Yeah as much as I love the album I don't know if StG is the best starting point; I guess you have to take each disc seperately, as it is basically two different albums. Disc 1 I would say is more accessible
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay 10 songs, any album, any side project as an introduction, have at it.
― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
1. A Little Man and a House2. In a City Lining3. All Spectacular4. Signs5. Bellyeye6. Anything I Can't Eat7. Angelworm Angel8. The Duck and Roger the Horse9. Buds and Spawn10. R.E.S.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
a primer, aside from stuff on STG...
Home of Fadeless SplendourThe Duck & Roger the HorseThe Breakfast LineTo Go off and Things (live Maresnest version)Big ShipGibber and Twitch (Garage Concerts version)RES (A Little Man... version)Ideal (radio session version)Will Bleed AmenThe Everso Closely Guarded LineCabinet (Spratleys Japs)
― m the g, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
1. Buds And Spawn2. Dog Like Sparky3. Appealing To Venus4. March5. Manhoo6. Fanny7. Veronica in Ecstacy8. Duck & Roger The Horse9. It's A Lovely Day10. Dirty Boy
― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
A capella version of Insect Hooves on Lassie, pretty interesting.
http://soundcloud.com/david-minnick/insect-hoofs-on-lassie
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Sunday, 16 September 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa! I am a total sucker for a capella arrangements and this is a thing of wonder.
(my first ever gig was seeing the Swingle Singers in Swindon Wyvern, how is that for rock'n'roll)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 16 September 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Two more a capella Cardiacs covers on their Soundcloud too! This has made my week. (Lassie is the best but the others are pretty cool too)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 16 September 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
Hi David - I'm Mark Cawthra, and I'm here to tell you that I'm sitting with Tim right now playing him this fab version - He wants me to tell you how much he likes it, and he says he's really flattered that you would do this and do it so well. He says sorry he would write himself, but cannot so I'm doing it for him. As for me, I freaking love it too x
Haven't heard any updates on Tim for a good while, I wonder if things are getting any better for him
youre right that the other two covers aren't quite as good, but they definitely made me want to pull out STG again, I missed this album
― frogbs, Monday, 17 September 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think Tim will recover, he is in a pretty bad way unfortunately.
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Monday, 17 September 2012 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
nothing's really came out lately, last I heard was Kavus (nearly two years ago!) saying he's still functional but has good days and bad days, kind of sounded like one day he may recover but I guess if it hasn't happened by now...
― frogbs, Monday, 17 September 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/david-minnick/sets/the-180-gs-cardiacs-covers
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 14 February 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
^ ...which had already been posted a few posts above. Go me! At least a bunch more covers have been uploaded since.
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 14 February 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
The greatest album of all time.
(A capella covers don't appeal though so I haven't listened to them)
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 14 February 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the greatest album of all time.
However, this covers project can't be dismissed. I think it took me around 15 seconds of their Fiery Gun Hand before realising this as the insane and beautiful labour of love it truly is
― not that sort of birdwatcher (imago), Saturday, 14 February 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
and by 'their', I mean 'his'. What a guy
― not that sort of birdwatcher (imago), Saturday, 14 February 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
Am trying to get these guys to do a show on STG, it's a little left of their general criteria but they gots my money now, so I hope they'll go for it.
http://www.digmeoutpodcast.com/
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
How did Dirty Boy not win this?? I feel like if more people had heard it, we could have just skipped the end of the 90s and started at the millennium.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
Is that the one that sounds like a Queen song? Do they all sound like Queen songs minus the riffs and hooks?
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:20 (nine years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/22/e7/73/22e7731c2b2cce035c0f99759a4fec5a.jpg
― bojaxhiu mother derive (imago), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:45 (nine years ago) link
Dirty Boy is one of the greatest achievements in rock history obv obv but c'mon Flap Off You Beak and Dog-Like Sparky are two of the most utterly, intensely beautiful pop songs conceivable. The three are my favourite three tracks on my favourite album so it's hard to speak about them rationally but I don't have too much problem with the result here. One more Dirty Boy vote would have perfected it
― bojaxhiu mother derive (imago), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:47 (nine years ago) link
it's no De Futura
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:56 (nine years ago) link
they're just a bit too "vacuum head tree" for me to get into
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link
I say this as a staunch Magma fan and, when necessary, apologist: Dirty Boy is better than De Futura
― Dominique, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:01 (nine years ago) link
we can have both, maybe. although let me extend hearty cheers to dominique & #teamtim
― bojaxhiu mother derive (imago), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
i think Dominique was also a fan of the "vacuum head tree" style
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
xp -- were you around for that hilarious episode in the annals of Sp0ckm0rgue?
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
no, but vacuum head tree sounds about right
― Dominique, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
basically, it was a classic example of narcissism of small differences and involved Paul C0stur0s mis-naming and maligning a band beloved of another poster, and then more people jumped in and took sides.
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:11 (nine years ago) link
team not-Paul: we don't see why you dislike this band, they are totally like your bands and other bands you liketeam Paul: we may be nerds and dorks, but we aren't so nerdy and dorky to get into vacuum head tree, sorry bro
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
which band?
― vacuum head tree disease (imago), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:26 (nine years ago) link
vacuum head tree!!! (except with words two and three reversed)
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 07:32 (nine years ago) link
The idea that someone could listen to say, Bellyeye, and think "This has no hooks" is fucking crazy to me.
I've tried listening to some vacuum tree head and they sound like an improv jazz ensemble clumsily attempting to prog out. Two things you could never accuse Cardiacs of being was loose and jazzy.
― Pheeel, Thursday, 26 February 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
If anything it's hard to notice how complex rhythmically and melodically they are, since they're so catchy.
And I have no idea where this Queen comparison comes from, I mean Eat it up Worms Hero could possibly be compared to Bohemian Rhapsody if it was compressed to 2:30 minutes and melted in the microwave, idk.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 28 February 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
proncke
― jiffadi pom (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 February 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
think nakh and sarah might be prodding the tiger here tbh ultros
― vacuum head tree disease (imago), Saturday, 28 February 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Don't tease the octopus, kids
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 28 February 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Hey all, so there's a Podcast called 'Dig Me Out' where they analyse and discuss a lot of lol 90s US and Brit indie/college rock type albums, you can donate money to make a request and I did this a few months back nominating STG.
They had never heard or heard of Cardiacs before (I guessed they might not have) I thought it would be good fun and potentially interesting. It's just been released.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Listening now and they're getting it, I'm quite heartened
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
Direct link for the Flash-less: http://digmeout.podbean.com/mf/web/wq5ktj/225-cardiacs.mp3
― chihuahuau, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
:D they're grappling well
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Tuesday, 5 May 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
one of them has Eden On The Air as his favourite - he's the one who's struggling a bit more, though
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Tuesday, 5 May 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
& then he suggests that Dirty Boy could stand to lose its second half :O :( :'( X(
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Tuesday, 5 May 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
"There's a lot of instruments on this record, and I think they all play on every song"
hah
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:24 (nine years ago) link
this is really great. seems like they're at a loss to explain how the album is even possible. I think they nailed it beyond the whole "wow this is crazy!" angle which is awesome. yeah that comment about "Dirty Boy" is pretty wtf but I think they mostly got it. thanks for doing this!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
also lol @ the guy saying "there's that one song that's really really cool, but then there are these clanging syncopated guitars that don't even sync up, does that really need to be there?" with respect to "Fiery Gun Hand" I believe
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
I think Vacuum Tree Head is an excellent band, actually. Bro.
― vacuumtreehead#1, Monday, 17 July 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure we'll ever resolve whether that's true
― imago, Monday, 17 July 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
You know why the bump, don't you?
The 180Gs' astonishing 'a capella' cover version of the entire Sing To God double album, "Singin' To God" was finally released yesterday (young Tim Smith's birthday I believe.)
David Minnick has recreated the album down to some very tiny details. At times you can almost forget it's not the original you're hearing, yet all the 'instrumentation' is created bodily (apart from a Kazoo on one track.)
Most songs are incredibly faithfully rendered and a few have been reinterpreted in inventive ways; Wireless and Bell Stinks / Bell Clinks in particular stood out on first listen.
https://davidminnick1.bandcamp.com/album/singin-to-god
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:36 (five years ago) link
oh my god it's here
― imago, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 09:07 (five years ago) link