ahhhhhh...........

[jaybee]

listening chair is back....

which means hifi is back in position....

let it warm up with Emmylou's "wrecking ball" while cooking dinner.... by way of a decent Rioja.... (a la Rioja alta-Vina Ardanza 2001, if you must know.....)

With a big glass and sated appetite I was transported....

Not often, but every now and then one remembers why we obsess.... the aul hifi is far from perfect these days, but absence makes the heart etc....

A random remembering of the briefest of glimpses of elbow at the olympics closing suggested a spin of their truly beautiful 2001 "Asleep in the Back"


yours etc

Happy Out

[Diapason]

Great post! Those moments are rare, but when they arrive they're pure gold.

[Fran]

+1

[jaybee]

I have been living vicariously for so long now to various of all of your exploits both in the budget end and the stratospheric that without even listening much ( apart from the zeppelin...) I became jaded with comparisons and minutiae...

If I can expand on a previous...

One could endlessly debate the relative merits and shortcomings of say a nice Rioja vs. a good claret vs. a new world showstopper...

at the end of the day they're all better than blue nun...!!!

[tony]

A random remembering of the briefest of glimpses of elbow at the olympics closing suggested a spin of their truly beautiful 2001 "Asleep in the Back"


Great to see a good working band close out the olympics. I thought they stole the show(if you could call it that) To be fair only the brits could pull something like this off and make it all work.

[jaybee]

I've never been happier for a band.... they stuck to their guns for years, making great music, and well recorded...

they deserve every bit of success they get...!!

[Diapason]

Elbow were the highlight of that closing ceremony for me. I should probably buy at least one of their albums.

[tony]

Cast of thousands is my favourite but at this stage you can buy them from play.com for about €4-5 a cd so take your pick

[jaybee]

I have them all if you want to borrow...

last time I was over you liked "seldom seen kid"

it goes

asleep in the back
cast of thousands
leaders of the free world
seldom seen kid
build a rocket boys

personally it took me a long while to warm to build a rocket boys

the others were instant likes

[Diapason]

I'm pretty sure I'd start with Seldom Seen Kid alright.

Thanks for the offer of a "loan" JB, but I think I might actually just buy it. I know I know, no recession on here, etc...