Search: Giant Steps, Everything's Alright ForverEven the weakest disc (C'mon Kids, IMHO) is pretty damn OK. Destroy nothing but your preconceptions.
― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Thursday, 15 May 2003 00:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 May 2003 07:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
search: everything the boo's ever made except for the weird remixesdestroy: nothing but your silly head Mr Dud!
― Tommy BOO, Thursday, 15 May 2003 08:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
Have come to the sacrilicious conclusion that 1) Wake Up! is the best album, and 2) Wake Up Boo! is the best thing they ever did by a million silvery skyscraping miles. I like the Boo Radleys.
― Alex in Rotherham (alexfack), Thursday, 15 May 2003 08:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 15 May 2003 10:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Grumble, Thursday, 15 May 2003 10:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 15 May 2003 11:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 15 May 2003 11:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
Albums:Wake Up! > Giant Steps > Everything's Alright Forever > Kingsize > Ichabod & I > C'Mon Kids
Singles Choices (Era):Giant Steps > Everything's Alright Forever > Wake Up! > C'Mon Kids > Kingsize
B-Sides (Era):Wake Up! > Everything's Alright Forever > Giant Steps > C'mon Kids > Kingsize
They followed their best album with their worst album and lost all their momentum. Hell, they lost all their momentum right after "Wake Up Boo!" by releasing "Find The Answer Within" as the 2nd single. They should have gone with "Reaching Out From Here", and then "Wilder". And yes, "Free Huey" is their worst single -- if not song -- ever.
Their B-sides were always hit and miss. Hell, the ones from Giant Steps could be squalling noise for 2 minutes and then jolt into something beautiful. If I can remember correctly, 3 years ago, I made 3 CDR's just from their B-sides myself. One is good b-sides, one is remixes, and one is crap b-sides. I'll have to go digging through some boxes later today.
All that said, I don't especially miss them. Hence the cdr's buried in boxes.
― blutroniq (blutroniq), Thursday, 15 May 2003 16:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 15 May 2003 16:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blutroniq (blutroniq), Thursday, 15 May 2003 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
One of the best bands ever - as well as the above there are loads of ace b-sides and other stuff.
Love 'em to bits and always will. BOO Forever people.
― Bev#, Thursday, 15 May 2003 16:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 15 May 2003 17:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kelly, Thursday, 15 May 2003 17:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
And your problem is?
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 15 May 2003 17:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
1. Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'Clock 2. I Hang Suspended 3. What's In The Box (See Whatcha Got) 4. Take The Time Around 5. Almost Nearly There 6. Wake Up Boo! 7. There She Goes 8. Lazy Day 9. Zoom10. Hold On Brother11. Ride The Tiger12. Skyscraper13. Stuck On Amber14. Does This Hurt?15. Memory Babe16. Wish I Was Skinny17. Reaching Out From Here18. Kingsize19. Wilder
Feel free to rant or rave over my choices.
Forgot all about a few of these tracks, like "Hold On Brother" which is from the War Child comp, "There She Goes" from the So I Married An Axe Murderer OST, and "Almost Nearly There" which is a "From the Bench of Belvidere" B-side
― blutroniq (blutroniq), Thursday, 15 May 2003 19:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
I love the Boo Radleys again, now. Hurrah!
― Alex in Rotherham (Alex in Doncaster), Friday, 23 May 2003 08:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
Cheers!
― paul c, Monday, 23 June 2003 17:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 23 June 2003 17:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 June 2003 05:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
Search: Boo Faith and the early EPs compilationDestroy: everything post Giant Steps
― kate (kate), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 09:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Friday, 27 June 2003 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
best recommendation ever
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 27 June 2003 04:17 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 15:31 (twenty years ago) link
Please, for the love of god, if you love music buy "Find A Way Out". You'll be very pleased.
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 01:35 (eighteen years ago) link
When I first heard that they were going to put out the anthology Find The Way Out, I decided to go back and play every album to get ready for it. Worth buying because the remastered songs sound just a bit richer. I would play only one for a solid week or longer then on to the next one. I Love them but was going to be honest with myself and if anything didn't hold up I would have to admit it. Are they really the best band from the 90s bar none? Well I was going to find out.
Learning To Walk was still some glorious white noise. Everything's Alright Forever has some amazing pieces of music on it. They matured quite a bit from those first three E.P.'s, but not the greatest thing. Compared to other things around this time that was similar it's really good but compared to the Boos stuff, sub par. Still really don't give much thought behind Ichabob And I despite owning it.
I was absolutely floored on my rediscovery of Giant Steps. I have played other albums by them moreso recently and haven't played it for a while. It really is their White Album and should be the one that they will be remembered for. So many things ideas and sounds are put on to this record. Truly a masterpiece that many fans say they never were able to touch again. Have loved reading what Martin and the fans have written about this album on the web site. There are some hard-core fans of this very album, astonished to hear that. Some of what Martin wrote about the sound of this album: "I just listened to the album now in headphones for the first time in an age and I can hear Surf's Up/Smile/Pet Sounds, Spiritualized, Suede (well, Bernard Butler), The Flaming Lips, London Calling by The Clash (I think all the dub on the album sounds like the people who made it hadn't heard an awful lot of dub music) Moose, Dinosaur Jr, Sugar, MBV, Forever Changes by Love (of course), Goffin/King, New Order, The Beatles, Spacemen 3, Gershwin. It all sounds very old fashioned to me but that's from a distance of ten years, I could never make an album like that now. I heard Os Mutantes about seven years later and realised that we hadn't done anything that hadn't been done before. I wanted everything to sound like a bootleg, like the Smile CD that we listened to so much in those days, with mistakes and talking and all that stuff but I don't hear as much of that as I thought I would." http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giantsteps
Next came Wake Up! which I like to call their Beatles album. A stage they needed to go through at the time. It's the least sounding Boo Radleys album that they made but was surprised because I enjoyed more then I remember. Better than most Britpop albums around this same time but give me my band back.
I wanted loud, I wanted aggression, I wanted creativity, I wanted C'mon Kids. The record buying public hated this album after the last one. I couldn't be any happier; this is what the Boo Radleys were all about. Maybe throwing in too may ideas on each song but a song like "Bullfrog Green" takes my breath away.
There are times in your life where certain albums mean so much to you that it's impossible to put into words. Kingsize is one of those albums for me as it came along at the perfect time. It seemed to speak for me and not just about me. There is no other album I have played more since its release in late 1998. One flaw is that "Free Huey" doesn't work and I skip it each and every time I play this album. I guess "The Future Is Now" is sort of out of place as well and would be a much stronger closing with "Song From the Blueroom" but I don't mind at all. About a year later I bought the U.S. version of this album for one extra song called "Put Your Arms Around Me and Tell Me Everything's Going To Be OK." It seemed to be the perfect song to close their story. This album is the most misunderstood album of theirs but it's by far the most rewarding.
So yeah classic, everything and that is not going into some of the best B-sides of any band. Hope to see remastered versions of these albums some day along with the B-sides story that needs to be told. Band of the 90's and happy the quit when they did and didn't keep putting out stuff past their peak like it seems SFA have done.
"Just a simple song but God I love it. Embedded in me, so bittersweet. I'm addicted, I'm a melancholic. Sing it again. I'll be your friend forever."
― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 07:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 08:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Next stop...probably EAF.
― Obvious Ninja (Haberdager), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
i still have not received my signed copy from the Boo Radleys store but it is on streaming here in the US and am able to listen to it
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 March 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
A new album, called "Eight"
However, they seem to be touring a "Giant Steps revisited" show, and are playing South Street Arts Centre in Reading, 13th June.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:11 (one year ago) link
What, really? I feel like the only one on earth who loved their last album.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link
Ya, rlly.
I bought the d/l with the live gig. Made it through five tracks, um yeah.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:19 (one year ago) link
Still, tempted to go see...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:20 (one year ago) link
Not going to defend it as it's lacking without Mattin Carr guitar work but I ended up playing it over and over and over again. Can't believe how much I warmed up to it. Just yesterday I woke up singing "Tonight." That doesn't happen very often but also the second half is better.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:29 (one year ago) link
Will try it again tomorrow
― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:40 (one year ago) link
New song is gash, I'm sorry to say. But well up for the Giant Steps tour
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:00 (one year ago) link
Can anyone see the venues and dates anywhere? Can't seem to find them
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:02 (one year ago) link
Three dates beyond the above on songkick, tix currently only available to purchasers of the new album.
― more crankable (sic), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:04 (one year ago) link
Yeah wasn't keen on the last album - has a band member's absence ever felt so pronounced? - but I will happily see them do Giant Steps.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/kZYouM7.jpg
Eight
CD1:1. Seeker2. The Unconscious3. Hollow4. Skeleton Woman5. Sorrow (I Just Want To Be Free)6. Sometimes I Sleep7. Swift's Requiem8. The Way I Am9. A Shadow Darker Than The Rest10. Wash Away That Feeling11. When I Find It Hard12. Now That's What I Call Obscene13. How Was I To Know
CD2:1. Seeker (Full Version)2. Skeleton Woman (Extended Version)3. Sometimes I Sleep (Alternative Version)4. A Shadow Darker Than The Rest (Piano Version)5. The Hollow (Alternative Version)6. I Won't Be There With You7. That Ain't A Way Of Life8. Now I Know9. All Things Must Pass Live At The Cavern (2022)10. Spaniard Live At The Cavern (2022)11. Find The Answer Within Live At The Cavern (2022)
Out June 9, 2023 via Boostr
― Bee OK, Thursday, 26 January 2023 02:41 (one year ago) link
The Reading tickets seem to be available now
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 January 2023 08:21 (one year ago) link
Actually not minding "Seeker" at all
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 26 January 2023 10:13 (one year ago) link
The b-side is nice too
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 26 January 2023 11:28 (one year ago) link
The album is alright. Marginally better than last year's LP, mostly because of Seekerm vaguely bossa-ish Skeleton Woman and britgum-ish Now That's What I Call Obscene (sounding more like McFly than the new McFly metal riffola album).
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 9 June 2023 02:14 (one year ago) link
Oh, it's out today!
Thought this was about the Giant Steps remaster, etc.
― Mark G, Friday, 9 June 2023 11:01 (one year ago) link
I bought this, just like the last album. Not sure why as I don't buy CD's anymore but I do it for this band. I will get a bonus CD but going from London to Los Angeles so I don't have it yet.
― Bee OK, Friday, 9 June 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
It's on Spotify, so looking forward to listening tonight.
― Bee OK, Friday, 9 June 2023 16:36 (one year ago) link
Is this Giant Steps tour going to be any good without Martin? The London gig hasn't sold out yet so I could possibly go, but I'm not convinced.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 9 June 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it’ll be great
― PaulTMA, Friday, 9 June 2023 22:42 (one year ago) link
The last album to me made some sense as it had a Boo Radleys sound. The problem with that is you no longer have Martin Carr who's the real genius. I grew to like the album and played it many times last year. This album is different, not a 180 turn but a turn nonetheless. It was strange as I felt like it had no guitar's until about 3/4 through it. These songs are just different so it's throwing me for a loop.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 11 June 2023 03:05 (one year ago) link
Just seen their first set (they're coming back out to do Giant Steps in a bit). First time I've seen them since 1992.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:42 (one year ago) link
Sounds like fun. I got to see them back in the day and even at Lollapalooza.
Wish I was there and looking forward to your review.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
That was actually really good. Glad I went.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:15 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Qldx37Gz8
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 15 June 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
A belated review of sorts (of the London gig). Sice had got the stage times wrong (which he apologised for) as he got them mixed up with the following night, so they came on at 8pm for the first set instead of 8:30pm and I missed the first 20 minutes or so. Everything I heard from this set was new (either from the new new album or the one a year or two ago) so I didn't know them, but I was surprised to find I quite liked these songs. The exception was The Finest Kiss, which they closed with. As you can see from Paul's video above, they were augmented by a pretend Martin, which solved the missing guitar sound problem that had been making me reluctant to go to the gig originally.
The Giant Steps set later was pretty faithful to the album and did a good job of recreating the sound live (e.g. the feedback sounds at the start of Upon 9th and Fairchild). They played nearly every track: Sice announced mid-set that they would be missing out 'the shit noisy one' and asked 'how many people really want to hear Run My Way Runway?' - the answer was a lot of us, so he said he'd go and get a hoover and mike it up as this would do the job. It was largely in order apart from a medley section (can't remember exactly what was in this - One Is For definitely, maybe Spun Around and Best Lose The Fear). They messed up the opening to If You Want It, Take It twice before finally getting it right and then Sice got the chorus wrong (singing the second bit twice instead of "there's nothing bright about being undecided"). The only problem sonically was that Tim was singing the "do you know my name before you tear me apart? do you care who I am?" lines from Rodney King and it was almost inaudible, which was odd because his backing vocals were clear most of the rest of the time. I was surprised at how many people were there and the band seemed delighted by the audience response - broad smiles on their faces at the 'ba-ba-ba-ba's from the crowd during Lazarus. I took little video clips, but no whole songs. If I can be bothered I could stitch them together and put them on YouTube, but don't hold your breath.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:51 (one year ago) link
Still not sure how I feel but came across this:https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-boo-radleys/eight-review
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 07:04 (one year ago) link
Just found this sublime acoustic version of Everybird from a couple of years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovwtpD26ng
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Sunday, 30 July 2023 20:36 (ten months ago) link
Rob playing bass AND a bit of hi-hat too? Nice!
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 12:07 (ten months ago) link
Why is C’mon Kids not on streaming?
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 18 August 2023 04:02 (ten months ago) link
are you also in the USA? might have something to do with Mercury records’ rights
― brimstead, Friday, 18 August 2023 04:40 (ten months ago) link
It's on Spotify in the UK, um, kids .
― Mark G, Friday, 18 August 2023 05:39 (ten months ago) link
Boo
― Bee OK, Friday, 18 August 2023 20:38 (ten months ago) link
At it not being on Spotify US
― Bee OK, Friday, 18 August 2023 20:39 (ten months ago) link