i am not aware of hearing more than the odd sylvian track...

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...what 10 tracks should i be listening to tonight?

― scottjames23 (worrysome-man), Monday, 23 June 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

the new one with fennesz ("fire in the forest") is really quite good

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 23 June 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

boy with the gun
wave
maria
darkest dreaming
fire in the forest
forbidden colours
damage
ink in the well
every colour you are (rain tree crow)
ghosts (japan)

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 23 June 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

forbidden colors
bamboo houses
visions of china
ghosts

― geeg, Monday, 23 June 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Simon Reynolds and others have been weighing in on him lately. Check out http://www.blissout.blogspot.com

― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

God's Monkey
Jean the Birdman
Firepower
Brightness Falls
21st Century Dreaming (a shaman's song)
Darshan (the road to graceland)
Blinding Light of Heaven
Earthbound / Starblind
Endgame
Redemption - Approaching Silence

― bahtology, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Wish You Were Black
Sometimes I Feel So Low
Automatic Gun
Obscure Alternatives
Stateline
Quiet Life
In Vogue
Life in Tokyo
Methods of Dance

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

blackwater

ghosts

buoy

forbidden colours

orpheus

swing

laughter and forgetting

the ink in the well

fire in the forest

maria

― s.r.w. (s.r.w.), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

So many great ones... These are among my absolute faves, but I left out a lot. In my opinion you should just get all of his albums, especially Gone To Earth and Secrets Of The Beehive. Haven't heard his new one yet.

Ghosts (Japan, Tin Drum or Everything And Nothing (with redone vocals))
Riverman (actually both the studio version on Gone To Earth and the live version on Damage are fantastic, and very different too)
The Devil's Own (Secrets Of The Beehive)
Every Colour You Are (Rain Tree Crow)
The First Day (live, on Damage)
Blinding Light Of Heaven (live, on Damage)
Krishna Blue (Dead Bees On A Cake)
The Shining Of Things (Dead Bees On A Cake)
Ride (Everything And Nothing)
Come Morning (Everything And Nothing)

― Tijn, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 07:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Can't go wrong with the singles:

The Ink in the Well
Taking the Veil
Silver Moon
Orpheus
Let the Happiness In
Pop Song
Blackwater
God's Monkey
Jean the Birdman
The First Day

― megan, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a lovely live version of Orpheus on his website.

Definitely:

Bamboo Houses
Ghosts
Ink in The Well
Orpheus
Ride
Forbidden Colours

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

It really depends on what you are doing tonight (besides listening to Sylvian songs) -- but here are ten songs that I'm fond of, that you might like too.

1) When the Poets Dreamed of Angels
2) Swing
3) Ink In the Well
4) Visions of China
5) In Vogue
6) Maria
7) River Man
8) Jean The Birdman
9) Adolescent Sex
10) Nostalgia

― stripey, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

Try to find "Red Guitar" - the 12" version.

― Vincent Vern, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 08:59 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/3691/Singlecover_Bamboo_Houses.jpg

geeg, jay vee TOM!!!

― jacksunjackson, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)

... about bamboo houses (*&!$#@ broken pic)

― jacksunjackson, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

sides three and four of gone to earth. they may not, if i remember correctly, actually feature david sylvian but as they're on a david sylvian solo album.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Exclusively David Sylvian solo material here (i.e. no Japan, though I'm about as obsessed with Japan as I am with Duran Duran):

"Nostalgia"
"The Ink in the Well"
"Orpheus"
"Let the Happiness In"
"Jean the Birdman"
"God's Monkey"
"I Surrender"
"Wanderlust"
"Cover Me With Flowers"
"Midnight Sun"

Plus you'll need to add the obvious "Red Guitar", of course.

*sighs* Oh my God, I love David Sylvian. I think I'll have to listen to Sylvian exclusively for the next week or so now. Just because I need some quiet relaxation in my life.

― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

Reviving just to encourage EVERYONE here to check out the track David Sylvian recorded last year with Chris Vrenna, i.e. tweaker, "Linoleum", if you haven't already. (Make sure it's the slower, rock version of the track, though! You CAN just dl it off the Internet -- a simple Web search will reveal where you can.) OMG, I have had this on my HD for about eight or so months and after a bit of prompting HAVE JUST NOW checked it out. OMG, musical HEAVEN! The bit where the guitar and David Sylvian's vocals intertwine... *sighs*

*goes off all giddy and fangirl-like*

― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 23 August 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

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