"
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happyboy
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response 296 of 503:
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Nov 6 03:27 UTC 1999 |
pressure gonna drop on you you you
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scott
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response 297 of 503:
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Nov 6 03:43 UTC 1999 |
Now it's on to "The Downward Spiral".
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gypsi
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response 298 of 503:
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Nov 6 04:06 UTC 1999 |
"So Far Away" - Dire Straits
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otaking
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response 299 of 503:
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Nov 6 21:42 UTC 1999 |
Eclectica #13: Bureau 13. Right now, Parliament's "Mothership Connection" is
playing.
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