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Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:31 pm
by DaveF
Ivor wrote:I hadn't listened to this in years but it was always one of my favourite LPs of that era. Given the upgrades in hifi equipment since I last heard it it's actually quite astounding! Like listening to a remix! Still a great album.
That album certainly brings back memories of college. Great album alright but I did kinda prefer Pablo Honey at the time.
I havent listened to the above in years either. I never tried out any of their albums after Ok Computer and those later albums do seem to divide opinion!
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:57 pm
by cybot
For the night that's in it.....and in it's original much loved gatefold Polydor sleeve...Oh, how we rocked the night away :-) Keep on rockin' Rory....
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:48 pm
by cybot
I remember reading a negative two star review of this album and I was horrified as it's one of his very best....
An honest one:
This is an excellent record. With true Verlaine style you have the twisted style of 'Bomb' where the traditional pop-sensibility of 'we can work it out' gets inverted into a desperate bleak acknowledgement of a final breakdown, the warning of 'A Town Called Walker' for anyone trying to return to their roots and the barely hidden regret of a man finding a reason to make contact with an ex-partner in 'The Scientist Writes a Letter'.
The album is loaded with great melodies and unexpected twists. Verlaines guitar work has never been tighter and his writing sharper. I like Television but I think his solo work is criminallly under-valued. If you like your music to be soaked in razor edged pyschedelia and come out taughter than cheese wire you should buy this record.
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:04 pm
by cybot
It's been so long since I listened to an REM Lp it's not right :-( Always loved the cover too...
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:04 pm
by fergus
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:41 pm
by cybot
Been a while since I Yessed and rolled :-)
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:05 pm
by JAW
Coincidence! These courtesy of Fergus. Thanks!!!!
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:41 pm
by fergus
cybot wrote:
I still think that is a great album!
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:42 pm
by fergus
JAW wrote:
How did you get on with that one johnny....I hope that you enjoyed it?
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:33 pm
by JAW
fergus wrote:JAW wrote:
How did you get on with that one johnny....I hope that you enjoyed it?
Enjoyed it a lot, Fergus. I hadn't heard Time and a Word in years and I think that the classic Yes line up was Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman, but this has a lot energy to it. Peter Banks and Tony Kaye are a lot better than I remembered. Good stuff from one of my favourite periods of music.
