Maybe, if u can find it for under $5 which you probably can. I prefer the Squelchy Life tracks for the most part. There are some cool remixes on that Ali Click single.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
I think this new album is a little too new age for my liking, the spoken word bits are a huge turn-off.... But no shots if its your thing!!! http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― past life utah saints (dave cool), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
Is Nerve Net worth owning?
Nerve Net is...ok. Some days I think I like it -- other days, I think it's where things started to go horribly, horribly wrong for Eno.
Agreed about "The Roil, The Choke" (which is on the record proper, not just the maxi single) -- that's a really nice song.
I still think one of his big problems is wrestling with modern technology.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
taking modern culture (by strategy) -- by mark s of ILX fame:
http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/interviews/wire92.html
gotta stay away from this thread or i'll miss my flight -- i'm in line at the gate, we are boarding this plane to california
― geeta, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
got an email today from someone who was actually at that derby/eno/winkies gig we posted. he says someone he went with has a better recording of it! but also that he's lost touch with him...but who knows, maybe it'll pop up one of these days.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
"we" not the royal "we", sleeve and me.
wow, good to know!
new collab on Warp is at my radio station but I only played one track so far.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
still haven't listened to this new one. I disagree that nerve net is where it all went wrong, it is a very fine album. certainly better than almost everything that came after. I like shutov assembly as well, one of his best ambient records.
― akm, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
i sadly agree, though, that after those first 10 years (71/72 - 81/82, or thereabouts), his career has become a series of small but increasing disappointments. he's never returned to the astonishing pop experiments with which he began his career, which is fine, his choice, but he also seems to have lost his knack for finding interesting, challenging artists working at or toward their peak powers to produce and with whom to collaborate. i respect U2, and his work with that band was obviously important to all concerned, but those albums were never important to me, personally. recent productions for the likes of laurie anderson, david bowie, sinead o'connor, david byrne and grace jones might look good on paper, but rarely resulted in inspired music.― also we’re divorced now and i hate this movie. (contenderizer), Friday, July 8, 2011 3:38 PM (1 month ago)
― also we’re divorced now and i hate this movie. (contenderizer), Friday, July 8, 2011 3:38 PM (1 month ago)
okay fair enough, but if you remove any identifying details, this could describe like 95% of all artists ever, right?
for ex --
i sadly agree, though, that after those first ___ years (___ - ___, or thereabouts), his career has become a series of small but increasing disappointments. he's never returned to the astonishing ________ experiments with which he began his career, which is fine, his choice, but he also seems to have lost his knack for _________________ and with whom to collaborate. i respect _____________, and his work with that band was obviously important to all concerned, but those albums were never important to me, personally. recent ____________ might look good on paper, but rarely resulted in inspired music.― also we’re divorced now and i hate this movie. (contenderizer), Friday, July 8, 2011 3:38 PM (1 month ago)
ALL MUSIC EVER ^^^
genuis fades with time.... r.i.p.
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, you sort of blend every criticism of Eno into one deliberate binary choice, when all of it actually took place over a much longer time horizon. There's the "Eno doesn't make pop records anymore" argument which started around 1978 (and, frankly, ignored his contributions to the pop records he produced). There's the argument that his output lost steam (true -- but more obvious following Thursday Afternoon; he was still cooking from 1981-1985 or so). And it's only really been the last 15-20 years that his choice of collaborators became predictable (around 1993-94 with the James and Bowie).
None of which is to suggest your conclusion is wrong -- just that it happened more organically and less by "choice" than you argue. It's called getting older. Also, from the Cale collab, to the odd bewitching cut (from "The Harness" from My Squelchy Life to "More Dust" from the Schwalm record) to (IMO) quite a bit of Another Day on Earth, there's plenty of evidence that the guy hasn't completely lost it and may still have a trick or two up his sleeve yet.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
The Cale/Eno album is my last outright fave but the Squelchy Life tracks from the vocal box are killer too. What would be on a best-of since Eno/Cale, I.e. the last 20 years?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
I do agree that in general, most artists really only have one good decade in them, and many only half a decade. Eno's a little different because I think everyone wants to know what would have happened had he continued to make albums like Before and After Science for the next ten years instead of getting bored with the art form.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
He's going to be on the Colbert Report tomorrow night.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Getting ready to listen to the Sound Opinions ep with him on it, I'm wondering just how audible DeRo's orgasms will be.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
there was a pretty good interview w/ eno in the last issue of tape op. the guy is a quote machine!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Never realized until this moment that the backing vocals on some Talking Heads records (particularly "Once In A Lifetime") are mostly Eno. Only took me 25 years to figure that one out.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah he's pretty prominent as a vocalist on remain in light
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
I still love Strange Overtones.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
That Tape Op intvw IS good! One of my fave Eno intvws period because they get to talking about the process of making music and little is said of cybernetics, systems, etc.
― Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'm wondering just how audible DeRo's orgasms will be.
Trevor Horn's sampling them for a future recording.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah for a "not very good" vocalist I do dig Eno's vocalizing quite a bit
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
in particular the line "the biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface buhhhhhhh" always makes me smile
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
or I AM THE SEA OF PERMUTATION
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
didn't he admit that his lyrics are mostly nonsense and that his words are chosen based almost solely on how they sound?
"Now we're on the telephone, making final arrangements, ding ding!"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
I have huge gaps in my musical knowledge, and eno is one of them, like I haven't really closely listened to anything he's produced or any of his solo albums, but for the past month I've been digging in and the dude is a beast
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
I've never listened to the beach boy's''' smile either, until last wk, don't know what's blown my mind more
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like you're having a good week
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
lol, i'd say so!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
He's good on the Sound Opinions ep, and I want to say Greg takes the lead on a lot of the interview.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
BTW, I've loved this guy for decades, but something special clicked when I heard some in depth radio bit on the best songs ever or some such list, and it focused on "Once in a Lifetime." Specifically, what state it was in when Byrne brought it to the studio, and then what Eno added to make it what it is (and earn him the co-write credit). The entire call and response chorus was his idea! Byrne wanted to keep it static, like the verses for the duration of the entire song.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
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― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Best song of his this century
Oliver Stone agrees.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
it's definitely one of the strangest, craziest songs ever to become a rock radio staple.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Also, David Byrne's voice sounds so lovely in it. You'd think his voice wouldn't become so nicely high-pitched with age.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
oh oops, i meant "once in a lifetime" is "one of the strangest, craziest songs ever to become a rock radio staple."not strange overtones. which is great, but not a rock radio staple by any stretch.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
no matter how much I listen to Remain in Light this is always what i'll associate the song with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbya4kxC6E
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 November 2011 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
Just a reminder, re: Strange Overtones, that Byrne sings pretty much the entirety of Take Me to the River at the top of his register, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 November 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
Also, because it often falls between the cracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5RYptkzbjY
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 November 2011 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 10 November 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
Sad this is out of print
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xZUjAGX9I
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
Listening now, the problem I have with a lot of those installation pieces he released as a listening experience was that he uses recordings from so many earlier records. For instance, think this is the third time I've heard "Ikebukuro" from The Shutov Assembly.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Really liking his new ambient record 'Lux' -- I'm surprised by how much I like it.
― geeta, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone seems to be talking about it as a return to form. Not having heard it, Geeta, why do you think?
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
That sounds very promising. I've been stuck in bed recovering from surgery and enjoying playing around with the new 'Scape" iPad app - seems like a lot of possibility there.
― toby, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
I'd never heard Phil Manzanera's "Diamond Head" until tonight and, HEY, Eno's singing on "Big Day" and "Miss Shapiro"! And, my, they're excellent tracks from his prime vocal period. Are there any other guest vocal appearances worth mentioning?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
it's not really a guest appearance since they were a band, but I love that 801 live album and the vocals on rongwrong
― Garth Brooks In ... The Life of (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
"The Belldog?" His other stuff with Cluster?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaOUoKI-T8
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
"Belldog"/Cluster OTM, also see "Broken Head" and "Tzima N'Arki" from the same record
there's always the 801 Live album as well, and Robert Wyatt's "Heaps Of Sheeps"
― sleeve, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago) link