It's really easy to just put this song on repeat and then realize an hour later you've been listening to it for an hour.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:05 (fourteen years ago) link
it just started raining while i was listening to "tinseltown in the rain". SPOOKY
― a vaguely goofy lesbian (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:19 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG I AM LISTENING TO TINSELTOWN IN THE RAIN RIGHT NOW EVEN SPOOKIER
― max, Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link
probably its over for you now tho
maybe there was a little overlap
Max OTM, "Rags To Riches" is a pretty amazing song. And production too! That and "Automobile Noise" are total next level, secret hidden kingdom score 1000 points god control material.
― Tim F, Monday, September 15, 2008 2:07 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
Quite fucking true.
― corey, Thursday, 17 June 2010 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i forgot i posted the eurodance cover of "tinseltown" here
― a vaguely goofy lesbian (donna rouge), Thursday, 17 June 2010 06:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I still think Ally C should do a cover of this song.
― Stevie T, Thursday, 17 June 2010 07:07 (fourteen years ago) link
do i love youuuuuyes i love youuuuuuu
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
...but it's easy come, easy go...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 5 August 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the blue nile
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
and i dont care who knows it
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it a badge of dishonor or something? I love the first two albums but after that, meh...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
everyone makes fun of me when i love the blue nile
― CharlieS, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really listen to anything after the first two albums either, but I don't really care. Next time I have to take a long walk at night in the drizzling rain...
― heterosexist matrix of desire (Gukbe), Friday, 6 August 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
The second I heard it, it instantly reminded me of something you'd hear on those soft rock stations that they play in dentist's offices ("Downtown Lights").― Shushtari (res), Monday, September 15, 2008 7:02 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark
In defense of Shushtari, I first heard "Downtown Lights" while working at a grocery store. I actually had to stop working and just walk around the store listening to it. I was floored. Muzak has some benefits.
― musicfanatic, Friday, 6 August 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I love the Blue Nile but I have trouble convincing certain of my friends that they don't sound like Sting. >:|
― Janet Privacy Control (corey), Friday, 6 August 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
they do! kind of. and thats ok! because sting isnt as bad as all the humorless old dicks want him to be!!
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
'high' has good tracks on it - love "broken loves" and the title track
― Donna and the pitfall of being pulchritudinous (donna rouge), Friday, 6 August 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant believe i never posted about the time i was having a bad shrooms trip--well not a bad trip yet btu kind of borderline--and i went back to my house alone and turned off all the lights and listened to walk across the rooftops and had, you know, a ~~moment~~ in the cosmic sense, and totally turned myself around
― max, Friday, 6 August 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
probably the most comforting album i can think of for some reason
ha, when i revived this thread i was listening to it at 8pm, still in bed nursing a horrific hangover from drinking the days before it, totally comforting.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arOG2_QG4ls
Wow!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 April 2011 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Let's Go Out Tonight is unbelievable
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 April 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks for that film. two things i like about them. they do their thing and they're scottish. i am still not crazy about the music but i don't hate it like i used to.
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 16 April 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Exactly, they do their thing--and they seem likeable in that film.
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 16 April 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i've got builders in replacing my bedroom window.they've got a radio on in there, Heart FM or Radio 2 or something.anyway its quiet enough that i can easily ignore whatever is playing.then some small part of my brain started alerting me ... the chords changes .. so familiar yet wrong ... wtf IS that???ugh....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaT1qKm-Jj8
― zappi, Thursday, 26 May 2011 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
That's not as bad as I had feared!
― Stevie T, Thursday, 26 May 2011 11:10 (thirteen years ago) link
royalties for the boys, and more people driven to the sublime original--net gain
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 26 May 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
This gives me chills only because the original plays in my head while listening to it. But, agreed, this is actually a nice cover.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 26 May 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Simply the most amazing music ever made.― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 PM (8 years ago)
― cutty, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/storage/album-covers/Paul%20Buchanan%20Mid%20Air%20Cover.jpg
So how's this Paul Buchanan album?
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's wonderful - the best thing he's done since Hats. My tl:dr thoughts here: http://paulbuchanan.com/reviews/
Incidentally came across this the other week - pre-Blue Nile sounding v Steely Dan:http://vimeo.com/24108742
― Stevie T, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
Was listening to a couple of tracks on youtube right before you posted that first link and damn, you have nailed the mood of it exactly.
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Waits is a very apt mention btw, obviously the quality of the voices is v different, but he was the first name that came to mind listening to it just now. That whole hushed feel, music to contemplate the sad dust on your shelves to.
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
What was up with Blue Nile announcing tour dates a few years back and then abruptly canceling?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Looking forward to hearing this. Can't believe its already been so long since High. I should listen to that album again, I loved it at the time but haven't played it in years. Peace at Last is such a frustrating album Happiness is a good opener but I don't really remember anything until the last three tracks which are all so good.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 21 May 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
"My True Country" just popped up on WFMU. My ears pricked up in the first 2 seconds. Just beautiful.
― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently his album is number 3 in the midweek chart, quite surprising.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's wonderful - the best thing he's done since Hats
! This is the first I've heard of a new record!
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently his album is number 3 in the midweek chart, quite surprising.― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:50 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh man, if it caught on, a little late career crossover success for paul buchanan would make me really happy (as long as the quality stays at his absurdly high level)
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HGSFQo63r0
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
Now on spotify:http://open.spotify.com/album/5DeXW3rwdng0YhusBGxJwC
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
My favourite Blue Nile moment is "Regret", so an album of Paul Buchanan b/w piano is irresistible.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
His album is actually number 8 in today's midweeks. I guess that means everybody in Scotland bought it.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
does anyone have any, uh, tips for how to get the Birthday Cards & Silent Music compilation?
― Euler, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
i will never understand the appeal of this music. he seems to sing always the same, never starting and never ending, mediocre ballad. somehow the harmlessness and tediousness of it still makes me aggressive, very bizarre.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
Euler, sent you a PM.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
Spotify cruelly listing this as "not available in your country".
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
That comp doesn't have the great ones "I Love This Life" and "Saint Catherine's Day"
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link