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