Jungle - Platoon Imagine Dragons - Radioactive Child in Time - Deep Purple Hard Fi - Better do Better That was driving down to The Valley on Saturday. Plus a few other tunes too embarrassed to mention!
Mind blowing sonic distortion and, what's this, necrophilia? Nobody else was doing this post Summer of Love
I don't really care much for Lou Reeds solo career, he never got anywhere near what he achieved with the Velvets imo
I would say that his album Berlin can stand up to heights that the velvets reached.
Berlin is a great album
I could never get into Berlin ( and I really did try) - all pomp and bathos. To me the overblown production is at odds with the sordid minutae of the characters in the story. Lou had already covered this ground in single songs where his concise lyrics, not a single word wasted, told you all you needed to know Extending the story across an album has diluted the impact and really, the pathetic "story" doesn't stand up to such close scrutiny. IMHO. The musicianship is great though.
Ezrin also produced Alice Cooper, but in Alice's case I would argue the big productions worked due in part to Alice's self deprecating humour.
Having said all that, I probably haven't listened to Berlin since about 1975, so maybe a reappraisal is overdue! Sorry for wittering on :-)
one of the greatest feelings is finding a band that has completely slipped your attention but you immediately love so much of their work. Helps when they have released 8 albums so you can really indulge yourself. Some might already know this band if not then check them out. a lot of influences in their music - dinosaur jr, Neil Young, modest mouse and pavement.
Drove to and from Birmingham today. Simple Minds - fave Glittering Prize and Someone, Somewhere in Summertime The Script - not my usual listen but played all 21 tracks non-stop and surprisingly calming effect on my driving
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Mind blowing sonic distortion and, what's this, necrophilia?
Nobody else was doing this post Summer of Love
I don't really care much for Lou Reeds solo career, he never got anywhere near what he achieved with the Velvets imo
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Child in Time - Deep Purple
Hard Fi - Better do Better
That was driving down to The Valley on Saturday.
Plus a few other tunes too embarrassed to mention!
Elliot Smith - XO
Elliot Smith - Figure 8
Elliot Smith - from a basement on the hill
pretty much having a bit of a session
Great album
To me the overblown production is at odds with the sordid minutae of the characters in the story.
Lou had already covered this ground in single songs where his concise lyrics, not a single word wasted, told you all you needed to know
Extending the story across an album has diluted the impact and really, the pathetic "story" doesn't stand up to such close scrutiny.
IMHO.
The musicianship is great though.
Ezrin also produced Alice Cooper, but in Alice's case I would argue the big productions worked due in part to Alice's self deprecating humour.
Having said all that, I probably haven't listened to Berlin since about 1975, so maybe a reappraisal is overdue!
Sorry for wittering on :-)
Built to Spill
From Indian Lakes - Absent Sounds
Simple Minds - fave Glittering Prize and Someone, Somewhere in Summertime
The Script - not my usual listen but played all 21 tracks non-stop and surprisingly calming effect on my driving
Lxury / Deptford Goth - Square 1
One of my favourite punk bands, never got anywhere but the gigs were great
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