I am sure this record will swagger
― a poptimist consumed with celebrity culture and vacuous pop music (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 May 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
under the weight of its own swollen, portentous cobblers
― a poptimist consumed with celebrity culture and vacuous pop music (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
I dont expect much but im still excited that there's new music by one of my fave ever bands. I loved the second coming, they should let Ian do the lyrics though.
― Odysseus, Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:03 (seven years ago) link
Ian let John do most of the lyrics and songwriting on Second Coming because he thought there'd be plenty of chance for him on other albums. And there was! His solo albums.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
Dave Haslam @Mr_Dave_Haslam 54m54 minutes agoExclusive - the new Stone Roses single sounds like 'Tomorrow Never Knows' by the Beatles, esp. the guitar & drums...
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
a bold leap into the future by one of britain's most innovative bands
― (main prostitute from Game Of Thrones) (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
sounds promising
― Odysseus, Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
ah, that 'tomorrow never knows'
― real orgone kid (NickB), Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
Don't be downloading this off soulseek. #Support
― calzino, Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
#SupportDumpy's Rusty Nuts Stone Roses
― calzino, Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
I'm kinda curious as to what this is going to sound like, whether it'll be an extension of Second Coming or self-titled album retread. I'll be very surprised if it sounds more like Golden Greats.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
So, I'm guessing this is to be released to make number one next week?
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 May 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
5 LTW articles on it by tomorrow lunchtime.
― mark e, Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link
^ Ha! Yeah, totally!
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
Just heard it. It's a cross between "Something Burning" and something off of Second Coming.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
Definitely not the chiming, Byrd-sy thing... was hoping for something more melancholy like "Mersey Paradise" but seemed alright. Definitely sounded like them.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
playing right now:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqdc
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
I'm hearing something by Beaty Heart? which was not what I wanted to hear
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
ah, they played it twice in a row a minute ago
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Lyrically and musically, kind of had the "One Love" / "What the World is Waiting For" vibe. The riff was a little Beatle-y though I can't pinpoint exactly which song, but tone was heavier, and had more noodly guitar, like stuff off Second Coming.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't put it among their best songs, but it probably would have been in the top half of Second Coming.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
Oh, it's on Spotify already.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiR0ttCXIAACeXz.jpg
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
rather displeased with the lyrics, honestly... in their prime, they were able to straddle this delicate line between earnest positivity and sublimated contempt... but lyrically, this seems a little on the cheesy side.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
I felt a mix of enjoyment and just plain relief it wasn't as terrible as it could have been. The lyrics are terrible, the riff's pretty good. I do have expectations for the album now.
― cpl593H, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Ian totally dropped the ball here, not that anyone was expecting some Bob Dylan shit, but still...
― cpl593H, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
New Radiohead, Stone Roses and Super Furry Animals within a week... sorely tempted to check my calendar to see what year this is.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
and Misfits reunion. LOL.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
i still love this band though, and regardless of how bad this song could have been, i'd still be excited for a new album
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
Pretty decent single tho its not Love Spreads level good. Its at least not a retread of the 1st album which is what I was dreading.
― Odysseus, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Haslam's got cloth ears, it's 'I Want To Tell You' not 'Tomorrow Never Knows'
― MaresNest, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
it's The Bluetones covering the theme from 'Going For Gold'
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
lol
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
People have made this comparison https://youtu.be/P-xO72s5EBY
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
^^ first thing I've read that actually makes me want to listen to this
― soref, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
xp ok, doubly so after Kitchen Person's link
this song is a prank, right
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
no wait, the tweet that compares it to "Tomorrow Never Knows" is the actual prank? it must be
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
I've just heard it and PaulTMA's description isn't actually that far off the mark.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
People have made this comparison
the character on the right bears a resemblance to Ian Brown, but aside from that, I'm not seeing it. Presence of the words "all for one" is not sufficient.
http://i.imgur.com/Fawqioj.png
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
Also, weirdly, it's probably the best Ian Brown's ever sounded. Shame the song sounds like mid-table mid-'90s Britpop.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Heard the 30s clip on Spotify. Oh dear. I'm saying that as someone who wanted it to be good.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Boy this is bad.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I've seen a lot of people saying it sounds way more like the return of The Seahorses than The Stone Roses.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
more like the current line-up of Hurricane #1 meets the cast of Jossie's Giants
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
though its not even fit to stand on their shoulder
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
its nothing like either
― Odysseus, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
It's fucking horrible. Like a really really really weak Shack. Uergh.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
It sounds like a pub rock version of Donovan basically
― real orgone kid (NickB), Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
feel like you guys are just making up x ___version of y combos now
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
that rules, thanks for posting that, swanswan
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 November 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
hug, I had no idea they had their own dancing dummy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 November 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
yeah, had to share, the live drumming, particularly the outro make it a fresh as a daisy take on the song, fierce and dreamy at the same time. I wish I saw them starting out
― Swanswans, Sunday, 7 November 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
Reni is so great. I love the story about how Pete Townshend tried to hire him after his first Stone Roses gig.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 8 November 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII’ve got bad intentions
― calstars, Sunday, 19 June 2022 03:43 (one year ago) link
The new album (Liam and John) has some great moments. The last two songs are wonderful. I suppose (some of) these are what would have been the Roses album? Who knows, I just love hearing RRRRAAAAAAYYYYNNNNBBBBAAAOOOWWWWWW
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Friday, 1 March 2024 22:55 (two months ago) link
If only Mani or Pedi were involved
― pioneering hardcore username technologies (calstars), Friday, 1 March 2024 23:25 (two months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/URXMfsF.png
― z_tbd, Friday, 1 March 2024 23:32 (two months ago) link
Personal history may bias my opinion of the Stone Roses.
Tapes...yes tapes...of the debut album, as well as Disintegration and a ridiculously overpriced After The Gold Rush (which I bought in a gas station in Spain), made a bus tour of Europe in 1989 tolerable from a musical point of view.
Still a 4 1/2 star album for me.
ps. Neither Fool's Gold nor Elephant Stone were part of that original release. A compilation of these songs, as well other b-sides from that era make Second Coming seem like a bad joke.
― BriefCandles, Saturday, 2 March 2024 22:43 (two months ago) link
Tbh this is a dud. Half of it's shit and the other half I perhaps unfairly blame for a lot of stuff I hate about the UK indie scene and even the good stuff is so overplayed I don't really need to hear it again
itt I tell the Stone Roses to fuck off in 2024. Finger on the pulse mw
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 2 March 2024 23:46 (two months ago) link
My apologies Colon Poo.
You have much better taste in music than I do...
― BriefCandles, Sunday, 3 March 2024 00:23 (two months ago) link
haha I definitely don't
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 3 March 2024 01:06 (two months ago) link
I first heard this album in high school about 1999 and man I was completely totally 100% obsessed. “OMG! Best album ever!”, etc. As an American I missed all the cultural baggage associated with it and all the shitty music it influenced. I think that helped a bit. And of course the version I bought had “Elephant Stone” and “Fools Gold” tacked on, so I got more of a greatest hits album. Now it’s 25 years later and I am listening to it now and it still sounds pretty goddamn perfect. John Squire is the star of the show: the chiming arpeggiated riffs just keep coming at you over and over again and yet the guitar never overpowers the songs - easily one of the best rock guitarists I’ve heard. Shame that he obviously used up his entire bag of tricks on this one album. Didn’t they spend like eight years in between the time they formed and the time they released the album? Perfectionist bastards.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 4 March 2024 16:43 (two months ago) link
Agree that the album still sounds good and I also think that Fool's Gold/Something's Burning were a great next step forward which was totally forgotten by the time of the disastrous second album. I'm still surprised that Oasis are taken seriously as something amazing as opposed to this. Marr's autobiography (he is a huge hometown booster) totally ignores them (and the Mondays too I think).
― three of the doctor's valuable bats are now dead (broom air), Monday, 4 March 2024 16:55 (two months ago) link
Yes it’s still a fucking great album and anyone who doesn’t like “fools gold” is not to be trusted
― brimstead, Monday, 4 March 2024 17:17 (two months ago) link
the second coming is quite underrated. Take out 2 of the acoustic tracks in the middle and it'd be great.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 4 March 2024 18:33 (two months ago) link
Second Coming had great b-sides as well, particularly the ones that were recorded after the album was completed. Would love a deluxe reissue
― beamish13, Monday, 4 March 2024 21:02 (two months ago) link
thread that makes me realise I shouldn't be trusted!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:06 (two months ago) link