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8.55am
26 January 2017
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Gotta mention LCD Soundystem's original trilogy - self-titled (2005), Sound of Silver (2007) and This Is Happening (2010). No other band this millennium brings me so much catharsis with their music and lyrics.
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Von Bontee“There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle to be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.” - Tony Benn
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10.03am
14 December 2009
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I relate far too well to "Losing My Edge"
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QuarryManOne day, a tape-op got a tape on backwards, he went to play it, and it was all "Neeeradno-undowarrroom" and it was "Wow! Sounds Indian!"
-- Paul McCartney
11.24am
14 December 2009
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Jim Croce: Life and Times
My grandparents owned this album when I was a child, it was an early favourite. There's a 1975 picture of me listening to it, in fact:
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Beatlebug, WeepingAtlasCedarsOne day, a tape-op got a tape on backwards, he went to play it, and it was all "Neeeradno-undowarrroom" and it was "Wow! Sounds Indian!"
-- Paul McCartney
12.03pm
26 January 2017
Offline vonbontee said
sir walter raleigh said
Steely Dan actually has two
Can't Buy A Thrill
Countdown To Ecstacy
Pretzel Logic
Royal Scam
Aja
Gaucho
Been into these cats BIG TIME as of late
I'd go Katy Lied/Royal Scam/Aja for that second trio, myself.
I wanted Gaucho in there at the end, but if we include Katy Lied we can bridge the gap and make it a holy septet
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vonbontee"The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles!"
-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
"We could ride and surf together while our love would grow"
-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
12.09pm
26 January 2017
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I relate far too well to "Losing My Edge"
Heh. The line"But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent. And they're actually really, really nice." always makes me laugh.
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Beatlebug, vonbontee“There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle to be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.” - Tony Benn
2019 BB awards:
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1.28pm
25 February 2020
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Can: Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days
The Cure: Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography
Deerhunter: Cryptograms, Microcastle/Weird Era Continued, Halcyon Digest
Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World
Gas: Zauberberg, Königsforst, Pop
Nirvana: Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero
Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted, Crooked Rain , Crooked Rain , Wowee Zowee
Tame Impala: Innerspeaker, Lonerism, Currents
A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels..., The Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders
Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat, s/t
Wipers: Is This Real?, Youth of America, Over the Edge
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5 December 2019
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Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa, Workingman's Dead, American Beauty
Oasis: Definitely Maybe, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Be Here Now
Blur: Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife, The Great Escape
Talking Heads: Talking Heads 77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music or Fear of Music, Remain In Light, Speaking Tongues or Remain In Light, Speaking In Tongues, Little Creatures.....
.......OR just listen to all of the bloody Talking Heads albums straight through in one 7-album run (8-album run if you want to throw Stop Making Sense in there for some live versions + "Genius of Love") because they're terrific and I think I'll do that just now..........
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Vera Chuck and Dave, Beatlebug"....When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind...."
"....This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around...."
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4.16pm
1 December 2009
Offline I always speak up for the neglected "Name of this Band..." over SMS, but I do appreciate the "Tongues" songs more there than in the studio takes. (And of course the concert film is a whole nother level of excellent...)
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lovelyritametermaid, Beatlebug, Vera Chuck and DaveGEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions, Marvin Gaye. PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
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