I have not heard the whole album; maybe now is the time! But I’ve loved that song for many years. So gorgeous.
Actually started the Dream Academy album yesterday too. "Life in a Northern Town" was definitely used in a commercial or movie or something when I was a kid and I have a visceral negative sense memory linked to it, haha. I hate when that happens EDIT: Rest of this album is cool though, really like In Places on the Run and This World
It does work up some nice Gilmour/"Run Like Hell" moments and has some really ethereal other tracks. Not a lot of bands with 3 members where one plays the oboe and English Horn
three songs in and i’m pretty into this so far. it sounds like if satan was a musician. i’m shocked @cshadows2887 likes it though, especially since you dislike Beefheart so much
it definitely seems inspired by him - saw a quote from his wife saying her showing tom beefheart led to swordfishtrombone and the "change" in his career
Listened to LL Cool J's Radio. This sort of early hip-hop is usually something that I can respect, but it's not something I necessarily find that interesting. A few years later, stuff like De La Soul / Tribe / Public Enemy etc I really enjoy, but the pre-cursors to them I've never found that good. This is fun though, I enjoyed it, he's a charismatic presence and it sounds like he's having a great time, even if from a beats / instrumentation level, I find it a bit sparse. Can't knock the influence, but probably not one I'll be back to for a while.
That record is so heavy and relentless I always view it almost as a metal record. Just absolutely asphalt cracking drum machine beats and so little else. It thrills me in its uniqueness.
Oh absolutely. But that’s the reason I prefer Waits. He took the influence and did something I find much more interesting with it
If you like Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrombones there’s probably a Beefheart fan down in you waiting to come out
Every couple of years I listen to Rites of Spring, and every couple of years I am reminded that I need to listen to it way more frequently. What a great point made by @phaynes12 that this site / AP.net probably wouldn't exist without this record , and "For Want Of". Post of the week right there. I think I was like 16 and played a Thursday record for someone older and much wiser than I , and he was like "uhhhh you should probably check out Rites of Spring". Lol
I don't listen to Rain Dogs all that often, but I'm fond of it because it was the first album that @DaydreamNation and I did for our short-lived older music feature on AbsolutePunk.net.
So far: Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun The Dream Academy - The Dream Academy Various Artists - Go Go Crankin' Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto The Hooters - Nervous Night The Temptations - Touch Me
Psychocandy is cool. I think I listened to this at the beginning of quarantine and enjoyed it. The Ronettes homage in the opener is dope
1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents 2. The Replacements - Tim 3. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction A weird year for me. I don't unapologetically love any of these albums in the same way I have most of my previous winners, but there's something beguiling and mystifying about all three that keeps me coming back to them. Southern Accents is a messy almost-masterpiece with some big duds (and some overly-fussed-over studio recordings) but also 4-5 of the greatest Petty songs ever. Tim isn't a front-to-back winner for me, but has almost all of my favorite Replacements songs (and caps off with "Here Comes a Regular," which probably should have been on my 100 favorite songs list). And Fables is such an outlier in the R.E.M. catalog that it took me years to appreciate it.
1. Replacements - Tim 2. Tears For Fears 3. Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog Dog Eat Dog seems a lil overlooked. Incredible album