Spinning away is beautiful
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
yeah c'mon it's like top ten Eno
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
but I'd like to chime in that "Spinning Away" unfortunately replaces the original's heavily distorted synths & Frippotronics with late 80s flourishes like gated drums & world music cliches.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli),
Your imagination unfortunately was replaced by heavily distorted farts
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
Trying to imagine if Julien Baker* (or hell even Cale**) covered it on solo piano...
*a la her cover of "Accident Prone"**a la his cover of "Frozen Warnings"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
I love this album. Footsteps and been there are the 2 tracks I’m not so hot on, though I enjoy them - love all the rest
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
Eno did a lazy lugubrious cover of “ring of fire” in the style of “the river” around this time, I love it just for giving me more of that vibe
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
brb gonna listen to the oh-oh-ohs from "Empty Frame" again.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
Had I been around I might have voted for that one itp
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Thursday, 16 January 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
Listened to it today! Particularly love "Cordoba".
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
ilxor Tom D. just pointed out that "Spinning Away" is merely a rewrite of "The Big Ship"...
that's a cool observation, I think this tune fits in with those two as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycTSIC0aCA
(not Eno though)
Spinning Away is absolutely classic of course (even the Sugar Ray cover is good!!) but I'm still bothered by the drum loop sounding like a 96kbps MP3
― frogbs, Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
It's a fairly standard chord sequence, probably been used lots of time. Eno only uses straightforward chord sequences, Cale often does too.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
I wish I could vote on this to show Been There Done That some love
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
I'm finally home (!) and am here to tell you that:
"The Big Ship"C - F - Am - F - C - G/B - Am - F I | IV | vi | IV | I | V* | vi | IV *inversion
"Spinning Away"A - E - F#m - D I | V | vi | IV
so a slight difference, but in Tom D's defense, the reedy/overdriven DX-7 preset sounds remarkably similar in both tracks.
My big takeaways: "The Big Ship" uses the same chords as "No Woman No Cry" & "Spinning Away" uses the same chords as "Three Little Birds".
Is Eno a closet rasta?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 18 January 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
Hasn't he just been working with Lee Perry?
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 January 2020 02:01 (four years ago) link
I'm finally home (!) and am here to tell you that:"The Big Ship"C - F - Am - F - C - G/B - Am - F I | IV | vi | IV | I | V* | vi | IV *inversion"Spinning Away"A - E - F#m - D I | V | vi | IVso a slight difference, but in Tom D's defense, the reedy/overdriven DX-7 preset sounds remarkably similar in both tracks.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 4 April 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link
bumping this thread for the "Spinning Away" chord progression soundalike... my wife's native ringtone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6gUttBqpM
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 November 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link