Scott-O -- as in Scott Walker and SunnO)))

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http://scott-o.com/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bri3jDeIMAAkPXc.jpg

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You beat me by like ten seconds. Bah.

Scott O)))

one thread should be for discussion, the other should be used for sheer amazement keyboard splatterings

And what about the thread for the inevitable Pre-Covers?

YES

I see no reason not to do that. Let's wait for a tracklisting at least.

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I'll give you 21... dollars for the LP version.

Wait...this...this is actually happening? Because holy fuck.

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it's kind of funny being the "I don't get it" dude and watching all of your friends go apeshit bananas over a URL that leads to a JPG

faints

They should've called it SCUNN O)))

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two of the only reasons to live have combined...to create an additional reason to live

this could be the not terrible LULU

Anyone else been secretly hoping this would happen?

Totally. And it seems quite 'logical' for this to be Scott Walker's next venture. He's so far ahea, what else could he be doing except break another musical barrier?

My guess is he wants to try playing live again.

Not sure if my mind would be able to cope with that.

I had thought of SunnO))) but thought it was too unlikely. I was holding out for Scott and Burial but this… is the jackpot.

it's too perfect really. i feel like i've stepped out of reality into an infinitely improbable dimension

so heavy

Other thread title was better

Mine was best:

The SUNNO))) AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANY MORE?

I was just coming here to say tQ tweet wins the internet.

:-)

This look goods, but instead I'm eagerly awaiting next year's project, imagO)))

would love to hear a Dyson vacuum through an Ampeg stack

ruthless lol

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(I am mildly anticipating this)

tbh I didn't really get into Bish Bosch, and I'd rather listen to Climate of Hunter than Tilt. I have super high hopes for this though.

drftt

sunn o))) and ulver will be forgotten so soon :(

a) people can be aware of more than one record, b) Sunn O))) and Ulver isn't exactly a weird combination, c) nor is Ulver a pan-generational legend, d) oh, I see you've forgotten the Sunn O))) and Nurse With Wound collaboration already? ;_;

sunned

lol

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ha, I was being knowingly silly there anyway

this may well rule

(fwiw I also have the Sunn O))) & Boris album knocking around)

Always thought Boris should do a version of Carmina Burana, then they could call the project Boris Carl Orff

my note of caution would be, that although these are both exceptional artistic institutions, there is no guarantee that their combination will produce work with a coherence of vision & expression that outdoes their original enterprises

countering this, however, is Sunn O)))'s brilliant history of collaborations (KTL added to the above), and the sheer intrigue factor in how it'll turn out

on balance, I'm excited, although I'm not yet expecting the greatest art-music of our age

Xp just fp'd u looking for the "like" button

No regrets

There is never a guarantee that anything will be good

Yes, but I'm saying that with two contrasting visions in combination, it could be awkward, although this is countered by Sunn O)))'s record with these things (usually taking a compositional back seat AFAICT, but adding brilliantly to the overall sonic miasma)

What are the best collaborations y'all can think of?

What!? Is this real?

This is amazing and makes way more sense than LuLu

Leaked album details: Scott0))) release to be called Giggly Friendship Fun, a study of all the participants' bronydom.

hmmm... not sure if that video was interesting or kind of boring at 9.30mins. Not a patch on the Epizootics vid.

Am I wrong in hearing "They're taking her children away" from Lou Reed's "The Kids" echoed in "Herod 2014"'s "She's hidden her babies away"?

There's a bit during Bull (I think) that reminds me so much of Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by The Eurythmics it's unreal.

Similar to my initial reaction to the Bull teaser...

This sounds great so far. Makes me think know of early Spandau Ballet for some reason.

― Scary Darey (dog latin), Friday, August 22, 2014 12:08 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's definitely a new romantic vibe to that track.

I've been playing this album a LOT this week. Sounds (feels, rather :-) even better in the car than on my stereo at home. It's a really fun album in that it's fun to sing along with Scott and fun to shred with the (lead) guitarists.

One of the maddest experiences was when my friend and I were driving down a country road to Norfolk on a dark January night after Christmas listening to Epizootics, when a lorry overtook us at full speed. Something like a bag full of flour or some sort of dusty substance on the back of the truck burst and sent this blinding cloud flying all over the road. Definitely freaked me out. I'm surprised we didn't slow down or stop, but I think we were too scared.

Am I wrong in hearing "They're taking her children away" from Lou Reed's "The Kids" echoed in "Herod 2014"'s "She's hidden her babies away"?

― with hidden noise, Friday, October 24, 2014 6:09 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I doubt it was intentional but I thought the exact same thing

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It's great to see Mr. Lou Barlow didn't loose any of his pathetic 90s indy rock smugness.

neither of them trolls very well

I was finding this largely tedious until 'Bull' kicked in and now I love it.

it sounds totally challopsy to say this is more "pop" than anything either of them have done recently but... it's kinda true!

Yep, its relatively easy to listen to. Didn't stop the odd looks from my girlfriend the first time I played it though.

haha women right

j/k

So this made me look to see if the album charted in the UK - number 30 after the first week of release just behind Coldplay and Neil Diamond.

I didn't know there was a Coldplay/Diamond collab!

Much as I appreciate this new one, it's sent me back to listening to Bish Bosch (lol, as if I ever stopped) and I'm starting to think it's testament to how great that last album was that this new one is getting so much good attention. I really think stuff like Zercon and Epizootics are his absolute peak.

I often think that certain albums by some artists suffer/benefit from reputational hangover, records getting the praise that their immediate predecessors should have got.

Yeah, this definitely happens. I know this is probably a challops, but I see Scott 3 as the weak link in the quadrilogy. Sometimes wonder if the lack of punchier, wittier songs in favour of sleepier, more ponderous efforts are responsible for Scott 4 selling so badly. Was it his perceived 'New Jersey' at the time?

I don't think so, "Songs from his TV series" still made the charts.

My theory has always been that he was releasing too many albums in too short a time (Scott 3, TV series, Scott 4 all in 1969)

Yes, also 4 originally released under the engel name no?

There is that, but I would have thought people would work that little bit out.

Yes, though too much may have been made of that, seeing as the cover is a huge picture of him and the words "SCOTT 4". It clearly wasn't the new Englebert Humperdinck record.

Haha fair point

Wasn't it pretty normal for acts to release up to 3 records in a year back then? Or was 'product demand' slowing down by the late sixties? I know the Beach Boys were expected to deliver tonnes of stuff all the time, hence all the filler albums.

Yeah, but check the album charts for the Beach Boys, see how many charted. Also, that was 1962 or thereabouts.

That new video is amazing

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/02/catherine-robbe-grillet-french-dominatrix#

In her recent biographical book Alain, she writes that while finding the Sadean theater outlined—along with the offer of being remunerated—“rather agreeable,” she was disappointed in an imperfect master who deigned to offer “mercy” to his “victim.” “The very notion of a contract ran contrary to my erotic fantasy wherein the Master, once elected, requires no permission whatsoever from the woman who has agreed to submit herself to him.”

And so we arrive at the heart of the matter: Robbe-Grillet’s “little girl” wife was, it appears, a dominant from the start, from her first sneer at the nuns, at Catholicism (she is not a believer), at convention, from her keeping of multiple simultaneous lovers, and now here with her grand seigneur.

So, I ask Madame, how can you tell who is really the submissive and who is really the dominant in any given relationship? Appearances are so often deceptive. Her answer cuts to the quick. “The one whose need is the greatest is the submissive.”

i think product definitely was slowing in late 60s at least in the world of pop and rock. even beach boys were down to 1 or 2 new LPs per year by 68/69. (though their greatest hits packages were the ones that charted in that era)

Yeah, this definitely happens. I know this is probably a challops, but I see Scott 3 as the weak link in the quadrilogy. Sometimes wonder if the lack of punchier, wittier songs in favour of sleepier, more ponderous efforts are responsible for Scott 4 selling so badly. Was it his perceived 'New Jersey' at the time?

― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), jueves 30 de octubre de 2014 11:40 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Scott 3 is definitely the least likeable in the quadrilogy. Maybe people were indeed so bored by it that they punished Scott 4 in return.

Really?

Other peopl reckon Scott 3 is better than 4. Possibly because they got too used to 4, and 3 is much like it.

I don't think "Till the band come in" is that bad anyway.

I thought it was just me who had never really connected with 3.

3 is probably my favorite after 4, and "If You Go Away" is easily in my top 5 Scott songs.

Scott 3 is fantastic! It's Raining Today, Copenhagen, Two Weeks.., If You Go Away. Stone cold classics ppl.

"30 century man" basically invented Julian Cope

Scott 3 is the best of the 60s albums, you guys are completely fucking nuts.

I'm going to play this really loud tonight while I am handing out candy

but it's not raining today.

I have trouble remembering which track was on which album, they all blend together in my memory. Like 4 chapters of the same album. I probably liked the second or third the best (of those four).

I always thought I was in a tiny minority thinking Scott 3 was better than Scott 4. But it would appear not!

Hey hey hey! Don't get me wrong, I actually think Scott 3 and Scott 4 are the best ones but people coming from the first two might have found it too melancholic. There was also a lot happening musically at the end of the 60's so maybe people just lost interest in his style. A couple of more 'groovy' songs like '30 century man' might have been easier to sell.

I always preferred the French version of 'If you go Away'. The acoustic jangle of 30th Century Man always stuck out. Sounds more like a Dylan song that somehow snuck in there. A lot of the rest drifts by unremarkably for me.

But I do like 'Sons of' and I also love 'It's Raining Today' though. The quintessential 'Scott' ballad.

Rosemary makes me swoon. so beautiful.

Didn't expect this to be so showtuney. I love it!

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I keep hearing tracks on the radio that are awesome that turn out to be tracks from this album.

they play this on the radio?

was gonna say.

college radio --- yes.

saw childhood of a leader last night. really good and of course the score helps. is there a thread for it?

Scott Walker joins Sia to soundtrack Natalie Portman film Vox Lux

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/22/scott-walker-joins-sia-to-score-vox-lux-natalie-portman

It dawns on me around this time each year that we'll never hear a new Scott Walker album again. And no doubt we won't get any sort of outtakes or lost recordings gubbins either cos he wasn't that kind of artist. And this is a deep deep shame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwm5V7hN11M