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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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
thanks a million, doug watson!
― Euler, Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
Doug watson, may I have a PM pls? 0_0
― but he go's to a resturang and then die in a toilet (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
The record cover makes me think of when I was a kid, and me and a friend would go to the top of a 6-story parking garage, tie together a bunch of old clothes, scream at the top of our lungs and throw them over the edge. Looked just like a jumper.
― henry s, Friday, 25 May 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Finally listened to Mid Air, completely agree it's the best thing he's done since Hats. Really stunning album all the way through.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/09375-paul-buchanan-blue-nile-interview
:)
― piscesx, Monday, 23 July 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
album is stunning
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 23 July 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
I'll add my voice to the chorus of "best thing since Hats". Anyone get the deluxe version?
Would someone compile "High" and "Peace At Last" for me, please. I was disappointed by both but I'd like to give the best bits another go.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
reissues!
http://thebluenile.org/
― Mansplains Drifter (Gukbe), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
ooh, is this the 1st CD issue of I Love This Life etc?
― ざっぴ (zappi), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
incidently i got an email the other day from my brother part of which was this - "Two weeks ago it looked like Mr Blue Nile Paul Buchanan was waving at me while I was waiting at some traffic lights. After much confusion on my part, turned out it was for an actual cab rigghhttt behind me. Strange moment." haha!
― ざっぴ (zappi), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
"I Love Thos Life" and its b-side were on the "I Would Never" CD single in 2004, which i think was a first appearance on CD but will ni longer be in print.
Inevitably the re-issues will be bought. Have always found my CD of '...Rooftops' incredibly quiet.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Unfortunately, as seems to be the case these days (*stink eye at Peter Gabriel*), they've left out some b-sides:
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-blue-nile-deluxe-reissues/#comment-13765
Mostly remixes and instrumentals, but it looks like there's plenty of room on the bonus discs for all of it.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 25 October 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
I'm guessing some intrepid blogger will post a comp of the missing stuff.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
is this website new? looks awfully fancy. you don't think it means a new album and tour on the way, do you? (hoping against hope!)
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
fave b-side right now is oh lolita
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
the use of "let's go out tonight" in six feet under is really brilliant. the exact sort of band i'd expect in that show.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 10:24 (eleven years ago) link
I played this at record club last week...
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-blue-nile-hats-round-45-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Monday, 4 February 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link