yeah but all the grand claims people make for eno in the 70s are actually true
― avinit garde (wins), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
especially that muppets thing
availing myself of the opportunity to say da croupier otm
― Choogle Plus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
i was always disappointed that ziggy bowie wasn't more of a blast-you-into-space kind of thing, just a dude with an acoustic guitar poncing around
once a grown-up colleague of mine heard me playing 'warm jets' and he seriously had to inquire how someone could like 'serious music' and also this sophomoric junk (not his words), like there was a complete disconnect
― j., Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
"john cale with the muppets" could actually be an AWESOME thing.
could? yeah i guess VU were pretty goodgeez who would disagree with john cale and the muppets?!
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
da croup otmalthough I need a little convincing that Another Green World is as classic as the other 70s vocal records, to me it's just a collection of almost-but-not-quite-as-good-as-Cluster instrumentals and the annoying "Tie Your Shoe" song
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
y'all I don't dislike Driving, but it is my least favorite here
da croupier otm, ha xp
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
the annoying "Tie Your Shoe" song
*glare*
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
key to AGW is St Elmo's Fire/Big Ship imo
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
That shoe song is the should-be-erased musical-linguistic link between Eno's songwriting style and Rice/Webber imo, never was a fan
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Love I'll come running, also whatever the version on the peel sessions is called
― avinit garde (wins), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
da croupier OTM
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Another green Eno-nostalgia post: the second-longest relationship I've ever been in was with a girl I met at an Eno tribute night. She wore a black dress and had a goth band and smoked and sang through perfect versions of "Needles" and "Cindy". I was smitten and asked her out and we were together two years.
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 26 April 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
awesome
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Saturday, 26 April 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's tender
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Saturday, 26 April 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
so who/what is 'Sweetfeed'—backing vocals:http://www.discogs.com/artist/288423-Sweetfeed ?
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 26 April 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
I saw Jon Brion back in 2007 or so, and as part of the set he did a spontaneous three-song "Jets" tribute the consisted of "Dead Finks Don’t Talk," "Some of them Are Old" and the title track. I'll try to find some audio. And then he segued to "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet," which of course is also connected to Eno.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 April 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
How was Here Come The Warm Jets received upon it's release?
They would say "Here comes 'Here comes the warm jets' "
― Mark G, Monday, 28 April 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
bass solo in Needles rules
Bass solo?!?! Where? Have I lost my mind here or what?
For years I assumed that was Manzanera doing that solo. Someone here set me straight.
Fripp
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Monday, 28 April 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
OK maybe it is a gtr solo mostly played very low? the part right after he sings the title of the song, there is a cool solo, I am not a musician.
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Monday, 28 April 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
Ah, it's a gtr
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Monday, 28 April 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
I was somewhat disappointed with the comparative un-adventurousness of the instrumentation, more of a standard rock record than the endless funhouse of Tiger Mountain.
I don't think the two albums are all that different really, my one tiny tiny minsicule insignificant complaint about "Tiger Mountain" would be that some of the songs are a bit longer than they need be
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Monday, 28 April 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
nahhh
TTM is for me an entire step up, whether in terms of songwriting or sonic ingenuity
― imago, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
P. surprised Hurting 2 doesn't like the "Baby's on Fire" solo!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 28 April 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
I listened to Baby's On Fire like 6x because of this thread and that guitar solo remains one of the most sizzling ever. How else to describe? Honestly I have no idea.
some of the songs are a bit longer than they need beagree!! i love true wheel and mother whale eyeless but they could both stand to be at least a minute shorter imo
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Monday, 28 April 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
"sizzling" is right. fripp really knew how to make the most of a guest spot back then. tho manzanera does the solo justince in the 801 live version...
― tylerw, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
Fave Fripp guest spot can't not be the last minute of A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers tbh
― imago, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
there's probably already been a fripp guest spot poll?
― tylerw, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I never knew that was Fripp on "Lighthouse Keepers"!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 28 April 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Tbh I wouldn't put it past Banton to extract that fearsome solo from one of his organs, but yeah, Fripp.
― imago, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
here come the warm jets is basically my dream of a ziggy stardust album - an alien using all of pop/rock's little musical and recording tricks and hooks to try and seduce listeners but from a slightly askew perspective. by comparison same-era bowie feels earthbound and stagebound, decent but more pretentious than actually surreal.
this is really otm - I like Ziggy a lot but it only felt like 10% as "out there" as advertised. Warm Jets does a lot of really crazy things in some fairly normal contexts which IMO is what makes it so fascinating. It's not easy to do that!
― frogbs, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
True wheel could be longer, agree re mother whale eyeless tho. Latter has some of my fave lyrics ever
This is for the fingers This is for the nails Hidden in the kitchen Right behind the scales
^if Scott walker sang this it would be horrifying and obviously about torture; when eno sings it it's not obviously not about torture, and unnerving.
Then there's the "in my town" sequence which is just funny.
― paolo amusing eclectic revivals (wins), Monday, 28 April 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
Slightly off-topic, but the new one, with Karl Hyde, "Someday World" is streaming here:http://www.npr.org/2014/04/27/306161810/first-listen-brian-eno-karl-hyde-someday-world
― back-up duck (doo dah), Monday, 28 April 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
I didn't really OTM him because he'd been OTMed a lot but yeah, croup hitting it out of the park on this one.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 28 April 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
Um, the internet thinks it might have been Banton after all xps
― imago, Monday, 28 April 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
― tylerw, Monday, April 28, 2014 11:41 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Even if we did a poll already, would make a sweet Spotify playlist especially since there's 0 crim on there.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 April 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
and if we ain't polled it we should
This thread deserves to have ITS title fixed.
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 28 April 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, April 26, 2014 6:33 PM (2 days ago)
http://www.spectropop.com/FrontPorch/
I was the only one to continue with music. I moved to London in 1971 and stayed for ten years. I had some success as a guitarist-singer-songwriter. I had a group that went by the name of Sweetfeed and also Roberts, Rice, Bandell and Scott. We recorded with Roger Daltrey on his solo album "Ride A Rock Horse", and also with Brian Eno on his album "Here Come The Warm Jets". We never had any of our own recordings released or achieved commercial success, but our fans included David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Gary Glitter, Bryan Ferry, the Supremes and all of London high society, including members of the royal family.
― Number None, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
but no actual punters.
(soz)
― Mark G, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
xpost Pretty sure that is Fripp on the VdG album. I know he pops up a couple of places on "Pawn Hearts."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link