@johncalmc a few internet searches later and I now know to what kind of music you're referring. good to have name for it so thanks.
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@nessisonett I like Duran Duran. They were never one of my favourites of the era, but I do think people unduly game them a hard time. Same with Spandau. Both had some proper tunes. I was more of an Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark man.
@nessisonett@johncalmc Oh Duran Duran were killer in their day. Might have a 80's binge myself this afternoon. I was a bit young to be fully into it, but my brother and sister were, so that how I formed my initial musical tastes.
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@TheBrandedSwordsman so I was only able to listen to three songs (I don’t use Spotify and have no YouTube account) but I enjoyed them! ‘Hullo Bolinas’ , ‘Away’ and ‘Radio’. I really like Radio.
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@Jimmer-jammer I'm glad you enjoyed the Sco songs from his oeuvre of work, Radio is great, but then, they all are to me. Apart from his Blue Matter record - that sounded too 80s for my tastes. Care to recommend something yourself?
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@TheBrandedSwordsman my music listening as of late has been all over the map. Haven’t sat down and listened to an album from start to finish for too long. With that said, the last one I listened to was ‘Gish’ by The Smashing Pumpkins. It’s an excellent album and still my favourite of theirs so I’ll throw that one out there.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
@TheBrandedSwordsman I’ll attempt to expand beyond, “There’s just something about it.” 😬
In a word: drums. I find the percussion on this album is something special, particularly within the genre. Chamberlin’s jazz roots creep into every corner, offering a beating heart to the music that feels almost improvised. An immediacy and grooviness that creates an emotionally raw and uniquely expressive backbone for the scaling bass and the ‘wall of sound’ guitars that are hallmarks of Smashing Pumpkins’ identity. Also, they just sound great. Kudos to the engineers.
Beyond that, as a debut album, it’s an astonishingly accomplished effort. Song to song, it’s surprisingly dynamic and each song progresses in such a natural feeling and creative way. It’s the type of record I can put on, lay on a couch with my eyes closed and just listen from start to finish, lost in space. Every song earns it’s place.
I quite like a lot of their catalogue but for me, ‘Gish’ represents the fertile ground that sprouted an immensely successful, creative, unwieldy career that, for better and worse, will probably never be able to recapture the beauty and simplicity of a garden in its infancy.
Oh boy, a whole bunch of people are playing Glasgow over the next few months. I’ll probably grab tickets for Sea Power, Black Marble, The Jesus and Mary Chain, LCD Soundsystem, Viagra Boys, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Big Thief, Yves Tumor, Cloud Nothings, Dinosaur Jr, Jeff Rosenstock, Low and Richard Hawley.
Part of me’s also tempted by this year’s summer gig in the park of Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy to appease my inner 12 year old. It’s like £70 though so no chance 😂
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