What Are you Listening to Right Now?
- Dirty Harry
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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
I own every Wire studio album but for some reason this album escaped me i had only heard 'Alone' before and maybe thought the whole album maybe sounded like this but i was wrong, Got this last week and pretty much been on the turntable all week and a must for any Wire fan.
Probably the closest to what maybe Wire would have sounded like in 1980 after 154
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It's long had the reputation for being Wire's fourth album given the presence of Gotobed and Thorne, and a few co-writes with Lewis. My understanding is that Beggar's Banquet really thought it would break CN in the US as a New Wave star.Dirty Harry wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 5:46pm
I own every Wire studio album but for some reason this album escaped me i had only heard 'Alone' before and maybe thought the whole album maybe sounded like this but i was wrong, Got this last week and pretty much been on the turntable all week and a must for any Wire fan.
Probably the closest to what maybe Wire would have sounded like in 1980 after 154
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Big mistake really as Colin was never going to achieve the kind of respect as a solo performer the BB thought possible. Colin is a fine musician (if that term can be applied)Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 6:13pmIt's long had the reputation for being Wire's fourth album given the presence of Gotobed and Thorne, and a few co-writes with Lewis. My understanding is that Beggar's Banquet really thought it would break CN in the US as a New Wave star.Dirty Harry wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 5:46pm
I own every Wire studio album but for some reason this album escaped me i had only heard 'Alone' before and maybe thought the whole album maybe sounded like this but i was wrong, Got this last week and pretty much been on the turntable all week and a must for any Wire fan.
Probably the closest to what maybe Wire would have sounded like in 1980 after 154
But as a personality he would never make it.
The record is a winner though. And really should've been marketed as a Wire project.
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I think Colin said pretty much the same thing about his potential to be a pop star. He's too jaundiced or wry towards that stuff. Of the four, it was Graham Lewis who would have best played the pop star game.Marky Dread wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 6:17pmBig mistake really as Colin was never going to achieve the kind of respect as a solo performer the BB thought possible. Colin is a fine musician (if that term can be applied)Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 6:13pmIt's long had the reputation for being Wire's fourth album given the presence of Gotobed and Thorne, and a few co-writes with Lewis. My understanding is that Beggar's Banquet really thought it would break CN in the US as a New Wave star.Dirty Harry wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 5:46pm
I own every Wire studio album but for some reason this album escaped me i had only heard 'Alone' before and maybe thought the whole album maybe sounded like this but i was wrong, Got this last week and pretty much been on the turntable all week and a must for any Wire fan.
Probably the closest to what maybe Wire would have sounded like in 1980 after 154
But as a personality he would never make it.
The record is a winner though. And really should've been marketed as a Wire project.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
Hello,
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten. This is quite different from what most would associate with the Soup Dragons - no dance-rock-90's sound. This album has some Soup Dragon clues but actually sounds a bit more Buzzcock-ish to me. It's a shame they became a band that I wouldn't change the station but wouldn't sit up for either. They would have benefited from song-writing of Buzzcock quality.
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten. This is quite different from what most would associate with the Soup Dragons - no dance-rock-90's sound. This album has some Soup Dragon clues but actually sounds a bit more Buzzcock-ish to me. It's a shame they became a band that I wouldn't change the station but wouldn't sit up for either. They would have benefited from song-writing of Buzzcock quality.
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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
I've got all their albums.gkbill wrote: ↑27 Jul 2020, 7:26pmHello,
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten. This is quite different from what most would associate with the Soup Dragons - no dance-rock-90's sound. This album has some Soup Dragon clues but actually sounds a bit more Buzzcock-ish to me. It's a shame they became a band that I wouldn't change the station but wouldn't sit up for either. They would have benefited from song-writing of Buzzcock quality.
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
Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
Hello,Marky Dread wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 5:47amI've got all their albums.gkbill wrote: ↑27 Jul 2020, 7:26pmHello,
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten. This is quite different from what most would associate with the Soup Dragons - no dance-rock-90's sound. This album has some Soup Dragon clues but actually sounds a bit more Buzzcock-ish to me. It's a shame they became a band that I wouldn't change the station but wouldn't sit up for either. They would have benefited from song-writing of Buzzcock quality.
I used to listen to Lovegod a lot. It kind of faded. Is there anything else worth listening to from their stuff?
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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
This Is Our Art - 1988gkbill wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 12:49pmHello,Marky Dread wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 5:47amI've got all their albums.gkbill wrote: ↑27 Jul 2020, 7:26pmHello,
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten. This is quite different from what most would associate with the Soup Dragons - no dance-rock-90's sound. This album has some Soup Dragon clues but actually sounds a bit more Buzzcock-ish to me. It's a shame they became a band that I wouldn't change the station but wouldn't sit up for either. They would have benefited from song-writing of Buzzcock quality.
I used to listen to Lovegod a lot. It kind of faded. Is there anything else worth listening to from their stuff?
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
Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
Still on my soundtracks. The film may not be the best in the series but the OST is up there for me.
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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
I like most John Barry stuff.
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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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
One of the great guitar bands who just never found a big audience.
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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
Deserved much better. Great band superb live.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 5:14pm
One of the great guitar bands who just never found a big audience.
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
Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
Yep, they've been a joy to listen to
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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
My mate was a big fan and I liked quite a few of their songs. "I Don't know Why I Love You" is perfect...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 5:14pm
One of the great guitar bands who just never found a big audience.
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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Re: What Are you Listening to Right Now?
So many of their singles sounded perfect—"Christine"; "Shine On"—that their lack of success just baffles.Heston wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 5:31pmMy mate was a big fan and I liked quite a few of their songs. "I Don't know Why I Love You" is perfect...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 5:14pm
One of the great guitar bands who just never found a big audience.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft