The Pastels - Classic or Dud in need of Auto-tune?

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on a whim I purchased this here "Truckload of Trouble" disc over the weekend.

Do these blokes know that they can't sing on tune. Like, ever?

Please explain the Pastels to me.

― "Dapper" Don Weiner, Thursday, 17 October 2002 01:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Try here.

― Miranda, Thursday, 17 October 2002 01:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Pastels on auto-tune = horrific idea

Stephen Pastel's voice doesn't BELONG in tune

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 17 October 2002 02:03 (twenty-three years ago)

they are due for an album aren't they? too busy releasing records by lami rami rabi yabi.

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 17 October 2002 02:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually Geographic have released some pretty good stuff. I probably listen to that recent comp a whole lot more than I would a new Pastels album.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 17 October 2002 03:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd say check out the remixes album. It's fantastic, in my opinion.

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 17 October 2002 04:55 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, you are probably thinking about maher shalal hash baz or whatever. ACtually it's not a bad records. You have to appreciate odd stuff though.

― g (graysonlane), Thursday, 17 October 2002 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm dying for a new pastel album though.

― g (graysonlane), Thursday, 17 October 2002 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Love the Geographic compilation - it and "Sea Change" are my official autumn 2002 releases. The Pastels' cover of "Everybody Is A Star" makes me yearn for a new album - it's been, what, five years since the last proper release.

― Mike Appelstein (mike a), Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

that comp looks interesting maybe only because i recognize some of the names. the best autumn record has been harper lee. odd music? gasp!

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 17 October 2002 22:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey Keith would you agree with me that Harper Lee are better than Brighter?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 17 October 2002 23:39 (twenty-three years ago)

They swear more (gasp)

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 18 October 2002 10:41 (twenty-three years ago)

suspect am close to alone in still rather loving "breaking lines" or "classic line-up" as compared to the collaborations with kevin shields etc. it just always seemed to me that the shambling stuff was what they did best - "illumination" was smart and sassy and would impress more of my friends than "up for a bit"... um, in summary, classic.

btw brighter were teh best band ever but i agree that h. lee are making a fair stab at building up a canon that might yet overhaul them...

― kieron, Friday, 18 October 2002 11:45 (twenty-three years ago)

My favorite Pastels LP is actually _Mobile Safari_ - the perfect compromise between their pop and atmospheric impulses.

― Mike Appelstein (mike a), Friday, 18 October 2002 16:32 (twenty-three years ago)

A heckler at a Pastels gig in Glasgow once shouted very loudly between songs 'Get a singer Stephen'. Stephen didn't like that much, got v. cross with the 'square' in the audience, 'I kind of like my voice the way it is'.

I agreed with the heckler.

― stevo (stevo), Friday, 18 October 2002 16:39 (twenty-three years ago)

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