I like a lot of their album tracks but some of the singles seemed to be a bit too cheesy.101Walterton wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 2:56pmI was never big on Bad Manners and apart from compilation albums I don’t have any of their records however Spotify for some reason loved to play them for me and I have to say they were a good band. I just never warmed to Buster and the above just adds fuel to my fire.
Ironic we are discussing Buster on PH birthday as he posted a picture of them together on here.
The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!
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There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Yes I think that was the problem they came across as a novelty act. I know Madness were the Nutty Boys but there was a lot more to them.Heston wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 3:01pmI like a lot of their album tracks but some of the singles seemed to be a bit too cheesy.101Walterton wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 2:56pmI was never big on Bad Manners and apart from compilation albums I don’t have any of their records however Spotify for some reason loved to play them for me and I have to say they were a good band. I just never warmed to Buster and the above just adds fuel to my fire.
Ironic we are discussing Buster on PH birthday as he posted a picture of them together on here.
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I've mistaken loads of bands for the Stones. There was a time when Primal Scream were basically a very good tribute act.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 5:01amOther than a nice chordal lead guitar tone, it sounds absolutely nothing like Big Country. More like a mix of Oasis and Pearl Jam.Heston wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 3:39amI thought you would like that song considering how much it sounds like Big Country.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 2:44amUhm, can you name one other band that is "like" the Stones?
And that Manic Street Preachers song is as forgettable, cliched, forced, and overplayed/produced as all those other identi-kit Brit-pop bands from the '90s. So there.
I just think albums like Bridges To Babylon were corporate awfulness. Another commodity tacked on to their humongous world tours, the musical equivalent of a hot dog.
And face it - you will never mistake the Stones for anyone else and vice versa. And every single album they've ever released has at least a couple classics, and the rest good/very good. Never has a band/artist (since Otis Redding) had a such a consistent catalog whereby you don't feel the need to skip a song - even a ballad/slow song - in a festive/ party/ love-making atmosphere. Prove me wrong, mate.
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The Manics single is excellent. I always hear elements of the Skids in their sound.Heston wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 6:45amSounds nothing like Oasis and especially Pearl Jam to me. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one, I thought the Stones were awful after about 1983.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 5:01amOther than a nice chordal lead guitar tone, it sounds absolutely nothing like Big Country. More like a mix of Oasis and Pearl Jam.Heston wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 3:39amI thought you would like that song considering how much it sounds like Big Country.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 2:44amUhm, can you name one other band that is "like" the Stones?
And that Manic Street Preachers song is as forgettable, cliched, forced, and overplayed/produced as all those other identi-kit Brit-pop bands from the '90s. So there.
I just think albums like Bridges To Babylon were corporate awfulness. Another commodity tacked on to their humongous world tours, the musical equivalent of a hot dog.
And face it - you will never mistake the Stones for anyone else and vice versa. And every single album they've ever released has at least a couple classics, and the rest good/very good. Never has a band/artist (since Otis Redding) had a such a consistent catalog whereby you don't feel the need to skip a song - even a ballad/slow song - in a festive/ party/ love-making atmosphere. Prove me wrong, mate.
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The end of liberty
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Yeah who would call a song that.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Not music, but very cool!
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I've had this stuck in my head for days. I don't know why.
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Apparently this was the final-ever show. . .
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It's kinda sad but inspiring.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Concur. I hated seeing him in that kind of shape—MES was a snarling, prowling predator—but the fucker was still committed to the work. I'm really amazed at how much his death is affecting me. The Fall were never my favourite group and I had no illusions that he was a nasty piece of work to the people around him, but he was committed to the labour of his profession. There was a sincerity there that I deeply admire.
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The UK remains a mystery to the sane.
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First Aid KIt's version of Bird On A Wire (1.01.30) beats even Johnny Cash's for me.